Petr Kváča

Petr Kváča (born on September 12, 1997 in Brandýs nad Labem) is a Czech ice hockey goaltender currently playing with the Bílí Tygři Liberec of the Tipsport Extraliga. He was selected 114th overall by the Colorado Avalanche in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.
== Club career ==
Kváča began playing junior hockey with the BK Mladá Boleslav organisation. In 2012, he moved to the HC České Budějovice (later ČEZ Motor České Budějovice) organisation.
He made his senior debut during the 2015-16 season when he played 3 regular season games and 1 play-off game with the ČEZ Motor České Budějovice of the WSM Liga and 37 regular season games and 2 play-off games with the ČEZ Motor České Budějovice under-20 team.
Kváča began the 2016-17 season with the ČEZ Motor České Budějovice organisation but was loaned to the Bílí Tygři Liberec organisation. During his loan, he was the second goalie with the Bílí Tygři Liberec of the Tipsport Extraliga but did not appear on the ice with them. During the loan, he also played 7 games with the Bílí Tygři Liberec's farm team, the HC Benátky nad Jizerou of the WSM Liga. After that, he returned to the ČEZ Motor České Budějovice organisation and finished there the season with 2 games played with the ČEZ Motor České Budějovice under-20 team and 18 regular season games, 9 play-off games and 11 Tipsport Extraliga qualification games with the ČEZ Motor České Budějovice of the WSM Liga. In this season, he became the WSM Liga champion with the ČEZ Motor České Budějovice and had the best goals against average (1.41) in the whole WSM Liga.
In the 2017-18 season played Kváča 32 regular season games and 10 play-off games with the ČEZ Motor České Budějovice of the WSM Liga and 2 games on loan with the HC Sparta Praha of the Tipsport Extraliga.
In the next season, he played 19 regular season games, 6 play-off games and 10 Tipsport Extraliga qualification games with the ČEZ Motor České Budějovice of the Chance Liga (formerly WSM Liga), 1 game on loan with the HC Litvínov of the Tipsport Extraliga and 2 games on loan with the HC Oceláři Třinec of the Tipsport Extraliga. In this season, he became the goaltender who had the best goals against average (1.80), best goals against average in the play-offs (1.00) and best save percentage in the play-offs (.960) in the Chance Liga.
In 2019, Kváča moved to the HC Oceláři Třinec organisation and in the 2019-20 season played 30 games with the HC Oceláři Třinec of the Tipsport Extraliga and 1 game with their farm team, the HC Frýdek-Místek of the Chance Liga.
Since 2020, Kváča is playing with the Bílí Tygři Liberec of the Tipsport Extraliga. In the 2020-21 season, he had the best goals against average (2.07) and save percentage (.925) in the Tipsport Extraliga. He is currently signed there until the end of the 2021-22 season with a one-year option.
== International career ==
Kváča was a part of the Czech National Team at the 2017 World Junior Championship but he was only the second goalie in a few games and did not play a single second.
Category:Born in 1997
Category:Czech ice hockey goaltenders
Category:Bílí Tygři Liberec players
Category:ČEZ Motor České Budějovice players
Category:HC Benátky nad Jizerou players
Category:HC Frýdek-Místek players
Category:HC Sparta Praha players
Category:HC Litvínov players
Category:HC Oceláři Třinec players
Category:Colorado Avalanche draft picks