{{short description|Czech ice hockey player}} {{No footnotes|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | played_for = Tesla Pardubice <br>Los Angeles Kings <br>Boston Bruins | position = Defence | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 200 | shoots = Left | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|9|21|df=y}} | 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 21 September 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 Czechoslovak 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=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1983–84 | HK Hradec Králové U20 | CSSR Jr | 24 || 15 || 10 || 25 || — | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1983–84 | TJ Stadion Hradec Králové | CSSR-2 | — || 1 || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1984–85 | TJ Tesla Pardubice | CSSR | 29 || 4 || 1 || 5 || 24 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1985–86 | TJ Tesla Pardubice | CSSR | 43 || 8 || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1985–86 | TJ Stadion Hradec Králové | CSSR-2 | — || 1 || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1986–87 | TJ Tesla Pardubice | CSSR | 32 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 49 | 9 || 1 || 1 || 2 || — |- | 1987–88 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1987–88 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 41 || 3 || 8 || 11 || 58 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1988–89 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 2 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 0 | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1988–89 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 43 || 4 || 6 || 10 || 96 | 16 || 3 || 3 || 6 || 34 |- | 1989–90 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 34 || 3 || 7 || 10 || 47 | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1989–90 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 6 || 1 || 7 || 8 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1990–91 | Phoenix Roadrunners | IHL | 77 || 13 || 34 || 47 || 140 | 9 || 1 || 9 || 10 || 18 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1991–92 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1991–92 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 61 || 12 || 33 || 45 || 88 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1992–93 | HC Stadion Hradec Králové | CSSR-2 | — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1993–94 | HC Stadion Hradec Králové | CZE | 17 || 0 || 5 || 5 || 26 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2007–08 | Stadion Nový Bydžov | CZE-4 | 12 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 8 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2008–09 | Stadion Nový Bydžov | CZE-4 | 11 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 33 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009–10 | HC VCES Hradec Králové | CZE-2 | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | 8 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 16 |- | 2009–10 | SC Kolín | CZE-3 | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009–10 | SK Třebechovice pod Orebem | CZE-4 | 10 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 8 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2010–11 | SK Třebechovice pod Orebem | CZE-4 | 9 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 18 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2015–16 | Dammarie | FRA-4 | 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 4 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | CSSR totals ! 121 !! 14 !! 9 !! 23 !! 99 ! 9 !! 1 !! 1 !! 2 !! — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 77 !! 13 !! 34 !! 47 !! 140 ! 9 !! 1 !! 9 !! 10 !! 18 |}
===International=== {{MedalTableTop|name =}} {{MedalCountry | {{ih|Czechoslovakia}} }} {{MedalSport | Ice hockey}} {{Medal|Competition|World Junior Championships}} {{MedalSilver | 1985 Finland | }} {{Medal|Competition|European Junior Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 1983 Norway | }} {{MedalBottom}} {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1983 | Czechoslovakia | EJC | 5 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 4 |- | 1985 | Czechoslovakia | WJC | 6 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4"| Junior totals ! 11 !! 2 !! 2 !! 4 !! 8 |}
==External links== *{{icehockeystats|legends=11317}}
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