Martin Procházka (, born March 3, 1972, in Slaný,

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

) is a Czech former professional

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player. Procházka was drafted 135th overall by the

Toronto Maple Leafs The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto. The Maple Leafs compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the A ...

in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft and played 32 games in the

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(NHL) for the Maple Leafs and

Atlanta Thrashers The Atlanta Thrashers were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta. Atlanta was granted a franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL) on June 25, 1997, and became the League's 28th franchise when it began play in the 1999–2000 NHL sea ...

. In his NHL career, he scored two goals and five assists for seven points, collecting eight penalty minutes. He tallied an assist on the first goal in Atlanta Thrashers history, a 4–1 loss to the

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on October 2, 1999, his only point as a Thrasher. He has also had spells in Sweden's Elitserien for AIK Hockey and the Russian Super League (RSL) for

Avangard Omsk Hockey Club Avangard (, Vanguard), also known as Avangard Omsk, is a professional ice hockey club based in Omsk, Russia. It is a member of the Chernyshev Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Franchise history Early years of Omsk hock ...

and Khimik Voskresensk. He won a gold medal with the

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in the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with some events ...

. Procházka also won the World Championships four times with the Czech Republic, in

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

and

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

. He also won the Czech Extraliga with VHK Vsetín in

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prochazka, Martin 1972 births Living people AIK IF players Atlanta Thrashers players Avangard Omsk players Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Canada Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Czech expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Czech ice hockey right wingers Czechoslovak ice hockey right wingers EV Regensburg players HC Dukla Jihlava players HC Khimik Voskresensk players HC Vítkovice players Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Czech Republic Olympic ice hockey players for the Czech Republic Olympic medalists in ice hockey Sportspeople from Slaný Rytíři Kladno players Ice hockey people from the Central Bohemian Region Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks Toronto Maple Leafs players VHK Vsetín players