Jiří Crha Explained

Birth Date:13 April 1950
Birth Place:Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
Height Ft:5
Height In:11
Weight Lb:170
Position:Goaltender
Catches:Left
Played For:Toronto Maple Leafs
Ntl Team:TCH
Draft:Undrafted
Career Start:1969
Career End:1993
Show-Medals:yes

Jiří Crha (born 13 April 1950) is a Czech former ice hockey goaltender. He played 69 games in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs between 1980 and 1981. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1969 to 1993, was spent first in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League and then the German Eishockey-Bundesliga. Internationally Crha played for the Czechoslovakian national team in several tournaments, including the 1976 Winter Olympics, where he won a silver medal.

Playing career

Born in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic, Crha played for nine seasons in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League and for his country at the international level, including the 1976 Winter Olympics. He was signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent on 4 February 1980. He remained with the team until 1983 when he went to Germany, where he played until his retirement in 1991. He then served as a player agent to players in the Czech Republic.[1]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP W L T MIN GA SV%GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
1969–70HC Dukla JihlavaCSSR19 1140 45 1 2.37
1970–71HC Dukla JihlavaCSSR32 1825 75 2 2.46
1971–72TJ PardubiceCSSR33 3.06
1972–73TJ PardubiceCSSR
1973–74TJ PardubiceCSSR
1974–75TJ PardubiceCSSR
1975–76TJ PardubiceCSSR
1976–77TJ PardubiceCSSR44 2640 145 3.30
1977–78TJ PardubiceCSSR44 2595 128 2.96
1978–79TJ PardubiceCSSR37 2220 117 3.16
1979–80Toronto Maple LeafsNHL15 8 7 0 830 50 0 3.62 .9082 0 2 121 10 0 4.98 .891
1979–80New Brunswick HawksAHL7 4 1 2 404 15 1 2.23 .922
1980–81Toronto Maple LeafsNHL54 20 20 11 3105 211 0 4.08 .8753 0 2 65 11 0 10.23 .750
1981–82Cincinnati TigersCHL2 1 0 0 81 11 0 8.15 .774
1982–83St. Catharines SaintsAHL1 60 6 0 6.00 .838
1983–84SV BayreuthGER-2
1985–86EHC FreiburgGER-2
1986–87EHC FreiburgGER-2
1987–88EHC FreiburgGER-2
1988–89EHC FreiburgGER
1989–90EHC FreiburgGER
1990–91EHC FreiburgGER
1991–92EHC FreiburgGER40 2376 161 0 4.07
1992–93EHC FreiburgGER41 12 23 2 2427 149 0 3.68
NHL totals69 28 27 11 3935 261 0 3.98 .8835 0 4 186 21 0 6.81 .846

International

YearTeamEventGP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV%
1968CzechoslovakiaEJC5 .915
1969CzechoslovakiaEJC
1973CzechoslovakiaWC2 2 0 0 120 3 0 1.50 .943
1974CzechoslovakiaWC5 3 1 0 260 10 1 2.31 .894
1975CzechoslovakiaWC2 0 1 0 75 5 0 4.00 .800
1976CzechoslovakiaOLY2 37 1 0 1.62 .875
1978CzechoslovakiaWC1 1 0 0 60 2 0 2.00 .917
Senior totals12 552 21 1 2.28

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jiri Crha . Hockey Hall of Fame . 28 January 2015.