| David Petrasek | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 1, 1976 Jönköping, Sweden |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 209 lb (95 kg; 14 st 13 lb) |
| Position | Defence |
| Shoots | Right |
| KHL team Former teams |
HC Dinamo Minsk HV71 Malmö Redhawks |
| National team | Sweden |
| NHL Draft | 226th overall, 1998 Detroit Red Wings |
| Playing career | 1996–present |
David Petrasek (born February 1, 1976, in Jönköping, Sweden) is a professional Swedish ice hockey player with Czech ancestry, currently with HC Dinamo Minsk in the Russian Kontinental Hockey League.
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Petrasek started his playing career with HV71's youth team in 1993. Until the season 1996–97, when he became a regular in the senior squad, he played both with the youth team and the senior team. He was part of the senior squad in the playoffs of 1995 and won the first Swedish Championship for HV71. From 2000–01 to 2004–05 Petrasek was contracted by Malmö Redhawks but returned to HV71 for season 2005–06. In 2008 he won his second Swedish Championship, again with HV71 as an alternate captain for the team.[1] Petrasek's HV71 contract runs through the 2009–10 season.[2]
On July 7, 2010, Petrasek left the Sweden for the first time in his professional career and signed as a free agent to a one-year contract with Belarus team HC Dinamo Minsk of the KHL.