Bedřich Ščerban

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Czech RepublicCzech Republic  Bedřich Ščerban Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 31, 1964
place of birth Jihlava , Czechoslovakia
size 173 cm
Weight 80 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1983-1991 ASD Dukla Jihlava
1991-1992 Tappara Tampere
1992-1996 Brynäs IF
1996-1997 HC Petra Vsetín
HC Dukla Jihlava
1997-2000 Mosquitoes eat
2000-2004 EHC Freiburg
2004 HC Berounští Medvědi
2004-2007 SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč
2007-2008 HC Dukla Jihlava

Bedřich Ščerban (born May 31, 1964 in Jihlava , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech ice hockey player who has been the general manager of HC Dukla Jihlava since 2008 .

Career

Bedřich Ščerban began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of ASD Dukla Jihlava , for whose senior team he was active between 1983 and 1991 in the first division , the highest Czechoslovak division. In the 1984/85 seasons and 1990/91 season he won the Czechoslovak championship with Dukla Jihlava . He himself was able to convince with nine goals and twelve assists in 51 games, especially in the 1990/91 season, and received the Zlatá hokejka as the best Czechoslovak ice hockey player. In addition, he was elected to the all-star team of the 1st division. The 1991/92 season spent the defender at Tappara Tampere from the Finnish SM-liiga . He then remained in Northern Europe and moved to the 1992/93 season for Brynäs IF in the Swedish Elitserien . With his new club he was Swedish champion straight away . In the 1994/95 season he was also runner-up with Brynäs. For the 1996/97 season , Ščerban returned to his homeland and initially ran for HC Petra Vsetín in the Czech Extraliga , which was founded in 1993 after the division of Czechoslovakia. However, he ended the season at his hometown club HC Dukla Jihlava, who also played in the Extraliga.

From 1997 to 2000, the three-time Olympic participant was under contract with the Moskitos Essen , with whom he initially took part in the second-rate ice hockey Bundesliga , before Ščerban was promoted to the German ice hockey league as the second division champion with Essen in the 1998/99 season . In this he was on the ice for Essen in the 1999/2000 season , but could not completely convince there in his first DEL year, so that he switched to the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga at EHC Freiburg . With Freiburg he also rose as a second division champion in the DEL in the 2002/03 season . As with his first attempt in the DEL, he could not fully assert himself in the top German league in the 2003/04 season , so he only made 23 main round appearances. In the playdowns he lost with Freiburg to the Hanover Scorpions , which meant the direct relegation for the EHC. He started the 2004/05 season at HC Berounští Medvědi in the second Czech division . After only twelve completed games, Ščerban joined the league rivals SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč , where he spent the following two and a half years. The long-time national player last played for his home club Dukla Jihlava in the 2007/08 season , which in the meantime had also been relegated to the second-class first division. Due to a serious illness of Pfeiffer glandular fever , Ščerban ended his career at the age of 43 and acted as assistant coach for the rest of the season.

Since March 2008, Ščerban has been the general manager of Dukla Jihlava. On December 19, 2013 he was inducted into the Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame .

International

For Czechoslovakia , Ščerban took part in the world championships in 1987 , 1989 , 1990 , 1991 and 1992 . He also stood in the line-up of Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and 1992 in Albertville . In 1987 he also took part in the Canada Cup with his country . At the World Championships in 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1992, he and his team won the bronze medal as well as at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

For the Czech Republic he took part in the World Championships in 1993 , 1994 and 1995 . In addition, he was in his country's squad at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer . At the 1993 World Cup he won the bronze medal with the Czech Republic.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2001 Best defender in the 2nd Bundesliga
  • 2002 best defender in the 2nd Bundesliga
  • 2003 Champion of the 2nd Bundesliga and promotion to the DEL with the EHC Freiburg
  • 2006 Best defender in the first division
  • 2007 Best defender in the first division

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personal data
SURNAME Ščerban, Bedřich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scerban, Bedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey player, coach and official
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Jihlava , Czechoslovakia