| International Never played for the Czechoslovak National Junior Team, but began to play for the National Team in 1987 ... In eight years with the team, he never missed a major international tournament ... Played at three Olympics, one Canada Cup and eight World and European Championships ... Was the captain of the Czechoslovak National Team.
Career Began to play on a minor team in Jihlava ... Scerban's idol growing up was 1960s-era Czechoslovakian player Jan Suchy, perhaps the best Czechoslovak defenseman ever...Joined Dukla Jihlava at 19 at the end of 1983-84 season and played seven full seasons with the team, winning national championships in 1985 and 1991 ... Scerban was the captain of his club ... Following the championship 1990-91 season, Scerban inked a deal with Tappara Tampere of the Finnish League ... A year later, his former coach with Dukla Jihlava, Stanislav Nevesely (who was also an assistant coach of the Czech National Team) personally advised Tommy Sandlin, the coach of the Swedish club Brynas Gavle, to sign Scerban ... In 1993, he became the only player in Czechoslovakian hockey history to win a Czechoslovak and Swedish championship after Brynas became champions of Sweden ... Later, Screban came back to the Czech Republic and became a national champion with HC Petra Vsetin. |
