Martin Ševc (born September 23, 1981 in

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

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professional

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player. He is currently a

defenceman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the l ...

for

Skellefteå AIK Skellefteå AIK is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Skellefteå. They currently play In the Swedish Hockey League. They play their home games in Skellefteå Kraft Arena, which seats 6,001 spectators. The team has won the Swedish Ch ...

in the

Swedish Hockey League The Swedish Hockey League (SHL; ) is a professional ice hockey league in Sweden and the highest level of the ice hockey in Sweden, Swedish ice hockey system. The league currently consists of 14 teams. The league was founded in 1975, and while Li ...

(SHL).

Playing career

In January 2006 he and

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teammate

Pavel Patera Pavel Patera (born September 6, 1971) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player. Patera was drafted by the Dallas Stars at 1998 NHL Entry Draft as the 153rd pick overall. Career Patera has played in several countries. He started his care ...

were loaned to the

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team Färjestads BK for the rest of the season. Ševc helped Färjestad win their seventh championship in April 2006. After that, he returned home to the Czech league. He later signed a contract with Färjestads BK for the 2008–09 season. He just stayed one season in Färjestad before signing with

HC Dinamo Minsk Hockey Club Dinamo Minsk or HC Dinamo Minsk (; , ''Dynama-Minsk'') is a professional ice hockey club based in Minsk, Belarus. It is a member of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Dinamo has qualified for the KHL playof ...

of the

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; ) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs based in Russia (20), Belarus (1), Kazakhstan (1), and China (1) for a total of 23 clubs. It was considered in ...

for the 2009–10 season. After 40 games with Minsk, scoring 9 assists and 10 points in 40 games, he signed again with Färjestad to return to Karlstad for the 2010–11 season. He helped claim the Swedish championship for a second time with Färjestad. In 2013 he claimed his third title in helping

win the Swedish Championship. In the 2013–14 season, Ševc returned to the Czech Republic, to play for

HC Lev Praha Hockey Club Lev Praha (stylized as HC LEV Praha) was a professional ice hockey team located in Prague, Czech Republic, which played in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons. In their two seasons played, Le ...

in the KHL. In 51 games, he complied 21 points and reached the

Gagarin Cup The Gagarin Cup () is the trophy presented to the winner of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) playoffs, and is named after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space. The Cup was supposedly named after Gagarin because the last po ...

finals in the post-season. With an impressive debut season in Praha, Ševc was re-signed to a two-year contract extension on June 18, 2014. However, with the announcement just little over a week later that Lev Praha would not participate the following season due to financial bankruptcy, Ševc settled with Praha to be released as a free agent and opted for a return with Skellefteå on a one-year contract on July 10, 2014.

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