Milan Nový

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Silver	1976 Innsbruck	Team

Milan Nový (born September 23, 1951 in Kladno, Czechoslovakia) is a retired Czech ice hockey center. He played for Kladno in the Czechoslovak Elite League, winning five league championships between 1975 and 1980.

Nový was named top player in the Czechoslovak league three times, and was first in scoring six times. His 90 points (59 goals and 31 assists) in 44 games in 1976-77 is the league record. He scored 474 goals in 590 league games, as well as 120 goals in 211 games with the national team. He holds the Czech "iron man" record, playing eight seasons without missing a game [1].

Novy won a silver medal on the 1976 Czechoslovak Olympic team and also played in the 1980 Olympics, leading all scorers with 15 points. He appeared in seven IIHF World Championships between 1975 and 1982, being named to the all-star team in 1976. He led all players in Moscow's Izvestia Cup with 14 goals in 1974 [2].

Nový was named to the 1976 Canada Cup all-star team, and was the top scorer and MVP on his team. He scored the only goal in a 1-0 Czechoslovak victory over Canada, in a game Bobby Orr said was the best he ever played in [3]. He also played in the 1981 Canada Cup.

He played with the Washington Capitals in 1982-83, but had difficulty adjusting to North American culture and the physical play of the North American game. He played two years in Switzerland and one in Austria before returning to Kladno in 1986.

After retiring from hockey, Nový went to work as the representative of an Israeli cosmetics company in the Czech Republic.

[edit] Czechoslovak Elite League awards

Golden Hockey Stick (Top player): 1977, 1981, 1982
Scoring title: 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982

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Preceded by Peter Stastny	Czechoslovak Golden Hockey Stick 1981, 1982	Succeeded by Vincent Lukac
Preceded by Vladimir Martinec	Czechoslovak Golden Hockey Stick 1977	Succeeded by Ivan Hlinka