What is Martin Erat?
{{Infobox Ice Hockey Player | image =Martin Erat.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Erat during his time with the Predators in 2005 | team = | played_for = [[Arizona Coyotes]]<br>[[Nashville Predators]]<br>[[Washington Capitals]] | league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]] | position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right Wing]] | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 200 | ntl_team = Czech Republic | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|8|28}} | birth_place = [[Třebíč]], [[Czechoslovakia|TCH]] | draft = 191st overall | draft_year = 1999 | draft_team = [[Nashville Predators]] | career_start = 1999 | career_end = 2019 |}} '''Martin Erat''' (born August 28, 1981 in [[Třebíč]], [[Czechoslovakia]]) is a former [[Czechs|Czech]] [[ice hockey]] [[Winger (ice hockey)|right winger]] that played for the [[Arizona Coyotes]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). He has also played for the [[Nashville Predators]] and the [[Washington Capitals]]. Martin also has an older brother named Roman who plays in the [[Czech Extraliga]]. ==Career== Before playing in the NHL, Erat played 3 seasons in the [[Western Hockey League|WHL]] 2 for the [[Saskatoon Blades]] and 1 for the [[Red Deer Rebels]]. Erat has also played 10 seasons with the [[Nashville Predators]] and 9 games with the [[Washington Capitals]]. On March 4th, 2014, the Capitals traded Erat along with prospect John Mitchell to the [[Phoenix Coyotes]] for a 2015 4th round draft pick, Rostislav Klesla and Chris Brown.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=707694|accessdate=2014-03-06|title=Capitals send Erat to Coyotes for Klesla, Brown|publisher=NHL}}</ref> == Awards == *He was named the [[Western Hockey League|WHL]] Eastern Conference Player of the Month for November of [[2000–01 WHL season|2000]]. *He was named the WHL Player of the Week for November 13–19, 2000. *He was named the [[National Hockey League|NHL]] Third Star of the Week for November 12–17, [[2007–08 NHL season|2007]]. ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == *{{nhlp