Tag: Jaromir Jagr
A Czech Perspective on Habs Forward Jiří Sekáč
By Radoslav Vavřina, Czech Correspondent for All Habs Hockey Magazine LIBEREC, CZE — What a time to be a hardcore hockey fan again! You can either criticize every move that any team makes or you can celebrate some of the signings that have been made. Loads of good players are coming over from Europe, too. The Maple […]
Czech List: A Look Back at the Minsk World Hockey Championship
By Radoslav Vavřina, Czech Correspondent for All Habs Hockey Magazine MINSK, BELARUS — It’s pretty beautiful here in Minsk. Prior to the 2014 IIHF World Championship, we didn’t know what awaited us. What the place will actually look like? How good the food will be and how open-minded locals would be towards foreigners? Well, politics have nothing […]
Czech List, Olympic Edition: Report Card for the Czech Republic
By Radoslav Vavřina, Czech Correspondent for All Habs Hockey Magazine LIBEREC, CZE — The most anticipated sports event of this year, the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games, are over, at least the part that we are interested in – the hockey tournament. Some countries can call it a disappointment, like Slovakia or Switzerland, both looking to score […]
Czech List, North American Edition: Plekanec Leads Czechs to Sochi
By Radoslav Vavřina, Czech Correspondent for All Habs Hockey Magazine LIBEREC, CZE — The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games are knocking on the door and we’re all almost ready to let them in. The Czechs are actually anticipating them and have done so quite anxiously for the past four years. But, there have been some controversies. […]
Czech List, European Edition: Inexperienced U20 Squad for WJC in Malmo
By Radoslav Vavřina, Czech Correspondent for All Habs Hockey Magazine LIBEREC, CZE — Another month of European hockey is behind us and we’re ready for Christmas. Actually, I can’t wait for Christmas and I can’t even wait for what comes after Christmas and that’s the 2014 Under-20 World Junior Championships, taking place in Malmö, Sweden. Unfortunately, I […]
Czech List, North American Edition: Mazanec on Radar for Preds, Olympics
By Radoslav Vavřina, Czech Correspondent for All Habs Hockey Magazine LIBEREC, CZE — Obviously, when a fellow countryman achieves something great, NHL fans in the Czech Republic start paying even more attention to hockey overseas. The hockey market here is probably still dominated by the Extraliga, our highest competition, but the NHL is still second even […]
Czech List: Vrána, Pastrňák Top Czech Prospects in Europe
By Radoslav Vavřina, Czech Correspondent for All Habs Hockey Magazine LIBEREC, CZE –The Czech Extraliga regular season is already underway here in the Czech Republic and it’s full of stars, from those of the past like Martin Straka and Petr Nedvěd, to those of the future like the players Czech List will be about, turning into a […]