Oldřich Machač

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CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia  Oldřich Machač Ice hockey player
IIHF Hall of Fame , 1999
Date of birth April 18, 1946
place of birth Prostějov , Czechoslovakia
date of death August 10, 2011
size 175 cm
Weight 90 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 1965 TJ Železárny Prostějov
1965-1967 HC Košice
1967-1978 Kometa Brno
1978-1982 Sports association DJK Rosenheim

Oldřich Machač (born April 18, 1946 in Prostějov ; † August 10, 2011 ) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player .

Career

Oldřich Machač began his career in 1957 with Zelezárny Prostějov and played for many years in the first division of Czechoslovakia . Between 1965 and 1967 he played with Dukla Kosice and in 1967 he became Czechoslovakian champion for the first time . After this success he moved to Zetor Brno , for whom he played until 1978 and won the Czechoslovak championship in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1974. Machač scored 108 goals in 490 Extraliga games. Before the 1978/79 season he moved together with Jiří Holík from HC Brno to SB Rosenheim in the 1st Bundesliga. Machač played for Rosenheim for four years and became German champion in 1982 with the Sports Association .

However, Oldřich Machač had even greater successes than at club level in international championships. With the Czechoslovak men's selection , he won three medals at the Olympic Winter Games and eleven medals at world championships . His first appointment to the national team was for the ice hockey world championship in 1967 and from then on he took part in the world championship every year. A year later he was called up to the roster for the 1968 Winter Olympics and won the silver medal. In 1972 (bronze) and 1976 (silver) further Olympic competitions and participation in the Canada Cup in 1976 followed . In the national team, he usually formed a defender duo with František Pospíšil and scored 37 goals for Czechoslovakia in 293 international matches.

In 1999 he was honored with the admission into the IIHF Hall of Fame (category player).

He died in the early morning of August 10, 2011 of complications from a heart condition.

Achievements and Awards

  • Czechoslovak champion 1967, 1969–1972 and 1974
  • German champion 1982
  • Winning two silver and one bronze medal at the Winter Olympics
  • Gold medal won at the 1972, 1976 and 1977 World Cups
  • Silver medal won at the 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975 and 1978 World Cups
  • Bronze medal won at the 1969, 1970, 1973 World Cup
  • 1972 World Cup all-star team
  • Induction into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league GP G A. Pts PIM GP G A. Pts PIM
1963/64 TJ Železárny Prostějov 2nd league
1964/65 TJ Železárny Prostějov 2nd league 1 1
1965/66 HC Košice 1st League 35 5 5
1966/67 HC Košice 1st League 36 4th 4th
1967/68 HC Kometa Brno 1st League 36 15th 6th 21st
1968/69 HC Kometa Brno 1st League 36 11 6th 17th
1969/70 HC Kometa Brno 1st League 33 7th 9 16
1970/71 HC Kometa Brno 1st League 45 16 7th 23
1971/72 HC Kometa Brno 1st League 35 5 12 17th 58
1972/73 HC Kometa Brno 1st League 36 1 11 12 28
1973/74 HC Kometa Brno 1st League 43 12 10 22nd
1974/75 HC Kometa Brno 1st League 41 12 13 25th 44
1975/76 HC Kometa Brno 1st League 32 7th 14th 21st
1976/77 HC Kometa Brno 1st League 37 7th 15th 22nd
1977/78 HC Kometa Brno 1st League 44 6th 14th 20th 30th
1978/79 SB Rosenheim Bundesliga 52 17th 39 56 58
1979/80 SB Rosenheim Bundesliga 39 12 25th 37 26th
1980/81 SB Rosenheim Bundesliga 43 8th 20th 28 53 6th 1 2 3 0
1981/82 SB Rosenheim Bundesliga 44 8th 15th 23 29
1st league overall 418 99 117 216 160
Bundesliga overall 178 45 99 144 166 6th 1 2 3 0

International

year team event GP G A. Pts PIM
1967 Czechoslovakia WM 6th 1 0 1 -
1968 Czechoslovakia Olympia 7th 0 - - -
1969 Czechoslovakia WM 10 4th 2 6th -
1970 Czechoslovakia WM 10 2 4th 6th -
1971 Czechoslovakia WM 10 0 0 0 4th
1972 Czechoslovakia Olympia 6th 0 - - -
1972 Czechoslovakia WM 10 2 4th 6th 4th
1972 Czechoslovakia Summit Series 1 0 - - -
1973 Czechoslovakia WM 10 3 6th 9 11
1974 Czechoslovakia WM 10 2 2 4th 18th
1975 Czechoslovakia WM 10 1 4th 5 -
1976 Czechoslovakia Olympia 6th 0 4th 4th -
1976 Czechoslovakia WM 10 0 2 2 4th
1976 Czechoslovakia Canada Cup 5 0 2 2 4th
1977 Czechoslovakia WM 10 1 3 4th 2
1978 Czechoslovakia WM 9 1 0 1 -

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ azhockey.com, Machac, Oldrich
  2. ↑ chidlovski.com, Czechoslovakia 1972: Players' Info
  3. ↑ eishockey-in-rosenheim.de, SB DJK Rosenheim - 1978/79
  4. ↑ eishockey-in-rosenheim.de, SB DJK Rosenheim - 1981/82
  5. ↑ rp-online.de, world champion Oldrich Machac passed away
personal data
SURNAME Machač, Oldřich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Machac, Oldrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czechoslovak ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Prostějov , Czechoslovakia
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 2011