Milan Hnilička

Milan Hnilička
MP
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
21 October 2017
Personal details
Born

(1973-06-25) June 25, 1973
Litoměřice, Czechoslovakia

Ice hockey career
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Czech Extraliga team
Former teams		 Bílí Tygři Liberec
New York Rangers
Atlanta Thrashers
Los Angeles Kings
National team  Czech Republic
NHL Draft 70th overall, 1991
New York Islanders
Playing career 1989–2010
Olympic medal record
Men's ice hockey
1998 Nagano Team
2006 Torino Team

Milan Hnilička[1] (born June 25, 1973) is a Czech former ice hockey goalie who played in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers, Atlanta Thrashers and the Los Angeles Kings and politician who has been member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2017. He was drafted 70th overall by the New York Islanders in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. In 2000, Milan won the Calder Cup while playing for the Hartford Wolf Pack. He recently played as goaltender in the Czech Extraliga for Bílí Tygři Liberec. He announced his retirement in August 2010.

International play

Hnilička played his first game for the Czechoslovak team in 1991, and played twice for Czechoslovakia and 97 times for the Czech national team.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Prague Post
  2. ↑ He is world champion from 1999,2001 and 2005. lng=CZ&webid=472&view=hrac_info&idh=136 Stats at hokej.cz Archived 2009-01-05 at the Wayback Machine. (in Czech)


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