Michael Frolík
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| Born |
17 February 1988 Kladno, Czechoslovakia |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Right wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
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NHL team Former teams |
Calgary Flames HC Kladno Florida Panthers Chicago Blackhawks Winnipeg Jets |
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| National team |
 Czech Republic
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| NHL Draft | 10th overall, 2006 Florida Panthers |
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| Playing career | 2004–present | ||
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| Representing Czech Republic
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| Ice hockey | ||
| World Championships | ||
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2011 Slovakia | |
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2012 Finland | |
| World Junior Championships | ||
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2005 North Dakota | |
| IIHF U18 Championships | ||
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2004 Minsk | |
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2006 Halmstad | |
Michael Frolík (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmɪxaɛl ˈfroliːk]; born 17 February 1988) is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). Frolík has also played in the NHL for the Florida Panthers, the organization that drafted him tenth overall in 2006, as well as the Chicago Blackhawks, with whom he won a Stanley Cup with in 2013, and the Winnipeg Jets. He lives with former Czech model and TV/radio personality Diana Kobzanova. His daughter Ella was born in December 2014.
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. While playing in Kladno, Frolík was nicknamed "The Baby Jágr" due to his similar playing style and appearance to Jaromír Jágr, who also played for Kladno earlier in his career. To add to his overwhelming resemblance, Frolík, who cites Jágr as his role model, wore #68 at the Panthers' rookie camp.
Beginning in the 2006–07 season, Frolík began his North American career playing at the junior ice hockey#Major junior level for the Rimouski Océanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL).
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