Jiří Kovařík

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Czech RepublicCzech Republic  Jiří Kovařík Ice hockey player
Date of birth July 19, 1963
size 176 cm
Weight 80 kg
position striker
number # 24
Career stations
1985-1992 HC Pardubice
1992-1996 ASV Hamm
1997-1998 EHC Waldkraiburg
1999-2000 ESC Hamm

Jiří Kovařík (born July 19, 1963 ) is a former Czech ice hockey player who played during his active career in the Czechoslovak 1st division and took part in two seasons in the German 1st division north .

Career

Kovařík played from the 1985/86 season in the 1st Czechoslovak League for HC Pardubice as a striker. During this time he was two Czechoslovak champions with the team . This was achieved for the first time in the 1986/87 season and the second time in 1988/89 . In the 1992/93 season he moved to the Hammer Eisbären in the regional league . There he managed to score 35 goals and provide 27 assists in 19 games. This made him a great darling of the public. After the team rose to the league , he continued to play for Hamm and got 104 points in the 1993/94 season . The ASV Hamm rose again and played from the 1994/95 season in the new second-highest German division of the 1st League North . The Czech remained the top performer of the Hammer Eisbären and scored 142 points this season. In the following season he left the club after the main round, in which he had scored 53 points scorer. From the 1997/98 season he played in the 2nd League South for EHC Waldkraiburg .

After the Hammer Eisbären were dissolved in 1998 due to bankruptcy , the newly founded ESC Hamm took the place of the second division team . This played occupied with numerous former players of the polar bear again in the Regionalliga NRW . In the 1999/2000 season there was a player bottleneck for the Hammer Huskies. In order to overcome this, Kovařík was asked whether he would like to come back to the old place of work in Hamm for a few games. Kovařík, who had returned to his homeland in the Czech Republic and ended his professional career, agreed to play a few games. He came to the games from the Czech Republic. In three games he scored five goals and gave four assists.

Occasionally he is still a guest in Hamm today. He took part in the 2007 Elche Cup with a selection of the Hammer Eisbären and is still one of the most popular ice hockey players who have played in Hamm.

On September 7, 2012 he was inducted into the "Hall of Fame" of the Hammer Eisbären before the season opening game.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: Jiri Kovarik as guest at the game against Hannover ); PM Hammer Eisbären, September 5, 2012@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.hammer-eisbaeren.de

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personal data
SURNAME Kovařík, Jiří
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kovarik, Jiri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1963