Jan Peka
Date of birth | July 27, 1894 |
place of birth | Rataje nad Sázavou , Austria-Hungary |
date of death | January 21, 1985 |
Place of death | Prague , Czechoslovakia |
position | goalkeeper |
Catch hand | Left |
Career stations | |
1910-1913 | Studentský Hockey Cercle Karlín |
1913-1924 | AC Sparta Prague (soccer) |
1919-1927 | AC Sparta Prague (ice hockey) |
1927-1936 | LTC Prague |
Jan Peka (born July 27, 1894 in Rataje nad Sázavou , Bohemia , Austria-Hungary ; † January 21, 1985 in Prague ) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey goalkeeper who represented his home country at a variety of international tournaments, including the bronze medal at the Won 1920 Summer Olympics .
Career
Jan Peka played soccer and bandy as a teenager before he came to ice hockey at Studentský Hockey Cercle Karlín . Between 1910 and 193 he took part with the SHC Karlín in the ice hockey championship of the Bohemian Crown Lands and was appointed to the cadre of the Bohemian national team in 1913 . With this he took part in the European Championship in 1913 , where he won the silver medal. After this success he moved to AC Sparta Prague , for which he was then active as a football defender. In 1914 he was called up for military service and fought on the Serbian front during the First World War . During this time he was captured and did not return to Prague from Thessaloniki, Greece , until 1919 .
He then played for the AC Sparta Prague ice hockey team in the Czechoslovak championship before moving to the then top club LTC Prague in 1927 . With the LTC he became Czechoslovakian champion six times , won the Spengler Cup three times and the Tatra Cup twice . He ended his career after the 1935/36 season.
At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp , he won the bronze medal in the Olympic ice hockey tournament with the Czechoslovak national team . Eight years later he took on the Olympic ice hockey tournament of the Winter Games in St. Moritz in part and a further eight years later at the Winter Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen .
Achievements and Awards
- Czechoslovak champion : 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935 and 1936 with LTC Prague
- Winning the Spengler Cup : 1929, 1930 and 1932 with LTC Prague
- Winning the Tatra Cup : 1930 and 1931 with LTC Prague
- Admission to the Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame
International
- 1913 silver medal at the European Championship (for Kingdom of Bohemia)
- 1920 bronze medal at the Summer Olympics
- 1925 gold medal at the European Championships
- 1926 silver medal at the European Championship
- 1929 gold medal at the European Championship
- 1931 bronze medal at the European Championships
- 1933 bronze medal at the world championship
- Gold medal at the European Championship
- 1934 bronze medal at the European Championships
- 1935 bronze medal at the European Championship
- 1936 silver medal at the European Championships
statistics
Jan Peka represented the Kingdom of Bohemia at:
Jan Peka represented the Czechoslovak Republic at:
year | team | event | Sp | Min | GT | GTS | |
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1913 | Bohemia | EM | 3 | 120 | 6th | 2.00 | |
1920 | Czechoslovakia | Olympia | 2 | 80 | 31 | 15.50 | |
1925 | Czechoslovakia | EM | 3 | 120 | 0 | 0.00 | |
1926 | Czechoslovakia | EM | 7th | 280 | 8th | 1.14 | |
1927 | Czechoslovakia | EM | 5 | 160 | 5 | 0.80 | |
1928 | Czechoslovakia | Olympia | 2 | 90 | 5 | 2.50 | |
1929 | Czechoslovakia | EM | 4th | 260 | 3 | 0.69 | |
1930 | Czechoslovakia | WM | Without any effort | ||||
1931 | Czechoslovakia | WM | 7th | 420 | 7th | 1.00 | |
1932 | Czechoslovakia | EM | 6th | 270 | 10 | 1.67 | |
1933 | Czechoslovakia | WM | 8th | 500 | 12 | 1.44 | |
1934 | Czechoslovakia | WM | 5 | 310 | 4th | 0.77 | |
1935 | Czechoslovakia | WM | 8th | 530 | 13 | 1.47 | |
1936 | Czechoslovakia | Olympia | 7th | 420 | 16 | 2.29 |
( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1 play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)
Web links
- Jan Peka in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Jan Peka at eliteprospects.com (English)
- International Hockey Legends - Jan Peka
- JAN PEKA - Síň slávy Českého hokeje. In: sinslavycslh.cz. Retrieved October 27, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ avlh.sweb.cz, statistics of the Czechoslovak national team 1910-2008 (PDF; 350 kB)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Peka, Jan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czechoslovak ice hockey goalkeeper |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1894 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rataje nad Sázavou , Bohemia |
DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 1985 |
Place of death | Prague , Czechoslovakia |