Petr Prajsler

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Position	Defence
Height Weight	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg/14 st 4 lb)
Pro clubs	Los Angeles Kings Boston Bruins
Nationality	Czech Republic
Born	September 21, 1965 (1965-09-21) (age 42), Hradec Králové, CS
NHL Draft	93rd overall, 1985 Los Angeles Kings
Pro career	1984 – 1994

Petr Prajsler (born September 21, 1965 in Hradec Králové) is a retired Czech ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League for the Los Angeles Kings between 1987 to 1990 and the Boston Bruins in 1991.

Prajsler began his career with Tesla Pardubice in 1984 where he spent three seasons. He was drafted 93rd overall by Los Angeles in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft and played 43 regular season games for the Kings over three seasons, scoring three goals and ten assists. In 1990, Prajsler moved to the International Hockey League and joined the Phoenix Roadrunners where in 77 games, he scored 13 goals and 47 points, his most productive season.

He was signed by the Boston Bruins as a free-agent the next year, but only managed to play three more NHL games, going pointless. He did though have another highly productive season, this time for the Maine Mariners where he scored 12 goals and 45 points in just 61 games.

He returned to his homeland in 1992, playing for his hometown team Stadion Hradec Kralove, who were playing in the Czechoslovakian Second Division. The team won promotion to the newly formed Czech Extraliga which was formed after the breakup of Czechoslovkia in 1993, but only managed to play 17 games in a season which saw them relegated. It was his final season as he retired shortly afterwards.