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Martin Straka

HC Plzeň / Czechia - 13/14
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  • Position
    C
  • Height
    5'9" / 176 cm
  • Weight
    174 lbs / 79 kg
  • Shoots
    L
  • Status
    Retired

Straka began his NHL career with Pittsburgh Penguins in 1992 and went from mere survivor to scoring star. After netting 64 points in his first year, he went into serious decline, as he bounced around three teams in two seasons. But when he returned to Penguins in 1997, he maximized his chances and impressively rebounded into a key figure and Penguins all-star.

Though only five feet nine, Straka became a giant performer. He would excel where it counted most-scoring important goals in the playoffs. Straka was a clever and intelligent player and great leader. He had a style that was somewhat reckless, but he managed to avoid getting battered by the bigger bodies in the NHL for the most part and became one of the Penguins' most prolific players of all time. After leaving NHL in 2008, he came back to Czech republic and served six more seasons as the captain of HC Plzen, the team where he was also a franchise owner and general manager. In 2013 he celebrated the Czech title. After retiring, he quickly moved into a coaching position. figure and Penguins all-star.

Straka enjoyed success on international ice as well, winning a gold medal at the Nagano Olympic games (1998), bronze medal at the Torino Olympic games (2006) and a gold medal at the World championship in 2005.


Brother: Michal Straka

Team Staff profile of Martin Straka also available

I will have a beer and cigarette. It was really nice 25 years in hockey, Martin Straka 2014
I think left wing is a little bit easier than center. But since I've been playing left wing for the last few years,I'd say I now prefer left, Martin Straka 2007
You always want to go back home with the family because our parents, our grandparents and all of our friends are there. We want to see them, Martin Straka 2007
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Depending on the technical environment on your server, your programming language etc, you can read/include the statistics in many different ways. Below is an example on how you can include the statistics using PHP.

Note that the first box holds the code for an RSS feed with EP layout, while the second box is unformatted and possible to style after your own preferences using CSS.

EP layout
RSS-feed
https://www.eliteprospects.com/rss_player_stats.php?player=8689
<?php
$rss = new SimpleXMLElement('https://www.eliteprospects.com/rss_player_stats.php?player=8689', null, true);
foreach($rss->xpath('channel/item') as $item) {
    echo utf8_decode($item->description);
}
?>
No layout
RSS-feed
https://www.eliteprospects.com/rss_player_stats2.php?player=8689
<?php
$rss = new SimpleXMLElement('https://www.eliteprospects.com/rss_player_stats2.php?player=8689', null, true);
foreach($rss->xpath('channel/item') as $item) {
    echo utf8_decode($item->description);
}
?>

To customize the layout of "no layout" option, specify the following following CSS classes on your site:

CSS class to create      HTML tag affected
p_stats <p>
a_stats <a href>
table_stats <table>
tdh_stats <th> (heading)
tr_stats_odd <tr> (odd row)
tr_stats_even <tr> (even row)
td_stats_odd <td> (odd row)
td_stats_even <td> (even row)
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