Richard Lintner (born November 15, 1977) is a Slovak former professional

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who last played for

HC Dinamo Minsk Hockey Club Dinamo Minsk (russian: Дина́мо-Минск; be, Дынама-Мінск, ''Dynama-Minsk'') is an ice hockey team based in Minsk, Belarus. They are members of the Tarasov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League. Dinamo has qu ...

of the

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and current television presenter. He previously played in the

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for the

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and the

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International play

Lintner represented

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at the

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every year from 2001 until 2005. On December 29, 2009, Lintner was named to Team Slovakia for the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gret ...

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. However, he was replaced by Ivan Baranka.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International statistics

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