František Procházka

{{short description|Czech ice hockey player}}

{{for|the Czech Olympic shooter|František Procházka (sport shooter)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1962|1|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Brno, Czechoslovakia

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|4|27|1962|1|25|df=yes}}

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 220

| position = Defence

| shoots = Left

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| played_for = TJ CHZ Litvínov
Jokerit
EHC Freiburg
HC Milano Devils
ESG Füchse Sachsen
Ayr Scottish Eagles

| ntl_team = TCH

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| career_start = 1980

| career_end = 2000

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František Procházka (25 January 1962 – 27 April 2012) was a Czech ice hockey defenseman who played on the 1992 bronze medal-winning Olympic ice hockey team for Czechoslovakia.

Career

Procházka began his career with TJ CHZ Litvínov and played for the team from 1980 to 1990. He then moved to Finland's SM-liiga with Jokerit for one season before joining EHC Freiburg of the Eishockey-Bundesliga in Germany.

In 1993, Procházka joined HC Milano Devils of Serie A won the Serie A championship with the team that season. He returned to Germany in 1995, signing for ESG Füchse Sachsen of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga before moving to the United Kingdom the following year, playing for the Ayr Scottish Eagles of the Ice Hockey Superleague.

In 1997, Procházka returned to Litvínov for one season before finishing his career in Germany's third-tier league the Oberliga, with single-season spells at ERC Haßfurt and ESC Dresden.

Procházka was also a member of the Czechoslovakia national team, playing in four Ice Hockey World Championships as well as the 1992 Winter Olympics where he won a bronze medal.

Following his playing career, he worked as a coach of the Czech 1.liga team HC Teplice for some time. Procházka died on 27 April 2012 at aged 50 following a long illness.[http://aktualne.centrum.cz/sportplus/hokej/domaci/clanek.phtml?id=742858 František Procházka's obituary] (in Czech)

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

| TJ CHZ Litvínov

| 5

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 4

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1982–83

| TS Topoľčany

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| TJ CHZ Litvínov

| TCH

| 34

| 1

| 4

| 5

| 20

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| TJ CHZ Litvínov

| TCH

| 42

| 4

| 7

| 11

| 44

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| TJ CHZ Litvínov

| TCH

| 44

| 12

| 11

| 23

| 26

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| TJ CHZ Litvínov

| TCH

| 24

| 2

| 3

| 5

| 36

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| TJ CHZ Litvínov

| TCH

| 41

| 13

| 12

| 25

| 24

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| TJ CHZ Litvínov

| TCH

| 39

| 16

| 18

| 34

| 56

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| TJ CHZ Litvínov

| TCH

| 52

| 19

| 7

| 26

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 32

| 6

| 4

| 10

| 38

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| 43

| 25

| 15

| 40

| 30

| 4

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 4

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| EHC Freiburg

| 1.GBun

| 37

| 13

| 17

| 30

| 50

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| HC Devils Milano

| 22

| 10

| 8

| 18

| 8

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| HC Devils Milano

| ITA

| 5

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 6

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| ESG Füchse Sachsen

| 37

| 12

| 12

| 24

| 24

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| Ayr Scottish Eagles

| 41

| 5

| 7

| 12

| 20

| 7

| 0

| 5

| 5

| 2

| HC Chemopetrol, a.s.

| 47

| 9

| 3

| 12

| 56

| 4

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 2

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| 1998–99

| ERC Haßfurt

| 42

| 10

| 11

| 21

| 48

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1999–2000

| ERC Haßfurt

| DEU III

| 42

| 8

| 15

| 23

| 36

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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! colspan="3" | TCH totals

! 281

! 68

! 62

! 190

! 210

! —

! —

! —

! —

! —

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

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! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

| Czechoslovakia

| WC

| 10

| 3

| 1

| 4

| 28

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| Czechoslovakia

| WC

| 10

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 6

| Czechoslovakia

| WC

| 10

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 16

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| Czechoslovakia

| OG

| 8

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 4

| Czechoslovakia

| WC

| 8

| 3

| 2

| 5

| 18

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! colspan=3 | Senior totals

! 46

! 11

! 4

! 15

! 72

References

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External links

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Category:1962 births

Category:2012 deaths

Category:Ice hockey people from Brno

Category:Ayr Scottish Eagles players

Category:Czech ice hockey defencemen

Category:Czech ice hockey coaches

Category:Czechoslovak ice hockey defencemen

Category:EHC Freiburg players

Category:Lausitzer Füchse players

Category:HC Litvínov players

Category:Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Category:Jokerit players

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia

Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Czechoslovakia

Category:Olympic medalists in ice hockey

Category:Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Category:Czech expatriate sportspeople in Scotland

Category:Expatriate ice hockey players in Scotland

Category:Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Finland

Category:Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Germany

Category:Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Italy

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