Freedom to win: a Cold War story of the courageous hockey team that fought the Soviets for the soul of its people--and Olympic gold
At the height of the Cold War, a group of small-town men led their Czechoslovakian hockey team against the powerful Soviet team. At the same time, they inspired their nation's resistance to a Soviet invasion, finding a way to fight back against the authoritarian forces seeking to crush their so...
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| Summary: | At the height of the Cold War, a group of small-town men led their Czechoslovakian hockey team against the powerful Soviet team. At the same time, they inspired their nation's resistance to a Soviet invasion, finding a way to fight back against the authoritarian forces seeking to crush their society. At the heart of this story is the Holík family, who loved hockey and desired freedom |
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| adam_text | Contents Prologue: Replay of a Lost War PART I: FROM WINTER TO SPRING ix 1 1: The Butcher Shop on Thin Ice 3 2: Enormous Fish on a Tiny Pond 22 3: The Boys from Brod in Army Town 39 4: Poking the Bear 59 5: The Prague Spring 81 PART II: THEY’RE HERE 101 6: Invasion 103 7: On Fire 121 8: You Send Tanks, We Bring Goals 140 9: Blacked Out Stars 158 PART HI: THE RETURN TO WINTER 179 10: Quashed 181 11: Crossing the Line 195 12: Up, Up, and . . . Away 207 PART IV: CHILDREN OF THE OCCUPATION 13: Training to Go 233 235
14: Homebound 254 15: Inspiration for a Generation 271 16: 89 is 68 Turned Upside Down and Backwards 283 PART V: THE PEOPLE OF WHOM WE KNOW NOTHING 303 17: The Wild, Wild West 305 18: Nagano 323 Epilogue: Too Good to be Denied 347 Acknowledgments 361 Endnotes 365 Index 396
Index A Action Program, 96, 98 Afghanistan, Soviet invasion of, 225, 290 Ahearne, Bunny, 79-80 Alexandrov, Veniamin, 68 Allies, 60 Almetov, Alexander, 68 amateur athletes, 40, 61, 67 Andropov, Yuri, 287 antisemitism, 21 arms race, 290 army hockey teams, 40-41 arrests, political, 6,17,19-21, 28-29, 188, 189,207-208,228,289,290 athletes: amateur, 40, 61, 67; defections by, 28,29,212-217,228-231,256, 257,260,263,267-270,275,281,312, 348; privileges for, 23-24, 57, 237; professional, 323; Soviet, 61-62, 68, 70. See also hockey players; specific athletes Aubut, Marcel, 229, 230 Augusta, Josef, 54,142,151,272, 307 aurora borealis, 292 Austria, Ib-Ո Austro-Hungarian Empire, 4, 25, 72 В Babiš, Andrej, 318 bandy, 25, 62, 63, 65 bankruptcies, 319 banned substances, 218 Barák, Rudolf, 39, 40, 54 Bárta, Pavel, 325 Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 213 basketball, 323 Battek, Rudolf, 259 Bay of Pigs invasion, 67 Bednár, Vladimír, 166 Benda, Václav, 259 Beranek, Josef, 342-343 Berlin Wall, 67, 291 Bettman, Gary, 323-324 Bielik, Ladislav, 113 Bil’ak, Vasil’, 223 Bobrov, Vsevolod, 201 Bohdalova, Jirina, 142-143 Bohemia, 25-26 Bolsheviks, 59-60 Bolton, Jonathan, 101 Bondra, Peter, 313, 357 bourgeois nationalism, 73, 188 Bourque, Ray, 331 Bratinka, Pavel, 259 Bratislava, 113, 317 Brezhnev, Leonid, 87, 98,105,108,122,124, 125,131,137,146,163,190,200,287 Britain, 123 Bříza, Petr, 286, 296 Brno, 3, 39-40, 55 Brod, 3-6, 41, 56; adult hockey team in, 37-38, 44; Communist Party in, 20—21; hockey tradition in, 11-15,29, 318; Jaroslav’s return to, 317; lack of entertainment in, 29; life in, 9-15; postWWII, 8;
during WWII, 4-8; youth hockey in, 30-36 Bruce, Bob, 261 Bubla, Jiří, 195,256,274-275 Buchenwald, 6, 7 Buffalo Sabres, 314 Bukač, Luděk, 225 Bure, Pavel, 279,281, 306, 312, 325, 337, 338, 340, 342,344 C Čajka, Luděk, 306 Canada: hockey in, 25, 26, 64; press coverage in, 159-160
INDEX Canada Cup (1976), 220, 221 Canada Cup (1984), 255-256 Canadian national team, 140, 324-325; 1968 Olympics and, 90; 1998 Olympics and, 331-337; Summit Series and, 210-211; World Championships and, 27, 28, 66-68, 136,220 Candle Manifestation, 289 capitalism, 20 Carlos, John, 129 Carnegie, Dale, 7 Čáslavská, Vera, 128-129, 208 Catholics, 19,222,226,288-289 celebrities, 190-191 censorship, 86, 87, 106,125,127,160,184, 189, 202 Central Europe, Soviet liberation of, 60 Černík, Oldřich, 104, 189,191 Černý, Josef, 74, 89,147,155,195,199-200, 222 České Budějovice, 278 Chamberlain, Neville, 4, 124, 360 Charles University, 89,134,225, 246 Charter 77, 228, 259 Chemopetrol plant, 273-274 Chernenko, Konstantin, 287 Chernyshev, Arkady, 65-68, 159, 201 Chervonenko, Stepan, 81-82 Chicago Blackhawks, 280 Chmelař, Josef, 241 Churchill, Winston, 15-16 Chytráček, Václav, 29, 38 Cihlář (Brickworker) Pond, 9-10 Clementis, Vladimir, 188 codeine, 218 Cold War, 23, 60-61, 67,123-124,140,225, 263, 311, 337 Coleman, Jim, 176 communism, 20, 23, 84,185, 242-243, 354; symbols of, 165,186 Communist Party: in Central and Eastern Europe, 15-21, 60; in Czechoslovakia, 6, 16-23, 39,41-42, 73, 82, 85-86, 98,107108,130,185-186,190,207-208,285286, 288, 290-291; in East Germany, 291; hatred of, 285-286; Holík brothers and, 57,132; Jaroslav Holík and, 236-237, 242-243,246-248; joining of, by hockey 397 players, 56; members of, 6, 21, 56, 86, 190, 208,237; protests against, 288-302; purging by, 190; resignation of, 302; in Slovakia, 84, 85,187-188; in Soviet Union, 59-60; sports and, 23-25, 39 concentration
camps, 5, 6, 7 corruption, 318-319 counterrevolution, 110, 111, 114,123,141, 147,184,186,190,207 country homes, 209 cult of personality, 19 culture, 209 Czech hockey team, 1998 Olympics and, 325-345 Czechoslovak hockey team, vii—viii; 1952 Olympics and, 69; 1956 Olympics and, 69; 1960 Olympics and, 69-70; in 1960s, 69-80; 1967 World Championships and, 74-80; 1968 Olympics and, 90-95; 1969 World Championships and, 133-139, 140-157,163-177,182-183; 1970 World Championships and, 192; 1971 World Championships and, 195-197; 1972 Olympics and, 198-201; 1972 World Championships and, 201—206; in 1973, 210; 1974 World Championships and, 211; 1976 Olympics and, 217-220; 1977 World Championships and, 220; 1980 Olympics and, 225-226; in 1980s, 276; in 1983, 255; in 1986, 259; 1990 World Championships and, 308-309; aftermath of 1967 World Championships and, 81-83; arrest of players on, 28-29, 59; imprisonment of, 29; investigation of, 186; Jiří on, 48-49; junior team, 352; national pride for, 207; normalization crackdown and, 192-194; in other countries’ leagues, 222; Pitner as head coach of, 59, 70-75, 87-89,199,206, 211; plane crash of, 27; players on, 73-74, 89-90, 195-196, 221-222; post Communist regime, 317, 320; postWWII, 26-27; removal ofJarsoslav from, 193-194; rivalry between Soviet team and, 69, 70, 75; taping over of star by, 164-167,183, 192,193,194,198; training program of, 71, 87-89; wins by, 59 Czechoslovakia: anti-Soviet feelings in,
398 81-82,115; Communist Party in, 6, 16-23, 39, 41-42, 73, 82, 85-86, 98, 107-108,130,185-186,190,207-208, 285-286, 288, 290-291; crackdown in, 189-194, 207-209; creation of, 4, 72; crest of, 164—165; democracy in, 16, 314-320; division of, 316-317, 355; economy of, 85-86, 96, 207-208, 288, 290, 316, 318-319; end of Communist regime in, 302, 305—306; ethnic tensions within, 72-74, 222-223, 316; exit of Soviet troops from, 316; Germans in, 41; history of, 359-360; hockey tradition in, 25-30, 39-40, 321-322,350, 354-355, 357-360; military of, 105-106; Moscow Protocol and, 125-128; political changes in, 83-87, 95-99; political reforms in, 95-99,108,124-125,188-189,191,223, 288, 290-292; post-WWII, 16; protests in, 288-290,292,294-302; rebuilding of, after WWII, 8; repression in, 124-129, 185,189-192,201,203,208-209, 227-229, 236-237; show trials in, 19-21, 42, 85,188; Soviet invasion of, vii, 19, 70,103-120,122-123,190,200,222, 286; Soviet meddling in, 97-99; during WWII, 4-8, 26 Czechoslovakia First Ice Hockey League, 39-40 Czechoslovakia Hockey Federation, 193-194, 225, 260 Czechoslovak Writers Union, 86 Czech Republic: 1998 Olympics and, 325-345; coat of arms of, 328; economy of, 318-319; formation of, 317; national identity and, 338; place of, in world, 358360; population of, 359; societal changes in, 319-320; World Cup and, 320-321 D Davydov, Vitaly, 157-159 defection: by Andrea, 268-270; by athletes, 28-29,161,212-217,228-231, 256-257, 260,263,267-270,275,281, 312,348; by dissidents, 259—260; by Musil, 260-262; by Navrátilová, 214-217; by Nedomanský, 212-214 Deford,
