Michal Trávníček

Michal Trávníček (born March 14, 1980) is a Czech professional ice hockey player.[1] He was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 8th round (228th overall) of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.[2]

Michal Trávníček
Born	(1980-03-14) March 14, 1980 Děčín, Czechoslovakia
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb)
Position	Left wing
Shoots	Left
Czech Extraliga team Former teams	HC Litvínov St. John's Maple Leafs HC Zlín
NHL Draft	228th overall, 1998 Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career	1998–present

Trávníček has played with HC Litvínov in the Czech Extraliga since the 1998–99 Czech Extraliga season. He has also played few regular seasons games for HC Zlín in the 2005–06 season. In 2000, two years after his NHL draft year, he went to play for Toronto's AHL affiliate St. John's Maple Leafs. He played there during two seasons, the whole 2000–01 AHL season and part of the 2001–02 season during which he returned to the Czech Extraliga and HC Litvínov.[2]

Trávníček has played for the Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team in the Euro Hockey Tour.[2] He has also played for the Czech Republic men's national junior ice hockey team. In November 1999, in a game against Sweden in Helsinki, Trávníček attacked Swedish forward Mattias Weinhandl, whose left eye was injured after being struck with the blade of Trávníček's stick. After the incident, Trávníček was suspended from international hockey for three years by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Swede was permanently injured in the eye and only has 10% vision, despite Trávníček's doing, he managed to play several games in the NHL. Less than a year before, in the 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, he was suspended for two games after spitting on a linesman.[3][4]