Martin Procházka

Martin Procházka (born March 3, 1972, in Slaný, Czechoslovakia) is a retired professional ice hockey player. Procházka was drafted 135th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft and played 32 games in the National Hockey League for the Leafs and Atlanta Thrashers. For his NHL career, he scored two goals and five assists for seven points, collecting eight penalty minutes. He tallied an assist on the first goal in Atlanta Thrashers history, a 4-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils on Oct. 2, 1999, his only point as a Thrasher. He has also had spells in the Swedish Elitserien for AIK Hockey and the Russian Super League for Avangard Omsk Oblast and Khimik Voskresensk. He won a Gold Medal with the Czech Republic in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Procházka also won four-times the World Championships with the Czech Republic, in 1996, 1999, 2000 and 2001. He also won the Czech Extraliga with HC Vsetín in 1999.