Frank, 267 democracy, 19,126,128,291, 306 INDEX de-Stalinization, 85 Dienstbier, Jiří, 259 dissidents, 17-21, 86,191-192,227-228, 259-260, 292-293; arrests of, 17-21,189, 207—208, 289, 290; in Eastern Europe, 290—291; in Slovakia, 289 Drážďanský, Karel, 161 Drobný, Jaroslav, 28, 238 drug tests, 162 Dryden, Ken, 140 dry-land conditioning, 64 Dubček, Alexander, 223, 277; 1989 protests and, 299-302; background of, 83-87; harassment of, 299-300; Husák and, 188-189; in Kremlin, 122-125; leadership of, 87, 95—99; Moscow Protocol and, 126-128; player support for, 161; political reforms by, 87, 95-99, 188; post-Soviet invasion, 130,131; removal of, from leadership, 107-109,187,191-192; resignation of, 189; return to power by, 305, 306; secret police and, 299-300; Soviet invasion and, 104-109 Dubčeková, Anna, 99 Dudácek, Jiří, 256 Dukla, 40 Dukla Jihlava, 39, 42-58,198, 210; 1965-66 season, 52-57; 1968-69 season, 132-139; 1969 World Championships and, 134; 1989-90 season, 286-287,306-307; 1989 protests and, 293; away games by, 54-56; Holík as coach of, 246-248, 272-273, 314—315; popularity of, 53,55; post Communist regime, 317; Soviet invasion and, 118-120,132; talented players on, 54; titles by, 255; training regimen of, 51-54 Dukla Košice, 196,198 Dukla Trenčín, 294, 296-297 Durenberger, David, 262, 268-269 Dvořák, Miroslav, 256 Dzurilla, Vladimír, 90—93,144-145,149,151, 154-157,165,168-175,182,196,222 E Eastern Bloc countries, 98, 309-314 Eastern Europe: Communist regimes in, 15-21; Soviet liberation of, 7-8, 60; Soviet pullback from, 290; sports in, 23 East Germany, 67,105, 291
399 INDEX Eisenhower, Dwight, 7 elections: 1971, 207; democratic, 291; post Communist, 316; rigged, 209 Esposito, Phil, 211, 220 European Under-18 Junior Championships, in 1989,278-279 Evert Lloyd, Chris, 216-217, 264-266 F famine, in Soviet Union, 60 fans; at 1969 World Championship, 140-143, 147,152-153,155,167,170,175,176; 1998 Olympics and, 338-339, 344, 345, 358-360; in North America, 311 Farda, Richard, 172-173,195, 203 farmers, 41-42, 60 federalism, 223 Federation Cup, 215, 216, 253, 260,262-267 Fedorov, Sergei, 312 Fetisov, Vyacheslav, 311 The Final Solution, 3 Finland, 136, 163, 199, 310, 325 Firsov, Anatoly, 75, 77,137,170-171,174,217 Fleury, Theo, 333, 336 food shortages, 104 Ford, Gerald, 123 Forman, Milos, 214 France, 123 Frycer, Miroslav, 233 G Gallo, Emil, 113 Gauthier, Pierre, 281 Germans, in Jihlava, 41 Germany: hockey in, 26; invasion of Czechoslovakia by, 4-6, 73; Nazi, 3-7, 41, 60,115,124,292, 359 Gestapo, 5, 6 glasnost, 288 Golden Stick Award, 133, 211, 226 Gól magazine, 133 Golonka, Jozef: at 1967 World Championships, 76, 77,79; at 1968 Olympics, 92-95; at 1969 World Championship, 134,142-148, 151,155,167,170,175,176; as hockey star, 71-72,74 Gorbachev, Mikhail, 287-288, 290,291, 300 Gottwald, Klement, 16-17,19, 21, 251 Great Purge, 60 Gretzky, Wayne, 276, 324-325, 331-332, 333,335,337 Gulags, 60 Gut, Karel, 211 H Hamrlik, Roman, 343 handshakes, between teams, 80,144,157159,164,176,183,186 Handzuš, Michal, 357 Hartford Whalers, 282, 308, 313 Hašek, Dominik, 254-255, 257, 279-280, 309; 1998 Olympics and, 324, 325, 327345; on Dukla Jihlava, 286, 297,
307; in NHL, 313—314, 322; protests and, 293 Havel, Jan, 74, 79,113,165,192 Havel, Václav, 97,179,227-228,259-260, 290,293,301-302,305,306,319,358,360 Havlíček Borovský, Karel, 8 Havlíčkův Brod. See Brod Havránek, Jiří, 353 heavy metal music, 278 Heydrich, Reinhard, 3, 5 Himl, Antonín, 201, 216 Hitler, Adolf, 4, 5, 41 Hlinka, Ivan, 195, 210, 211, 217, 222,256, 274-275, 325-327, 331, 342, 344-345 hockey: in Brod, 11-12; in Canada, 25, 26, 64; in Czechoslovakia, 25—30, 39-40, 350, 354-355, 357-360; science of, 89; in Soviet Union, 62-70 hockey players: arrest and torture of, 28-29, 69; in Brod, 30; Czechoslovak, 71-74, 138,148-149,156-157,161,183,195196, 278; privileges for, 57; rights of, 306; Soviet, 68-70,75,91,137,138,147-148, 156, 157, 196-197. See also specificplayers Hockey Riots, 181-187, 202 hockey stadium, in Jihlava, 53 hockey teams: handshake between, 144, 157-159, 164,176, 183,186; Slovakia, 355-357. See also specific teams Holeček, Jiří, 195-197,203,205,211, 222 Holešovice, 283 Holík, Jaroslav, Jr.: at 1965 World Championship, 52; at 1967 World Championship, 76-80; at 1968 Olympics, 91; at 1969 World Championship, 139, 143,146,149,151-152,154,162,165,
400 168-175; at 1972 Olympics, 198-199; at 1972 World Championships, 203-206; on adult Brod hockey team, 37-38; Andrea and, 243-244; appearance of, 35; birth of, 5; childhood of, 8-15, 21; children of, 235-253,257-258, 271-272, 315, 348; as coach, 246-249, 251, 271-273, 314-315, 318, 352; Communist Party and, 18, 21, 57, 236-237, 242-243, 246-248; death of, 352-353; defection by Andrea and, 268-269; disciplinary action against, 82-83; Dukla Jihlava squad and, 43-48, 51-56,133; Dzurilla and, 90; government crackdowns and, 193-194; health problems of, 315-316, 352; leg injury of, 45, 47; marathon run by, 53; marriage of, 58; military service by, 46-47; on national hockey team, 72, 74, 76,134, 198-199, 211; personality of, 48, 55-56; popularity of, 57-58; post-hockey life for, 246; protests and, 298; removal of, from national team, 193-194; retirement of, 224,243-244; return to Brod by, 317; school problems for, 33-34; ski jumping and, 22; skills of, 32, 223-224; Soviet invasion and, 118-120; Suchy and, 210; taping over of star by, 165, 186; teenage years of, 35-36; as trouble maker, 10-11, 35; violence by, 55-56; during WWII, 6; youth hockey and, 12, 14-15, 30-36 Holík, Jaroslav, Sr., vii, viii, 8—10,14,15, 176, 206; butcher shop of, 3, 5-8, 20-21; Communist regime and, 20-22; death of, 244; relationship with sons, 33, 39; Soviet invasion and, 120; sports and, 24-25, 30; as youth coach, 31 Holík, Jiří, vii, viii, 89, 222; at 1965 World Championship, 52; in 1967 World Championship, 78-79; at 1969 World Championship, 146,149,151,156, 168-171,174,183; at 1972 World Championship,
205-206; at 1976 Olympics, 217, 219; at 1976 World Championships, 220; on 1998 Olympics, 325; on adult Brod hockey team, 44; appearance of, 36; birth of, 6; childhood of, 8-15; as coach, 298; Communist Party and, 57; Dukla Jihlava squad and, 48-49, 52, 56, 133; government crackdowns INDEX and, 193; in Jihlava, 45; military service by, 46-47; on national hockey team, 74, 195, 211; personal life of, 184—185, 221; playing in West by, 245; popularity of, 57-58; post-hockey life for, 245, 350-351; protests and, 298; retirement of, 220-221, 245; skills of, 32, 49; Soviet invasion and, 120, 132; teenage years of, 36—37; youth hockey and, 12,13-15, 31-36, 36-37 Holík, Robert (Bobby): 1990 World Ice Hockey Championships and, 308—309; 1998 Olympics and, 347; after Velvet Revolution, 305—306; childhood of, 236241; defection by Andrea and, 269-270; on Dukla Jihlava, 272-273, 306-307; escape to West by, 250-251; father and, 236-241, 353; grandfather and, 241-243, 348; health problems of, 241; hockey skills of, 277-278; Litvinov players and, 275-276; NHL and, 281, 282, 308, 309, 311, 313, 326, 348, 349; protests and, 297; training program of, 248—251, 271-272, 282; in West, 347-350 Holíková, Andrea, 120, 236-240, 243-244, 248,251-253,257-261,264-265,267270,282, 315 Holíková, Marie, 57-58,103-104,117-118, 120,165,176,184-185,235-237,240, 348 Holíková, Vera, 5-7, 8-11,15,18,21,120, 205-206 Holmqvist, Leif, 136, 183 Holodomor famine, 60 Horák, Robert, 6, 7,20 Horáková, Marie, 5-6 Horáková, Milada, 19-20, 23, 97 Horešovský, Josef, 113,134,150, 172-173, 175,195,284,286 Horníček, Dr., 18
