Josef Marha
Josef Marha ( born June 2, 1976 in Havlíčkův Brod, Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech ice hockey player ( center ), who last played for HC Davos in the Swiss National League A.
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Career
Josef Marha learned how to deal with Puck and club Dukla Jihlava in the Czech extra league team and played his first top-flight game in the season 1992 /93. Although he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft by the Quebec Nordiques in 1994 as 35th in the second round, he played one more season for his club. As a rookie, he scored an assist in two NHL games for the now relocated to Colorado, and renamed the Colorado Avalanche team in the 1995/96 season, but was mainly the farm team, the Cornwall Aces used. In the following season he was in the squad of the Hershey Bears, the. Mastery of the American Hockey League, the Calder Cup won, This Marha was the top scoring with 16 assists and 22 points scorer player in the AHL playoffs.
In March 1998, Josef Marha was transferred to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, where he scored seven goals in the remaining twelve games of the season and thus made at coaches and audience enthusiasm. After the following season did not start well for him, Marha was delivered to the Chicago Blackhawks, where he reached seven points scorer in 22 games. But the very next year he improved his game both in attack and in defense and completed a total of 81 games for the Blackhawks ( ten goals, 12 assists). At the start of the following season, he was still in the NHL squad of the Black Hawks, but was sent after 15 games at the Norfolk Admirals in the AHL to improve his game.
In summer 2001, Josef Marha got a contract offer from the HC Davos, which he accepted on the last season of frustration. In his first season in the jersey of HCD he won the Swiss championship with this and proved even then with six goals and eight assists in 16 playoff games, he is a playoff player. Three years later, in the season 2004 / 05, he stood on the side of NHL stars Rick Nash, Niklas Hagman and Joe Thornton again in the final of the NLA - crown, scored ten points scorer in 15 playoff games, thus accounting for its part the 27th league title in the HCD. The following season, they again stood in the playoff final, but failed 4-1 on HC Lugano.
In the season 2006/ 07 the HCD repeated the success of 2005, with Marha shot several game-winning goals and point- best player of the HCD was ( eight goals, six assists ). During the season he extended also his contract with HCD to 2010. In the spring of 2010, Marha decided to return to the Czech Republic, but this decision revised over the summer and signed in August 2010, a new one-year contract at runtime when HC Davos. After the play- off in March 2013 from the Czech Republic ended his active career.
Internationally
In his junior time Josef Marha represented his country at international tournaments, among other things, he took part in the Junior World Championships in 1994 and 1995 in part.
Awards and achievements
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented the Czech Republic at:
- Junior World Cup 1994
- World Youth Championship 1995
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )