Martin Straka has sure to sabbatical the NHL and revenue to his former Czech club.

Straka, who played for the New York Rangers the last three seasons after construction the NHL in 1992, will be a player and leisure boss for HC Lasselsberger Plzen, the club said on its Web site Thursday.

“We struck a deal with Martin last nocturnal,” club head Tomas Kral said.

The 35-year-old forward 257 goals and had 460 assists in 954 NHL systematic time of year competition, and bonus extra 26 goals and 44 in the playoffs.

He bound the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1992, and also played for the Ottawa Senators, New York Islanders, Florida Panthers and Los Angeles Kings before authorization with the Rangers in 2005. He scored 14 goals and had 27 assists last season.

Straka for Plzen before moving to the NHL, and during the 2004-05 lockout period. Straka was on the Czech team that won the gold accolade at the 1998 Nagano Olympics.

Posted on June 27th, 2008 by admin
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