Height 1.80 m Shoots Right-handed Role Ice hockey player Position Winger | Name Vaclav Pletka Career start 2002 Playing career Weight 83 kg | |
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Born June 8, 1979 (age 45) Mlada Boleslav, TCH ( 1979-06-08 ) CZE teamFormer teams HC Ceske BudejoviceNHLPhiladelphia FlyersCZEHC LiberecHC Ocelari Trinec NHL Draft 208th overall, 1999Philadelphia Flyers | ||
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Václav Pletka (born June 8, 1979 in Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He plays left wing for HC České Budějovice in the Czech Extraliga. He played in one National Hockey League (NHL) game with the Philadelphia Flyers.
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Playing career
He was drafted in the seventh round, 208th overall, of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers. Pletka played two seasons in the Czech Extraliga for HC Oceláři Třinec before coming to North America. He played in Philadelphia for two seasons, appearing in 132 games with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the American Hockey League, and one NHL game with the Flyers during the 2001–02 NHL season.
For the 2002–03 season, Pletka returned to his native Czech Republic to rejoin HC Oceláři Třinec. In the 2005–06 season, he moved to HC Bílí Tygři Liberec of the Czech Extraliga, and also appeared in five games with HC Dynamo Moscow of the Russian Hockey Super League.
