He had a career that many can only dream of: Czech hockey mourns a big loss – Športky.sk

Former hockey defender Ladislav Olejník Source: hc-kometa.cz BRNO – At the age of 90, former hockey defender Ladislav Olejník, one of the six players who won a record eleven championship titles with Brno, died. The comet announced on its website today that it died in Germany, where it emigrated in 1968 after the August occupation. In the highest competition, Olejník scored 332 starts. He scored 46 goals and 64 assists. He won a complete set of medals in the league. Of the six hockey champions, only František Mašlaň and Rudolf Scheuer live with Brno. Vlastimil Bubník, Bronislav Danda and František Vaněk died before that. After leaving for Germany, Olejník started training. He led Bad Tölz, Bad Nauheim, Mannheim, Frankfurt, Freiburg and Ratingen. In 1990, together with Erich Kühnhackl, he was appointed coach of the German national team, with whom he took the last eighth place at the 1991 World Championships. For his many years in Germany, he was included in the Hockey Hall of Fame there.