Czech Ice Hockey Team We Like to Devote Our Energy to Matters of Consequence
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CZECH ICE HOCKEY TEAM WE LIKE TO DEVOTE OUR ENERGY TO MATTERS OF CONSEQUENCE Inzerce 148x210_ANG.indd 1 30.3.12 10:21 CZECH ICE HOCKEY FACTS Founding member of the IIHF since November 15, 1908. National population: 10,527,000 Total Players: 100,668 Male Players: 75,761 Youth Players: 22,828 Female Players: 2,169 Men´s World Ranking: 5th Women´s World Ranking: 14th MAJOR TOURNAMENTS Olympic Games Winners Czech Republic 1998. World Championships Czechoslovakia 1947, 1949, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1985. Czech Republic 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2010. European Champions Bohemia 1911, 1912, 1914. Czechoslovakia 1922, 1925, 1929, 1933, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1961, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977. World U20 Champions Czech Republic 2000, 2001. European U18 Champions Czechoslovakia 1979, 1988, 1991, 1992. European U19 Champions Czechoslovakia 1968. MEDIA GUIDE 1 2012 IIHF ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SCHEDULE PRELIMINARY ROUND HELSINKI, FINLAND Fri May 4 1 12:15/11:15 USA – France Fri May 4 3 16:15/15:15 Canada – Slovakia Fri May 4 5 20:15/19:15 Belarus – Finland Sat May 5 7 15:00/14:00 Switzerland – Kazakhstan Sat May 5 9 19:00/18:00 Canada – USA Sun May 6 11 12:15/11:15 France – Kazakhstan Sun May 6 13 16:15/15:15 Finland – Slovakia Sun May 6 15 20:15/19:15 Switzerland – Belarus Mon May 7 17 16:15/15:15 France – Canada Mon May 7 19 20:15/19:15 USA – Slovakia Tue May 8 21 16:15/15:15 Belarus – Kazakhstan Tue May 8 23 20:15/19:15 Finland – Switzerland Wed May 9 25 16:15/15:15 Slovakia – Kazakhstan Wed May 9 27 20:15/19:15 Canada – Switzerland Thu May 10 29 16:15/15:15 USA – Belarus Thu May 10 31 20:15/19:15 France – Finland Fri May 11 33 16:15/15:15 Kazakhstan – USA Fri May 11 35 20:15/19:15 Finland – Canada Sat May 12 37 12:15/11:15 Slovakia – Belarus Sat May 12 39 16:15/15:15 Switzerland – France Sat May 12 41 20:15/19:15 Kazakhstan – Canada Sun May 13 43 16:15/15:15 Finland – USA Sun May 13 45 20:15/19:15 Switzerland – Slovakia Mon May 14 47 16:15/15:15 Belarus – France 2 TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC Mon May 14 49 20:15/19:15 Kazakhstan – Finland Tue May 15 51 12:15/11:15 Canada – Belarus Tue May 15 53 16:15/15:15 Slovakia – France Tue May 15 55 20:15/19:15 USA – Switzerland First time EET (Helsinki time), second time CET (Stockholm time). PRELIMINARY ROUND STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN Fri May 4 2 12:15/13:15 Germany – Italy Fri May 4 4 16:15/17:15 Czech Republic – Denmark Fri May 4 6 20:15/21:15 Sweden – Norway Sat May 5 8 16:15/17:15 Latvia – Russia Sat May 5 10 20:15/21:15 Sweden – Czech Republic Sun May 6 12 12:15/13:15 Denmark – Italy Sun May 6 14 16:15/17:15 Russia – Norway Sun May 6 16 20:15/21:15 Germany – Latvia Mon May 7 18 16:15/17:15 Czech Republic – Norway Mon May 7 20 20:15/21:15 Denmark – Sweden Tue May 8 22 16:15/17:15 Latvia – Italy Tue May 8 24 20:15/21:15 Russia – Germany Wed May 9 26 16:15/17:15 Norway – Italy Wed May 9 28 20:15/21:15 Sweden – Germany Thu May 10 30 16:15/17:15 Denmark – Russia Thu May 10 32 20:15/21:15 Czech Republic – Latvia Fri May 11 34 16:15/17:15 Italy – Czech Republic Fri May 11 36 20:15/21:15 Russia – Sweden Sat May 12 38 12:15/13:15 Norway – Latvia Sat May 12 40 16:15/17:15 Germany – Denmark Sat May 12 42 20:15/21:15 Italy – Sweden Sun May 13 44 16:15/17:15 Russia – Czech Republic Sun May 13 46 20:15/21:15 Germany – Norway Mon May 14 48 16:15/17:15 Latvia – Denmark Mon May 14 50 20:15/21:15 Italy – Russia Tue May 15 52 12:15/13:15 Norway – Denmark Tue May 15 54 16:15/17:15 Czech Republic – Germany Tue May 15 55 20:15/21:15 Sweden - Latvia First time CET (Stockholm time), second time EET (Helsinki time). MEDIA GUIDE 3 OUARTERFINALS HELSINKI, FINLAND Thu May 17 57 13:00/12:00 1H – 4H Thu May 17 59 18:30/17:30 2H – 3H If qualifi ed for the quarter-fi nals, Finland will play the evening game (59). First time CET (Stockholm time), second time EET (Helsinki time). OUARTERFINALS STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN Thu May 17 58 15:45/14:45 1S – 4S Thu May 17 60 21:15/20:15 2S – 3S If qualifi ed for the quarter-fi nals, Sweden will play the evening game (60). First time EET (Helsinki time), second time CET (Stockholm time). SEMIFINALS HELSINKI, FINLAND Sat May 19 61 13:30/14:30 W (1H-4H) – W (2S-3S) Sat May 19 62 17:30/18:30 W (1S – 4S) – W (2H-3H) If qualifi ed for the semi-fi nals, Finland will play the early game. If Finland is not qualifi ed for the semi-fi nals but Sweden is, then Sweden will play the early game. Should Finland and Sweden play each other in the semi-fi nals, then the teams would play the early time. First time EET (Helsinki time), second time CET (Stockholm time). BRONZE MEDAL GAME HELSINKI, FINLAND Sun May 20 63 15:00/16:00 GOLD MEDAL GAME HELSINKI, FINLAND Sun May 20 64 19:30/20:30 First time EET (Helsinki time), second time CET (Stockholm time). 4 TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC MANAGEMENT Head Coach Alois HADAMCZIK Assistant Coach General Manager Video Coach Josef PALEČEK Slavomír LENER Jan PROCHÁZKA Team Manager Media Manager Manager Jan ČERNÝ Zdeněk ZIKMUND Radim PRUSENOVSKÝ 6 TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC MANAGEMENT Team Doctor Team Doctor Zdeněk ZIEGELBAUER Radek HOLIBKA Physiotherapist Physiotherapist Physiotherapist Pavel KOLÁŘ Michal TRUC Bronislav SCHREIER Equipment Manager, Equipment Manager, Equipment Manager, Masseur Masseur Masseur Zdeněk ŠMÍD Petr ONDRÁČEK Jaroslav KUGLER MEDIA GUIDE 7 HEAD COACH ALOIS HADAMCZIK Born June 20, 1952 in Kravare, Czech Republic HEAD COACH Silver WCH 2006. Bronze OG 2006 and WCH 2011. Bronze WCH U20 2005. In 1984, he began his career as a coach 2003/04 seasons. In 2008, he returned in Trinec, while pursuing his coach- as a club coach back to Vitkovice. In the ing studies at the Charles University in 2009/10 season, his team made it to the Prague. He worked in Trinec until 1990 Czech Extraliga fi nals. and, in early 1990s, he moved to Ger- At the national level, he started as coach many, where he coached for Soudhofen of the Czech under-20 team, with which and Füssen. he won bronze medal at the 2005 World After return, he worked as a coach Championships in the United States. in Olomouc (1992-93) and Vitkovice This team included players such as Da- (1993-94) and, subsequently, he re- vid Krejčí, Rostislav Olesz or Roman turned back to Trinec (1995-99). In Červenka. 1995, he advanced with the local club In the following season, he became to the Czech Extraliga, the highest-level head coach of the Czech national team. league in the Czech Republic, and in He was in charge of the team during each of the following seasons his team the 2006-08 period, capturing bronze made it to the playoff s. In 1998 and during the 2006 Olympics in Torino and 1999, the Trinec team won silver and silver at the 2006 World Championships bronze, respectively. in Riga. In 2001, he won another bronze medal, He returned back to the national team’s this time with the team of Vitkovice, a re- bench in the summer of 2010. The na- gional rival of Trinec, and the very next tional team, led by Alois Hadamczik season his club advanced to the Czech and assistant coach Josef Paleček, won Extraliga fi nals. Later on, he coached bronze medal at the 2011 World Cham- for HC Sparta Prague, helping the team pionships in Slovakia. win bronze medals in the 2002/03 and 8 TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC ASSISTANT COACH JOSEF PALEČEK Born May 5, 1949 in Stary Kolin, Czech Republic PLAYER Gold WCH 1972. Silver WCH 1974. Bronze WCH 1973. Gold ECH U19 1968. ASSISTANT COACH Silver WCH 2006. Bronze WCH 2011. Josef Paleček started ice hockey career In the process, he also became the club’s at Kolin, but moved to Pardubice at the sports director. age of 18 and played 12 seasons for Paleček’s long career also features the local club, winning Czech title in a short career in Denmark and a spell 1973. During his military service, he was at Czech U19 national team. In 2003/04 also playing for Dukla Jihlava, taking season, he was called up by struggling his league total to 451 games, scoring Liberec. It was too late to save a bad sea- 171 goals. son in 2004, but the club fl ourished un- His scoring skills did not go unnoticed der Paleček’s guidance in the following and Paleček was present at three World years, winning regular season of Czech Championships. In 1972 at Prague, he Extraliga and bronze medals twice in helped Czechoslovakia win gold med- three seasons. als alongside Ivan Hlinka, Jiří Holeček or In 2007, Paleček decided to leave the Václav Nedomanský.