Michał Garbocz (born March 12, 1973) is a Polish former professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

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. Garbocz played in the

Polska Hokej Liga The Polska Hokej Liga (''PHL'') is the premier ice hockey league in Poland. The highest professional level of ice hockey in Poland is the Polish Hockey League (PHL); also referred to as the Polska Hokej Liga. Previously, it was known as the I Li ...

for KKH Katowice,

TH Unia Oświęcim Klub Sportowy Unia Oświęcim is a Polish professional ice hockey club based in Oświęcim, Poland. They play in the Polska Hokej Liga, the top-level ice hockey league in Poland. The team's colors are blue and white. History The club was created ...

and

GKS Tychy GKS Tychy is a Polish professional football club, based in Tychy, that competes in the Polish I liga. The club was founded in 1971. It played in the Ekstraklasa between 1974–1977 and 1995–1997. Their biggest success was a second-place finish ...

. He also played in the French

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for

Anglet Hormadi Élite Anglet Hormadi Pays Basque is an ice hockey team in Anglet, France. They play in the Ligue Magnus, the highest level of ice hockey in France. The club was runner-up (Ligue Magnus) in 2001. Due to Anglet's location in the French Basque Country, th ...

from 2001 to 2007. He also played in the 2002 World Ice Hockey Championships for

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. He is the younger brother of

Dariusz Garbocz Dariusz Garbocz (born 11 January 1971), is a Polish former ice hockey player. He played for GKS Tychy, KKH Katowice, and VIK Västerås HK during his career. He also played for the Polish national team at the 1992 Winter Olympics The 199 ...

who played in the

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for Poland.Dariusz Garbocz profile at Eliteprospects
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* 1973 births Living people Anglet Hormadi Élite players GKS Katowice (ice hockey) players Polish ice hockey forwards Ice hockey people from Katowice GKS Tychy (ice hockey) players TH Unia Oświęcim players {{poland-icehockey-bio-stub