Václav Pletka

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
team = HC Liberec
former_teams = "NHL"
Philadelphia Flyers
league = CZE
position = Right Wing
shoots = Right
height_ft = 5
height_in = 11
weight_lb = 182
nationality = CZE
birth_date = Birth date and age|1979|6|8|mf=y
birth_place = Mladá Boleslav, CS
draft = 208th overall
draft_year = 1999
draft_team = Philadelphia Flyers
career_start = 2002

Václav Pletka (born June 8, 1979 in Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He plays right wing for HC Liberec in the Czech Extraliga. He played in one National Hockey League (NHL) game with the Philadelphia Flyers.

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.

ee also

*List of one-gamers in the National Hockey League

External links

*hockeydb|45137