Lukáš Zátopek
{{short description|Czech ice hockey player (born 1978)}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2011}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Lukáš Zátopek
| image =
| image_size = 250px
| position = Defense
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 207
| team = Milton Keynes Lightning
| league = EPIHL
| former_teams = HC Vitkovice
| ntl_team =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|02|02|df=y}}
| birth_place = Havířov, Czechoslovakia
| draft =
| draft_year =
| draft_team =
| career_start = 1998
}}
Lukáš Zátopek (born 2 February 1978) is a Czech ice hockey player currently playing for Chelmsford Chieftains of the English National Ice Hockey League.
He began his career in 1998 with HC Vítkovice in the Czech Extraliga, the top level of hockey in the Czech Republic, where he stayed until 2001. In 2001 he moved to Heilbronn Falcons in Germany.{{cite web|title=Zatopek Career Stats|url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=30852|publisher=EliteProspects.com}} He eventually moved to Slovakia, to play for MHC Nitra.[http://www.hokej.cz/index.php?view=clanek&lng=CZ&webid=428&id=7798 Lukáš Zátopek míří z Vítkovic do Nitry] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930063344/http://www.hokej.cz/index.php?view=clanek&lng=CZ&webid=428&id=7798 |date=2011-09-30 }} at hokej.cz In 2008 he moved from Germany to England to play for the Milton Keynes Lightning.{{cite web|title=Zatopek Signs For Lightning|url=http://www.mk-lightning.com/Latest/Zatopek-Czechs-In-For-Another-Season.html|publisher=MK Lightning|access-date=2011-07-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724163835/http://www.mk-lightning.com/Latest/Zatopek-Czechs-In-For-Another-Season.html|archive-date=2011-07-24|url-status=dead}} in the English Premier Ice Hockey League.
During his career he has played for HC Vitkovice, Heilbronn Falcons, HC Prostejov, HC Havirov Panthers, HC Prerov, DHK Latgale and ESC Halle 04 before eventually joining his current club Milton Keynes Lightning.
Career statistics
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | ||||||||
| 1998-1999
| HC Vitkovice | Czech Extraliga | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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| 1999-2000 | HC Vitkovice | Czech Extraliga | 42 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000-2001
| HC Vitkovice | Czech Extraliga | 38 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2001-2002 | Heilbronn Falcons | 2. Bundesliga | 29 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 28
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2001–2002
| HK Nitra | Slovakian Extraliga | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2002-2003 | HC Vitkovice | Czech | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003-2004
| HC Prostejov | 1. liga (Czech) | 33 | 4 | 4 | 8| | |||||
| — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2004-2005 | HC Havirov Panthers | 1. liga (Czech) | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1| | |||||
| 7
| — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2004-2005
| HC Prerov | 2. liga (Czech) | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2005-2006 | DHK Latgale | Latvian League | — | 7 | 9 | 16 | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006-2007
| DHK Latgale | Latvian League | 42 | 6 | 10 | 16 | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2007-2008 | ESC Halle 04 | Oberliga | 29 | 4 | 24 | 28 | —
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2008-2009
| Milton Keynes Lightning | EPIHL | 53 | 10 | 31 | 41 | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2009-2010 | Milton Keynes Lightning | EPIHL | 50 | 15 | 34 | 49 | 70
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010-2011
| Milton Keynes Lightning | EPIHL | 40 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 64
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2011-2012 | Milton Keynes Lightning | EPIHL | 34 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 50
| — | — | — | — | — |
References
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Category:Ice hockey people from Havířov
Category:Milton Keynes Lightning players
Category:Chelmsford Chieftains players
Category:Czech ice hockey defencemen
Category:Saale Bulls Halle players
Category:HC Slezan Opava players
Category:Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Slovakia
Category:Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Germany