Pavel Trnka

Pavel Trnka (born July 26, 1976 in Plzeň, Czechoslovakia) is a former Czech ice hockey defenceman. He played seven seasons in the National Hockey League with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Florida Panthers between 1997 and 2004. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1993 to 2012, was mainly spent in the Czech Extraliga. Internationally Trnka played the for the Czech national team at both the junior and senior level. After retiring from play, Trnka went into coaching, and has worked with HC Vítkovice at their senior and youth level since 2012.

Pavel Trnka
Born (1976-07-26) July 26, 1976
Plzeň, TCH
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Extraliga team
Former teams
HC Vítkovice
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Florida Panthers
HC Plzeň (Extraliga),
HC Kladno (Extraliga)
NHL Draft 106th overall, 1994
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Playing career 19932012

Trnka was drafted 106th overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft and started his NHL career with the Ducks in 1997 and stayed there for six seasons before he was traded to the Florida Panthers for Sandis Ozolinsh and Lance Ward. In total, Trnka played 411 regular season games, scoring 14 goals and 63 assists for 77 points and collecting 323 penalty minutes. He left the NHL after the 2004 season to return to the Czech Republic for HC Lasselsberger Plzeň. He had two spells in Sweden's Elitserien for Leksands IF and Malmö Redhawks.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1992–93 HC Škoda Plzeň CZE U20
1993–94 HC Škoda Plzeň ELH 1100012
1994–95 HC Interconnex Plzeň ELH 60000
1994–95 Poldi SONP Kladno ELH 2805524
1995–96 Baltimore Bandits AHL 6926844 60002
1996–97 Baltimore Bandits AHL 696142086 30002
1997–98 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 4834740
1997–98 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 2335828
1998–99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 6304460 40112
1999–2000 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 572151734
2000–01 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 5917842
2001–02 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 712111366
2002–03 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 243696
2002–03 Florida Panthers NHL 2203324
2003–04 Florida Panthers NHL 673131651
2004–05 HC Lasselsberger Plzeň ELH 4771017103
2005–06 HC Lasselsberger Plzeň ELH 38861440
2005–06 Leksands IF SEL 70338
2006–07 HC Lasselsberger Plzeň ELH 2832562
2006–07 Malmö Redhawks SEL 2001136
2007–08 HC Vítkovice Steel ELH 4813470
2008–09 HC Vítkovice Steel ELH 3118920 701110
2009–10 HC Vítkovice Steel ELH 4616742 1601116
2010–11 HC Vítkovice Steel ELH 4927948 1508826
2011–12 HC Vítkovice Steel ELH 3405516 30004
ELH totals 366235275437 410101056
NHL totals 411146377323 40112

International

Medal record
Representing Czech Republic
Men's ice hockey
European Junior Championships
1994 Finland
Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
1994 Czech Republic EJC 50116
1995 Czech Republic WJC 70008
2003 Czech Republic WC 51016
Junior totals 1201114
Senior totals 51016


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