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 career in his native country playing for HC Kladno in 1990. He stayed with Kladno until 1996 when he and his two linemates in Kladno and in the Czech national team, Martin Procházka and Otakar Vejvoda moved to Sweden to join the Elitserien team AIK for the 1996–1997 season. Procházka left AIK for Toronto Maple Leafs during the summer of 1997 and Vejvoda was forced to retire due to an injury early in the 1997/98 season. Patera left AIK in 1998 too, moved back home to the Czech Republic and signed with HC Vsetín.

After only one season with HC Vsetín Patera signed with the Dallas Stars. However, he played only 12 games with the Stars before he moved back to the Czech Republic and HC Vsetín. The following 2000/01 season he signed with NHL team Minnesota Wild, but after only playing 20 games with the Wild and spending the rest of the season in the IHL, Patera decided to return to Europe. He played with HC Kladno for a very short time (three games in the beginning of the 2001/02 season), before signing with Russian team Avangard Omsk, where he spend that season and the two following.

In the summer of 2004 he signed again with HC Kladno, but this time he stayed with the club. And with the exception of a three-month loan to Swedish Elitserien club Färjestads BK in the spring of 2006, he has stayed with Kladno (as of March 25, 2007).

Achievements World Championship Gold Medal 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001 World Championship Bronze Medal 1997, 1998 Olympic Gold Medal 1998 Czech Extraliga Champion 98/99 Russian Super League Champion 03/04 Elitserien Champion 05/06

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1990–91 Poldi SONP Kladno CSSR 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1991–92 Poldi SONP Kladno CSSR 38 12 10 22 20 8 8 7 15 6 1992–93 Poldi SONP Kladno CSSR 33 8 19 27 42 — — — — — 1993–94 Poldi SONP Kladno CZE 43 21 39 60 22 11 5 10 15 8 1994–95 Poldi SONP Kladno CZE 43 26 49 75 24 11 5 7 12 8 1995–96 HC Poldi Kladno CZE 40 24 31 55 38 8 3 2 5 34 1996–97 AIK SWE 50 19 24 43 44 7 2 3 5 6 1997–98 AIK SWE 46 8 17 25 50 — — — — — 1998–99 HC Slovnaft Vsetín CZE 51 15 38 53 58 12 5 10 15 2 1999–00 Dallas Stars NHL 12 1 4 5 4 — — — — — 1999–00 HC Slovnaft Vsetín CZE 29 8 14 22 48 9 3 4 7 8 2000–01 Minnesota Wild NHL 20 1 3 4 4 — — — — — 2000–01 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 54 8 44 52 22 — — — — — 2001–02 HC Vagnerplast Kladno CZE 3 0 2 2 0 — — — — — 2001–02 Avangard Omsk RSL 28 5 8 13 30 11 1 3 4 6 2002–03 Avangard Omsk RSL 51 14 32 46 68 12 2 4 6 6 2003–04 Avangard Omsk RSL 59 16 24 40 48 11 0 3 3 6 2004–05 HC Rabat Kladno CZE 49 13 30 43 50 6 2 2 4 27 2005–06 HC Rabat Kladno CZE 29 11 10 21 48 — — — — — 2005–06 Färjestad BK SWE 8 0 0 0 4 18 2 0 2 16 2006–07 HC Rabat Kladno CZE 52 18 39 57 89 3 0 0 0 4 2007–08 HC GEUS OKNA Kladno CZE 52 19 22 41 68 9 5 2 7 4 2008–09 HC GEUS OKNA Kladno CZE 51 17 28 45 34 — — — — — 2009–10 HC GEUS OKNA Kladno CZE 47 13 24 37 103 — — — — — 2010–11 HC Vagnerplast Kladno CZE 52 7 22 29 54 — — — — — 2011–12 Rytíři Kladno CZE 52 10 17 27 26 3 1 3 4 4 2012–13 Rytíři Kladno CZE 42 10 22 32 44 10 2 4 6 2 2013–14 Rytíři Kladno CZE 40 5 21 26 20 — — — — — 2014–15 HC Olomouc CZE 48 8 6 14 44 — — — — — CZE totals 723 225 414 639 770 92 31 44 75 101 NHL totals 32 2 7 9 8 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1995 Czech Republic WC 7 0 0 0 2 1996 Czech Republic WCH 2 0 1 1 0 1996 Czech Republic WC 8 3 5 8 2 1997 Czech Republic WC 9 3 8 11 4 1998 Czech Republic OG 6 2 3 5 0 1998 Czech Republic WC 9 6 3 9 12 1999 Czech Republic WC 10 3 4 7 6 2000 Czech Republic WC 9 1 1 2 4 2001 Czech Republic WC 9 0 5 5 2 2002 Czech Republic OG 2 0 0 0 2 2002 Czech Republic WC 7 2 3 5 4 Senior totals 76 20 32 52 38