Jan Suchý

Jan Suchý (10 October 1944 – 24 August 2021) was a Czech ice hockey player. He played for the Czechoslovakia men's national team at the Ice Hockey World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games, and was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame.

Jan Suchý
Suchý in 2018
Born (1944-10-10)10 October 1944
Německý Brod,
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Died 24 August 2021(2021-08-24) (aged 76)
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Dukla Jihlava
National team  Czechoslovakia
Playing career 1961–1982
Medal record
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Men's ice hockey
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1968 GrenobleTeam
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1965 TampereTeam
Silver medal – second place1966 LjubljanaTeam
Silver medal – second place1971 Bern/GenevaTeam
Silver medal – second place1974 HelsinkiTeam
Bronze medal – third place1969 StockholmTeam
Bronze medal – third place1970 StockholmTeam
Bronze medal – third place1973 MoscowTeam

Biography

Suchý was born on 10 October 1944 in Havlíčkův Brod (that time known as Německý Brod).[1] From the ages of 8 to 19, Suchý played for a local team, Jiskra Havlíčkův Brod. He then played for the Czechoslovakian army team Dukla Jihlava from 1963 to 1979, during which time he helped them win seven Czechoslovakian league titles. By his last season he had scored more goals than any defenceman in league history. He then continued to play in Austria and Germany until 1984.

He played in the Czechoslovakia national team in the world championships of 1965, 1966, 1968[lower-alpha 1]–71, 1973 and 1974, scoring 22 goals in 68 games, and winning four silver medals and three bronze medals. He also played in the ice hockey tournament of the 1968 Winter Olympics,[lower-alpha 1] winning a silver medal with his team.

Suchý won the first two Golden Hockey Stick awards as Czechoslovakia's best player in 1969 and 1970. He was named the best defenceman at the ice hockey world championships in 1969 and 1971.

He was also the first European to be placed on an NHL protected list (by the Boston Bruins).

Suchý was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2009.[2][3]

He died on 24 August 2021, at the age of 76.[4]

Notes
  1. The 1968 Olympic ice hockey tournament doubled as the world championships.

References
  1. "Český hokej truchlí. Zemřel Jan Suchý, jeden z nejlepších obránců své doby". sport.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. "V Síni slávy IIHF je dvacáctý Čech, do vybrané společnosti vstoupil Jan Suchý". Hokej.cz (in Czech). 13 May 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  3. "IIHF Hall of Fame Inducts Five". International Ice Hockey Federation. 10 May 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  4. "Hokejista Suchý zemřel. Odešel nejlepší obránce světa, tvrdí v Brodě". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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