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Martin Látal

Czech ice hockey player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ3295526 ↗
Source-derived summary

Martin Látal (born March 17, 1988) is a Czech professional ice hockey forward who last played for the Fife Flyers of the UK Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). He was selected by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 5th round (131st overall) of the 2006 NHL entry draft.

Látal first played with HC Kladno in the Czech Extraliga during the 2005–06 Czech Extraliga season.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Martin Látal” is czech ice hockey player. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Martin, Látal and Czech, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1988, 2006, 2005—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1988-03-17. For this dossier, Martin, Látal and Czech is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “czech ice hockey player” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3295526. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1988, 2006 and 2005.

Critical limits

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This entry incorporates text from “Martin Látal” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.