Tag: Tomáš Hertl
Czech List: Report on Czech Prospects at NHL Entry Draft
By Radoslav Vavřina, Czech Correspondent for All Habs Hockey Magazine LIBEREC, CZE — The 2014 NHL Entry Draft is knocking on the door here in mid-June and Philadelphia better be ready for what’s coming. The battle for number one might be decided already or might not at all, but it is believed that defenseman Aaron Ekblad, Sam […]
Czech List: Palat, Hertl, Prospects Signal Rise in Czech Hockey
By Radoslav Vavřina, Czech Correspondent for All Habs Hockey Magazine LIBEREC, CZE — After years, Czechs can finally call the season their Under-18 national team had a successful one. Two medals from major events, a couple of players ready for the upcoming NHL Entry Draft and great showings by underage players, combined with what two Calder-category NHL […]
Czech List, North American Edition: Path to NHL for ’12,’13 Draft Prospects
By Radoslav Vavřina, Czech Correspondent for All Habs Hockey Magazine LIBEREC, CZE — This draft year will most likely be a little different for the Czechs than in a couple of previous seasons given the fact that most Czech players selected will be European-based and not North-American-based as was the trend of last years. Václav Karabáček will […]
Czech List, North American Edition: Bolts Palát Added to Calder Watch
By Radoslav Vavřina, Czech Correspondent for All Habs Hockey Magazine LIBEREC, CZE — Early into this National Hockey League season, it seemed that one of the top contenders for the Calder Trophy, the award for the top rookie of the season, was going to be a Czech forward. Not much has changed despite the fact that the […]
Czech List, North American Edition: Focus Returns to CHL Following WJC
By Radoslav Vavřina, Czech Correspondent for All Habs Hockey Magazine LIBEREC, CZE — This year’s World Junior Championship is over and it was quite short, especially for some teams, like the Czech Republic. It’s hard to judge whether quarterfinals are a success or not. Some games definitely looked even better than that, others worse. After all, […]
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, North-American Edition: QMJHL Prospects, NHL Draft, 2014 Olympics
By Radoslav Vavřina, Czech Correspondent for All Habs Hockey Magazine LIBEREC, CZE — The season is reaching its first quarter in North America while in Europe, it’s already past that mark. Many things are getting clearer, still others promise a lot of drama at the end of the year. The NHL entry draft race is one […]
Czech List, North American Edition: Hertl Off to an Amazing Start
By Radoslav Vavřina, Czech Correspondent for All Habs Hockey Magazine LIBEREC, CZE — After two weeks, the Czech List is back. This time to focus on Czech prospects based in North America, especially the Canadian Hockey League and the American Hockey League. There’s been quite a buzz surrounding one of them and even though he plays […]
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 […]