Michal TrávnÃÂÃÂek (born March 14, 1980) is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 8th round (228th overall) of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.
TrávnÃÂÃÂek has played with HC LitvÃÂnov in the Czech Extraliga since the 1998âÂÂ99 Czech Extraliga season. He has also played few regular seasons games for HC ZlÃÂn in the 2005âÂÂ06 season. In 2000, two years after his NHL draft year, he went to play for Toronto's AHL affiliate St. John's Maple Leafs. He played there during two seasons, the whole 2000âÂÂ01 AHL season and part of the 2001âÂÂ02 season during which he returned to the Czech Extraliga and HC LitvÃÂnov.
TrávnÃÂÃÂek has played for the Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team in the Euro Hockey Tour. He has also played for the Czech Republic men's national junior ice hockey team. In November 1999, in a game against Sweden in Helsinki, TrávnÃÂÃÂek attacked Swedish forward Mattias Weinhandl, whose left eye was injured after being struck with the blade of TrávnÃÂÃÂek's stick. After the incident, TrávnÃÂÃÂek was suspended from international hockey for three years by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Swede was permanently injured in the eye and only has 10% vision, despite TrávnÃÂÃÂek's doing, he managed to play several games in the NHL. Less than a year before, in the 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, he was suspended for two games after spitting on a linesman.