Michael Frolík

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Michael Frolík
Date of birth 17th February 1988
place of birth Kladno , Czechoslovakia
Nickname Baby Jágr
size 185 cm
Weight 84 kg
position center
number # 67
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2006 , 1st round, 10th position
Florida Panthers
Career stations
until 2006 HC Rabat Kladno
2006-2008 Oceanic de Rimouski
2008-2011 Florida panthers
2011-2013 Chicago Blackhawks
2012 Piráti Chomutov
2013-2015 Winnipeg Jets
2015-2020 Calgary Flames
since 2020 Buffalo Sabers

Michael Frolík [ mɪxaɛl Frolík ] (*  17th February 1988 in Kladno , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech ice hockey player , who in since January 2020 Buffalo Sabers in the National Hockey League on the position of the center plays. In 2013 he won the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks .

Career

Frolík in the Rimouski Océanic jersey (2008)

Frolík began his career at HC Rabat Kladno , where he went through all the youth teams and from 2002 played in the U18 extra league. In the 2004/05 season he made his debut in the Extraliga , but also continued to play for the juniors of the club. In the following season he was part of the professional squad and played in the front row at the beginning of the season. Because of the performances shown, he was selected in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft as tenth in the first round of the Florida Panthers .

In Kladno, Frolík was nicknamed “Baby Jágr” by his teammates, as both his style of play and his appearance are reminiscent of Jaromír Jágr , who also played for Kladno. In addition, Frolík calls Jaromír Jágr his role model. From the 2006/07 season Frolík played for Océanic de Rimouski in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec and was elected to the "All Rookie Team" of the QMJHL at the end of the season. After the 2007/08 season he took part in the Florida Panthers training camp and made the jump into the NHL Panthers roster. On October 11, 2008, he made his NHL debut for Florida. In February 2011, Frolík was given to the Chicago Blackhawks in an exchange deal . On July 15, 2011, he signed a new three-year contract with the Blackhawks.

Frolík in the jersey of the Winnipeg Jets (2013)

Due to the lockout in the NHL, he played in the Czech Tipsport Extraliga with the Piráti Chomutov in autumn 2012 . In late June 2013, he was transferred to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for a third-round and five-round suffrage in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft . After spending two years in Winnipeg, Frolík signed a five-year deal with the Calgary Flames in July 2015 . In his final year of contract, however, he was given to the Buffalo Sabers in January 2020 in exchange for a four-round vote in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft .

International

Michael Frolík was appointed to the Czech Republic's national team early in his career. At the U18 Junior World Championship in 2004 he won the bronze medal, a year later at the U20 Junior World Championship in 2005 he won a bronze medal again with the U20 selection. At the U18 Junior World Championship in 2006 , he again won the bronze medal. Frolík succeeded in the same with the senior selection at the 2011 and 2012 World Championships , when he contributed five and three points to the respective bronze medal win of the Czech selection.

Frolík made his Olympic debut at the 2014 Winter Games and also represented his home country at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2004/05 HC Rabat Kladno Extra league 27 3 1 4th 6th 1 0 0 0 0
2005/06 HC Rabat Kladno Extra league 48 2 7th 9 32 - - - - -
2006/07 Oceanic de Rimouski LHJMQ 52 31 42 73 40 - - - - -
2007/08 Oceanic de Rimouski LHJMQ 45 24 41 65 22nd 9 2 4th 6th 12
2008/09 Florida panthers NHL 79 21st 24 45 22nd - - - - -
2009/10 Florida panthers NHL 82 21st 22nd 43 43 - - - - -
2010/11 Florida panthers NHL 52 8th 21st 29 16 - - - - -
2010/11 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 28 3 6th 9 14th 7th 2 3 5 2
2011/12 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 63 5 10 15th 22nd 4th 2 1 3 0
2012/13 Piráti Chomutov Extra league 32 14th 10 24 22nd - - - - -
2012/13 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 45 3 7th 10 8th 23 3 7th 10 6th
2013/14 Winnipeg Jets NHL 81 15th 27 42 12 - - - - -
2014/15 Winnipeg Jets NHL 82 19th 23 42 18th 4th 0 0 0 2
2015/16 Calgary Flames NHL 64 15th 17th 32 24 - - - - -
2016/17 Calgary Flames NHL 82 17th 27 44 58 4th 0 1 1 0
2017/18 Calgary Flames NHL 70 10 15th 25th 26th - - - - -
2018/19 Calgary Flames NHL 65 16 18th 34 26th 5 0 0 0 2
2019/20 Calgary Flames NHL 38 5 5 10 24 - - - - -
2019/20 Buffalo Sabers NHL 19th 1 3 4th 4th - - - - -
Extraliga overall 107 19th 18th 37 60 1 0 0 0 0
LHJMQ total 97 55 83 138 62 9 2 4th 6th 12
NHL overall 850 159 225 384 317 47 7th 12 19th 12

International

Represented the Czech Republic at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2004 Czech Republic U18 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 2 0 0 0 0
2005 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 3 1 4th 0
2005 Czech Republic U18 World Cup 4th Place 7th 3 1 4th 2
2006 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 6th place 6th 0 1 1 4th
2006 Czech Republic U18 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 2 3 5 10
2007 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 5th place 6th 4th 2 6th 4th
2008 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 5th place 6th 5 0 5 14th
2011 Czech Republic WM 3rd place, bronze 9 3 2 5 0
2012 Czech Republic WM 3rd place, bronze 10 2 1 3 0
2014 Czech Republic Olympia 6th place 5 0 0 0 0
2016 Czech Republic World cup 6th place 3 0 1 1 0
2019 Czech Republic WM 4th Place 10 7th 7th 14th 2
Juniors overall 41 17th 8th 25th 31
Men overall 37 12 11 23 2

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Michael Frolík  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mike G. Morreale: 'Baby Jagr' Frolik all grown up with Blackhawks. nhl.com, June 11, 2013, accessed April 24, 2015 .
  2. ↑ hockeysfuture.com, Q&A with Michael Frolik
  3. ↑ panthers.nhl.com, Frolik Makes NHL Debut
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Squad of the Buffalo Sabers in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Frolík, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 17th February 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Kladno , Czechoslovakia