Horský, Ladislav, 226-227, 230 housing, 209 Hrbatý, Jan, 54 Hrbek, Petr, 293 Hrdina, Jiří, 312 human rights, 289 Hungary, 60, 66—67,124,125, 290—291 Husák, Gustav, 187—190, 201, 208, 220, 223, 227,245,288, 300 Hussite Wars, 5
INDEX I ice hockey. See hockey ice skating, in Brod, 9-11, 13 Indra, Alois, 108-109 informants, 18, 247, 276,286 Ingrová, Dana, 24 international competitions, 40; Czechoslovak players and, 278; Soviets and, 61-70. See also specific competitions International Ice Hockey Federation (UHF), 25,162,218 International Olympic Committee (IOC), 61,218 International Workers Day, 251 J Jágr, Jaromir, 276-278, 305-306, 308-310, 312-313, 329, 336-338,340-343 Jakeš, Miloš, 288 Japan, 199, 323. See also Nagano Jenšík, Miloslav, 47-48,116-117,161,166, 168,187, 303 Jewish people, genocide against, 3 Jihlava, 40-42,176, 236, 255, 257, 297; hockey arena in, 42; protests in, 297, 298; Soviet occupation and, 117-118, 132, 185-186; support for team in, 53, 55. See also Dukla Jihlava Jiřík, Jaroslav, 71, 77, 79, 92,136,163,165, 213 Johnson, Lyndon, 123 journalists, 186-187, 202 Jungwirth, Stanislav, 24 К Kapek, Antonín, 192 Kašparová, Vera. See Holíková, Vera Kastner, Milan, 293 Kazakhstan, 329 Kharlamov, Valeri, 137,149,155, 170, 211, 219 Kikuchi Disease, 316,352 Kladno, 276-277 Klapác, Jan, 49, 54, 56, 151 Klíma, Petr, 258,267 Kochta, Jiří, 195 Kohout, Pavel, 259 Kometa Brno, 40, 53-54 Konovalenko, Viktor, 76, 78, 91 401 Košice, 54, 56, 112-113 Kostka, Vladimír, 88-89,134, 138-139, 143-145,151,158,211,225,246, 350 Kotlina rink, 11-12 Kovalenko, Andrei, 341 Kristallnacht, З Krushchev, Nikita, 84, 85 Kubišová, Marta, 190-191,298 Kucera, František, 293 Kundera, Milan, 214 Kuzkin, Viktor, 167 Kwan, Michelle, 323 L Landovský, Pavel, 228 Lang, Robert, 275, 313, 331, 342, 345 Law for the Defense of
the Republic, 17 left-wing lock system, 89 Leger, Gilles, 229-230 Lemieux, Mario, 312 Lendl, Ivan, 281-282, 308, 348 Lener, Slavomír, 335 Lenin, Vladimir, 59-60, 84, 182, 251 Liberec, 112 Linden, Trevor, 333 Lindros, Eric, 331, 333, 336 Lipinski, Tara, 323 Litvinov, 113,273-276, 326 Loktev, Konstantin, 68 Μ Machač, Oldřich, 74, 168, 222 magazines, 116 Makarov, Sergei, 311 Maltsev, Alexander, 137 Mana, Oskar, 91 Mandlíková, Hana, 262-267 marathon, 53 Marshall Plan, 16—17 Maršíková, Regina, 265, 268 Martinec, Vladimír, 195, 203, 210, 211, 217, 222 Martínek, Miroslav, 186 Marx, Karl, 84 Mawer, Simon, 1 Mazowiecki, Tadeusz, 291 McKay, Jim, 129 media, 18, 116-117, 132; coverage of 1969 World Championship game by, 159-160,
402 176; coverage of Soviet invasion by, 122123; Hockey Riots and, 186—187 Mikhailov, Boris, 137,150,154,167,169,172 military: Czech, 105-106; Soviet, 109-110, 128 military service, 46-47, 56 military sports programs, 40—41 mining towns, 41 Ministry of Information and Culture, 18 Ministry of Interior, 202 “Miracle on Ice” match, 140, 226, 340 Modano, Mike, 330 Modeta Jihlava, 239-240 Modr, Bohumil, 29 Mogilny, Alexander, 312 Montreal Canadiens, 275 Moravek, Ota, 197-198 Moscow Protocol, 125-128 Munich Agreement, 4,123-124 music, 209,228,278 Musil, František, 254-262, 267-270, 279, 282,315, 335 N Nagano, Japan, 1998 Olympics in, 323-345, 351,358-360 Nagy, Imre, 124 Nanne, Lou, 257,261—262 National Basketball Association (NBA), 323 National Hockey League (NHL), 65,212213,222, 229, 231,240; abuse of Eastern Bloc players in, 310-311; Bettman as commissioner of, 323-324; Czechoslovak players in, 256,275, 307-310, 312-314, 320-322; draft, 256-257, 280,281, 282; Eastern Bloc players in, 309-314; Olympics and, 324 National Museum, 112,121 Navrátil, Miroslav, 214 Navrátilová, Martina, 164,168,170,172, 214-217,238,256,262-268,281, 348 Navratils family, 164,168,170,172 Nazis, 3,5-6, 7,41, 60,115,124,292, 359 NBA. See National Basketball Association (NBA) Nedomanský, Václav, 74,143,149—152,154, 169-170, 172,195,200,203,212-214, 310, 348 INDEX Neveselý, Stanislav, 51-54, 246,248,255,272 New Jersey Devils, 313 newspapers, 116-117,132 New York City, 49 NHL. See National Hockey League (NHL) Nikitin, Valeri, 78-79 normalization, 124,126,128,185,189-191, 201,203,206,208-209,213,222,227,
289,297 Novák, Eduard, 195, 219 Novák, Milan, 118 Novotný, Antonín, 85-87,108 Nový, Milan, 217, 222, 256 nuclear power plants, 273-274 nuclear weapons, 290 О Oldřich, Machač, 195 Olomouc, 43 Olympics, 61, 360; of 1924, 65; of 1948, 23-24,27, 40; of 1952,24, 62, 69; of 1956, 66, 69; of 1960, 67, 69-70; of 1964, 48-49, 68, 82,128; of 1968, 82-83, 90-95,128-129; of 1972,197,198-201; of 1976,217-220,280,344; of 1980, 224-226; of 1984,255,262; of 1988,276; of 1992, 323; of 1994, 355-356; of 1998, 323-345, 351, 356, 358-360; professional athletes in, 323 O’Malley, Terry, 140 Operation Danube, 104 P Paeina, Václav, 146-147,162,166 Palach, Jan, 121-122,130-131,185,290 Pálffy, Žigmund, 357 Pardubice, 279,307,317 Party Presidium, 98,104 Patera, Pavel, 332, 341, 343 Pavlov, Sergey, 201 perestroika, 288 performance-enhancing drugs, 162,218 Petrov, Vladimir, 137,143,149 Physical Education Union, 216 Pilsen team, 299 Pitner, Jaroslav: 1968 Olympics and, 82-83, 92, 94; 1969 World Championship and, 143-146,148,151,154,157,158; as
INDEX coach of Dukla Jihlava, 42-44, 46, 48, 49, 50-51, 54, 56, 255; as coach of Dukla Jihlava, 133; as head coach of national team, 59, 70-75, 87-89, 199, 206, 211; press conference by, 159; questioning of, 186; retirement of, 246 Pitner,Jifi, 103 Pitner, Jirina, 103 Pittsburgh Penguins, 310, 312 players’ association, 306 Plocek, Evzen, 185 Polák, Karol, 93-95 Poland, 60,199, 218, 290-291 political apartheid, 227 political prisoners, 259-260 political reforms: in Czechoslovakia, 87, 95-99,108,124-125,188-189,191,223, 290-292; in Soviet Union, 287—288, 290, 300 pollution, 260,288 Polupanov, Viktor, 78 popular culture, 96 Pospíšil, František, 74,151, 155,195, 201, 204,205,218,219,222 power plants, 273-274 Prague, 3,17, 25, 37, 40,190; 1972 World Championships and, 203-206; 1986 Fed Cup in, 262-263; as capital, 73; climate in, 25; protests in, 130, 131, 289-290, 292-293, 299; Soviet invasion of, 110-112; Stalin statue in, 19; victory celebration in, 160,177, 181,182; Wenceslas Square, 121,130,181,182, 292, 293, 299 Prague LTC, 62-63 Prague Spring, 95-99, 104,124,126,189, 191, 223, 300 Prague Spring (Mawer), 1 Prchal, Josef, 241-243, 348 Prchalová, Marie. See Holíková, Marie press coverage, of 1969 World Championship game, 159-160,176 Procházka, Martin, 343 professional athletes, in Olympics, 323 professional sports, 61 propaganda, 23, 61, 70,116 protests: crackdown on, 189; against Czechoslovak Communist Party, 403 288-289; in Czechoslovakia, 288-290, 292-302; by Czechoslovak players, 157, 158,159, 164-166; self-immolation, 185; in Slovakia, 289; against Soviet invasion,
