Petr Průcha

Petr Průcha (born September 14, 1982) is a Czech former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers and the Phoenix Coyotes.

Playing career Průcha led the Czech Republic Junior League in points during the 2001–02 season (33 assists and 56 points in 25 games). He was drafted by the New York Rangers in the eighth round of the 2002 NHL entry draft, 240th overall. He played 47 games in the 2004–05 season for HC Moeller Pardubice in the Czech Extraliga, scoring seven goals with 17 points.

In the 2005–06 season, he joined the Rangers as a rookie. While playing along with his compatriot Jaromír Jágr, he scored 30 goals and 47 points in 68 games, and his 16 power play goals on the season broke Camille Henry's record for the single-season rookie power play goal mark for the Rangers.

On July 5, 2007, Průcha re-signed with the Rangers to a two-year, $3.2 million contract.

On March 4, 2009, Průcha was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes, along with Dimitri Kalinin and Nigel Dawes, in exchange for defenceman Derek Morris. On June 19, 2009, he signed a two-year, $2.2 million contract extension with the Coyotes, worth $1.1 million annually.

After playing unproductively for some time, the Coyotes assigned Průcha to the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League (AHL), their top minor league affiliate. Unwilling to play for a minor league team, Průcha soon left for the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) to play for SKA Saint Petersburg.

After two seasons with Saint Petersburg, Průcha sat out the following season before opting to retire due to injury.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1999–2000 HC Chrudim CZE.2 U20 39 26 18 44 58 14 9 9 18 4 2000–01 HC IPB Pojišťovna Pardubice CZE U20 47 33 17 50 16 7 6 5 11 2 2001–02 HC IPB Pojišťovna Pardubice CZE U20 28 38 28 66 18 3 6 2 8 0 2001–02 HC IPB Pojišťovna Pardubice ELH 20 1 1 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 2001–02 HC Papíroví Draci Šumperk CZE.2 8 6 4 10 0 — — — — — 2002–03 HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice CZE U20 4 5 4 9 25 — — — — — 2002–03 HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice ELH 49 7 9 16 12 17 2 6 8 8 2002–03 HC VČE Hradec Králové, a.s. CZE.2 11 3 5 8 35 — — — — — 2003–04 HC Moeller Pardubice ELH 48 11 13 24 24 7 4 3 7 2 2003–04 HC VČE Hradec Králové, a.s. CZE.2 3 1 0 1 25 — — — — — 2004–05 HC Moeller Pardubice ELH 47 7 10 17 24 16 6 7 13 2 2005–06 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 2 2 1 3 0 — — — — — 2005–06 New York Rangers NHL 68 30 17 47 32 4 1 0 1 0 2006–07 New York Rangers NHL 79 22 18 40 30 10 0 1 1 4 2007–08 New York Rangers NHL 62 7 10 17 22 3 0 0 0 0 2008–09 New York Rangers NHL 28 4 5 9 16 — — — — — 2008–09 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 19 2 8 10 6 — — — — — 2009–10 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 79 13 9 22 23 7 1 2 3 4 2010–11 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 11 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 2010–11 San Antonio Rampage AHL 20 8 13 21 2 — — — — — 2010–11 SKA St. Petersburg KHL 11 1 2 3 4 11 5 1 6 14 2011–12 SKA St. Petersburg KHL 52 14 26 40 20 15 2 1 3 4 2012–13 SKA St. Petersburg KHL 37 14 5 19 26 5 0 2 2 2 ELH totals 164 26 33 59 62 45 12 16 28 12 NHL totals 346 78 68 146 132 24 2 3 5 8 KHL totals 100 29 33 62 50 31 7 4 11 20

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2002 Czech Republic WJC 7th 7 1 0 1 2 2004 Czech Republic WC 5th 7 3 1 4 6 2005 Czech Republic WC 3 0 0 0 0 2011 Czech Republic WC 9 3 2 5 2 2012 Czech Republic WC 10 1 2 3 4 Junior totals 7 1 0 1 2 Senior totals 29 7 5 12 12