Career
He was drafted 70th overall by the New York Islanders in the 1991 National Hockey League Entry Draft. He recently played as goaltender in the Czechoslovakian Extraliga for Bílí Tygři Liberec. He announced his retirement in August 2010.
Hnilička played his first game for the Czechoslovak team in 1991, and played twice for Czechoslovakia and 97 times for the Czechoslovakian national team