František Procházka

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Czech RepublicCzech Republic  František Procházka Ice hockey player
Date of birth January 25, 1962
place of birth Brno , Czechoslovakia
date of death April 27, 2012
Place of death Litvinov
size 187 cm
Weight 98 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 1990 CHZ Litvínov
1990-1991 Jokerite
1991-1993 EHC Freiburg
1993-1995 HC Devils Milano
1995-1996 Saxony foxes
1996-1997 Ayr Scottish Eagles
1997-1998 HC Litvínov

František Procházka (born January 25, 1962 in Brno , Czechoslovakia ; † April 27, 2012 ) was a Czech ice hockey player who played for HC Litvínov in the first division of Czechoslovakia for seven years as a right winger and an Olympic with the Czechoslovak national team Won bronze medal. After the end of his playing career, he worked as an ice hockey coach.

Career as a player

František Procházka began his career in 1981 in the offspring of VTJ Topolčany , before he made his debut in the 1st division, the top division of Czechoslovakia, for the CHZ Litvínov in 1983. In the following six seasons he played exclusively in Litvínov and developed into a safe defender who could also set offensive accents. After the opening of the borders in 1990, he moved to Jokerit in Western Europe before playing for EHC Freiburg in the 1st Bundesliga between 1991 and 1993 . He scored 71 points scorer in 84 Bundesliga games and was elected to the Bundesliga All-Star Team in the 1991/92 season. Eight years later, EHCF fans voted him into the Millennium All-Star Team, which brings together the club's best players.

In the following two years he played for HC Devils Milano in the highest Italian league, Serie A , and the Alpine league and was Italian champion in 1994 with Milan . In 1995 he returned to Germany in the German Ice Hockey League and completed a season for the Sachsen Füchse syndicate before moving to the Ayr Scottish Eagles in the Ice Hockey Superleague in 1996 . In the 1997/98 season he went back for Litvínov on the ice before he let his career in the third-rate German league end. First he played at ERC Haßfurt before ending his career after the 1999/2000 season , which he spent with the Dresdner Eislöwen .

In total, he scored 77 goals and 66 assists in 339 games in the Czechoslovak and Czech leagues.

International

In addition to his successes at club level, Procházka was a regular for the Czechoslovak national team in the early 1990s. He took part in a total of four world championships and one Olympic ice hockey tournament, in which he won a total of four medals. At the 1992 Winter Olympics he won the bronze medal, and he also won three bronze medals at world championships (1989, 1990 and 1992). In total, he played 91 games in the national jersey, in which he scored 14 goals.

Career as a coach

After completing his playing career, Procházka worked as a coach at lower class clubs in the Czech Republic, for example for HC Stadion Teplice in the first division and HC Draci Bílina .

František Procházka died on April 27, 2012 after a long and serious illness.

Achievements and Awards

  • 1992 Winter Olympics : bronze medal won
  • World Championship 1989, 1990 and 1992: bronze medal won
  • All-Star-Team of the 1st Bundesliga 1991/92
  • Italian champion 1994

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ehcf.de, EHC Freiburg mourns Frantisek Prochazka
  2. ↑ ehcf.de, Eternal scorer list
  3. ↑ ehcf.de, election to the Millennium All-Star Team
  4. ↑ skbivoj.centauri.cz, Statistics František Procházka ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / skbivoj.centauri.cz
  5. ↑ hokej.hansal.cz, Reprezentanti Československa
personal data
SURNAME Procházka, František
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prochazka, Frantise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno , Czechoslovakia
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 2012