Michal Valent
Slovak ice hockey player
Michal Valent (born 5 March 1986) is a Slovak professional ice hockey goaltender who currently playing for Dukla Trenčín of the Slovak Extraliga.
He was selected by the Buffalo Sabres in the 5th round (145th overall) of the 2004 NHL entry draft. Valent played for BK Mladá Boleslav from the 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season until October 2014. He had previously played for HC Sparta Prague.
Career
After joining Mladá Boleslav he spent much of the first two seasons as back-up to local-born goalie Marek Schwarz. Schwarz then left the club and Jaroslav Hübl came in to take his place. Valent, therefore, remained second choice for the majority of the 2010–11 season. At the end of that season the club was relegated to the Czech První Liga, the second highest Czech league, in 2012 he remained with the club and was initially set to form a partnership with new signing Vlastimil Lakosil, but junior goaltender Roman Will was given a place in the team when he unexpectedly returned from Canada, leaving Valent's position uncertain. For that reason he was loaned out to other teams including HK Nitra in his native Slovakia. Lakosil failed to impress, but youngster Will proved extremely capable and secured the number one spot.
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