{{Short description|Czech ice hockey player (born 1988)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Michael Frolik 160219.PNG | caption = Frolík with the Calgary Flames in February 2016 | image_size = 230px | ntl_team = Czech Republic | played_for = Rytíři Kladno<br>Florida Panthers<br>Chicago Blackhawks<br>Piráti Chomutov<br>Winnipeg Jets<br>Calgary Flames<br>Buffalo Sabres<br>Montreal Canadiens<br>Lausanne HC<br>Bílí Tygři Liberec | prospect_team = | prospect_league = | position = Right wing | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 190 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|2|17}} | birth_place = Kladno, Czechoslovakia | draft = 10th overall | draft_year = 2006 | draft_team = Florida Panthers | career_start = 2004 | career_end = 2024 }} '''Michael Frolík''' ({{IPA|cs|ˈmɪxaɛl ˈfroliːk}}; born 17 February 1988) is a former Czech professional ice hockey right winger.
Frolík has previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Florida Panthers, the organization that selected him tenth overall in 2006, as well as the Chicago Blackhawks, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2013. He also had stints with the Winnipeg Jets, Calgary Flames, Buffalo Sabres and Montreal Canadiens.
==Playing career== [[File:Michael Frolík Feb 8 2008.jpg|thumb|left|Frolík with the Rimouski Océanic in February 2008.]]
===Amateur=== As a youth, Frolík played in the 2002 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Chomutov.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-02-15}}</ref>
===Junior=== Beginning in the 2006–07 season, Frolík began his North American career playing at the major junior level for the Rimouski Océanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL).{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
===Professional===
====Florida Panthers==== Frolík played two seasons in the Czech Extraliga for Rabat Kladno before being selected tenth overall in the 2006 NHL entry draft by the Florida Panthers. He made his NHL debut for Florida during the 2008–09 season, in which he finished with 21 goals and 24 assists for 45 points in 79 games. The following season, Frolík would record 43 points.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
====Chicago Blackhawks==== On 9 February 2011, during Frolík's third season with the Panthers, he was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks (along with goaltender Alexander Salák) in exchange for Jack Skille, Hugh Jessiman and David Pacan.<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/panthers/florida-panthers-trade-michael-frolik-get-jack-skille-1244262.html | title = Florida Panthers trade Michael Frolik, get Jack Skille | newspaper = Palm Beach Post | date = 2011-02-09 | access-date = 2011-02-09}}</ref> Frolík scored his first goal as a Blackhawk on 2 March 2011, against Miikka Kiprusoff the Calgary Flames where the Blackhawks won the game 6–4.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/chicago/blackhawks/post/_/id/4666192/blackhawks-top-line-leading-the-way |title=Blackhawks' top line leading the way |last1=Rogers | first1 = Jesse |website=ESPN.com |date=March 4, 2011 |access-date=June 11, 2024}}</ref> On 13 April, he made his Stanley Cup playoff debut against the Presidents' Trophy-winning Vancouver Canucks. On 19 April, he scored his first career playoff goal against Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo in game four of the Western Conference Quarterfinals and on 24 April, he scored the first Stanley Cup playoff penalty shot in Blackhawks history against Canucks goaltender Cory Schneider in game six of the Western Conference Quarterfinals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2011/4/24/2130975/cory-schneider-michael-frolik-penalty-shot-canucks-blackhawks |title=PHOTO: Cory Schneider Injured On Michael Frolik Penalty Shot | last1=Oates | first1 = Russ |website=SB Nation |date=24 April 2011 |access-date=25 March 2024}}</ref> [[File:Brouwer, Stalberg, and Frolik (5442395756).jpg|thumb|left|Frolík (right) during his tenure with the Chicago Blackhawks alongside Viktor Stålberg and Troy Brouwer in February 2011.]]
