Kristýna "Tynka" Pátková (born 17 June 1998) is a Czech

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player and a member of the Czech national team. She plays in the

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(SDHL) with

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Playing career

During her early teens, Pátková played with the women's representative team of

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in the Czech Women's Extraliga (Extraliga žen) until 2016. At that time, she secured a scholarship to and began attending The Gunnery, a private boarding school in

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, United States known for its strong athletics programs. While a member of The Gunnary girls’ ice hockey team, which competes in the USA Hockey High School Girls League, she also played with the Connecticut Polar Bears U19 of the USA Hockey Girls Tier I Under-19 (19U AAA) League. Fellow Czech ex-pat and future national team teammate

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was also Pátková's teammate at The Gunnery, and with the Connecticut Polar Bears U19. In 2018, Pátková relocated to the Hockey Training Institute (HTI) in Mulmur,

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, Canada, to play with the HTI Stars, an independent women's under-20 ice hockey team. She joined

Natálie Mlýnková Natálie Mlýnková (born 24 May 2001) is a Czech ice hockey player for Minnesota of the NCAA Division I and a member of the Czech Republic women's national ice hockey team. Playing career College Mlýnková played college ice hockey for Vermon ...

and

Kateřina Zechovská Kateřina Zechovská (born 4 November 1998) is a Czech ice hockey goaltender for HC Baník Příbram of the Czech Women's Extraliga, and a member of the Czech Republic women's national ice hockey team. She previously played for HC Draci Bílin ...

as one of three Czech players on an international roster that included players from nine different countries. At the end of the season, Pátková and Mlýnková both committed to the

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as incoming

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for the 2019–20 season.

International play

Pátková made her international junior debut representing the

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at the 2014 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship, at which the Czech Republic claimed bronze. She went on to play at the

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and

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. Her first tournament with the senior national team was the

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, and her first international goal was scored in the Czech Republic’s opening match against . She again represented the Czech Republic at the

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and

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, winning consecutive bronze medals.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Patkova, Kristyna Living people 1998 births Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Czech women's ice hockey forwards FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Czech Republic Ice hockey people from the Ústí nad Labem Region Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Linköping HC (women) players Medalists at the 2023 Winter World University Games Olympic ice hockey players for the Czech Republic People from Most District The Frederick Gunn School alumni Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey players Winter World University Games medalists in ice hockey