Josef Straka (ice hockey)

{{short description|Czech ice hockey player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Josef Straka

| image = Josef Straka 2010-12-25.JPG

| caption =

| image_size = 225px

| team = EHC Waldkraiburg

| league = Regionalliga

| former_teams = KHL
Severstal Cherepovets
Ak Bars Kazan
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
Czech Extraliga
HC Litvínov
HC Plzeň
HC Sparta Praha
HC Znojemští Orli
KLH Chomutov

| ntl_team = CZE

| position = Centre

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 194

| shoots = Right

| birth_date = {{birth date|1978|2|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Jindřichův Hradec, Czechoslovakia

| draft = 122nd overall

| draft_year = 1996

| draft_team = Calgary Flames

| career_start = 1995

}}

Josef Straka (born 11 February 1978) is a Czech professional ice hockey centre. He currently plays for EHC Waldkraiburg of the Regionalliga. Straka was selected by the Calgary Flames in the 5th round (122nd overall) of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.

Straka has spent several seasons in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

He was a teammate with his namesake, the former NHL player Martin Straka, when Martin played with HC Plzeň during the 2004–05 NHL lockout.{{Cite web|url=http://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/hokej-tipsport-extraliga/182252/straka-ke-strakovi-moc-se-tesim-hlasi-plzensky-navratilec.html|title = Straka ke Strakovi! Moc se těším, hlásí plzeňský navrátilec}}