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Miroslav Hlinka
Ice hockey player
Miroslav Hlinka (31 August 1972[1] – 14 September 2014) was a Slovak professional ice hockey player and assistant coach.
| Miroslav Hlinka | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
(1972-08-31)31 August 1972 Trenčín, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Died |
14 September 2014(2014-09-14) (aged 42) Banská Bystrica, Slovakia | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Played for |
HC Karlovy Vary HC Dynamo Moscow Modo Hockey Jokerit HK Dukla Trenčín | ||
| National team |
 Czech Republic and Slovakia | ||
| Playing career | 1990–2014 | ||
He played both for Czech and Slovak national ice hockey team. He won the 2002 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships with Slovak national ice hockey team.[2]
He was the cousin of Czech national team player Jaroslav Hlinka and the son of former player Miroslav Hlinka sr.[3]
On 14 September 2014 he committed suicide[4][2] in a hotel in Banská Bystrica. He is survived by his wife, his son Michal and his daughter Vanesa.[3]
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1990–91 | ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín | TCH | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1991–92 | ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín | TCH | 18 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín | TCH | 48 | 8 | 17 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | HC Dukla Trenčín | SVK | 35 | 4 | 7 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 43 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 28 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 58 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1996–97 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 42 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1997–98 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 51 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 84 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1998–99 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 48 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 81 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 1999–2000 | Jokerit | Liiga | 26 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 1999–2000 | HC Slovan Bratislava | SVK | 21 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | HC Becherovka Karlovy Vary | ELH | 32 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Modo Hockey | SEL | 45 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 69 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 24 | ||
| 2002–03 | Modo Hockey | SEL | 41 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | Dynamo Moscow | RSL | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | HC Hamé Zlín | ELH | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | ||
| 2004–05 | HC Dukla Trenčín | SVK | 33 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | MsHK Žilina | SVK | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 34 | ||
| 2005–06 | HC Moeller Pardubice | ELH | 52 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | HC Moeller Pardubice | ELH | 49 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 62 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | ||
| 2007–08 | HC Moeller Pardubice | ELH | 33 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 2008–09 | KLH Chomutov | CZE II | 25 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | ||
| 2009–10 | HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | SVK | 32 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 96 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | SVK | 34 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 49 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 41 | ||
| 2011–12 | HK AutoFinance Poprad | SVK | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | SVK | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2013–14 | HK Trnava | SVK II | 36 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | MHK Dubnica nad Váhom | SVK III | 19 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| SVK totals | 192 | 33 | 62 | 95 | 265 | 30 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 83 | ||||
| ELH totals | 397 | 77 | 145 | 222 | 682 | 78 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 78 | ||||
International
- Miroslav Hlinka Archived 2014-09-15 at the Wayback Machine, hokej.cz, Retrieved 15. 9. 2014 (in Czech)
- Miroslav Hlinka spáchal vo veku 42 rokov samovraždu, SME.sk, Retrieved 14. 9. 2014 (in Slovak)
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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