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Libor Procházka
Libor Procházka (, born April 25, 1974 in Vlašim, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech ice hockey player currently playing for HC Kladno of the Czech Extraliga. He was drafted 245th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. He won a gold medal with the Czech Republic at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano Nagano may refer to: Places * Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan ** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture *** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics *** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano *** Nagano Universi .... Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International External links bio* * 1974 births Living people Olympic ice hockey players of the Czech Republic Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Czech Republic Czech ice hockey defencemen HC Sparta Praha players HC Oceláři Třinec players HC Karlovy Vary players Rytíři Kladno players Olympic medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defenceman
Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the latter a reference to the blue line in ice hockey which represents the boundary of the offensive zone; defencemen generally position themselves along the line to keep the puck in the zone). They were once called cover-point. In regular play, two defencemen complement three forwards and a goaltender on the ice. Exceptions include overtime during the regular season and when a team is shorthanded (i.e. has been assessed a penalty), in which two defencemen are typically joined by only two forwards and a goaltender. In National Hockey League regular season play in overtime, effective with the 2015-16 season, teams (usually) have only three position players and a goaltender on the ice, and may use either two forwards and one defenceman, orrarelytwo defencemen an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
