Kamil Brabenec

{{for|his father, the basketball player|Kamil Brabenec (basketball)}}

{{short description|Czech professional ice hockey player|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

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| team = HC Egna

| league = Alps HL

| position = Left wing

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 183

| shoots = Left

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1976|5|17}}

| birth_place = Brno, Czechoslovakia

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 1996

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Kamil Brabenec (born May 17, 1976) is a Czech professional ice hockey player who currently plays with HC Egna in the Alps Hockey League.

Brabenec previously played for HKm Zvolen, HC Kometa Brno, HC České Budějovice, HC Keramika Plzeň, Luleå HF and HC Vsetín. He won a Slovak Extraliga with HKm Zvolen (2012-2013) and a Czech Extraliga with HC Kometa Brno (2016-2017).[http://www.hc-kometa.cz/hrac.asp?id=Kamil-Brabenec-835&sezona=2011&kategorie=MUZ Profile at HC Kometa Brno official website]{{cite web|url=http://www.hc-neumarkt.com/de/news/1-nachrichten/2906-einen-tschechischen-meister-zieht-es-ins-unterland.html|language=de|title=Einen tschechischen Meister zieht es ins Unterland|date=August 2, 2017|accessdate=November 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117175043/http://www.hc-neumarkt.com/de/news/1-nachrichten/2906-einen-tschechischen-meister-zieht-es-ins-unterland.html|archive-date=November 17, 2017|url-status=dead}}

His father of the same name was an international basketball player for Czechoslovakia in the 1970s and 80s,[http://www.mensikova11.cz/soupiska-hracu/21/ Brabenec Kamil], Menšíkova jedenáctka (in Czech) and his sister {{ill|Andrea Brabencová|it}} and daughter {{ill|Kristýna Brabencová|it}} also played that sport at a high level.[https://brnensky.denik.cz/ostatni_region/doma-mluvime-moravsky-holky-nekdy-nevedely-co-rikam-smeje-se-brabencova-20180516.html Doma mluvíme moravsky. Holky někdy nevěděly, co říkám, směje se Brabencová] [We speak Moravian at home. The girls sometimes didn't know what I was saying, laughs Brabencová], Patrik El-Talabáni, deník.cz, 16 May 2018(in Czech) His son Jakub Brabenec is a hockey player who was drafted by NHL team Vegas Golden Knights in 2021.[https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/news/vgk-sign-forward-jakub-brabenec-to-three-year-entry-level-contract/c-338316990 VGK Sign Forward Jakub Brabenec to Three-Year, Entry-Level Contract], Vegas Golden Knights / NHL.com, 10 December 2022