Jan Suchý

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Jan Suchý

Born	(1944-10-10) 10 October 1944 Havlíčkův Brod, TCH
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	169 lb (77 kg; 12 st 1 lb)
Position	Defenceman
Played for	Dukla Jihlava
Playing career	1963–1983

Medal record

Representing Czechoslovakia
Men's ice hockey
Olympic Games
Silver	1968 Grenoble	Team
World Championships
Silver	1965 Tampere	Team
Silver	1966 Ljubljana	Team
Silver	1971 Bern/Geneva	Team
Silver	1974 Helsinki	Team
Bronze	1969 Stockholm	Team
Bronze	1970 Stockholm	Team
Bronze	1973 Moscow	Team

Jan Suchý (born 10 October 1944) is a retired ice hockey player from Havlíčkův Brod, Czechoslovakia. He was sometimes referred to as the "European Bobby Orr".

From the ages of 8 to 19, Suchý played for a local team, Jiskra Havlíčkův Brod. He then played for the Czechoslovakian army team Dukla Jihlava from 1963 to 1979, during which time he helped them win seven Czechoslovakian league titles. By his last season he had scored more goals than any defenceman in league history. He then continued to play in Austria and Germany until 1984.

He played in the national team in the world championships of 1965, 1966, 1968^{[lower-alpha 1]}–71, 1973 and 1974, scoring 22 goals in 68 games, and winning four silver medals and three bronze medals. He also played in the ice hockey tournament of the 1968 Winter Olympics,^{[lower-alpha 1]} winning a silver medal with his team.

Suchý won the first two Golden Hockey Stick awards as Czechoslovakia's best player in 1969 and 1970. He was named the best defenceman at the ice hockey world championships in 1969 and 1971.

He was also the first European to be placed on an NHL protected list (by the Boston Bruins).

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 The 1968 Olympic ice hockey tournament doubled as the world championships.

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Awards
Preceded by none	Golden Hockey Stick 1969, 1970	Succeeded by František Pospíšil

Authority control	VIAF: 84141162

Persondata
Name	Suchy, Jan
Alternative names
Short description	Czech ice hockey player
Date of birth	10 October 1944
Place of birth	Havlíčkův Brod, TCH
Date of death
Place of death

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