Jiří Crha

Jiří Crha (born 13 April 1950) is a Czech former ice hockey goaltender. He played 69 games in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs between 1980 and 1981. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1969 to 1993, was spent first in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League and then the German Eishockey-Bundesliga. Internationally Crha played for the Czechoslovak national team in several tournaments, including the 1976 Winter Olympics, where he won a silver medal.

Playing career Born in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic, Crha played for nine seasons in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League and for his country at the international level, including the 1976 Winter Olympics. He was signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent on 4 February 1980. He remained with the team until 1983 when he went to Germany, where he played until his retirement in 1991. He then served as a player agent to players in the Czech Republic.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1969–70 HC Dukla Jihlava CSSR 19 — — — 1140 45 1 2.37 — — — — — — — — — 1970–71 HC Dukla Jihlava CSSR 32 — — — 1825 75 2 2.46 — — — — — — — — — 1971–72 TJ Pardubice CSSR 33 — — — — — — 3.06 — — — — — — — — — 1972–73 TJ Pardubice CSSR — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1973–74 TJ Pardubice CSSR — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1974–75 TJ Pardubice CSSR — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1975–76 TJ Pardubice CSSR — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1976–77 TJ Pardubice CSSR 44 — — — 2640 145 — 3.30 — — — — — — — — — 1977–78 TJ Pardubice CSSR 44 — — — 2595 128 — 2.96 — — — — — — — — — 1978–79 TJ Pardubice CSSR 37 — — — 2220 117 — 3.16 — — — — — — — — — 1979–80 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 15 8 7 0 830 50 0 3.62 .908 2 0 2 121 10 0 4.98 .891 1979–80 New Brunswick Hawks AHL 7 4 1 2 404 15 1 2.23 .922 — — — — — — — — 1980–81 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 54 20 20 11 3105 211 0 4.08 .875 3 0 2 65 11 0 10.23 .750 1981–82 Cincinnati Tigers CHL 2 1 0 0 81 11 0 8.15 .774 — — — — — — — — 1982–83 St. Catharines Saints AHL 1 — — — 60 6 0 6.00 .838 — — — — — — — — 1983–84 SV Bayreuth GER-2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1985–86 EHC Freiburg GER-2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1986–87 EHC Freiburg GER-2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1987–88 EHC Freiburg GER-2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1988–89 EHC Freiburg GER — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1989–90 EHC Freiburg GER — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1990–91 EHC Freiburg GER — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1991–92 EHC Freiburg GER 40 — — — 2376 161 0 4.07 — — — — — — — — — 1992–93 EHC Freiburg GER 41 12 23 2 2427 149 0 3.68 — — — — — — — — — NHL totals 69 28 27 11 3935 261 0 3.98 .883 5 0 4 186 21 0 6.81 .846

International Year Team Event GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1968 Czechoslovakia EJC 5 — — — — — — — .915 1969 Czechoslovakia EJC — — — — — — — — — 1973 Czechoslovakia WC 2 2 0 0 120 3 0 1.50 .943 1974 Czechoslovakia WC 5 3 1 0 260 10 1 2.31 .894 1975 Czechoslovakia WC 2 0 1 0 75 5 0 4.00 .800 1976 Czechoslovakia OLY 2 — — — 37 1 0 1.62 .875 1978 Czechoslovakia WC 1 1 0 0 60 2 0 2.00 .917 Senior totals 12 — — — 552 21 1 2.28 —