On 15 July 2011, Frolík signed a three-year contract extension with the Blackhawks at an annual average value of $2.333 million.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=569454 | title = Frolik signs contract with Blackhawks | website = NHL.com | date = 2011-07-15 | access-date = 2011-07-15}}</ref>
During the 2012–13 NHL lockout, Frolík played for Piráti Chomutov of the Czech Extraliga until returning to the Blackhawks for the 48-game shortened regular season in which he would play 45 games with three goals, seven assists and 10 points to help the Blackhawks win the Presidents' Trophy as the regular season champions. On 27 May 2013, during the 2013 playoffs, he scored the second playoff penalty shot goal of his career against Jimmy Howard of the Detroit Red Wings,<ref>{{cite web|title=Chicago Blackhawks vs Detroit Red Wings - Boxscore - 27 May, 2013|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=400465771|website=ESPN.com|access-date=28 May 2013}}</ref> becoming the first player in NHL history to score more than one career penalty shot goal in the playoffs.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Care|first1=Tony|title=Did You See That? Michael Frolik sets penalty-shot record|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/hockey/opinion/2013/05/did-you-see-that-michael-frolik-sets-penalty-shot-record.html|access-date=3 March 2015|work=CBC Sports|date=28 May 2013}}</ref> He ultimately scored ten points (three goals, seven assists) in the all 23 playoff games in en route to the Blackhawks' Stanley Cup victory over the Boston Bruins in six games including an assist on the Stanley Cup clinching goal in game six by Dave Bolland.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap/_/gameId/400470605 |title=Blackhawks cap record-setting start with Stanley Cup win |website=ESPN.com|date=24 June 2023 |access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref>
====Winnipeg Jets==== [[File:Michael Frolik - Winnipeg Jets.jpg|thumb|right|Frolik with the Winnipeg Jets in November 2013]] In the subsequent off-season, on 30 June 2013, Frolík was traded to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for a third- and fifth-round pick at the 2013 NHL entry draft. In the 2013–14 season opener on 2 October 2013, at Rexall Place against the Edmonton Oilers, Frolík scored twice in a 5–4 Winnipeg win.
On 29 July 2014, Frolík and the Jets agreed on a one-year, $3.3 million contract.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=727335|title = Jets, Frolik agree to terms on one-year contract|date = 29 July 2014|access-date = 29 July 2014|website = NHL.com}}</ref> He finished with 19 goals and 23 assists on in the regular season, but was held pointless during the Jets' four-game sweep at the hands of the Anaheim Ducks in the 2015 playoffs.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
====Calgary Flames==== On 1 July 2015, Frolík, as an unrestricted free agent, signed a five-year, $21 million contract with the Calgary Flames at an annual average value of $4.3 million.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://thehockeywriters.com/calgary-flames-sign-michael-frolik-to-5-year-deal/ | title = Calgary Flames sign Michael Frolik to 5-year deal | website = TheHockeyWriters.com | last1 = Mount | first1 = Dan | date = 2015-07-01 | access-date = 2015-07-01}}</ref>
====Buffalo Sabres==== During his final year under contract with the Flames in the 2019–20 season, unable to replicate his offensive production from previous years with 10 points through 38 games, Frolik was traded by the Flames to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2020 on 2 January 2020.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/buffalo-sabres-acquire-michael-frolik-from-flames-in-trade-for-fourth-round-pick-in-2020-nhl-draft/c-313374414 | title = Sabres acquire Michael Frolik from Flames | publisher = Buffalo Sabres | via = NHL.com | date = January 2, 2020 | access-date = January 2, 2020}}</ref>
====Montreal Canadiens==== On 23 December 2020, Frolík signed as a free agent to a one-year, $750,000 contract with the Montreal Canadiens.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/news/canadiens-agree-to-terms-on-a-one-year-contract-with-michael-frolik/c-319871320 | title = Canadiens agree to terms on a one-year contract with Michael Frolik | publisher = Montreal Canadiens | via = NHL.com | date = 23 December 2020 | access-date = 23 December 2020}}</ref>
====St. Louis Blues==== As a free agent over the summer and approaching the {{NHL Year|2021}} season, Frolík accepted an invitation to attend the St. Louis Blues training camp on a professional tryout (PTO) contract on 18 September 2021.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/blues/news/blues-sign-james-neal-an-michael-frolik-to-professional-tryouts/c-326184236 | title = Blues sign Neal, Frolik to PTO's | publisher = St. Louis Blues | via = NHL.com | date = September 18, 2021| accessdate = September 18, 2021}}</ref>
====Lausanne HC==== On 15 October 2021, Frolík joined Lausanne HC of the National League (NL) on a two-year deal through the 2022–23 season.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://lausannehc.ch/2021/10/15/michael-frolik-sengage-au-lausanne-hockey-club/ | title = Michael Frolik signs with Lausanne Hockey Club | website = Lausanne HC | date = October 15, 2021| accessdate = October 15, 2021 | language = fr-ch}}</ref>
====Bílí Tygři Liberec==== Despite having tenure remaining on his deal with Lausanne, Frolík opted to sign with Bílí Tygři Liberec of the Czech Extraliga on 21 July 2022.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://sport.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/hokej/extraliga/frolik-se-vraci-do-extraligy-vybral-si-liberec/62d943d543b414b5748e2371 | title = Frolík is returning to the extra league, he chose Liberec | website = Ceskatelevize.cz | date = 21 July 2022 | accessdate = 30 July 2024 | language = cs}}</ref>
====Rytíři Kladno==== In July 2023, Frolík agreed to a one-year contract to return to Rabat Kladno (now known as Rytíři Kladno), the team he began his hockey career with in Czech Extraliga seventeen years prior.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.rytirikladno.cz/clanek.asp?id=Navrat-domu-po-sedmnacti-letech-Kladensky-dres-bude-znovu-oblekat-Michael-Frolik-8682 | title = Homecoming after seventeen years! Michael Frolík will wear the Kladen jersey again | website = Rytíři Kladno| date = 26 July 2023 | accessdate = 30 July 2024 | language = cs}}</ref>
