Tenhle zápas nemohl vyhrát. K 100. výročí narození hokejového brankáře Bohumila Modrého
This match he couldn’t win. On the 100th anniversary of the birth of ice hockey goaltender Bohumil Modrý

Summary/Abstract: Who in today’s young generation recognises the name Bohumil Modrý? In his time Modrý, who had film-star good looks, was regarded as the best goaltender in Europe. People who knew him personally described him as an honest and intelligent person with the manners of a gentleman. However, he wasn’t born in the right time or in the right place. His life story tells of the breakup of a celebrated team, the first golden hockey generation in our sporting history. Our hockey survived that tough blow, although it was many years before it recovered. However, nobody could bring back the years the players had spent in prison. They were not rehabilitated until the Prague Spring period, which alas the gentleman in goal did not live to see.

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