Petr Bříza (born December 9, 1964) is a Czech former professional

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. He played in goal on the

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-winning Czechoslovak national team at the

1992 Winter Olympics The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Albertville '92 (Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile '92''), were a winter multi-sport event held from 8 to 23 February 1992 in and aroun ...

Awards

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for best goaltender in

SM-liiga The Liiga, colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. The league comprises 16 teams from all around Finland with relegation and promotion between the Mest ...

– 1992

External links

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Petr Briza personal website
1964 births Living people Czech ice hockey goaltenders Czechoslovak ice hockey goaltenders EV Landshut players HC Sparta Praha players HC Dukla Jihlava players Ice hockey people from Prague Ice hockey players at the 1988 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics Lukko players Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Motor České Budějovice players Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic ice hockey players for Czechoslovakia Olympic ice hockey players for the Czech Republic Olympic medalists in ice hockey Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Finland Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Finland Czechoslovak expatriate ice hockey people {{Czechoslovakia-Olympic-medalist-stub