==Personal life== His wife is former Miss Czech Republic model and TV/radio personality, Diana Kobzanová.<ref>{{cite web |title=Frolik welcomes Stanley Cup to Czech Republic |url=https://www.nhl.com/jets/news/frolik-welcomes-stanley-cup-to-czech-republic/c-679775|publisher=Winnipeg Jets |via=NHL.com |access-date=17 November 2018 |date=7 August 2013}}</ref> They have three daughters together: Ella (b. 2014), Lily (b. 2018) and Nelly (b. 2023).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dittrick |first1=Ryan |title=WORKING ON HIS FITNESS |url=https://www.nhl.com/flames/news/working-on-his-fitness/c-299931990|publisher=Calgary Flames |via=NHL.com |access-date=17 November 2018 |date=4 September 2018}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2003–04 | HC Rabat Kladno | CZE U20 | 53 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2004–05 | HC Rabat Kladno | CZE U20 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |- | 2004–05 | HC Rabat Kladno | ELH | 27 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2005–06 | HC Rabat Kladno | CZE U20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 |- | 2005–06 | HC Rabat Kladno | ELH | 48 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006–07 | Rimouski Océanic | QMJHL | 52 | 31 | 42 | 73 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2007–08 | Rimouski Océanic | QMJHL | 45 | 24 | 41 | 65 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2008–09 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 79 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2009–10 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 82 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2010–11 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 52 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2010–11 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 28 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011–12 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 63 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |- | 2012–13 | Piráti Chomutov | ELH | 32 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2012–13 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 45 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 |- | 2013–14 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 81 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2014–15 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 82 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |- | 2015–16 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 64 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2016–17 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 82 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |- | 2017–18 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 70 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2018–19 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 65 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |- | 2019–20 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 38 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2019–20 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2020–21 | Laval Rocket | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2020–21 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2021–22 | Lausanne HC | NL | 23 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2022–23 | Bílí Tygři Liberec | ELH | 48 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |- | 2023–24 | Rytíři Kladno | ELH | 34 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 33 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | ELH totals ! 189 !! 31 !! 35 !! 66 !! 121 ! 10 !! 2 !! 1 !! 3 !! 8 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 858 !! 159 !! 225 !! 384 !! 317 ! 47 !! 7 !! 12 !! 19 !! 12 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NL totals ! 23 !! 7 !! 7 !! 14 !! 25 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |}
===International=== {{MedalTableTop|name = }} {{MedalCountry | {{ih|CZE}} }} {{MedalSport | Ice hockey}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 2011 Slovakia | }} {{MedalBronze|2012 Finland|}} {{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 2005 North Dakota | }} {{MedalCompetition|IIHF U18 Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 2004 Minsk | }} {{MedalBronze | 2006 Halmstad | }} {{MedalBottom }} {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2004 | Czech Republic | WJC18 | {{bronze3}} | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2005 | Czech Republic | WJC | {{bronze3}} | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |- | 2005 | Czech Republic | WJC18 | 4th | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006 | Czech Republic | WJC | 6th | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |- | 2006 | Czech Republic | WJC18 | {{bronze3}} | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2007 | Czech Republic | WJC | 5th | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 |- | 2008 | Czech Republic | WJC | 5th | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011 | Czech Republic | WC | {{bronze3}} | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |- | 2012 | Czech Republic | WC | {{bronze3}} | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2014 | Czech Republic | OG | 6th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- | 2016 | Czech Republic | WCH | 6th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2022 | Czech Republic | OG | 9th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4" | Junior totals ! 41 ! 17 ! 8 ! 25 ! 34 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4" | Senior totals ! 29 ! 5 ! 4 ! 9 ! 0 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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{{s-start}} {{s-ach}} {{succession box | before = Kenndal McArdle | title = Florida Panthers first-round draft pick | years = 2006 | after = Keaton Ellerby}} {{s-end}}
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