International Backup goaltender for Czechoslovakia at the 1987 Canada Cup, 1988 Olympics and 1989 World Championships but never saw action ... Won a bronze medal at the 1990, 1992 and 1993 World Championships and the 1992 Albertville Olympics ... Named the Best Goaltender and to the All-Star Team at the 1993 World Championships ... From 1992 to 1994 played in all but one game for the National Team at Albertville and Lillehammer Olympics and at the World Championships ... Played two games for Czech Republic at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.
Career Former Philadelphia Flyers goalie Pelle Lindbergh was one of his heroes ... Led his club, Sparta Praha, to the Czechoslovakian title in 1990 ... Named MVP in the playoffs that year ... Played two years in Finland with Lukko Rauma ... Joined Landshut in Germany in 1993 ... His team finished second overall in the 1994-95 regular season and reached the finals in the playoffs ... The only goalie in Czech hockey history to score a goal (1991 versus Steaua Bucharest from Romania) ... Romanian goaltender was on the ice when goal was scored ... In 1995-96, he backstopped Landshut to fourth place in the standings ... Played all 55 games for Landshut in 1996-97 and reached the semifinals with his team. |