VladimÃr Nadrchal
Vladimír Nadrchal ( born March 4, 1938 in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czechoslovak ice hockey goaltender who played for over two decades for ZKL Brno in the top division of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and participated with the Czechoslovak national team in eight World Championships and three Winter Olympics. Since the end of his active career as a player, he works as a coach.
Career as a player
Nadrchal began his career in 1950 with Dynamo Pardubice and went through there the youth teams. 1955, at the age of 17, he made his debut in the top division of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, before moving to Rudá Hvězda Brno two years later. For this club, later renamed to ZKL or Zetor Brno, Nadrchal played until 1974 and was one of the dominant goalkeeper Czechoslovakia. Already in his first season for Brno he won the Czechoslovak league titles and repeated this success 1960-1966 seven times. In the early 1960s, he revolutionized the Czechoslovak ice hockey, as in 1960 he brought back from Canada a goalie mask and this was also the first in league games of Czechoslovakia. Overall, he played over 500 games in 19 seasons in the first Czechoslovak league in 1974 before he moved on to second-rate club TJ Prostějov and in 1976 ended his career.
Internationally
Addition to his success at club level Vladimír Nadrchal was in the 1960 goalkeeper of the Czechoslovak national team. He took 1958-1968 participated in eight World Championships, where he won three medals. DC in his first World Cup in 1958, he was voted the best goalkeeper of the tournament. He also participated in the Winter Olympics in 1960, 1964 and 1968 and won two medals.
Career as a coach
After he switched to TJ Prostějov, he joined ZKL Brno to work as an assistant coach. In the 1990s he was employed as a goalkeeping coach and was responsible, among others, Karel Lang, Frantisek Jelinek, Pavel Nešťák and Adam Svoboda.
Awards and achievements
- Czechoslovak league titles in 1958 and 1960-66
- For Olympic Winter Games: 1960 4 place
- 1964 winning the bronze medal
- 1968 winning the silver medal