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
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Career
Procházka began his career with
TJ CHZ Litvínov and played for the team from 1980 to 1990. He then moved to
Finland
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's
SM-liiga
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with
Jokerit
Helsingin Jokerit (English: Jokers or Jesters) are a professional ice hockey team based in Helsinki, Finland. The team won six league championships as a member of the Finnish SM-liiga (1973, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, and 2002). Jokerit plays its h ...
for one season before joining
EHC Freiburg
EHC Freiburg, is a professional ice hockey team based in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. They play in the DEL 2, the second-highest level of ice hockey in Germany.
History
The club was created as EHC Freiburg in 1984. In 2003, they became cham ...
of the
Eishockey-Bundesliga in
Germany
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.
In 1993, Procházka joined
HC Milano Devils of
Serie A
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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
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the following year, playing for the
Ayr Scottish Eagles
The Ayr Scottish Eagles were a professional Scottish ice hockey club, from Ayr, Scotland. They were formed in 1996 and played their home games at the Centrum Arena. The team competed in the Ice Hockey Superleague and the club's main (title) spo ...
of the
Ice Hockey Superleague
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.
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
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as well as the
1992 Winter Olympics
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where he won a bronze medal.
Following his playing career, he worked as a
coach
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Guidance/instruction
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Transportation
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of the
Czech 1.liga team
HC Teplice for some time. Procházka died on 27 April 2012 at aged 50 following a long illness.
František Procházka's obituary
(in Czech)
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
References
External links
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1962 births
2012 deaths
Ice hockey people from Brno
Ayr Scottish Eagles players
Czech ice hockey defencemen
Czech ice hockey coaches
Czechoslovak ice hockey defencemen
EHC Freiburg players
Lausitzer Füchse players
HC Litvínov players
Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Jokerit players
Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia
Olympic ice hockey players of Czechoslovakia
Olympic medalists in ice hockey
Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Czech expatriate ice hockey people
Czech expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
Expatriate ice hockey players in Scotland
Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Finland
Czech expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate ice hockey players in Germany
Czech expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate ice hockey players in Italy
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