{{Infobox ice hockey player | caption = | alt = | name = Miroslav Hlinka | image = | image_size = 230px | position = Forward | shoots = | height_ft = | height_in = | weight_lb = | team = | played_for = HC Karlovy Vary<br/>HC Dynamo Moscow<br/>Modo Hockey<br/>Jokerit<br/>HK Dukla Trenčín | ntl_team = Czech Republic | ntl_team_2= Slovakia | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1972|8|31}} | birth_place = Trenčín, Czechoslovakia | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2014|9|14|1972|8|31}} | death_place = Banská Bystrica, Slovakia | draft = | draft_team = | draft_year = | career_start = 1990 | career_end = 2014 }}

'''Miroslav Hlinka''' (31 August 1972<ref>[http://novy.hokej.cz/hrac/196 Miroslav Hlinka] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915120111/http://novy.hokej.cz/hrac/196 |date=2014-09-15 }}, hokej.cz, Retrieved 15. 9. 2014 {{in lang|cs}}</ref> – 14 September 2014) was a Slovak professional ice hockey player and assistant coach.

He played both for Czech and Slovak national ice hockey team. He won the 2002 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships with Slovak national ice hockey team.<ref name=sportt/>

==Personal life and death== He was the cousin of Czech national team player Jaroslav Hlinka and the son of former player Miroslav Hlinka sr.<ref name=IIFH/>

On 14 September 2014 he died by hanging<ref name=suicide>[http://sport.sme.sk/c/7383866/miroslav-hlinka-spachal-vo-veku-42-rokov-samovrazdu.html Miroslav Hlinka spáchal vo veku 42 rokov samovraždu], SME.sk, Retrieved 14. 9. 2014 {{in lang|sk}}</ref><ref name=sportt>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sport.cz/hokej/ostatni/clanek/605645-hokejista-miroslav-hlinka-spachal-sebevrazdu-stihl-hrat-za-cesko-i-slovensko.html|title=Hokejový mistr světa Miroslav Hlinka spáchal sebevraždu. Stihl hrát za Česko i Slovensko|date=14 September 2014 }}</ref> in a hotel in Banská Bystrica. He is survived by his wife, his son Michal and his daughter Vanesa.<ref name=IIFH>[http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=9116 Miroslav Hlinka passes away] – IIHF</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" | &nbsp; ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; ! colspan="5" | Regular&nbsp;season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1990–91 | ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín | TCH | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1991–92 | ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín | TCH | 18 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1992–93 | ASVŠ Dukla Trenčín | TCH | 48 | 8 | 17 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1993–94 | HC Dukla Trenčín | SVK | 35 | 4 | 7 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1994–95 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 43 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1995–96 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 28 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 58 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |- | 1996–97 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 42 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1997–98 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 51 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 84 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |- | 1998–99 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 48 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 81 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1999–2000 | Jokerit | Liiga | 26 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 |- | 1999–2000 | HC Slovan Bratislava | SVK | 21 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2000–01 | HC Becherovka Karlovy Vary | ELH | 32 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2001–02 | Modo Hockey | SEL | 45 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 69 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 24 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2002–03 | Modo Hockey | SEL | 41 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- | 2003–04 | Dynamo Moscow | RSL | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2003–04 | HC Hamé Zlín | ELH | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 |- | 2004–05 | HC Dukla Trenčín | SVK | 33 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2004–05 | MsHK Žilina | SVK | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 34 |- | 2005–06 | HC Moeller Pardubice | ELH | 52 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006–07 | HC Moeller Pardubice | ELH | 49 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 62 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 |- | 2007–08 | HC Moeller Pardubice | ELH | 33 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2007–08 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |- | 2008–09 | KLH Chomutov | CZE II | 25 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009–10 | HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | SVK | 32 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 96 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |- | 2010–11 | HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | SVK | 34 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 49 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 41 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011–12 | HK AutoFinance Poprad | SVK | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2011–12 | HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | SVK | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2013–14 | HK Trnava | SVK II | 36 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2013–14 | MHK Dubnica nad Váhom | SVK III | 19 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | SVK totals ! 192 ! 33 ! 62 ! 95 ! 265 ! 30 ! 3 ! 10 ! 13 ! 83 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | ELH totals ! 397 ! 77 ! 145 ! 222 ! 682 ! 78 ! 9 ! 21 ! 30 ! 78 |}

===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:50em" |- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2000 | Slovakia | WC | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2001 | Slovakia | WC | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |- | 2002 | Slovakia | WC | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2003 | Slovakia | WC | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 |- | 2004 | Slovakia | WCH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan=3 | Senior totals ! 36 ! 6 ! 7 ! 13 ! 38 |}

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