| International Played in three Olympics and 11 World and European Championships during his 10-year stint with the Czechoslovakian National Team ... Also played at the 1976 Canada Cup ... Was the captain of Czechoslovak team ... World Champion in 1972, 1976 and 1977, silver medalist in 1968, 1971, 1974 and 1975, bronze medalist in 1969, 1970 and 1973 ... Olympic silver medalist at Grenoble in 1968 and Innsbruck in 1976, bronze medalist at Sapporo in 1972 ... Finalist at the 1976 Canada Cup ... Played 262 games and scored 25 goals for the National Team ... Named the Best Defenceman of World and European Championships in 1972 ... Named to the All-Star Team of the World and European Championship three times: 1972, 1976 and 1977 ... Coached the Czechoslovak junior team from 1981 to 1985 ... From 1986 to 1988 he worked as an assistant coach of the National Team.
Career One of the best defenceman in the history of international hockey, Pospisil began his career at 17 with Poldi SONP Kladno and played for this club his entire career, until 1978 ... Played for national championship teams from 1975 to 1978 ... Spent 17 seasons in Czechoslovak League, saw action in 622 games and scored 134 goals ... Won the Golden Stick Award (player of the year) in 1970-71 and 1971-72 ... In 1978-79 he played in Germany for EV Landshut ... Chose a coaching career after retiring as a player... Coached Poldi SONP Kladno (1979 to 1983), CHZ Litvinov (1983 to 1985) ... Coached in Japan from 1990 to 1992. |
