Michal Valent (born March 5, 1986) is a Slovakian professional ice hockey goaltender. 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.After joining Mladá Boleslav he spent much of the first two seasons as back-up to local born goalie Marek Schwarz.