František Procházka

František Procházka (25 January 1962 – 27 April 2012) was a Czech ice hockey defenseman who played on the 1992 bronze medal-winning Olympic ice hockey team for Czechoslovakia.

Career Procházka began his career with TJ CHZ Litvínov and played for the team from 1980 to 1990. He then moved to Finland's SM-liiga with Jokerit for one season before joining EHC Freiburg of the Eishockey-Bundesliga in Germany.

In 1993, Procházka joined HC Milano Devils of Serie A won the Serie A championship with the team that season. He returned to Germany in 1995, signing for ESG Füchse Sachsen of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga before moving to the United Kingdom the following year, playing for the Ayr Scottish Eagles of the Ice Hockey Superleague.

In 1997, Procházka returned to Litvínov for one season before finishing his career in Germany's third-tier league the Oberliga, with single-season spells at ERC Haßfurt and ESC Dresden.

Procházka was also a member of the Czechoslovakia national team, playing in four Ice Hockey World Championships as well as the 1992 Winter Olympics where he won a bronze medal.

Following his playing career, he worked as a coach of the Czech 1.liga team HC Teplice for some time. Procházka died on 27 April 2012 at aged 50 following a long illness.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1980–81 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 5 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 1982–83 TS Topoľčany SVK II — — — — — — — — — — 1983–84 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 34 1 4 5 20 — — — — — 1984–85 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 42 4 7 11 44 — — — — — 1985–86 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 44 12 11 23 26 — — — — — 1986–87 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 24 2 3 5 36 — — — — — 1987–88 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 41 13 12 25 24 — — — — — 1988–89 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 39 16 18 34 56 — — — — — 1989–90 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 52 19 7 26 — — — — — — 1990–91 Jokerit Liiga 32 6 4 10 38 — — — — — 1991–92 EHC Freiburg 1.GBun 43 25 15 40 30 4 1 0 1 4 1992–93 EHC Freiburg 1.GBun 37 13 17 30 50 — — — — — 1993–94 HC Devils Milano ITA 22 10 8 18 8 — — — — — 1994–95 HC Devils Milano ITA 5 1 1 2 6 — — — — — 1995–96 ESG Füchse Sachsen DEL 37 12 12 24 24 — — — — — 1996–97 Ayr Scottish Eagles GBR 41 5 7 12 20 7 0 5 5 2 1997–98 HC Chemopetrol, a.s. ELH 47 9 3 12 56 4 0 0 0 2 1998–99 ERC Haßfurt DEU III 42 10 11 21 48 — — — — — 1999–2000 ERC Haßfurt DEU III 42 8 15 23 36 — — — — — TCH totals 281 68 62 190 210 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1986 Czechoslovakia WC 10 3 1 4 28 1989 Czechoslovakia WC 10 2 0 2 6 1990 Czechoslovakia WC 10 2 0 2 16 1992 Czechoslovakia OG 8 1 1 2 4 1992 Czechoslovakia WC 8 3 2 5 18 Senior totals 46 11 4 15 72