Praha 1985 – Zlato z domácího šampionátu – Procházka Tomáš (2024)

There are moments that a sports fan remembers, so to speak, on their deathbed. When it comes to hockey, the triumph at the World Championship in 1985 in Prague cannot be missed among them. ***** The clear hegemon at that time was the Soviet national team; Canada and the USA also brought exceptionally strong squads, filled with players who later became legends. Nevertheless, Czechs and Slovaks expected the maximum from their own national team… ***** … which did not disappoint their hopes! The second match against the Soviet Union, which our team won 2:1, is indelibly etched in memory. And after the cannonade against the Americans, there was the unofficial final, in which Jiří Šejba scored three times against the Canadian goal. ***** This championship hero is one of the personalities that Tomáš Procházka, a journalist and former hockey player, spoke to. In a conversation with him about the Prague gold, other outstanding forwards from both parts of the former federation, Pavel Richter and team captain Dárius Rusnák, also reminisced, while the defense was represented by one of the discoveries of the championship, Antonín Stavjaňa. Behind him and his defensive colleagues was the legendary Jiří Králík, rightly declared the best goalkeeper of the tournament. ***** To complete the lineup with a sixth player, to fulfill the imaginary hockey number, the team is joined by the equally renowned radio...