110-118,121-122,124,127, 130,130-131 Pryl, Stanislav, 77-79 public support, for Czechoslovak team, 159-161 Putin, Vladimir, 347 Գ Quebec Nordiques, 229-231,281 R Radio Free Europe, 18,118,161, 256 Radio Prague, 106,110,111-112 radio stations: local, 132; underground, 116 Ragulin, Alexander, 68-69, 76-79, 93-94, 137,154,155,169,171,174 Reagan, Ronald, 277, 311 Red Machine. See Soviet hockey team Red Star, 39-40 Reichel, Robert, 275,276,278,299,305306,308,309,313, 329, 330, 336, 339, 342, 345 Reindl, Jan, 283-287,294-296,299, 307, 318-319 religion, 222,226,288—289 resistance groups, during WWII, 7 Romania, 123 Rosendorf, Marie. See Holíková, Marie Roy, Patrick, 332, 333 Rucinský, Martin, 275,313,326,331,342,345 Rudéprávo, 115, 187 Russia, 312 Russian Empire, 59 Russian hockey team, at 1998 Olympics, 325, 329, 337-345 Russian Revolution, 59, 61, 83 Ružička, Vladimír, 275, 307, 326-327, 330331, 333, 340 S Samizdat publishing, 209 Šašek, Václav, 328 Satan, Miroslav, 357 school system, 33-34, 36
404 secret police, 18, 23,29, 97,202,246-247, 257,286,289, 299-300 self-immolation, 185 Setikovský, Pavel, 299 Ševčík, František, 166 Shanahan, Brendan, 331, 337 shootouts, 335 show trials, 19-21, 42, 85, 188 Shriver, Pam, 266 Siberia, 60 skiing, 22, 24, 243 Skoug, Kenneth, 177 Slánský, Rudolf, 21, 85,188 Šlégr, Jiří, 275, 313, 326, 333, 345 Slovakia, 72-74, 83-85,187-188,192, 222, 288-289; hockey team of, 355—357; independence for, 317, 355; leaders from, 223; protests in, 289 Slovak World Congress, 288 Slovan Bratislava team, 54, 55, 211, 224, 229 Šmíd, Ladislav, 54, 78-79,197-198 Smith, Tommie, 129 Smrkovský, Josef, 130 societal changes, post-Communist regime, 319-320, 321 Soviet hockey players, 91; in NHL, 311-312 Soviet hockey team, vii-viii, 59, 62-80; in 1967, 75—80; 1968 Olympics and, 91-95; 1969 World Championship and, 136-157,140-157,163-177,183; 1970 World Championship and, 192; 1971 World Championship and, 196-197; 1972 Olympics and, 199-201; 1972 World Championship and, 203-206; 1973 World Championship and, 211; 1976 Olympics and, 218-220; 1977 World Championship and, 220; 1978 World Championship and, 221; 1980 Olympics and, 225-226; in 1980s, 255; 1990 World Championship and, 308-309; against Canadian team, 210-211; junior team, 279, 306 Soviet Red Army, 7 Soviet Union, 17; Afghanistan invasion by, 225, 290; Allies and, 60; Communist Party in, 59- 6O; condemnation of, 123; crackdown in Czechoslovakia by, 184-194; creation of, 84; Czechoslovak INDEX attitudes toward, 81-82,271, 276, 277; dissolution of, 312; Eastern Europe and, 15-21; economy of, 287, 290;
Hungary and, 66-67; invasion of Czechoslovakia by, vii, 19, 70,103-120,122-123,190, 200, 222, 286; leadership changes in, 287; military of, 109-110,128,181-182; political reforms in, 287-288, 290, 300; pressure on Czechoslovakia by, 97-99; sports in, 61-70; under Stalin, 60; tensions between West and, 60-61, 67, 123-124; WWII and, 60, 61 space race, 61 Sparta Prague club, 39, 44, 45, 55,113-114, 192,211,283-284,286-287,294-297, 299, 307 sports, 23—25, 39; during Cold War, 61; meaning of, 354-355, 357—360; military sports programs, 40-41; professional, 61; in Soviet Union, 61-70. See also hockey Sports Committee, 62, 67, 201 sportsmanlike behavior, 159 Squad 8, 210 Sršen, Tomáš, 293 Stalin, Joseph, 7, 16-19, 60-62, 66, 84 Stalin, Vasily, 64 Starshinov, Vyacheslav, 68, 93,144,145, 151 Starší, Ján, 211,220 Šťastný, Anton, 223, 229-231 Šťastný, Bohuslav, 195 Šťastný, Marián, 223-224, 230-231, 288-289 Šťastný, Peter, 223-224,226-227,229-231, 256,281,312, 348, 355-357 Šťastnýs, 222-224, 226; defection by, 229-231 Stromberg, Arne, 158 student protests, 86—87,113, 289,292-293 Suchý, František, 12-13, 36, 46,132 Suchý, Jan, vii, viii; at 1967 World Championship, 78; at 1968 Olympics, 92, 94; at 1969 World Championship, 140,143,150-151,154-156,162, 163-164,167-168,174; at 1971 World Championship, 196,197; 1998 Olympics and, 339; on adult Brod hockey team, 44; appearance of, 36; car accident of, 197-198; childhood of, 12-15; drug
INDEX testing of, 162; Dukla Jihlava squad and, 46, 49-50, 52, 133,198, 210; injuries of, 50,163-164; marriage of, 51-52; military service by, 46-47; on national hockey team, 74, 89-90, 195, 201,211; offers to stay in Sweden for, 161; personality of, 50; playing in West by, 245; post-hockey life for, 245-246, 317-318, 350; prison term of, 209-210; regime change and, 297; retirement of, 224; skills of, 33, 50; smoking by, 89; Soviet invasion and, 132; teenage years of, 36; tennis and, 239; World Championship tournaments and, 52; youth hockey and, 13-15, 31, 33-37 Suchý, Jarmila, 12-13 Suchý, Marie, 51, 52 Suk, Cyril, 269 Suková, Helena, 264, 269 Summit Series, 211 Svet v obrazech, 47, 116-117,161,166, 187 Svoboda, Petr, 258,275, 312, 326,328,333, 339-340,343-344 Sweden, 26-27, 67, 68, 95,136,141,159,161, 182-183,199,220, 310, 325 T Tarasov, Anatoly, 63-68, 89, 94, 136, 146, 154,159,171,200-201,210 teachers, 18 Team Czechoslovakia. See Czechoslovak hockey team television, 116, 186-187, 264 television audience, 164, 170,176, 203, 330, 339 tennis, 315; Andrea and, 237-239, 243244,248,252-253,260-261,268; in Czechoslovakia, 238; Drobný and, 28; Federation Cup, 215,216, 253, 262-267; Martina Navrátilová and, 214-217, 238, 256,262-268,281,348 Tennis Federation, 216 Tikal, František, 52, 74 Tikhonov, Viktor, 221 Tománek, Jaroslav, 11-13, 31-32 Tomanová, Renáta, 216 torture, 19,29, 85,188 totalitarian regimes, 60 Tour de Dukla, 51 405 training programs: Czechoslovak, 71, 87-89; Soviet, 64 travel restrictions, 86, 97, 212, 270, 291, 307 Tretiak, Vladislav, 196-197, 219, 255 Truman,
Harry, 7 Trump, Donald, 225 Trump, Ivana, 225 Turkey, 191 Tvaroška, General, 269 “The Two Thousand Words” (Vaculík), 128, 191,208,227 U Ujčík, Mojmír, 113, 114 Ukraine, 60 underground radio, 116 unemployment, 318, 319 uniforms, 34,143-144, 183, 186, 192,193, 194,198, 328, 340 Union for Czechoslovak-Soviet Friendship, 193 Union of Journalists, 187 United Nations, 123 United States, 16, 48-49, 62, 67, 216; 1980 Olympics and, 225-226; game against, 163; hockey team, 69-70,136,160, 199, 225-226, 324, 329, 330, 340; press coverage in, 159; racial discrimination in, 129; response to Soviet invasion, 123-124 universities, 190 uranium mines, 29 US Army, 7 US Open, 216, 253,268 V Vácha, Vladimír, 91, 175, 176,186-187 Vaculík, Ludvík, 128, 227, 228 Vancouver Canucks, 256, 274-275, 326 Vanek, Miroslav, 134,138, 148,162 Velvet Divorce, 316-317, 355 Velvet Revolution, 305, 310 Vesely Textile Company, 16 victory celebrations, 176-177, 181—182, 206, 207 Vietnam War, 123 Vikulov, Vladimir, 76,151, 203 Vinklár, Josef, 299 Višnovský, Lubomír, 357
INDEX 406 Vlk, Gustav, 162 Voice of America, 256 Vostrakova, Milena, 176,187 Vrzánová, Alena, 28 W Warsaw Pact, 98,106,109,289 Wenceslas Square, 121,130,181,182, 292, 293,299 Werich, Jan, 152 West: adjustment to living in, 310-311; modern life in, 255-256; opportunity in, 243; playing in, by Czech players, 245, 256,275,307-310, 312-314, 320-322 West Germany, 48,119,120 Wimbledon, 252-253,262 Winnipeg Jets, 310 Winter, Ritch, 261, 262 Winter Olympics. See Olympics Wohl, Pavel, 286 World Cup of Hockey, 320-321, 325, 326 World Hockey Association (WHA), 213, 310 World Ice Hockey Championships, 40; in 1947,26-27,47; in 1948,27; in 1949, 28; in 1950, 69; in 1951, 69; in 1954, 66; in 1957, 66-67; in 1961, 67, 70; in 1962, 67, 70; in 1963, 67, 70; in 1964, 67-68; in 1965, 52, 68, 90; in 1966,68; in 1967, 74-83, 86; in 1969, vii-viii, 133-177, 182-183,215; in 1970,192,197; in 1971, 195-197; in 1972, 201-206; in 1973, 211; in 1974, 211; in 1976, 220, 223; in 1977, 220; in 1978, 221; in 1979, 224; in 1985, 256; in 1986, 276; in 1987, 276; in 1990, 308-309; in 2000, 356; in 2001, 357; in 2002, 357; first, 65 World Junior Championships, 276, 281, 306, 352 World War I, 26 World War II, 4-8, 84; division of Europe after, 123-124; Dukla Pass battle, 40; hockey during, 26; Jihlava during, 41; Soviets and, 60, 61 Y Yakushev, Alexander, 219 Yalta agreement, 123-124 youth hockey team, 30-37 Yugoslavia, 62, 123 . Yzerman, Steve, 331 Z Zábrana, Jan, 101 Zábrodský, Vladimír, 37, 63 Zajíc, Jan, 185 Záruba, Robert, 330, 333, 339, 344, 345, 358, 359 Zátopek, Emil, 23-24,191 Zelnícková, Ivana, 225
