Pavel Patera

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Position	Center
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 176 lb (80 kg)
Czech Extraliga Team	HC Kladno
Nationality	Czech Republic
Born	September 06, 1971 (age 35), CZE
NHL Draft	153rd, 1998 Dallas Stars
Pro Career	1990 – present

Pavel Patera (born September 6, 1971, in Czech Republic), is a professional ice hockey player. He is currently a center for the HC Kladno in the Czech Extraliga. Patera was drafted by the Dallas Stars at 1998 NHL Entry Draft as the 153rd pick overall.

[edit] Career

Patera has played in several countries, he started his career in his native country playing for HC Kladno in 1990, he stayed with Kladno until 1996 when he and his two linemates in Kladno and the Czech national team, Martin Prochazka and Otakar Vejvoda moved to Sweden and the Elitserien team AIK. After that Prochazka left AIK for Toronto Maple Leafs during the summer of 1997 and Vejboda was forced to retire due to an injury early in the 1997/98, Patera left AIK after that season and moved back home to the Czech Repbulic and signed with HC Vsetin.

After only one season with HC Vsetin Patera signed with the Dallas Stars. But after only 12 games with the Stars Patera moved back to the Cezch Republic and HC Vestin. Next season, the 2000/01 season, he signed with NHL team Minnesota Wild, but after only playing 20 games with the Wild and spending the rest of the season in the IHL, Patera decided to return back to Europe. He played for short time with HC Kladno (three games in start of the 2001/02 season), before signing with Russian team Avangard Omsk, where he spend the that season and the two following.

In the summer of 2004 he signed once more with HC Kladno, but this time he stayed with the club. And with the expection of a three monts loan to Swedish Elitserien club Färjestads BK in the spring of 2006, he has stayed with Kladno (as of March 25, 2007).