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Zdeněk Šmíd (born February 3, 1980) is a Czech former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played mostly in his home country, with appearances in both the top and second-level Czech hockey leagues. Šmíd also appeared in both the Finnish SM-liiga - 18 games with HPK - and the Swedish Hockey League - one game with Luleå HF - during the 2001–02 season. He was the starting goalie for the Czech team that won the 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Šmíd was selected by the Atlanta Thrashers in the 6th round (168th overall) of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, but opted to remain in the Czech championship longer.

He retired at the early age of 26 following long struggles with injury, and has ever since started working on his father's construction company.

References

1. "HPK at eliteprospects.com". Elite Prospects. 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
2. "Zdeněk Šmíd".
3. "Šmíd dostal nabídku od Atlanty". 13 July 2000.
4. "Juniorský mistr světa Zdeněk Šmíd vede stavební firmu, při rekreačním hokeji hraje v útoku" [Junior world champion Zdeněk Šmíd runs a construction company and plays in the attack during recreational hockey] (in Czech). Archived from the original on 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2014-10-22.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

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