Michal Grošek (born June 1, 1975) is a

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former

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. He played in the

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for 11 seasons, from 1993 to 2004.

Career

Grošek was drafted 145th overall by the

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in the

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. Upon suiting up for the Jets, he made history by becoming the first Czech born player to play for the club. In total, he played in 526 career NHL games, scoring 84 goals and 137 assists for 221 points. Grošek's best offensive season was the 1998–99 season, when he was playing with the

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. Grošek registered career highs in goals (20), assists (30), points (50), penalty minutes (102), and shots (140) during that season. In 2000, he requested a trade and was thus traded to the

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for

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and

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. After Chicago, Grošek played for the

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and the

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but was never able to recapture his form shown in 1998-99. Grošek has since expressed regret over the trade, calling it "my big mistake" and stating he should have stayed in Buffalo.MICHAL GROSEK REGRETS ASKING FOR TRADE
/ref> After departing from the NHL, Grošek moved to

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, suiting up for Nationalliga A side

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, where he was the team's top goal scorer with 15 goals. He then moved to the

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, playing for

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, where he scored just 3 goals in 13 games before returning to Servette, where he managed 9 goals in 17 games. In 2006, he moved to

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, staying for two seasons before moving to

Leksands IF Leksands Idrottsförening is a Swedish ice hockey team from the town of Leksand in the region of Dalarna. The team plays in the top-tier league, SHL, after succeeding through the 2019 SHL qualifiers and thus earning promotion to the SHL. The c ...

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. In September 2008, Grošek was named head coach of Swiss lower league team CP Meyrin, ending his playing career.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grosek, Michal 1975 births Living people Boston Bruins players Buffalo Sabres players Chicago Blackhawks players Czech ice hockey coaches Czech ice hockey right wingers EV Zug players Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Genève-Servette HC players Hartford Wolf Pack players HC Fribourg-Gottéron players PSG Berani Zlín players Leksands IF players Moncton Hawks players New York Rangers players People from Vyškov SKA Saint Petersburg players Springfield Falcons players Tacoma Rockets players Winnipeg Jets (1979–1996) draft picks Winnipeg Jets (1979–1996) players Ice hockey people from the South Moravian Region Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Canada Czech expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden