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Combined fuel consumption and CO2 emissions for the www.skoda-auto.com Fabia Monte Carlo model: 3.8–5.9 l/100 km, 99–139 g/km Fabia_MC_ENG_hokej_148x210.indd 1 31.3.11 18:22 Official Partners of the Czech Ice Hockey Team Bez názvu-1 1 26.4.2011 13:34:51 FACTS ABOUT CZECH ICE HOCKEY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IIHF Member since November 15, 1908 (Founding Member) President Tomáš Král World Champions Czechoslovakia: 1947, 1949, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1985 1st Vice-President Czech Republic: 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2010 František Černík – National Teams, Major Hockey, Veteran Hockey Olympic Games Winners 2nd Vice-President Czech Republic: 1998 Miloslav Šeba – Minor Hockey, Advisory Board Members World U20 Champions Ctibor Jech – President of the Association of Professional Clubs – APK Czech Republic: 2000, 2001 Petr Bříza – Organisation and Legislative, International Relations, Goaltending Committee European U18 Champions Czechoslovakia: 1968, 1979, 1988, 1991, 1992 Otakar Černý – Economic Committee, Marketing Nation Population: 10 532 770 Karel Jankovič – Medical Committee, Women Hockey Registered Players: 100 543 Jaromír Látal – Coaching and Methodical Committee 75 691 senior 22 692 youth František Dvořák – Referees’ Committee 2 160 female Total Rinks: 171 Jan Trunda – Sports-Technical Committee Indoor Rinks: 149 Milan Vacke – Youth Hockey Committee COACHES STAFF Director of Coaching Martin Urban – General Secretary Slavomír Lener Lenka Bártová – Head of Secretariate Pavel Setikovský – Manager, Leagues Coaches Zdeněk Pavliš – Manager, Coaching Miroslav Přerost Martin Loukota – Sport Manager, International Transfers Vladimír Schiefner – Registrations, Sports-Technical Committee Luděk Bukač Jan Černý - Media Manager Jiří Veber TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC Video Coach MEDIA GUIDE Jan Procházka PUBLISHER Český svaz ledního hokeje / Czech Ice Hockey editor © M. 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Svoboda Association photo © Luboš Lang Prvního pluku 8-10 graphic design © Jaroslav Kostříž 186 00 Praha 8 printed by www.tisk999.cz in conjunction with deadline of the statistics April 21, 2011 PRO - HOCKEY CZ., s.r.o. 2011 IIHF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 IIHF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CZECH TEAM MANAGEMENT CZECH TEAM MANAGEMENT HEADHEH ADD COACHCOAOACHCH ASSISTANTASSSIS STTANA T COACHCOCOACACH GENERALGEG NENERAAL MANAGERMAM NANAGEER TEAMTET AMAM DDOCTOROCOCTOTOR TEAMTETEAMM DDOCTOROCOCTOTOR Alois Hadamczik Josef Paleček Slavomír Lener MUDr. Zdeněk Ziegelbauer MUDr. Radomír Holibka TEAMTETEAMAM MMANAGERANANAGAGERE MEDIAMEMEDDIA MANAGERMAMANANAGEGER VIDEOVIV DEDEO COCCOACHOACCH PHYSIOTHERAPISTPHP YSYSIOOTHTHERERAPAPISST PHYSIOTHERAPISTPHPHYSYSIOOTHHERERAPAPISIST TRAINERTRTRAIAINENER Martin Loukota Jan Černý Jan Procházka Michal Truc Pavel Kolář Zdeněk Šmíd TRAINERTRTRAIA NENER TRAINERTRTRAIAINEN R TEAMTETEAMAM SSTAFFTATAFFF Petr Ondráček Jaroslav Kugler Joseph Frei GAME SCHEDULE Group A (Bratislava): Russia, Slovakia, Germany, Slovenia Group B (Košice): Canada, Switzerland, Belarus, France Group C (Košice): Sweden, USA, Norway, Austria Group D (Bratislava): Finland, Czech Republic, Latvia, Denmark Preliminary Round Relegations Round 1 16:15 A Bratislava Germany Russia 25 16:15 Bratislava 4A 4D 2 16:15 B Košice Switzerland France Thu, May 5 Fri, April 29 26 16:15 Košice 4B 4C 3 20:15 A Bratislava Slovakia Slovenia 33 12:15 Bratislava 4C 4A Sat, May 7 4 20:15 B Košice Belarus Canada 34 12:15 Košice 4B 4D 5 16:15 D Bratislava Finland Denmark 41 20:15 Bratislava 4A 4B 6 16:15 C Košice USA Austria Sun, May 8 Sat, April 30 42 20:15 Košice 4D 4C 7 20:15 D Bratislava Czech Rep. Latvia 8 20:15 C Košice Norway Sweden 9 16:15 A Bratislava Russia Slovenia 10 16:15 B Košice Canada France Sun, May 1 Quarterfi nals 11 20:15 A Bratislava Slovakia Germany 49 16:15 Bratislava QF1 12 20:15 B Košice Switzerland Belarus Wed, May 11 13 16:15 D Bratislava Czech Rep. Denmark 50 20:15 Bratislava QF2 14 16:15 C Košice USA Norway 51 16:15 Bratislava QF3 Mon, May 2 Thu, May 12 15 20:15 D Bratislava Latvia Finland 52 20:15 Bratislava QF4 16 20:15 C Košice Sweden Austria 17 16:15 A Bratislava Slovenia Germany 18 16:15 B Košice Canada Switzerland Tue, May 3 19 20:15 A Bratislava Russia Slovakia Semi-fi nals 53 16:15 Bratislava Winner 49 Winner 50 20 20:15 B Košice France Belarus Fri, May 13 21 16:15 D Bratislava Denmark Latvia 54 20:15 Bratislava Winner 51 Winner 52 22 16:15 C Košice Austria Norway Wed, May 4 23 20:15 D Bratislava Finland Czech Rep. 24 20:15 C Košice Sweden USA Bronze-medal game Qualifi cation Round Sun, May 15 55 16:00 Bratislava Loser 53 Loser 54 27 20:15 E Bratislava 2A 3D Thu, May 5 28 20:15 F Košice 2B 3C 29 16:15 E Bratislava 1A 2D 30 16:15 F Košice 1B 2C Final Fri, May 6 31 20:15 E Bratislava 1D 3A Sun, May 15 56 20:30 Bratislava Winner 53 Winner 54 32 20:15 F Košice 1C 3B 35 16:15 E Bratislava 3D 1A 36 16:15 F Košice 3C 1B Sat, May 7 37 20:15 E Bratislava 2D 3A 38 20:15 F Košice 2C 3B 39 16:15 E Bratislava 1D 2A Sun, May 8 40 16:15 F Košice 1C 2B 43 12:15 E Bratislava 3A 3D 44 12:15 F Košice 3B 3C 45 16:15 E Bratislava 2A 2D Mon, May 9 46 16:15 F Košice 2B 2C 47 20:15 E Bratislava 1A 1D 48 20:15 F Košice 1B 1C HEADH COACH ASSISTANTA COACH BORN: June 20, 1952 in Kravaře, Czechoslovakia BORN: May 5, 1949 in Starý Kolín, Czechoslovakia Alois Hadamczik, born 20th June 1952 in Kravaře, Czechoslovakia to a German-speaking Josef Paleček, born 5th May 1949, started ice hockey career at Kolín, but moved to family, had a fi rst spell as head coach of Czech national team from 2006 to 2008. He has Pardubice at the age of 18 and played 12 seasons for the local club, winning Czech title in been promoted to this position once more in the summer of 2010, only a few weeks after 1973. During his military service, he was also playing for Dukla Jihlava, taking his league Czech team won gold medals at IIHF World Championship in Germany. total to 451 games, scoring 171 goals. Hadamczik started playing hockey quite late, on a midget level, and spent his active career His scoring skills did not go unnoticed and Paleček was present at three World mostly at regional clubs in Silesia. He started his coaching career at the age of 32 in Třinec, Championships. In 1972 at Prague, he helped Czechoslovakia win gold medals alongside studying for a coaching degree at the Charles University in Prague at the same time. Ivan Hlinka, Jiří Holeček or Václav Nedomanský. In 1990 Hadamczik left for Germany and spent two years there. After his return he had short spells at Olomouc and Vítkovice, before returning to Třinec. During three years he Paleček started coaching in the early 80’s as a playing coach in Hradec Králové. After a achieved promotion twice, leading Třinec into the top division of Czech hockey in 1995. In short playing career in Austria and Germany, he switched to coaching on a full time basis. the coming seasons, the team fi nished in a play-off position every season. He moved up through the ranks of youth and junior teams to the helm of Pardubice senior squad, leading the team in three spells (1990-92, 1995-96 and 1999-02). In the process, he In 1998 Hadamczik left Třinec due to a troubled relation with the club’s directors. However, also became the club’s sports director. Paleček’s long career also features a short career in he was back just one year later and steered the team to bronze medals. In the following Denmark and a spell at Czech U19 national team. season, Třinec was beaten in the quarterfi nals and Hadamczik moved over to Vítkovice, a fi erce regional rival. He fi nished third in his fi rst season there and a runner-up one year In 2003/04 season, he was called up by struggling Liberec. It was too late to save a bad later, losing only to Sparta Prague in the fi nals. season in 2004, but the club fl ourished under Paleček’s guidance in the following years, Sparta became Hadamczik’s next career stop in 2002, but third place fi nish considered as winning regular season of Czech Extraliga and bronze medals twice in three seasons. In disappointing hunted him again in both seasons in the Czech capital. In 2005 he was chosen 2007, Paleček decided to leave the club and became Alois Hadamczik’s assistant coach at as a successor to Vladimir Růžička at the helm of Czech national team after a previous gold the helm of Czech national team. medal triumph at the World Championship in Austria. Hadamczik and his squad left for Riga one year later as underdogs, but still managed to grind out second place, shortly after However, just a few months later he returned to club coaching, accepting an off er from capturing bronze at 2006 Olympics in Italy. However, the following two championships Karlovy Vary. In his very fi rst season with the club, he helped to rewrite local hockey ended in quarterfi nal disappointments and Hadamczik was replaced by Růžicka. history, winning the Czech Extraliga title in 2009. He left the club in October of the same year, only to return in April 2010 for a short spell at the end of a season. In the summer, For 2008/09 season, he returned to Vítkovice and fi nished 8th in his fi rst season.