Petr Prajsler Explained

Played For:Tesla Pardubice
Los Angeles Kings
Boston Bruins
Position:Defence
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lb:200
Shoots:Left
Birth Date:September 21, 1965
Birth Place:Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia
Draft:93rd overall
Draft Year:1985
Draft Team:Los Angeles Kings
Career Start:1984
Career End:1994

Petr Prajsler (born September 21, 1965) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League for the Los Angeles Kings between 1987 and 1990 and the Boston Bruins in 1991. He also played several seasons in the Czech Republic. Internationally Prajsler played for the Czechoslovak national junior team at the 1985 World Junior Championships, winning a silver medal.

Prajsler began his career with Tesla Pardubice in 1984 where he spent three seasons. He was drafted 93rd overall by Los Angeles in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft and played 43 regular season games for the Kings over three seasons, scoring three goals and ten assists. In 1990, Prajsler moved to the International Hockey League and joined the Phoenix Roadrunners where in 77 games, he scored 13 goals and 47 points, his most productive season.

He was signed by the Boston Bruins as a free-agent the next year, but only managed to play three more NHL games, going pointless. He did though have another highly productive season, this time for the Maine Mariners where he scored 12 goals and 45 points in just 61 games.

He returned to his homeland in 1992, playing for his hometown team Stadion Hradec Králové, who were playing in the Czechoslovakian Second Division. The team won promotion to the newly formed Czech Extraliga which was formed after the breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1993, but only managed to play 17 games in a season which saw them relegated. It was his final season as he retired shortly afterwards.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1983–84HK Hradec Kralove U20CSSR Jr24 15 10 25
1983–84TJ Stadion Hradec KraloveCSSR-21
1984–85TJ Tesla PardubiceCSSR29 4 1 5 24
1985–86TJ Tesla PardubiceCSSR43 8
1985–86TJ Stadion Hradec KraloveCSSR-21
1986–87TJ Tesla PardubiceCSSR32 2 3 5 499 1 1 2
1987–88Los Angeles KingsNHL7 0 0 0 2
1987–88New Haven NighthawksAHL41 3 8 11 58
1988–89Los Angeles KingsNHL2 0 3 3 01 0 0 0 0
1988–89New Haven NighthawksAHL43 4 6 10 9616 3 3 6 34
1989–90Los Angeles KingsNHL34 3 7 10 473 0 0 0 0
1989–90New Haven NighthawksAHL6 1 7 8 2
1990–91Phoenix RoadrunnersIHL77 13 34 47 1409 1 9 10 18
1991–92Boston BruinsNHL3 0 0 0 2
1991–92Maine MarinersAHL61 12 33 45 88
1992–93HC Stadion Hradec KraloveCSSR-2
1993–94HC Stadion Hradec KraloveCZE17 0 5 5 26
2007–08Stadion Novy BydzovCZE-412 3 1 4 8
2008–09Stadion Novy BydzovCZE-411 3 1 4 33
2009–10HC VCES Hradec KraloveCZE-21 0 0 0 08 0 1 1 16
2009–10SC KolinCZE-31 0 0 0 2
2009–10SK Trebechovice pod OrebemCZE-410 3 2 5 8
2010–11SK Trebechovice pod OrebemCZE-49 1 2 3 18
2015–16DammarieFRA-41 1 0 1 4
CSSR totals121 14 9 23 999 1 1 2
NHL totals77 13 34 47 1409 1 9 10 18

International

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YearTeamEventGP G A Pts PIM
1983CzechoslovakiaEJC5 1 0 1 4
1985CzechoslovakiaWJC6 1 2 3 4
Junior totals11 2 2 4 8