Petr Šachl Ice hockey player

Petr Šachl (born December 12, 1977 in Jindřichův Hradec) is a Czech professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for HDD Olimpija Ljubljana of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga.Šachl was picked 128th overall in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft by New York Islanders from HC České Budějovice. He then spent a year in the Western Hockey League for the Tri-City Americans before returning to České Budějovice. He moved to North America in 1999-00 and played one game in the West Coast Hockey League for the Tacoma Sabercats and then played three games in the United Hockey League for the Asheville Smoke before playing 55 games of the Fort Wayne Komets in the same league. In 2000, he was traded to Nashville Predators, and spent two seasons playing for the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League. He then moved to Finland in the Sm-liiga for Ässät and then for SaiPa and then briefly played in Sweden's Elitserien for Brynäs IF before returning to the Czech Extraliga with HC Liberec in 2005. On 9 October 2009, it was announced he had sign for HC Košice of the Slovak Extraliga.On July 30, 2010, Sachl signed with HDD Olimpija Ljubljana of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga.

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 02, 1977
Birth place
Czechoslovakia , Jindřichův Hradec
Height (meters)1.8796
Weight (Kilograms)88.452

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Ice hockey player

Career start1997
draft128th overall
draft team
New York Islanders
draft year1996
league
Austrian Hockey League
position
Forward (ice hockey)
shootsLeft
teams
HDD Olimpija Ljubljana

Petr Šachl on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.hcbilitygri.cz/hrac.asp?id=363