International After being invited to the Czechoslovakian National Team in 1966-67 season, he never missed a major international tournament ... Played at three Olympics, 12 World and European Championships and the 1976 Canada Cup ... World Champion in 1972, 1976 and 1977, silver medalist in 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975 and 1978, bronze medalist in 1969, 1970 and 1973 ... Olympic silver medalist at Grenoble in 1968 and Innsbruck in 1976, bronze medalist at the 1972 Sapporo Games... Finalist at the 1976 Canada Cup ... Always played in a defensive pair with Frantisek Pospisil on the National Team ... Named to the World Championship All-Star Team in 1972 ... Played in 293 games as a member of the Czechoslovak National Team and scored 37 goals.
Career His great career began in 1965, when the 19-year-old defenceman made his debut with Dukla Kosice ... Played with Dukla until 1967 ... From 1967 to 1978 he played for ZKL (Zetor) Brno ... Played in 490 games in the Czechoslovak League, scoring 108 goals ... In 1978, he was invited to play for SB Rosenheim in Germany ... Spent four seasons with the club ... Played for a German national champion in his last season, 1981-82. |