Talk:LTC Praha
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editThe following was inserted into the EL section of the article. I have moved it here in case it needs to be added back into a more appropriate section of the article.
The Famous Czech car racer Jaroslav Juhan played for LTC when he was a young man. From Jaroslav Juhan, Life Without Brakes p38 ISBN 978-80-247-4045-4
History 1948 and so on
editThe article on the end of LTC 27 Praha is factually incorrect. I have gathered the following information from various chronicles and eyewitness accounts. Unfortunately, I cannot cite the sources as I no longer have them at my disposal. From 1950 to 1951, the club existed under the name ZSJ OD LTC Praha. The renaming was carried out on the instructions of the communist regime. The club, which had fallen out of favor with the communist regime, was forced to merge with Sokol Smichov II to form the district club TJ Tatra Smichov in 1951.
"The year 1948 was considered an unlucky year in the history of LTC Praha. Four players fled the country during the 1948 Spengler Cup. After the team lost its most important players, Michael-Mathew “Matej” Buckna and Obrich Zabrodsky Jr., to other clubs in February 1948, another misfortune occurred during a European tour. After the game against Racing Club Paris in Paris, some of the players flew to London. The rest of the players flew later. The second plane was lost somewhere over the English Channel. The communist regime used the incident for propaganda purposes. Allegedly, those who drowned were covering up their betrayal of the republic. During the current season, those in charge also changed the name of the club.
The 1949-1950 season marked the end of the glorious LTC Praha. The club was forced by the communist regime to change its name after the sporting goods manufacturer Hail took the club under its wing. The team was weakened by the plane crash, emigration, and the regime's hostile attitude toward the club. The country was systematically sealed off. International matches, such as trips to the Spengler Cup, were no longer permitted. LTC Praha was therefore unable to defend its title in Switzerland. Bohumil Modry was still a player for LTC Praha in 1950 and was traveling as a delegate with the Czechoslovakian national team in March 1950 when he and his teammates were arrested by the communist authorities. The Czech national team had been detained at Prague Airport on Saturday, March 11, 1950, as they were preparing to travel to London to defend their title at the 1950 World Championship tournament (reason: reporter visas, but that was a lie). On Monday, March 13, 1950, they were arrested after a party at the “Gold Pub,” U Herclíku, Pstrossova 192/24, 110 00 Praha 1, Nove Mesto, and Bohumil Modry were not there. The group, including Vladimir-Olegovic Zabrodsky, was frustrated and expressed their hatred of the Communist Party in the pub (but the secret police, STB, were present). Some of them were charged with plotting to defect to the West. In October 1950, Bohumil Modry and eleven other national players were convicted of high treason. Modry received the longest sentence, 15 years in prison, as the alleged leader of the potential defection plan (in total - 11 people ~ 74 years and 8 months). The prisoners were forced to work without protection in uranium mines, which resulted in the death of at least one player, Bohumil Modry. Vladimir-Olegovic Zabrodsky was the only defendant to be acquitted. The acquittal and his continued involvement in ice hockey raised suspicions that Zabrodsky had been working for the secret service." Todesmischer (talk) 02:14, 28 October 2025 (UTC)