What is Michael Kostka?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Michael Kostka - New York Rangers.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = Kostka as a Ranger in October 2014 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|11|28}} | birth_place = [[Ajax, Ontario|Ajax]], [[Ontario]] | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 210 | position = [[Defenceman|Defence]] | shoots = Right | played_for = [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]<br>[[Chicago Blackhawks]] <br> [[Tampa Bay Lightning]]<br>[[New York Rangers]]<br>[[Ottawa Senators]]<br>[[Skellefteå AIK]] | draft = Undrafted | career_start = 2008 | career_end = 2018 }} '''Michael Christopher Kostka''' (born November 28, 1985) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] former professional [[ice hockey]] [[defenceman]]. He played a parts of five seasons in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). He played for the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]], [[Chicago Blackhawks]], [[Tampa Bay Lightning]], [[New York Rangers]], and [[Ottawa Senators]]. He also played for [[Skellefteå AIK]] of the [[Swedish Hockey League]] (SHL). ==Career== He started his hockey career with the Ajax-Pickering Raiders of the Eastern AAA Hockey League. He played 2 seasons with them and then moved on to play in the Ontario Provincial Junior Hockey League for the Ajax Axemen for 2 seasons and the Aurora Tigers for 1 season. He went on to play in college for the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]] where he played 4 years for the [[UMass Minutemen|Minutemen]]. He went undrafted but was signed to a professional contract by the [[Buffalo Sabres]] of the National Hockey League on March 25, 2008. He spent 1 season with the Sabres' AHL, the [[Rochester Americans]] and then two seasons with the new affiliate, the Portland Pirates. He returned to the Rochester Americans for the 2010–11 AHL season. He then signed a contract with Rochester's then-affiliate, [[Florida Panthers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://panthers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=536363|accessdate=2013-09-16|title=Panthers Sign Foster, Kostka To American Hockey League Deals|publisher=Florida Panthers|archive-date=2014-07