Miloslav Hořava senior
 Miloslav Hořava senior 
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| Date of birth | August 14, 1961 |
| place of birth | Kladno , Czechoslovakia |
| size | 180 cm |
| Weight | 87 kg |
| position | defender |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Draft | |
| NHL Entry Draft |
1981 , 9th lap, 176th position Edmonton Oilers |
| Career stations | |
| until 1983 | Poldi SONP Kladno |
| 1983-1986 | ASD Dukla Jihlava |
| 1986-1988 | Poldi SONP Kladno |
| 1988-1991 | New York Rangers |
| 1991-1994 | MoDo Hockey Örnsköldsvik |
| 1994-1997 | HC Slavia Prague |
| 1997-1998 | HC Becherovka Karlovy Vary |
| 1998-1999 | HC Litvínov |
| 1999 | HKm Zvolen |
| 1999-2000 | HC Litvínov |
Miloslav Hořava senior (born August 14, 1961 in Kladno , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech ice hockey player and current coach . He has been the head coach of HC Sparta Prague since February 2020 . His son Miloslav Hořava junior is also a professional ice hockey player.
Career as a player
Miloslav Hořava began his career in the offspring of Poldi Kladno , for whom he played in the top division of Czechoslovakia, the 1st division , until 1983 . In 1981 the defender became Czechoslovakian champion with Poldi . In the same year he was selected in the ninth round of the Edmonton Oilers in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft in 176th place. Between 1983 and 1986 he played during his army service for the ASD Dukla Jihlava , with whom he won the championship again in 1984 and 1985. Then he returned to Poldi Kladno. In 1988 he received permission to move to non-communist countries. Since the New York Rangers had received the NHL rights to Hořava from the Edmonton Oilers, the Rangers took him under contract. For the Rangers, he completed 82 NHL games in three seasons before returning to Europe in 1991 and joining MODO Hockey from Sweden . In the following three years he played for MODO in the Elitserien .
In 1994 he decided to return to his homeland and played for HC Slavia Prague in the extra league for the next three years . Other stations in his long career were HC Becherovka Karlovy Vary , HKm Zvolen and HC Litvínov , where he ended his career at the end of the 1999/2000 season.
International
Miloslav Hořava took part in four Olympic Winter Games , six World Championships and three Canada Cups for Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic . His greatest successes include winning the world championship in 1985 and winning the Olympic silver medal in 1984 .
Career as a coach
Hořava has been working as a coach in the Czech extra league since 2001. He was in charge of the HC Kladno , the HC Znojemští Orli , the HC Moeller Pardubice , the HC Karlovy Vary and the BK Mladá Boleslav . In the middle of the 2004/05 season he returned to HC Znojemští Orli and stayed there until the end of the 2006/07 season. In the middle of the 2007/08 season he took over the coaching position at HC Lasselsberger Plzeň . Between 2008 and 2009 was the head coach of HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi and the Czech U20 national team .
On April 16, 2009 he signed a two-year contract with MODO Hockey from the Swedish Elitserien, for which he already completed three seasons as a player. In January 2010, Hořava resigned from his post for personal reasons and returned to the Czech Republic.
In July 2010 he was introduced as the head coach of the new KHL participant HC Lev Poprad , who, however, did not start playing.
From 2013 Hořava was assistant coach at the Czech extra league club HC Litvínov . In the 2014/2015 season he won the Czech championship with Litvinov. From May 2016 he was assistant trainer at the Grizzlys Wolfsburg , but in December 2016 he asked for family reasons to terminate his contract and moved to HC Kladno.
From October 2018 until the end of the 2018/19 season he was the head coach of BK Mladá Boleslav . In February 2020 he replaced Uwe Krupp as head coach at HC Sparta Prague .
Achievements and Awards
- 1981 Czechoslovakian champion with Poldi Kladno
- 1984 Czechoslovakian champion with ASD Dukla Jihlava
- 1985 Czechoslovakian champion with ASD Dukla Jihlava
International
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NHL statistics
| Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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| Regular season | 3 | 80 | 5 | 17th | 22nd | 38 |
| Playoffs | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Web links
- Miloslav Hořava senior at eurohockey.com
- Miloslav Hořava in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Miloslav Hořava at eliteprospects.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ sportovci.cz, Miloslav Hořava at sportovci.cz ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ radio.cz, the best in the world have already escaped young Czech ice hockey players
- ↑ Frank Vollmer: Grizzlys: Miloslav Horava is the new assistant trainer. In: regionalsport.de. May 6, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2016 .
- ^ Sparta Prague fires Uwe Krupp. In: hockeyweb.de. January 30, 2020, accessed March 10, 2020 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hořava, Miloslav senior |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Horava, Miloslav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech ice hockey coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kladno , Czechoslovakia |