Zimin, Yevgeni, 147 Zinger, Viktor, 145,147,150,151,154,155, 169,171,173,174 Zorin, Valerian, 17
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Contents Prologue: Replay of a Lost War PART I: FROM WINTER TO SPRING ix 1 1: The Butcher Shop on Thin Ice 3 2: Enormous Fish on a Tiny Pond 22 3: The Boys from Brod in Army Town 39 4: Poking the Bear 59 5: The Prague Spring 81 PART II: THEY’RE HERE 101 6: Invasion 103 7: On Fire 121 8: You Send Tanks, We Bring Goals 140 9: Blacked Out Stars 158 PART HI: THE RETURN TO WINTER 179 10: Quashed 181 11: Crossing the Line 195 12: Up, Up, and . . . Away 207 PART IV: CHILDREN OF THE OCCUPATION 13: Training to Go 233 235
14: Homebound 254 15: Inspiration for a Generation 271 16: 89 is 68 Turned Upside Down and Backwards 283 PART V: THE PEOPLE OF WHOM WE KNOW NOTHING 303 17: The Wild, Wild West 305 18: Nagano 323 Epilogue: Too Good to be Denied 347 Acknowledgments 361 Endnotes 365 Index 396
Index A Action Program, 96, 98 Afghanistan, Soviet invasion of, 225, 290 Ahearne, Bunny, 79-80 Alexandrov, Veniamin, 68 Allies, 60 Almetov, Alexander, 68 amateur athletes, 40, 61, 67 Andropov, Yuri, 287 antisemitism, 21 arms race, 290 army hockey teams, 40-41 arrests, political, 6,17,19-21, 28-29, 188, 189,207-208,228,289,290 athletes: amateur, 40, 61, 67; defections by, 28,29,212-217,228-231,256, 257,260,263,267-270,275,281,312, 348; privileges for, 23-24, 57, 237; professional, 323; Soviet, 61-62, 68, 70. See also hockey players; specific athletes Aubut, Marcel, 229, 230 Augusta, Josef, 54,142,151,272, 307 aurora borealis, 292 Austria, Ib-Ո Austro-Hungarian Empire, 4, 25, 72 В Babiš, Andrej, 318 bandy, 25, 62, 63, 65 bankruptcies, 319 banned substances, 218 Barák, Rudolf, 39, 40, 54 Bárta, Pavel, 325 Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 213 basketball, 323 Battek, Rudolf, 259 Bay of Pigs invasion, 67 Bednár, Vladimír, 166 Benda, Václav, 259 Beranek, Josef, 342-343 Berlin Wall, 67, 291 Bettman, Gary, 323-324 Bielik, Ladislav, 113 Bil’ak, Vasil’, 223 Bobrov, Vsevolod, 201 Bohdalova, Jirina, 142-143 Bohemia, 25-26 Bolsheviks, 59-60 Bolton, Jonathan, 101 Bondra, Peter, 313, 357 bourgeois nationalism, 73, 188 Bourque, Ray, 331 Bratinka, Pavel, 259 Bratislava, 113, 317 Brezhnev, Leonid, 87, 98,105,108,122,124, 125,131,137,146,163,190,200,287 Britain, 123 Bříza, Petr, 286, 296 Brno, 3, 39-40, 55 Brod, 3-6, 41, 56; adult hockey team in, 37-38, 44; Communist Party in, 20—21; hockey tradition in, 11-15,29, 318; Jaroslav’s return to, 317; lack of entertainment in, 29; life in, 9-15; postWWII, 8;
during WWII, 4-8; youth hockey in, 30-36 Bruce, Bob, 261 Bubla, Jiří, 195,256,274-275 Buchenwald, 6, 7 Buffalo Sabres, 314 Bukač, Luděk, 225 Bure, Pavel, 279,281, 306, 312, 325, 337, 338, 340, 342,344 C Čajka, Luděk, 306 Canada: hockey in, 25, 26, 64; press coverage in, 159-160
INDEX Canada Cup (1976), 220, 221 Canada Cup (1984), 255-256 Canadian national team, 140, 324-325; 1968 Olympics and, 90; 1998 Olympics and, 331-337; Summit Series and, 210-211; World Championships and, 27, 28, 66-68, 136,220 Candle Manifestation, 289 capitalism, 20 Carlos, John, 129 Carnegie, Dale, 7 Čáslavská, Vera, 128-129, 208 Catholics, 19,222,226,288-289 celebrities, 190-191 censorship, 86, 87, 106,125,127,160,184, 189, 202 Central Europe, Soviet liberation of, 60 Černík, Oldřich, 104, 189,191 Černý, Josef, 74, 89,147,155,195,199-200, 222 České Budějovice, 278 Chamberlain, Neville, 4, 124, 360 Charles University, 89,134,225, 246 Charter 77, 228, 259 Chemopetrol plant, 273-274 Chernenko, Konstantin, 287 Chernyshev, Arkady, 65-68, 159, 201 Chervonenko, Stepan, 81-82 Chicago Blackhawks, 280 Chmelař, Josef, 241 Churchill, Winston, 15-16 Chytráček, Václav, 29, 38 Cihlář (Brickworker) Pond, 9-10 Clementis, Vladimir, 188 codeine, 218 Cold War, 23, 60-61, 67,123-124,140,225, 263, 311, 337 Coleman, Jim, 176 communism, 20, 23, 84,185, 242-243, 354; symbols of, 165,186 Communist Party: in Central and Eastern Europe, 15-21, 60; in Czechoslovakia, 6, 16-23, 39,41-42, 73, 82, 85-86, 98,107108,130,185-186,190,207-208,285286, 288, 290-291; in East Germany, 291; hatred of, 285-286; Holík brothers and, 57,132; Jaroslav Holík and, 236-237, 242-243,246-248; joining of, by hockey 397 players, 56; members of, 6, 21, 56, 86, 190, 208,237; protests against, 288-302; purging by, 190; resignation of, 302; in Slovakia, 84, 85,187-188; in Soviet Union, 59-60; sports and, 23-25, 39 concentration
camps, 5, 6, 7 corruption, 318-319 counterrevolution, 110, 111, 114,123,141, 147,184,186,190,207 country homes, 209 cult of personality, 19 culture, 209 Czech hockey team, 1998 Olympics and, 325-345 Czechoslovak hockey team, vii—viii; 1952 Olympics and, 69; 1956 Olympics and, 69; 1960 Olympics and, 69-70; in 1960s, 69-80; 1967 World Championships and, 74-80; 1968 Olympics and, 90-95; 1969 World Championships and, 133-139, 140-157,163-177,182-183; 1970 World Championships and, 192; 1971 World Championships and, 195-197; 1972 Olympics and, 198-201; 1972 World Championships and, 201—206; in 1973, 210; 1974 World Championships and, 211; 1976 Olympics and, 217-220; 1977 World Championships and, 220; 1980 Olympics and, 225-226; in 1980s, 276; in 1983, 255; in 1986, 259; 1990 World Championships and, 308-309; aftermath of 1967 World Championships and, 81-83; arrest of players on, 28-29, 59; imprisonment of, 29; investigation of, 186; Jiří on, 48-49; junior team, 352; national pride for, 207; normalization crackdown and, 192-194; in other countries’ leagues, 222; Pitner as head coach of, 59, 70-75, 87-89,199,206, 211; plane crash of, 27; players on, 73-74, 89-90, 195-196, 221-222; post Communist regime, 317, 320; postWWII, 26-27; removal ofJarsoslav from, 193-194; rivalry between Soviet team and, 69, 70, 75; taping over of star by, 164-167,183, 192,193,194,198; training program of, 71, 87-89; wins by, 59 Czechoslovakia: anti-Soviet feelings in,
398 81-82,115; Communist Party in, 6, 16-23, 39, 41-42, 73, 82, 85-86, 98, 107-108,130,185-186,190,207-208, 285-286, 288, 290-291; crackdown in, 189-194, 207-209; creation of, 4, 72; crest of, 164—165; democracy in, 16, 314-320; division of, 316-317, 355; economy of, 85-86, 96, 207-208, 288, 290, 316, 318-319; end of Communist regime in, 302, 305—306; ethnic tensions within, 72-74, 222-223, 316; exit of Soviet troops from, 316; Germans in, 41; history of, 359-360; hockey tradition in, 25-30, 39-40, 321-322,350, 354-355, 357-360; military of, 105-106; Moscow Protocol and, 125-128; political changes in, 83-87, 95-99; political reforms in, 95-99,108,124-125,188-189,191,223, 288, 290-292; post-WWII, 16; protests in, 288-290,292,294-302; rebuilding of, after WWII, 8; repression in, 124-129, 185,189-192,201,203,208-209, 227-229, 236-237; show trials in, 19-21, 42, 85,188; Soviet invasion of, vii, 19, 70,103-120,122-123,190,200,222, 286; Soviet meddling in, 97-99; during WWII, 4-8, 26 Czechoslovakia First Ice Hockey League, 39-40 Czechoslovakia Hockey Federation, 193-194, 225, 260 Czechoslovak Writers Union, 86 Czech Republic: 1998 Olympics and, 325-345; coat of arms of, 328; economy of, 318-319; formation of, 317; national identity and, 338; place of, in world, 358360; population of, 359; societal changes in, 319-320; World Cup and, 320-321 D Davydov, Vitaly, 157-159 defection: by Andrea, 268-270; by athletes, 28-29,161,212-217,228-231, 256-257, 260,263,267-270,275,281, 312,348; by dissidents, 259—260; by Musil, 260-262; by Navrátilová, 214-217; by Nedomanský, 212-214 Deford,
