Michael Frolík
Michael Frolík is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger for Rytíři Kladno in the Czech Extraliga.
Frolík has previously played in the National Hockey League with the Florida Panthers, the organization that selected him tenth overall in 2006, as well as the Chicago Blackhawks, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2013. He also had stints with the Winnipeg Jets, Calgary Flames, Buffalo Sabres and Montreal Canadiens.
Playing career
Amateur
As a youth, Frolík played in the 2002 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Chomutov.Junior
Beginning in the 2006–07 season, Frolík began his North American career playing at the major junior level for the Rimouski Océanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.Professional
Florida Panthers
Frolík played two seasons in the Czech Extraliga for Rabat Kladno before being selected tenth overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Florida Panthers. He made his NHL debut for Florida during the 2008–09 season, in which he finished with 21 goals and 24 assists for 45 points in 79 games. The following season, Frolík would record 43 points.Chicago Blackhawks
On 9 February 2011, during Frolík's third season with the Panthers, he was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Jack Skille, Hugh Jessiman and David Pacan. Frolík scored his first goal as a Blackhawk on 2 March 2011, against Miikka Kiprusoff the Calgary Flames where the Blackhawks won the game 6–4. On 13 April, he made his Stanley Cup playoff debut against the Presidents' Trophy-winning Vancouver Canucks. On 19 April, he scored his first career playoff goal against Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo in game 4 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals and on 24 April, he scored the first Stanley Cup playoff penalty shot in Blackhawks history against Canucks goaltender Cory Schneider in Game 6 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals.File:Brouwer, Stalberg, and Frolik.jpg|thumb|left|Frolík during his tenure with the Chicago Blackhawks alongside Viktor Stålberg and Troy Brouwer in February 2011.
On 15 July 2011, Frolík signed a three-year contract extension with the Blackhawks at an annual average value of $2.333 million.
During the 2012–13 NHL lockout, Frolík played for Piráti Chomutov of the Czech Extraliga until returning to the Blackhawks for the 48-game shortened regular season in which he would play 45 games with three goals, seven assists and 10 points to help the Blackhawks win the Presidents' Trophy as the regular season champions. On 27 May 2013, during the 2013 playoffs, he scored the second playoff penalty shot goal of his career against Jimmy Howard of the Detroit Red Wings, becoming the first player in NHL history to score more than one career penalty shot goal in the playoffs. He ultimately scored ten points in the all 23 playoff games in en route to the Blackhawks' Stanley Cup victory over the Boston Bruins in six games including an assist on the Stanley Cup clinching goal in game six by Dave Bolland.
Winnipeg Jets
In the subsequent off-season, on 30 June 2013, Frolík was traded to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for a third- and fifth-round pick at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. In the 2013–14 season opener on 2 October 2013, at Rexall Place against the Edmonton Oilers, Frolík scored twice in a 5–4 Winnipeg win.On 29 July 2014, Frolík and the Jets agreed on a one-year, $3.3 million contract. He finished with 19 goals and 23 assists on in the regular season, but was held pointless during the Jets' four-game sweep at the hands of the Anaheim Ducks in the 2015 playoffs.