Michal Barinka

Michal Barinka
Born (1984-06-12) June 12, 1984 (age 40)
Vyškov, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 221 lb (100 kg; 15 st 11 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
ELH team
Former teams		 HC Kometa Brno
HC České Budějovice
HC Vítkovice
HC Sparta Praha
Chicago Blackhawks
Ottawa Senators
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
SC Bern
Fribourg-Gottéron
National team  Czech Republic
NHL Draft 59th overall, 2003
Chicago Blackhawks
Playing career 2003–present

Michal Barinka (born June 12, 1984) is a Czech professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Kometa Brno of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). He has also played for Chicago Blackhawks and Ottawa Senators in the National Hockey League (NHL), HC České Budějovice, HC Vítkovice, and HC Sparta Praha in the Extraliga (EHL), Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), and SC Bern and Fribourg-Gottéron in the National League A (NLA).

Career

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Barinka was drafted 59th overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks. Barinka played 2 seasons with the Blackhawks before being traded in a three-way deal to the Ottawa Senators for Martin Havlát.[1] Barinka played for the farm team Binghamton Senators for 1 season before returning to the Czech Republic to play for the HC Vítkovice of the Czech Extraliga. After playing 5 seasons with HC Vítkovice, Barinka left to play with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League. He left to play for HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the National League A. He played 1 season with them before returning to the Czech Extraliga to play for HC Vítkovice again.[2] He would play three seasons with HC Sparta Praha, then two seasons with HC Kometa Brno, one season with Rytíři Kladno, and one season with HC RT Torax Poruba.

References

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  1. ↑ "Senators trade away Havlat".
  2. ↑ "Michal Barinka retourne au HC Vitkovice". Archived from the original on 2012-08-22. Retrieved 2012-10-30.

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