Jan Suchý

Czech ice hockey player (1944–2021)

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Ice hockey player

Jan Suchý

Suchý in 2018

Born

(1944-10-10)10 October 1944
Německý Brod,
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

Died

24 August 2021(2021-08-24) (aged 76)

Height

5 ft 9 in (175 cm)

Weight

170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)

Position

Defence

Shot

Left

Played for

Dukla Jihlava

National team

Czechoslovakia

Playing career

1961–1982

Medal record

Representing Czechoslovakia

Men's ice hockey
Olympic Games
	1968 Grenoble	Team
World Championships
	1965 Tampere	Team
	1966 Ljubljana	Team
	1971 Bern/Geneva	Team
	1974 Helsinki	Team
	1969 Stockholm	Team
	1970 Stockholm	Team
	1973 Moscow	Team

Jan Suchý (10 October 1944 – 24 August 2021) was a Czech ice hockey player. He played for the Czechoslovakia men's national team at the Ice Hockey World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games, and was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame.

Biography

Suchý was born on 10 October 1944 in Havlíčkův Brod (that time known as Německý Brod).^[1] From the ages of 8 to 19, Suchý played for a local team, Jiskra Havlíčkův Brod. He then played for the Czechoslovakian army team Dukla Jihlava from 1963 to 1979, during which time he helped them win seven Czechoslovakian league titles. By his last season he had scored more goals than any defenceman in league history. He then continued to play in Austria and Germany until 1984.^{[citation needed]}

He played in the Czechoslovakia national team in the world championships of 1965, 1966, 1968^[a]–71, 1973 and 1974, scoring 22 goals in 68 games, and winning four silver medals and three bronze medals. He also played in the ice hockey tournament of the 1968 Winter Olympics,^[a] winning a silver medal with his team.^{[citation needed]}

Suchý won the first two Golden Hockey Stick awards as Czechoslovakia's best player in 1969 and 1970. He was named the best defenceman at the ice hockey world championships in 1969 and 1971.^{[citation needed]}

He was also the first European to be placed on an NHL protected list (by the Boston Bruins).^{[citation needed]}

Suchý was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2009.^[2]^[3]

He died on 24 August 2021, at the age of 76.^[4]

Notes

^ ^a ^b The 1968 Olympic ice hockey tournament doubled as the world championships.

References

^ "Český hokej truchlí. Zemřel Jan Suchý, jeden z nejlepších obránců své doby". sport.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 26 August 2021.
^ "V Síni slávy IIHF je dvacáctý Čech, do vybrané společnosti vstoupil Jan Suchý". Hokej.cz (in Czech). 13 May 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
^ "IIHF Hall of Fame Inducts Five". International Ice Hockey Federation. 10 May 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
^ "Hokejista Suchý zemřel. Odešel nejlepší obránce světa, tvrdí v Brodě". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.