Frank, 267 democracy, 19,126,128,291, 306 INDEX de-Stalinization, 85 Dienstbier, Jiří, 259 dissidents, 17-21, 86,191-192,227-228, 259-260, 292-293; arrests of, 17-21,189, 207—208, 289, 290; in Eastern Europe, 290—291; in Slovakia, 289 Drážďanský, Karel, 161 Drobný, Jaroslav, 28, 238 drug tests, 162 Dryden, Ken, 140 dry-land conditioning, 64 Dubček, Alexander, 223, 277; 1989 protests and, 299-302; background of, 83-87; harassment of, 299-300; Husák and, 188-189; in Kremlin, 122-125; leadership of, 87, 95—99; Moscow Protocol and, 126-128; player support for, 161; political reforms by, 87, 95-99, 188; post-Soviet invasion, 130,131; removal of, from leadership, 107-109,187,191-192; resignation of, 189; return to power by, 305, 306; secret police and, 299-300; Soviet invasion and, 104-109 Dubčeková, Anna, 99 Dudácek, Jiří, 256 Dukla, 40 Dukla Jihlava, 39, 42-58,198, 210; 1965-66 season, 52-57; 1968-69 season, 132-139; 1969 World Championships and, 134; 1989-90 season, 286-287,306-307; 1989 protests and, 293; away games by, 54-56; Holík as coach of, 246-248, 272-273, 314—315; popularity of, 53,55; post Communist regime, 317; Soviet invasion and, 118-120,132; talented players on, 54; titles by, 255; training regimen of, 51-54 Dukla Košice, 196,198 Dukla Trenčín, 294, 296-297 Durenberger, David, 262, 268-269 Dvořák, Miroslav, 256 Dzurilla, Vladimír, 90—93,144-145,149,151, 154-157,165,168-175,182,196,222 E Eastern Bloc countries, 98, 309-314 Eastern Europe: Communist regimes in, 15-21; Soviet liberation of, 7-8, 60; Soviet pullback from, 290; sports in, 23 East Germany, 67,105, 291
399 INDEX Eisenhower, Dwight, 7 elections: 1971, 207; democratic, 291; post Communist, 316; rigged, 209 Esposito, Phil, 211, 220 European Under-18 Junior Championships, in 1989,278-279 Evert Lloyd, Chris, 216-217, 264-266 F famine, in Soviet Union, 60 fans; at 1969 World Championship, 140-143, 147,152-153,155,167,170,175,176; 1998 Olympics and, 338-339, 344, 345, 358-360; in North America, 311 Farda, Richard, 172-173,195, 203 farmers, 41-42, 60 federalism, 223 Federation Cup, 215, 216, 253, 260,262-267 Fedorov, Sergei, 312 Fetisov, Vyacheslav, 311 The Final Solution, 3 Finland, 136, 163, 199, 310, 325 Firsov, Anatoly, 75, 77,137,170-171,174,217 Fleury, Theo, 333, 336 food shortages, 104 Ford, Gerald, 123 Forman, Milos, 214 France, 123 Frycer, Miroslav, 233 G Gallo, Emil, 113 Gauthier, Pierre, 281 Germans, in Jihlava, 41 Germany: hockey in, 26; invasion of Czechoslovakia by, 4-6, 73; Nazi, 3-7, 41, 60,115,124,292, 359 Gestapo, 5, 6 glasnost, 288 Golden Stick Award, 133, 211, 226 Gól magazine, 133 Golonka, Jozef: at 1967 World Championships, 76, 77,79; at 1968 Olympics, 92-95; at 1969 World Championship, 134,142-148, 151,155,167,170,175,176; as hockey star, 71-72,74 Gorbachev, Mikhail, 287-288, 290,291, 300 Gottwald, Klement, 16-17,19, 21, 251 Great Purge, 60 Gretzky, Wayne, 276, 324-325, 331-332, 333,335,337 Gulags, 60 Gut, Karel, 211 H Hamrlik, Roman, 343 handshakes, between teams, 80,144,157159,164,176,183,186 Handzuš, Michal, 357 Hartford Whalers, 282, 308, 313 Hašek, Dominik, 254-255, 257, 279-280, 309; 1998 Olympics and, 324, 325, 327345; on Dukla Jihlava, 286, 297,
307; in NHL, 313—314, 322; protests and, 293 Havel, Jan, 74, 79,113,165,192 Havel, Václav, 97,179,227-228,259-260, 290,293,301-302,305,306,319,358,360 Havlíček Borovský, Karel, 8 Havlíčkův Brod. See Brod Havránek, Jiří, 353 heavy metal music, 278 Heydrich, Reinhard, 3, 5 Himl, Antonín, 201, 216 Hitler, Adolf, 4, 5, 41 Hlinka, Ivan, 195, 210, 211, 217, 222,256, 274-275, 325-327, 331, 342, 344-345 hockey: in Brod, 11-12; in Canada, 25, 26, 64; in Czechoslovakia, 25—30, 39-40, 350, 354-355, 357-360; science of, 89; in Soviet Union, 62-70 hockey players: arrest and torture of, 28-29, 69; in Brod, 30; Czechoslovak, 71-74, 138,148-149,156-157,161,183,195196, 278; privileges for, 57; rights of, 306; Soviet, 68-70,75,91,137,138,147-148, 156, 157, 196-197. See also specificplayers Hockey Riots, 181-187, 202 hockey stadium, in Jihlava, 53 hockey teams: handshake between, 144, 157-159, 164,176, 183,186; Slovakia, 355-357. See also specific teams Holeček, Jiří, 195-197,203,205,211, 222 Holešovice, 283 Holík, Jaroslav, Jr.: at 1965 World Championship, 52; at 1967 World Championship, 76-80; at 1968 Olympics, 91; at 1969 World Championship, 139, 143,146,149,151-152,154,162,165,
400 168-175; at 1972 Olympics, 198-199; at 1972 World Championships, 203-206; on adult Brod hockey team, 37-38; Andrea and, 243-244; appearance of, 35; birth of, 5; childhood of, 8-15, 21; children of, 235-253,257-258, 271-272, 315, 348; as coach, 246-249, 251, 271-273, 314-315, 318, 352; Communist Party and, 18, 21, 57, 236-237, 242-243, 246-248; death of, 352-353; defection by Andrea and, 268-269; disciplinary action against, 82-83; Dukla Jihlava squad and, 43-48, 51-56,133; Dzurilla and, 90; government crackdowns and, 193-194; health problems of, 315-316, 352; leg injury of, 45, 47; marathon run by, 53; marriage of, 58; military service by, 46-47; on national hockey team, 72, 74, 76,134, 198-199, 211; personality of, 48, 55-56; popularity of, 57-58; post-hockey life for, 246; protests and, 298; removal of, from national team, 193-194; retirement of, 224,243-244; return to Brod by, 317; school problems for, 33-34; ski jumping and, 22; skills of, 32, 223-224; Soviet invasion and, 118-120; Suchy and, 210; taping over of star by, 165, 186; teenage years of, 35-36; as trouble maker, 10-11, 35; violence by, 55-56; during WWII, 6; youth hockey and, 12, 14-15, 30-36 Holík, Jaroslav, Sr., vii, viii, 8—10,14,15, 176, 206; butcher shop of, 3, 5-8, 20-21; Communist regime and, 20-22; death of, 244; relationship with sons, 33, 39; Soviet invasion and, 120; sports and, 24-25, 30; as youth coach, 31 Holík, Jiří, vii, viii, 89, 222; at 1965 World Championship, 52; in 1967 World Championship, 78-79; at 1969 World Championship, 146,149,151,156, 168-171,174,183; at 1972 World Championship,
205-206; at 1976 Olympics, 217, 219; at 1976 World Championships, 220; on 1998 Olympics, 325; on adult Brod hockey team, 44; appearance of, 36; birth of, 6; childhood of, 8-15; as coach, 298; Communist Party and, 57; Dukla Jihlava squad and, 48-49, 52, 56, 133; government crackdowns INDEX and, 193; in Jihlava, 45; military service by, 46-47; on national hockey team, 74, 195, 211; personal life of, 184—185, 221; playing in West by, 245; popularity of, 57-58; post-hockey life for, 245, 350-351; protests and, 298; retirement of, 220-221, 245; skills of, 32, 49; Soviet invasion and, 120, 132; teenage years of, 36—37; youth hockey and, 12,13-15, 31-36, 36-37 Holík, Robert (Bobby): 1990 World Ice Hockey Championships and, 308—309; 1998 Olympics and, 347; after Velvet Revolution, 305—306; childhood of, 236241; defection by Andrea and, 269-270; on Dukla Jihlava, 272-273, 306-307; escape to West by, 250-251; father and, 236-241, 353; grandfather and, 241-243, 348; health problems of, 241; hockey skills of, 277-278; Litvinov players and, 275-276; NHL and, 281, 282, 308, 309, 311, 313, 326, 348, 349; protests and, 297; training program of, 248—251, 271-272, 282; in West, 347-350 Holíková, Andrea, 120, 236-240, 243-244, 248,251-253,257-261,264-265,267270,282, 315 Holíková, Marie, 57-58,103-104,117-118, 120,165,176,184-185,235-237,240, 348 Holíková, Vera, 5-7, 8-11,15,18,21,120, 205-206 Holmqvist, Leif, 136, 183 Holodomor famine, 60 Horák, Robert, 6, 7,20 Horáková, Marie, 5-6 Horáková, Milada, 19-20, 23, 97 Horešovský, Josef, 113,134,150, 172-173, 175,195,284,286 Horníček, Dr., 18
