Martin Hlinka

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Martin Hlinka

| image = Martin Hlinka.jpg

| caption = Hlinka with the Hershey Bears in 2004

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| played_for = AHL
Hershey Bears
Portland Pirates
IHL
Chicago Wolves
UHL
Quad City Mallards
CHL
St. Charles Chill
DEL
Hannover Scorpions
Kassel Huskies

| position = Forward

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 198

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1976|09|25}}

| birth_place = Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 1999

| career_end = 2014

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| current_title = Director of Youth Hockey

| current_team = Seattle Kraken

| current_conference = Western

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| alma_mater = Augsburg University

| coach_years1 = 2016–2018

| coach_team1 = RB Hockey Juniors (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 2018–2019

| coach_team2 = RB Hockey Academy (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 2019–2021

| coach_team3 = Canisius (assistant)

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Martin Hlinka (born 25 September 1976) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player. He last played for the St. Charles Chill in the Central Hockey League (CHL).[http://stcharleschill.com/team/roster/ St. Charles Chill 2013-14 Roster] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019101455/http://stcharleschill.com/team/roster/ |date=19 October 2013 }} In April 2021 he was announced as Director of Youth Hockey for the Seattle Kraken.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/kraken/news/ktc-announces-youth-hockey-and-skating-academy-coaching-staff/c-323640192?tid=319039896|title = Seattle Kraken Announce Youth Hockey & Skating Academy Coaching Staff|website=NHL.com|date=April 14, 2021}} Prior to joining the Kraken he served as an assistant coach for the Canisius Golden Griffins in the AHA conference of the NCAA,{{cite web| url = https://www.uscho.com/2019/08/28/canisius-hires-longtime-international-coach-player-hlinka-as-new-assistant-coach/| title = Canisius hires longtime international coach, player Hlinka as new assistant coach - College Hockey {{!}} USCHO.com| date = 28 August 2019}} following spells coaching clubs in Russia and Austria, and with youth international teams of Belarus and Poland.

Career statistics

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM
1995–96 \| Augsburg University \| NCAA III \| 15	6	5	11	8 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1996–97 \| Augsburg University \| NCAA III \| 24	14	23	37	19 \| —	—	—	—	—
1997–98 \| Augsburg University \| NCAA III \| 24	14	30	44	20 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1998–99 \| Augsburg University \| NCAA III \| 22	6	27	33	24 \| —	—	—	—	—
1998–99 \| Quad City Mallards \| UHL \| 2	1	1	2	0 \| 1	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1999–00 \| Quad City Mallards \| UHL \| 71	21	46	67	74 \| 14	0	7	7	24
1999–00 \| Chicago Wolves \| IHL \| 1	0	0	0	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2000–01 \| Portland Pirates \| AHL \| 60	13	19	32	50 \| 3	1	2	3	2
2000–01 \| Quad City Mallards \| UHL \| 11	4	10	14	0 \| 5	1	1	2	11
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2001–02 \| Portland Pirates \| AHL \| 50	5	18	23	34 \| —	—	—	—	—
2003–04 \| Quad City Mallards \| UHL \| 38	19	20	39	67 \| 3	0	2	2	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2003–04 \| Hershey Bears \| AHL \| 30	6	10	16	26 \| —	—	—	—	—
2004–05 \| Hershey Bears \| AHL \| 52	5	22	27	28 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2005–06 \| Kassel Huskies \| DEL \| 46	16	21	37	48 \| —	—	—	—	—
2006–07 \| Hannover Scorpions \| DEL \| 52	12	14	26	70 \| 6	1	2	3	6
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2007–08 \| Hannover Scorpions \| DEL \| 54	5	21	26	126 \| 3	0	1	1	4
2008–09 \| Hannover Scorpions \| DEL \| 51	6	13	19	84 \| 10	2	0	2	35
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2009–10 \| Hannover Scorpions \| DEL \| 56	4	21	25	54 \| 11	1	2	3	0
2010–11 \| Hannover Scorpions \| DEL \| 52	7	17	24	28 \| 5	3	2	5	12
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2011–12 \| Hannover Scorpions \| DEL \| 52	5	14	19	40 \| —	—	—	—	—
2012–13 \| Hannover Scorpions \| DEL \| 32	7	14	21	65 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2013–14 \| St. Charles Chill \| CHL \| 66	15	19	34	90 \| —	—	—	—	—
ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| AHL totals ! ALIGN="center" \| 192 ! ALIGN="center" \| 29 ! ALIGN="center" \| 69 ! ALIGN="center" \| 98 ! ALIGN="center" \| 138 ! ALIGN="center" \| 3 ! ALIGN="center" \| 1 ! ALIGN="center" \| 2 ! ALIGN="center" \| 3 ! ALIGN="center" \| 2
ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| DEL totals ! ALIGN="center" \| 395 ! ALIGN="center" \| 62 ! ALIGN="center" \| 135 ! ALIGN="center" \| 197 ! ALIGN="center" \| 515 ! ALIGN="center" \| 40 ! ALIGN="center" \| 9 ! ALIGN="center" \| 10 ! ALIGN="center" \| 19 ! ALIGN="center" \| 67