Richard Žemlička

Richard Žemlička (born 13 April 1964) is a Czech former professional ice hockey left winger.

Playing career Žemlicka began his career with HC Slavia Praha and HC Sparta Praha, becoming a regular member of Sparta's roster in 1987. He was drafted 185th in the 1990 NHL entry draft by the Edmonton Oilers but never made the move to North America and remained with Sparta Praha before moving to the SM-liiga in Finland for TPS during the 1991-92 season. He then moved to Germany in 1992 to play in the Eishockey-Bundesliga and later the Deutsche Eishockey Liga for EHC Freiburg, Eisbären Berlin and ESG Sachsen Weißwasser before returning to Sparta Praha in 1995.

Žemlicka stayed with Sparta for the next eight seasons, becoming the team's captain in 2001. In 2003, he joined HC Litvínov and in 2004, he moved to the Slovak Extraliga for spells with HK Poprad and MHK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš. From 2006 until his retirement in 2010, Žemlicka played for HC Roudnice nad Labem.

Žemlicka was a member of the Czechoslovakia national team and later the Czech Republic national team following the split of Czechoslovakia in 1993. He played at the 1992 Winter Olympics and helped Czechoslovakia win the bronze medal. He also played in the 1994 Winter Olympics for the Czech Republic.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1985–86 TJ Slavia IPS Praha TCH II 41 21 10 31 — — — — — — 1986–87 TJ Sparta ČKD Praha TCH 27 3 7 10 14 — — — — — 1986–87 TJ Slavia IPS Praha TCH II — 12 — — — — — — — — 1987–88 TJ Sparta ČKD Praha TCH 44 8 10 18 32 — — — — — 1988–89 TJ Sparta ČKD Praha TCH 42 20 17 37 40 — — — — — 1989–90 TJ Sparta ČKD Praha TCH 45 15 14 29 28 — — — — — 1990–91 HC Sparta Praha TCH 51 22 30 52 43 — — — — — 1991–92 HC Sparta Praha TCH 28 14 19 33 33 — — — — — 1991–92 TPS Liiga 15 5 9 14 6 3 2 1 3 0 1992–93 EHC Freiburg 1.GBun 43 25 31 56 52 — — — — — 1993–94 EHC Freiburg 1.GBun 44 15 33 48 31 — — — — — 1993–94 HC Sparta Praha ELH — — — — — 7 0 3 3 16 1994–95 Eisbären Berlin DEL 38 23 24 47 32 — — — — — 1995–96 ESG Füchse Sachsen DEL 2 0 2 2 2 — — — — — 1995–96 HC Sparta Praha ELH 29 20 20 40 46 11 1 11 12 29 1996–97 HC Sparta Praha ELH 40 24 22 46 78 8 5 5 10 20 1997–98 HC Sparta Praha ELH 43 16 21 37 52 11 2 6 8 49 1998–99 HC Sparta Praha ELH 27 12 11 23 61 8 1 3 4 4 1999–2000 HC Sparta Praha ELH 43 17 25 42 68 9 5 4 9 12 2000–01 HC Sparta Praha ELH 47 14 29 43 105 13 5 8 13 18 2001–02 HC Sparta Praha ELH 46 19 24 43 92 11 1 9 10 12 2002–03 HC Sparta Praha ELH 35 8 12 20 30 — — — — — 2002–03 HC Chemopetrol, a.s. ELH 11 2 8 10 24 — — — — — 2003–04 HC Chemopetrol, a.s. ELH 46 8 16 24 48 — — — — — 2004–05 HK Tatravagónka ŠKP Poprad SVK 37 12 14 26 26 5 1 2 3 18 2005–06 HK Tatravagónka ŠKP Poprad SVK 29 5 4 9 40 — — — — — 2005–06 HK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš SVK 21 2 9 11 75 — — — — — 2006–07 HC Roudnice nad Labem CZE IV — — — — — — — — — — 2007–08 HC Roudnice nad Labem CZE III 30 17 16 33 93 — — — — — 2008–09 HC Roudnice nad Labem CZE III 31 16 23 39 42 — — — — — 2009–10 HC Roudnice nad Labem CZE III 7 1 5 6 6 — — — — — TCH totals 237 86 93 179 190 — — — — — ELH totals 367 134 170 304 604 84 20 49 69 160

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1991 Czechoslovakia WC 10 2 1 3 4 1991 Czechoslovakia CC 5 2 1 3 0 1992 Czechoslovakia OG 8 1 4 5 6 1992 Czechoslovakia WC 8 0 3 3 0 1993 Czech Republic WC 5 1 1 2 8 1994 Czech Republic OG 8 3 4 7 6 1994 Czech Republic WC 6 3 1 4 6 1995 Czech Republic WC 8 1 1 2 6 1997 Czech Republic WC 9 0 2 2 4 Senior totals 67 13 18 31 40