David Kaše

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| alt =

| name = David Kaše

| image = 2024-09-07 Dresdner Eislöwen gegen HC Verva Litvínov (Sachsenlotto-Cup 2024) by Sandro Halank–052.jpg

| caption = David Kaše, 2024

| image_size = 230px

| team = HC Litvinov

| league = ELH

| prospect_team =

| prospect_league =

| former_teams = Piráti Chomutov
Mora IK
Philadelphia Flyers
HC Karlovy Vary
HC Sparta Praha

| national_team =

| position = Forward

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|01|28}}

| birth_place = Kadaň, Czech Republic

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 170

| shoots = Left

| draft = 128th overall

| draft_year = 2015

| draft_team = Philadelphia Flyers

| career_start = 2014

| career_end =

}}

David Kaše (born 28 January 1997) is a Czech professional ice hockey forward currently under contract with HC Litvinov of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). He previously played for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Kaše was drafted in the fifth-round of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, 128th overall by the Flyers.{{cite web|url=http://www.broadstreethockey.com/flyers-draft-nhl/2015/6/27/8856719/nhl-draft-2015-philadelphia-flyers-select-david-kase-with-128th|title=flyers draft nhl › David Kase|date=27 June 2015 |publisher=broadstreethockey.com|language=English|accessdate=2016-07-25|archive-date=19 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919154438/http://www.broadstreethockey.com/flyers-draft-nhl/2015/6/27/8856719/nhl-draft-2015-philadelphia-flyers-select-david-kase-with-128th|url-status=live}}

Playing career

Kaše made his Czech Extraliga debut playing with Piráti Chomutov during the 2015–16 Czech Extraliga season.{{cite web|url=http://piratichomutov.cz/hrac.asp?ID=David-Kase-1051|title=hrac › David Kaše|publisher=piratichomutov.cz|language=Czech|accessdate=2016-07-25|archive-date=13 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813131617/http://piratichomutov.cz/hrac.asp?ID=David-Kase-1051|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://flyers.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8478436|title=club › David Kase|publisher=flyers.nhl.com|language=English|accessdate=2016-07-25|archive-date=3 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803000020/http://flyers.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8478436|url-status=live}} He later transferred as a free agent to continue his development with Mora IK of the Swedish Hockey League.{{cite web|url=http://www.hokej.cz/hrac/15634|title=hrac › David Kaše|publisher=hockej.cz|language=Czech|accessdate=2016-07-25|archive-date=9 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709171345/http://hokej.cz/hrac/15634|url-status=live}}

On 5 May 2018, Kaše agreed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Philadelphia Flyers.{{cite web | url = https://www.nhl.com/flyers/news/flyers-sign-f-david-kase-to-elc--philladelphia-flyers/c-298449670 | title = Flyers sign David Kase to ELC | publisher = Philadelphia Flyers | date = 2018-05-03 | accessdate = 2018-05-03 | archive-date = 6 May 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180506053900/https://www.nhl.com/flyers/news/flyers-sign-f-david-kase-to-elc--philladelphia-flyers/c-298449670 | url-status = live }} Ahead of the 2018–19 season, Kaše was assigned to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Flyers.{{cite web |title=Flyers Assign 10 Players to Phantoms Ahead of Training Camp |url=http://www.phantomshockey.com/flyers-assign-10-players-phantoms-ahead-training-camp/ |website=phantomshockey.com |date=20 September 2018 |accessdate=21 November 2018 |archive-date=21 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121203922/http://www.phantomshockey.com/flyers-assign-10-players-phantoms-ahead-training-camp/ |url-status=live }}

In the 2019–20 season, Kaše scored his first NHL goal with the Flyers on 17 December 2019, in the second period of a game against the Anaheim Ducks.

On 12 August 2020, Kaše was loaned by the Flyers to return to the Czech Extraliga with HC Karlovy Vary until the commencement of the delayed 2020–21 North American season.{{cite web | url = https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers/status/1293250576126443525 | title = Flyers loan Kase to ELH | publisher = Philadelphia Flyers | date = 12 August 2020 | accessdate = 12 August 2020 | archive-date = 2020-11-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201129071300/https://twitter.com/nhlflyers/status/1293250576126443525 | url-status = live }} He returned to North America for the remainder of the 2020–21 season, playing most of his games with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms and only one with the Flyers.

On 25 May 2021, Kaše returned to his native Czech Republic, after signing a two-year contract with ELH club, HC Sparta Praha.{{Cite web|author=Czech News Agency|title=Z Philadelphie do Sparty. David Kaše se vrací do extraligy a posílí Pražany|url=https://prazska.drbna.cz/sport/hokej/5873-z-philadelphie-do-sparty-david-kase-se-vraci-do-extraligy-a-posili-prazany.html|access-date=2021-05-28|website=Pražská Drbna - zprávy z Prahy|language=cs|archive-date=2 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602231936/https://prazska.drbna.cz/sport/hokej/5873-z-philadelphie-do-sparty-david-kase-se-vraci-do-extraligy-a-posili-prazany.html|url-status=live}}