Martin Hosták
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player. He played 55 games in the

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with the

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during the 1990–91 and 1991–92 seasons. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1986 to 2001, was mainly spent in the

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and the Swedish Elitserien. Internationally Hosták played for both

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and the

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at several tournaments, including three

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, winning two bronze medals, and the

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. He worked as a

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and studio analyst for Extraliga and international hockey on Czech TV until 2017. He now works as a

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of a Czech hockey club Aukro Berani Zlín. His sister is a former tennis player Olga Hostáková and nieces

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and

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Regular season and playoffs

International

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* 1967 births Living people Czech ice hockey coaches Czech ice hockey right wingers Czechoslovak ice hockey right wingers HC Sparta Praha players Hershey Bears players Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics Luleå HF players Olympic ice hockey players for the Czech Republic Modo Hockey players Philadelphia Flyers draft picks Philadelphia Flyers players Södertälje SK players Ice hockey people from Hradec Králové {{CzechRepublic-icehockey-winger-stub