Milan Nový

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Milan Nový
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Nový in 2014
Born (1951-09-23) September 23, 1951 (age 70)
Kladno, Czechoslovakia
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for HC Kladno
HC Jihlava
Washington Capitals
Zurcher SC
Wiener EV
National team  Czechoslovakia
NHL Draft 58th overall, 1982
Washington Capitals
Playing career 1975–1989
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1976 Innsbruck Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1976 Poland Team
Gold medal – first place 1977 Austria Team
Silver medal – second place 1975 West Germany Team
Silver medal – second place 1978 Czechoslovakia Team
Silver medal – second place 1979 Soviet Union Team
Silver medal – second place 1982 Finland Team
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Sweden Team
Canada Cup
Silver medal – second place 1976 Canada Cup Team
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Canada Cup Team

Milan Nový (born September 23, 1951 in Kladno, Czechoslovakia) is a retired Czech ice hockey center. He played 16 seasons in the Czechoslovak Elite League, winning six league championships between 1974 and 1980.

Nový played for Kladno in the Czechoslovak junior league from 1963 to 1968. He played in the elite league with Kladno from 1968 to 1972, Jihlava from 1972 to 1974, and Kladno again from 1974 to 1982 and 1987 to 1989. He was named the top player in the 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. Nový scored 474 goals in 633 league games, as well as 120 goals in 211 games with the national team.[1] He holds the Czech "iron man" record, playing eight seasons without missing a game.[2]

Nový won a silver medal on the 1976 Czechoslovak Olympic team and played in the 1980 Olympics, leading all scorers with 15 points.[3] He appeared in seven consecutive IIHF World Championships from 1975 to 1982, and was named to the all-star team in 1976.[1] He led all players in Moscow's Izvestia Cup with 14 goals in 1974.[4]

Nový was named to the 1976 Canada Cup all-star team, tied for the most goals, 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.[2] He also played in the 1981 Canada Cup.

He played with the Washington Capitals in 1982–83. Though he began with a goal and two assists in his first game and points in his first four games, he had difficulty adjusting to North American culture and the physical play of the North American game,[5] finishing the season with 48 points in 73 games. He played with Zurcher SC in Switzerland from 1983 to 1985 and with EV Wien in Austria in 1985–86.[1] Nový returned to Kladno in 1986, to help his old team get out of the second division, back into the elite league. They succeeded, and he played in the elite league for two more years before retiring in 1989.[2]

Nový was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2011.[6]

Czechoslovak Elite League awards[]

  • Golden Hockey Stick (Top player): 1977, 1981, 1982
  • Scoring title: 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982
  • Top goal scorer: 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977
  • On championship team: 1974 (Jihlava); 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980 (Kladno)

Career statistics[]

Regular season and playoffs[]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1968–69 TJ SONP Kladno CSSR 7 2 3 5 4 — — — — —
1969–70 TJ SONP Kladno CSSR 34 14 8 22 16 — — — — —
1970–71 TJ SONP Kladno CSSR 36 16 16 32 16 9 3 7 10 2
1971–72 TJ SONP Kladno CSSR 36 12 10 22 14 — — — — —
1972–73 ASD Dukla Jihlava CSSR 35 30 14 44 18 10 9 3 12 —
1973–74 ASD Dukla Jihlava CSSR 42 35 29 54 18 — — — — —
1974–75 TJ SONP Kladno CSSR 40 45 22 67 38 — — — — —
1975–76 TJ SONP Kladno CSSR 32 32 25 57 14 — — — — —
1976–77 TJ SONP Kladno CSSR 44 59 34 93 22 — — — — —
1977–78 Poldi SONP Kladno CSSR 44 40 35 75 64 — — — — —
1978–79 Poldi SONP Kladno CSSR 43 33 24 57 4 22 9 8 17 —
1979–80 Poldi SONP Kladno CSSR 44 36 30 66 20 — — — — —
1980–81 Poldi SONP Kladno CSSR 44 32 39 71 12 28 13 6 19 —
1981–82 Poldi SONP Kladno CSSR 44 29 26 55 38 — — — — —
1982–83 Washington Capitals NHL 73 18 30 48 16 2 0 0 0 0
1983–84 ZSC Lions NDA 38 31 23 54 — — — — — —
ZSC Lions NLB 40 40 44 84 — — — — — —
1985–86 Wiener EV AUT 40 31 50 81 16 — — — — —
1986–87 Poldi SONP Kladno CZE.2 34 24 29 53 18 6 9 9 18 0
1987–88 Poldi SONP Kladno CSSR 34 13 23 36 6 13 11 6 17 4
1988–89 Poldi SONP Kladno CSSR 34 14 17 31 2 — — — — —
NHL totals 73 18 30 48 16 2 0 0 0 0
CSSR totals 597 442 345 787 306 82 49 26 75 —

International[]

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1975 Czechoslovakia WC 10 4 4 8 4
1976 Czechoslovakia OLY 5 5 0 5 0
1976 Czechoslovakia WC 10 9 6 15 4
1976 Czechoslovakia CC 7 5 3 8 2
1977 Czechoslovakia WC 10 7 9 16 2
1978 Czechoslovakia WC 9 4 1 5 2
1979 Czechoslovakia WC 5 0 2 2 4
1980 Czechoslovakia OLY 6 7 8 15 0
1981 Czechoslovakia WC 8 6 2 8 2
1981 Czechoslovakia CC 6 1 2 3 7
1982 Czechoslovakia WC 10 3 1 4 6
Senior totals 86 51 38 89 33

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey". azhockey.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2007. Retrieved November 24, 2006.
  2. ^ a b c Pelletier, Joe (July 31, 2020). "Milan Novy". International Hockey Legends. Archived from the original on February 13, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2006.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Milan Nový". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016.
  4. ^ "International Hockey: Izvestia Cups 1970-1980". chidlovski.com. Archived from the original on March 14, 2019.
  5. ^ "Washington Capitals official website". capitals.nhl.com. Archived from the original on November 30, 2009.
  6. ^ "Pavel Bure heads IIHF Hall of Fame inductees". CBC.ca. Associated Press. December 2, 2011. Archived from the original on December 4, 2011.

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