Jiří Holeček
| Jiří Holeček | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
March 18, 1944 Prague, Bohemia and Moravia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 163 lb (74 kg; 11 st 9 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goaltender | |||||||||||||||||||
| Played for |
HC Košice HC Sparta Praha | |||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1964–1981 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Jiří Holeček (born March 18, 1944) is a
Czechoslovak Elite League from 1964 to 1979, and on the Czechoslovak national team for many years.[1]
After joining the military he participated in the hockey camp of Dukla Jihlava, but coming from an insignificant Slávia team at the time, he did not make it higher than the number three goaltender and was loaned to
Czechoslovak Golden Hockey Stick award for the best player in 1974, he never won the league title.[citation needed
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Holeček played 164 games for the national team, including ten
.Holeček finished his playing career in 1981 in West Germany. In 1980s he worked as a coach of the
Czechoslovak national ice hockey team goaltenders, and later worked as goalie coach for HC Hvězda Praha.[citation needed] He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1998.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Czechoslovakia 1972: Players' Info". chidlovski.com. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
- ^ "Innsbruck '76 : Epic Finale / USSR vs CSSR". goironpigs.com. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jiří Holeček". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
- ^ "Jiří Holeček". Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech). 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- HC Sparta Praha Klub Historie (in Czech)
- GOALIE ACADEMY INTERNATIONAL (in Czech)
- Jiří Holeček at Olympijskytym.cz (in Czech)
- Jiří Holeček at Olympic.cz (in Czech) (archived)
- Jiri Holecek at Olympics.com
- Jiří Holeček at Olympedia
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