Filip Novotny

Filip Novotný (born on May 6, 1991 in Pelhřimov) is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender. He plays with HC Energie Karlovy Vary of the Tipsport Extraliga.

Club career
Novotný made his senior debut with HC Dukla Jihlava of the 1. Liga in the 2006-07 season. Then he appeared in senior hockey in the 2008-09 season for the HC Dukla Jihlava again. In the 2009-10 season, Novotný played for the HC Berounští Medvědi of the 1. Liga.

In the 2010-11 season, Novotný made his Tipsport Extraliga debut playing for the HC Sparta Praha. In this season, he also played for the HC Berounští Medvědi again.

Novotný's first fully senior season was the 2011-12. He played in the 1. Liga for HC Dukla Jihlava.

In the next season, Novotný still played for HC Dukla Jihlava. He also appeared in some HC Sparta Praha games, but only as the second goalie.

In the 2013-14 season, Novotný played some games for the HC Sparta Praha and he also appeared in some games with HC Stadion Litoměřice and SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč of the 1. Liga

In the 2014-15 season, Novotný played only for the HC Sparta Praha. He played in 36 games and recorded .912 save percentage in the regular season and played another 10 games in the play-offs with the .914 save percentage.

In the 2015-16 season, Novotný tried his luck in the KHL. He signed with Metallurg Novokuznetsk, but played only 4 games with the .886 save percentage. Then he returned to the Czech Republic to play again with HC Sparta Praha. He played there another 2 games. In the middle of the season, Novotný was loaned to the Bílí Tygři Liberec of the Tipsport Extraliga and was sent to their WSM Liga affiliate, HC Benátky nad Jizerou. Novotný did not play for the Bílí Tygři, but he appeared in a few games as the second goalie.

In the 2016-17 season, Novotný played with HC Sparta Praha of the Tipsport Extraliga and with HC Benátky nad Jizerou of the WSM Liga.

After this season, Novotný signed with HC Energie Karlovy Vary which was relegated from the Tipsport Extraliga to the WSM Liga for the 2017-18 season. Novotný became its first goalie and Energie advanced into the Tipsport Extraliga for the next season.

Novotný stayed with Energie and remained the first goalie. He recorded pretty good .913 and .922 save percentages in the 2018-19 and 2019-20 regular seasons.

International career
Novotný played with the Czech Republic at the 2009 World U18 Championship and at the 2011 World Junior Championship.