Essentially the most excellent determine of Czech hockey, Jaromír Jágr, shall be inducted into the Corridor of Fame of the Worldwide Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) on Sunday. Two different Czech attackers, Jaroslav Pouzar and Igor Liba, will obtain the identical award. A day earlier, your complete nationwide workforce from 1998, which received the primary Olympic event in Nagano wherein gamers from the NHL began, shall be ceremoniously named among the many awardees. The IIHF has determined to carry different ceremonies at this yr’s World Championship.
The federation reserved Sunday followingnoon to honor former excellent gamers. Along with the three Czechs, Swede Kenny Jonsson, Finn Petteri Nummelin and Canadian Ryan Smyth may even enter the Corridor of Fame. Two ladies, American Natalie Darwitz and Canadian coach Mel Davidson, may even be awarded. Czech hockey has to this point 24 representatives within the IIHF Corridor of Fame. The most recent additions are Olympic winners Dominik Hašek and Robert Reichel.
