Jiří Crha
Jiří Crha (born April 13, 1950) is a Czech former ice hockey goaltender. He played 69 games in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs between 1980 and 1981. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1969 to 1993, was spent first in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League and then the German Eishockey-Bundesliga. Internationally Crha played for the Czechoslovakian national team in several tournaments, including the 1976 Winter Olympics, where he won a silver medal.
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| Born |
April 13, 1950 Pardubice, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goaltender | ||||||||||||||||
| Caught | Left | ||||||||||||||||
| Played for | Toronto Maple Leafs | ||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1969–1993 | ||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Playing career
Born in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic, Crha played for nine seasons in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League and for his country at the international level, including the 1976 Winter Olympics.[1] He was signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent on February 4, 1980. He remained with the team until 1983, when he went to Germany, where he played until his retirement in 1991. He then served as a player agent to players in the Czech Republic.[2]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
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| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | ||
| 1969–70 | HC Dukla Jihlava | CSSR | 19 | — | — | — | 1140 | 45 | 1 | 2.37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | HC Dukla Jihlava | CSSR | 32 | — | — | — | 1825 | 75 | 2 | 2.46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | TJ Pardubice | CSSR | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | TJ Pardubice | CSSR | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | TJ Pardubice | CSSR | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | TJ Pardubice | CSSR | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | TJ Pardubice | CSSR | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | TJ Pardubice | CSSR | 44 | — | — | — | 2640 | 145 | — | 3.30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | TJ Pardubice | CSSR | 44 | — | — | — | 2595 | 128 | — | 2.96 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | TJ Pardubice | CSSR | 37 | — | — | — | 2220 | 117 | — | 3.16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 830 | 50 | 0 | 3.62 | .908 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 121 | 10 | 0 | 4.98 | .891 | ||
| 1979–80 | New Brunswick Hawks | AHL | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 404 | 15 | 1 | 2.23 | .922 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 54 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 3105 | 211 | 0 | 4.08 | .875 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 11 | 0 | 10.23 | .750 | ||
| 1981–82 | Cincinnati Tigers | CHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 11 | 0 | 8.15 | .774 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | St. Catharines Saints | AHL | 1 | — | — | — | 60 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 | .838 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | SV Bayreuth | GER-2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | EHC Freiburg | GER-2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | EHC Freiburg | GER-2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | EHC Freiburg | GER-2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | EHC Freiburg | GER | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | EHC Freiburg | GER | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | EHC Freiburg | GER | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | EHC Freiburg | GER | 40 | — | — | — | 2376 | 161 | 0 | 4.07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | EHC Freiburg | GER | 41 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 2427 | 149 | 0 | 3.68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 69 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 3935 | 261 | 0 | 3.98 | .883 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 186 | 21 | 0 | 6.81 | .846 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | W | L | T | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | |
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| 1968 | Czechoslovakia | EJC | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | .915 | |
| 1969 | Czechoslovakia | EJC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1973 | Czechoslovakia | WC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 | .943 | |
| 1974 | Czechoslovakia | WC | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 260 | 10 | 1 | 2.31 | .894 | |
| 1975 | Czechoslovakia | WC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 4.00 | .800 | |
| 1976 | Czechoslovakia | OLY | 2 | — | — | — | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1.62 | .875 | |
| 1978 | Czechoslovakia | WC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .917 | |
| Senior totals | 12 | — | — | — | 552 | 21 | 1 | 2.28 | — | |||
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jiří Crha". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
- "Jiri Crha". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Jiří Crha at Olympijskytym.cz (in Czech)
- Jiří Crha at Olympic.cz (in Czech) (archived)
- Jiri Crha at Olympics.com
- Jiří Crha at Olympedia