Horský, Ladislav, 226-227, 230 housing, 209 Hrbatý, Jan, 54 Hrbek, Petr, 293 Hrdina, Jiří, 312 human rights, 289 Hungary, 60, 66—67,124,125, 290—291 Husák, Gustav, 187—190, 201, 208, 220, 223, 227,245,288, 300 Hussite Wars, 5
INDEX I ice hockey. See hockey ice skating, in Brod, 9-11, 13 Indra, Alois, 108-109 informants, 18, 247, 276,286 Ingrová, Dana, 24 international competitions, 40; Czechoslovak players and, 278; Soviets and, 61-70. See also specific competitions International Ice Hockey Federation (UHF), 25,162,218 International Olympic Committee (IOC), 61,218 International Workers Day, 251 J Jágr, Jaromir, 276-278, 305-306, 308-310, 312-313, 329, 336-338,340-343 Jakeš, Miloš, 288 Japan, 199, 323. See also Nagano Jenšík, Miloslav, 47-48,116-117,161,166, 168,187, 303 Jewish people, genocide against, 3 Jihlava, 40-42,176, 236, 255, 257, 297; hockey arena in, 42; protests in, 297, 298; Soviet occupation and, 117-118, 132, 185-186; support for team in, 53, 55. See also Dukla Jihlava Jiřík, Jaroslav, 71, 77, 79, 92,136,163,165, 213 Johnson, Lyndon, 123 journalists, 186-187, 202 Jungwirth, Stanislav, 24 К Kapek, Antonín, 192 Kašparová, Vera. See Holíková, Vera Kastner, Milan, 293 Kazakhstan, 329 Kharlamov, Valeri, 137,149,155, 170, 211, 219 Kikuchi Disease, 316,352 Kladno, 276-277 Klapác, Jan, 49, 54, 56, 151 Klíma, Petr, 258,267 Kochta, Jiří, 195 Kohout, Pavel, 259 Kometa Brno, 40, 53-54 Konovalenko, Viktor, 76, 78, 91 401 Košice, 54, 56, 112-113 Kostka, Vladimír, 88-89,134, 138-139, 143-145,151,158,211,225,246, 350 Kotlina rink, 11-12 Kovalenko, Andrei, 341 Kristallnacht, З Krushchev, Nikita, 84, 85 Kubišová, Marta, 190-191,298 Kucera, František, 293 Kundera, Milan, 214 Kuzkin, Viktor, 167 Kwan, Michelle, 323 L Landovský, Pavel, 228 Lang, Robert, 275, 313, 331, 342, 345 Law for the Defense of
the Republic, 17 left-wing lock system, 89 Leger, Gilles, 229-230 Lemieux, Mario, 312 Lendl, Ivan, 281-282, 308, 348 Lener, Slavomír, 335 Lenin, Vladimir, 59-60, 84, 182, 251 Liberec, 112 Linden, Trevor, 333 Lindros, Eric, 331, 333, 336 Lipinski, Tara, 323 Litvinov, 113,273-276, 326 Loktev, Konstantin, 68 Μ Machač, Oldřich, 74, 168, 222 magazines, 116 Makarov, Sergei, 311 Maltsev, Alexander, 137 Mana, Oskar, 91 Mandlíková, Hana, 262-267 marathon, 53 Marshall Plan, 16—17 Maršíková, Regina, 265, 268 Martinec, Vladimír, 195, 203, 210, 211, 217, 222 Martínek, Miroslav, 186 Marx, Karl, 84 Mawer, Simon, 1 Mazowiecki, Tadeusz, 291 McKay, Jim, 129 media, 18, 116-117, 132; coverage of 1969 World Championship game by, 159-160,
402 176; coverage of Soviet invasion by, 122123; Hockey Riots and, 186—187 Mikhailov, Boris, 137,150,154,167,169,172 military: Czech, 105-106; Soviet, 109-110, 128 military service, 46-47, 56 military sports programs, 40—41 mining towns, 41 Ministry of Information and Culture, 18 Ministry of Interior, 202 “Miracle on Ice” match, 140, 226, 340 Modano, Mike, 330 Modeta Jihlava, 239-240 Modr, Bohumil, 29 Mogilny, Alexander, 312 Montreal Canadiens, 275 Moravek, Ota, 197-198 Moscow Protocol, 125-128 Munich Agreement, 4,123-124 music, 209,228,278 Musil, František, 254-262, 267-270, 279, 282,315, 335 N Nagano, Japan, 1998 Olympics in, 323-345, 351,358-360 Nagy, Imre, 124 Nanne, Lou, 257,261—262 National Basketball Association (NBA), 323 National Hockey League (NHL), 65,212213,222, 229, 231,240; abuse of Eastern Bloc players in, 310-311; Bettman as commissioner of, 323-324; Czechoslovak players in, 256,275, 307-310, 312-314, 320-322; draft, 256-257, 280,281, 282; Eastern Bloc players in, 309-314; Olympics and, 324 National Museum, 112,121 Navrátil, Miroslav, 214 Navrátilová, Martina, 164,168,170,172, 214-217,238,256,262-268,281, 348 Navratils family, 164,168,170,172 Nazis, 3,5-6, 7,41, 60,115,124,292, 359 NBA. See National Basketball Association (NBA) Nedomanský, Václav, 74,143,149—152,154, 169-170, 172,195,200,203,212-214, 310, 348 INDEX Neveselý, Stanislav, 51-54, 246,248,255,272 New Jersey Devils, 313 newspapers, 116-117,132 New York City, 49 NHL. See National Hockey League (NHL) Nikitin, Valeri, 78-79 normalization, 124,126,128,185,189-191, 201,203,206,208-209,213,222,227,
289,297 Novák, Eduard, 195, 219 Novák, Milan, 118 Novotný, Antonín, 85-87,108 Nový, Milan, 217, 222, 256 nuclear power plants, 273-274 nuclear weapons, 290 О Oldřich, Machač, 195 Olomouc, 43 Olympics, 61, 360; of 1924, 65; of 1948, 23-24,27, 40; of 1952,24, 62, 69; of 1956, 66, 69; of 1960, 67, 69-70; of 1964, 48-49, 68, 82,128; of 1968, 82-83, 90-95,128-129; of 1972,197,198-201; of 1976,217-220,280,344; of 1980, 224-226; of 1984,255,262; of 1988,276; of 1992, 323; of 1994, 355-356; of 1998, 323-345, 351, 356, 358-360; professional athletes in, 323 O’Malley, Terry, 140 Operation Danube, 104 P Paeina, Václav, 146-147,162,166 Palach, Jan, 121-122,130-131,185,290 Pálffy, Žigmund, 357 Pardubice, 279,307,317 Party Presidium, 98,104 Patera, Pavel, 332, 341, 343 ' Pavlov, Sergey, 201 perestroika, 288 performance-enhancing drugs, 162,218 Petrov, Vladimir, 137,143,149 Physical Education Union, 216 Pilsen team, 299 Pitner, Jaroslav: 1968 Olympics and, 82-83, 92, 94; 1969 World Championship and, 143-146,148,151,154,157,158; as
INDEX coach of Dukla Jihlava, 42-44, 46, 48, 49, 50-51, 54, 56, 255; as coach of Dukla Jihlava, 133; as head coach of national team, 59, 70-75, 87-89, 199, 206, 211; press conference by, 159; questioning of, 186; retirement of, 246 Pitner,Jifi, 103 Pitner, Jirina, 103 Pittsburgh Penguins, 310, 312 players’ association, 306 Plocek, Evzen, 185 Polák, Karol, 93-95 Poland, 60,199, 218, 290-291 political apartheid, 227 political prisoners, 259-260 political reforms: in Czechoslovakia, 87, 95-99,108,124-125,188-189,191,223, 290-292; in Soviet Union, 287—288, 290, 300 pollution, 260,288 Polupanov, Viktor, 78 popular culture, 96 Pospíšil, František, 74,151, 155,195, 201, 204,205,218,219,222 power plants, 273-274 Prague, 3,17, 25, 37, 40,190; 1972 World Championships and, 203-206; 1986 Fed Cup in, 262-263; as capital, 73; climate in, 25; protests in, 130, 131, 289-290, 292-293, 299; Soviet invasion of, 110-112; Stalin statue in, 19; victory celebration in, 160,177, 181,182; Wenceslas Square, 121,130,181,182, 292, 293, 299 Prague LTC, 62-63 Prague Spring, 95-99, 104,124,126,189, 191, 223, 300 Prague Spring (Mawer), 1 Prchal, Josef, 241-243, 348 Prchalová, Marie. See Holíková, Marie press coverage, of 1969 World Championship game, 159-160,176 Procházka, Martin, 343 professional athletes, in Olympics, 323 professional sports, 61 propaganda, 23, 61, 70,116 protests: crackdown on, 189; against Czechoslovak Communist Party, 403 288-289; in Czechoslovakia, 288-290, 292-302; by Czechoslovak players, 157, 158,159, 164-166; self-immolation, 185; in Slovakia, 289; against Soviet invasion,
110-118,121-122,124,127, 130,130-131 Pryl, Stanislav, 77-79 public support, for Czechoslovak team, 159-161 Putin, Vladimir, 347 Գ Quebec Nordiques, 229-231,281 R Radio Free Europe, 18,118,161, 256 Radio Prague, 106,110,111-112 radio stations: local, 132; underground, 116 Ragulin, Alexander, 68-69, 76-79, 93-94, 137,154,155,169,171,174 Reagan, Ronald, 277, 311 Red Machine. See Soviet hockey team Red Star, 39-40 Reichel, Robert, 275,276,278,299,305306,308,309,313, 329, 330, 336, 339, 342, 345 Reindl, Jan, 283-287,294-296,299, 307, 318-319 religion, 222,226,288—289 resistance groups, during WWII, 7 Romania, 123 Rosendorf, Marie. See Holíková, Marie Roy, Patrick, 332, 333 Rucinský, Martin, 275,313,326,331,342,345 Rudéprávo, 115, 187 Russia, 312 Russian Empire, 59 Russian hockey team, at 1998 Olympics, 325, 329, 337-345 Russian Revolution, 59, 61, 83 Ružička, Vladimír, 275, 307, 326-327, 330331, 333, 340 S Samizdat publishing, 209 Šašek, Václav, 328 Satan, Miroslav, 357 school system, 33-34, 36
