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Czechia Josef Malecek

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Josef Malecek Facts

Date of Birth
Position
C
Age
Height
5'9" / 176 cm
Place of Birth
Weight
148 lbs / 67 kg
Nation
Shoots
L
Contract
-
Highlights
4-time European Championship Gold Medal 4
4-time European Championship Silver Medal 4
4-time European Championship Bronze Medal 4
2-time World Championship Bronze Medal 2
1-time Czech Hockey Hall of Fame 1
6-time Czechoslovakia Extraliga Champion 6
1-time IIHF Hall of Fame 1

The greatest czechoslovak forward in mid-war period. He was respected as the best european forward in his times. Josef Malecek was what we call a "hockey brain". He excelled in movement and puck skills and constantly dazzled the crowd with his talent. Another czechoslovak star Vladimir Zabrodsky described him, that it was nearly scary how much talent he had. In whatever sports he was doing, he excelled in it. Josef Malecek was a complete athlete. He was also playing tennis, football, athletics and field hockey. After European Championship in 1931, in which he became the best goal scorer, NHL team New York Rangers offered him a proffesional contract. He refused it. In the mid-war rich Czechoslovakia, that was nicknamed as "the little America" (USA), there was not any reason to leave his country. Most of the time he was playing in elite formation with Jiri Tozicka (F) and Karel Hromadka (F). In Czechoslovak league he scored over 1000 goals during 30 seasons. He was also a successfull tradesman and popular in society. He run his own hockey shop. When communists made the coup d´état in 1948, he emigrated to Switzerland. In 1955 he moved to USA and start working as commentator in Radio Free Europe. He became the honorary chairman of Czechoslovak athletes abroad. He lived in Bay Port, Long Island until his death on September 26,1982. Unfortunately, by that time, his hockey heroics were long forgotton. In 2003 he was finally inducted in the IIHF Hall of Fame. (Jan Jech)

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Josef Malecek Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1921-22 HC Sparta Praha Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia EC EC 1* 0* 0* 0* -* -* |
1922-23 HC Sparta Praha Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia EC EC 2* 5* 0* 5* -* -* |
1923-24 HC Sparta Praha Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia OG 3* 6* 0* 6* -* -* |
1924-25 HC Sparta Praha Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia EC EC 3* 5* 0* 5* -* -* |
1925-26 HC Sparta Praha Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia EC EC 6* 9* 0* 9* -* -* |
1926-27 HC Sparta Praha Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia EC EC 5* 5* 0* 5* -* -* |
1927-28 LTC Praha Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia OG 2* 2* 0* 2* -* -* |
1928-29 LTC Praha Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia EC EC 4* 5* 0* 5* -* -* |
1929-30 LTC Praha Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia WC 1* 0* 0* 0* -* -* |
1930-31 LTC Praha Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia WC 7* 4* 2* 6* 7* -* |
Czechoslovakia (all) International 9* 4* -* -* -* -* |
1931-32 LTC Praha Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia (all) International 1* 0* -* -* -* -* |
1932-33 LTC Praha Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia WC 7* 10* 3* 13* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia (all) International 8* 13* -* -* -* -* |
1933-34 LTC Praha Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia WC 5* 1* 3* 4* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia (all) International 6* 2* -* -* -* -* |
1934-35 LTC Praha Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia “C” WC 7* 12* 8* 20* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia (all) International 9* 13* -* -* -* -* |
1935-36 LTC Praha Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia “C” OG 8* 5* 0* 5* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia (all) International 11* 7* -* -* -* -* |
1936-37 LTC Praha Czechoslovakia 6* 16* -* -* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia “C” WC 8* 10* 3* 13* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia (all) International 11* 11* -* -* -* -* |
1937-38 LTC Praha Czechoslovakia -* 10* -* -* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia “C” WC 7* 1* 5* 6* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia (all) International 8* 1* -* -* -* -* |
1938-39 LTC Praha Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia “C” WC 9* 12* 13* 25* -* -* |
Czechoslovakia (all) International 11* 12* -* -* -* -* |
1939-40 LTC Praha Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1940-41 LTC Praha Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1941-42 LTC Praha Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1942-43 LTC Praha Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1943-44 LTC Praha Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1944-45 LTC Praha Czechoslovakia 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
1945-46 HC Slovan Bratislava Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1946-47 HC Slovan Bratislava Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1947-48 HC Slovan Bratislava Czechoslovakia -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1948-49 HC Davos NLA -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1949-50 HC Montana Switzerland -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1950-51 HC Montana Switzerland -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Krefelder EV 1936 Germany -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1951-52 HC Montana Switzerland -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1952-53 Krefelder EV 1936 Germany -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1953-54 Zürich Jaguars Switzerland -* -* -* -* -* -* |

Josef Malecek Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1929-30 LTC Praha Spengler Cup -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1930-31 LTC Praha Spengler Cup -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1932-33 LTC Praha Spengler Cup -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1933-34 LTC Praha Spengler Cup -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1936-37 LTC Praha Spengler Cup -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1937-38 LTC Praha Spengler Cup -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1938-39 LTC Praha Spengler Cup -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Team Staff History
S Team League Role on Team Notes
1950-51 Krefelder EV 1936 Germany Player-Coach
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Josef Malecek Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
Czechoslovakia 27 6* 26* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
EC 6 21* 29* 0* 29* 1.38* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Germany 2 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
International 9 74* 63* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
NLA (NL) 1 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
OG 3 13* 13* 0* 13* 1.00* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Spengler Cup 7 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Switzerland 4 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
WC 8 51* 50* 37* 87* 1.71* 7* -* | 0 * * * * * *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.
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Josef Malecek Connections

Josef Malecek Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Czechia

Cult/Star player for HC Sparta Praha

Cult/Star player for LTC Praha

International goal statistics:
114 goals in 107 matches

Czechoslovak league goal statistics:
Over 1000 goals during more than 30 seasons

Other
Run his own hockey shop. He was very popular in democratic mid-war Czechoslovakia.

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