Petr Prà ¯cha (born September 14, 1982) is a Czech former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers and the Phoenix Coyotes.
Prà ¯cha led the Czech Republic Junior League in points during the 2001âÂÂ02 season (33 assists and 56 points in 25 games). He was drafted by the New York Rangers in the eighth round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, 240th overall. He played 47 games in the 2004âÂÂ05 season for HC Moeller Pardubice in the Czech Extraliga, scoring seven goals with 17 points.
In the 2005âÂÂ06 season, he joined the Rangers as a rookie. While playing along with his compatriot JaromÃÂr Jágr, he scored 30 goals and 47 points in 68 games, and his 16 power play goals on the season broke Camille Henry's record for the single-season rookie power play goal mark for the Rangers.
On July 5, 2007, Prà ¯cha re-signed with the Rangers to a two-year, $3.2 million contract.
On March 4, 2009, Prà ¯cha was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes, along with Dimitri Kalinin and Nigel Dawes, in exchange for defenceman Derek Morris. On June 19, 2009, he signed a two-year, $2.2 million contract extension with the Coyotes, worth $1.1 million annually.
After playing unproductively for some time, the Coyotes assigned Prà ¯cha to the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League (AHL), their top minor league affiliate. Unwilling to play for a minor league team, Prà ¯cha soon left for the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) to play for SKA Saint Petersburg.
After two seasons with Saint Petersburg, Prà ¯cha sat out the following season before opting to retire due to injury.