404 secret police, 18, 23,29, 97,202,246-247, 257,286,289, 299-300 self-immolation, 185 Setikovský, Pavel, 299 Ševčík, František, 166 Shanahan, Brendan, 331, 337 shootouts, 335 show trials, 19-21, 42, 85, 188 Shriver, Pam, 266 Siberia, 60 skiing, 22, 24, 243 Skoug, Kenneth, 177 Slánský, Rudolf, 21, 85,188 Šlégr, Jiří, 275, 313, 326, 333, 345 Slovakia, 72-74, 83-85,187-188,192, 222, 288-289; hockey team of, 355—357; independence for, 317, 355; leaders from, 223; protests in, 289 Slovak World Congress, 288 Slovan Bratislava team, 54, 55, 211, 224, 229 Šmíd, Ladislav, 54, 78-79,197-198 Smith, Tommie, 129 Smrkovský, Josef, 130 societal changes, post-Communist regime, 319-320, 321 Soviet hockey players, 91; in NHL, 311-312 Soviet hockey team, vii-viii, 59, 62-80; in 1967, 75—80; 1968 Olympics and, 91-95; 1969 World Championship and, 136-157,140-157,163-177,183; 1970 World Championship and, 192; 1971 World Championship and, 196-197; 1972 Olympics and, 199-201; 1972 World Championship and, 203-206; 1973 World Championship and, 211; 1976 Olympics and, 218-220; 1977 World Championship and, 220; 1978 World Championship and, 221; 1980 Olympics and, 225-226; in 1980s, 255; 1990 World Championship and, 308-309; against Canadian team, 210-211; junior team, 279, 306 Soviet Red Army, 7 Soviet Union, 17; Afghanistan invasion by, 225, 290; Allies and, 60; Communist Party in, 59-'6O; condemnation of, 123; crackdown in Czechoslovakia by, 184-194; creation of, 84; Czechoslovak INDEX attitudes toward, 81-82,271, 276, 277; dissolution of, 312; Eastern Europe and, 15-21; economy of, 287, 290;
Hungary and, 66-67; invasion of Czechoslovakia by, vii, 19, 70,103-120,122-123,190, 200, 222, 286; leadership changes in, 287; military of, 109-110,128,181-182; political reforms in, 287-288, 290, 300; pressure on Czechoslovakia by, 97-99; sports in, 61-70; under Stalin, 60; tensions between West and, 60-61, 67, 123-124; WWII and, 60, 61 space race, 61 Sparta Prague club, 39, 44, 45, 55,113-114, 192,211,283-284,286-287,294-297, 299, 307 sports, 23—25, 39; during Cold War, 61; meaning of, 354-355, 357—360; military sports programs, 40-41; professional, 61; in Soviet Union, 61-70. See also hockey Sports Committee, 62, 67, 201 sportsmanlike behavior, 159 Squad 8, 210 Sršen, Tomáš, 293 Stalin, Joseph, 7, 16-19, 60-62, 66, 84 Stalin, Vasily, 64 Starshinov, Vyacheslav, 68, 93,144,145, 151 Starší, Ján, 211,220 Šťastný, Anton, 223, 229-231 Šťastný, Bohuslav, 195 Šťastný, Marián, 223-224, 230-231, 288-289 Šťastný, Peter, 223-224,226-227,229-231, 256,281,312, 348, 355-357 Šťastnýs, 222-224, 226; defection by, 229-231 Stromberg, Arne, 158 student protests, 86—87,113, 289,292-293 Suchý, František, 12-13, 36, 46,132 Suchý, Jan, vii, viii; at 1967 World Championship, 78; at 1968 Olympics, 92, 94; at 1969 World Championship, 140,143,150-151,154-156,162, 163-164,167-168,174; at 1971 World Championship, 196,197; 1998 Olympics and, 339; on adult Brod hockey team, 44; appearance of, 36; car accident of, 197-198; childhood of, 12-15; drug
INDEX testing of, 162; Dukla Jihlava squad and, 46, 49-50, 52, 133,198, 210; injuries of, 50,163-164; marriage of, 51-52; military service by, 46-47; on national hockey team, 74, 89-90, 195, 201,211; offers to stay in Sweden for, 161; personality of, 50; playing in West by, 245; post-hockey life for, 245-246, 317-318, 350; prison term of, 209-210; regime change and, 297; retirement of, 224; skills of, 33, 50; smoking by, 89; Soviet invasion and, 132; teenage years of, 36; tennis and, 239; World Championship tournaments and, 52; youth hockey and, 13-15, 31, 33-37 Suchý, Jarmila, 12-13 Suchý, Marie, 51, 52 Suk, Cyril, 269 Suková, Helena, 264, 269 Summit Series, 211 Svet v obrazech, 47, 116-117,161,166, 187 Svoboda, Petr, 258,275, 312, 326,328,333, 339-340,343-344 Sweden, 26-27, 67, 68, 95,136,141,159,161, 182-183,199,220, 310, 325 T Tarasov, Anatoly, 63-68, 89, 94, 136, 146, 154,159,171,200-201,210 teachers, 18 Team Czechoslovakia. See Czechoslovak hockey team television, 116, 186-187, 264 television audience, 164, 170,176, 203, 330, 339 tennis, 315; Andrea and, 237-239, 243244,248,252-253,260-261,268; in Czechoslovakia, 238; Drobný and, 28; Federation Cup, 215,216, 253, 262-267; Martina Navrátilová and, 214-217, 238, 256,262-268,281,348 Tennis Federation, 216 Tikal, František, 52, 74 Tikhonov, Viktor, 221 Tománek, Jaroslav, 11-13, 31-32 Tomanová, Renáta, 216 torture, 19,29, 85,188 totalitarian regimes, 60 Tour de Dukla, 51 405 training programs: Czechoslovak, 71, 87-89; Soviet, 64 travel restrictions, 86, 97, 212, 270, 291, 307 Tretiak, Vladislav, 196-197, 219, 255 Truman,
Harry, 7 Trump, Donald, 225 Trump, Ivana, 225 Turkey, 191 Tvaroška, General, 269 “The Two Thousand Words” (Vaculík), 128, 191,208,227 U Ujčík, Mojmír, 113, 114 Ukraine, 60 underground radio, 116 unemployment, 318, 319 uniforms, 34,143-144, 183, 186, 192,193, 194,198, 328, 340 Union for Czechoslovak-Soviet Friendship, 193 Union of Journalists, 187 United Nations, 123 United States, 16, 48-49, 62, 67, 216; 1980 Olympics and, 225-226; game against, 163; hockey team, 69-70,136,160, 199, 225-226, 324, 329, 330, 340; press coverage in, 159; racial discrimination in, 129; response to Soviet invasion, 123-124 universities, 190 uranium mines, 29 US Army, 7 US Open, 216, 253,268 V Vácha, Vladimír, 91, 175, 176,186-187 Vaculík, Ludvík, 128, 227, 228 Vancouver Canucks, 256, 274-275, 326 Vanek, Miroslav, 134,138, 148,162 Velvet Divorce, 316-317, 355 Velvet Revolution, 305, 310 Vesely Textile Company, 16 victory celebrations, 176-177, 181—182, 206, 207 Vietnam War, 123 Vikulov, Vladimir, 76,151, 203 Vinklár, Josef, 299 Višnovský, Lubomír, 357
INDEX 406 Vlk, Gustav, 162 Voice of America, 256 Vostrakova, Milena, 176,187 Vrzánová, Alena, 28 W Warsaw Pact, 98,106,109,289 Wenceslas Square, 121,130,181,182, 292, 293,299 Werich, Jan, 152 West: adjustment to living in, 310-311; modern life in, 255-256; opportunity in, 243; playing in, by Czech players, 245, 256,275,307-310, 312-314, 320-322 West Germany, 48,119,120 Wimbledon, 252-253,262 Winnipeg Jets, 310 Winter, Ritch, 261, 262 Winter Olympics. See Olympics Wohl, Pavel, 286 World Cup of Hockey, 320-321, 325, 326 World Hockey Association (WHA), 213, 310 World Ice Hockey Championships, 40; in 1947,26-27,47; in 1948,27; in 1949, 28; in 1950, 69; in 1951, 69; in 1954, 66; in 1957, 66-67; in 1961, 67, 70; in 1962, 67, 70; in 1963, 67, 70; in 1964, 67-68; in 1965, 52, 68, 90; in 1966,68; in 1967, 74-83, 86; in 1969, vii-viii, 133-177, 182-183,215; in 1970,192,197; in 1971, 195-197; in 1972, 201-206; in 1973, 211; in 1974, 211; in 1976, 220, 223; in 1977, 220; in 1978, 221; in 1979, 224; in 1985, 256; in 1986, 276; in 1987, 276; in 1990, 308-309; in 2000, 356; in 2001, 357; in 2002, 357; first, 65 World Junior Championships, 276, 281, 306, 352 World War I, 26 World War II, 4-8, 84; division of Europe after, 123-124; Dukla Pass battle, 40; hockey during, 26; Jihlava during, 41; Soviets and, 60, 61 Y Yakushev, Alexander, 219 Yalta agreement, 123-124 youth hockey team, 30-37 Yugoslavia, 62, 123 . Yzerman, Steve, 331 Z Zábrana, Jan, 101 Zábrodský, Vladimír, 37, 63 Zajíc, Jan, 185 Záruba, Robert, 330, 333, 339, 344, 345, 358, 359 Zátopek, Emil, 23-24,191 Zelnícková, Ivana, 225
Zimin, Yevgeni, 147 Zinger, Viktor, 145,147,150,151,154,155, 169,171,173,174 Zorin, Valerian, 17 |
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