Why did we have to do it? Hluboká will face fighters who have played 2,581 games in the NHL

A truly extraordinary spectacle will take place on September 19 for hockey fans who will arrive in České Budějovice for the opening round of the opening round of the South Bohemian Regional League between the newly formed Samson České Budějovice and Hluboká nad Vltavou. In addition to Hanzal, three other former representatives with extensive experience in the NHL will play in the jersey of the home club, which was founded by the former forward of the national team Martin Hanzal together with his brother Jiří.

Martin Hanzal in the picture from 2015.

Vlastimil Vacek, Right

Hansal’s friends will also be on the ice for Samson in the first competition match of the new season; who have also finished top hockey; Rostislav Klesla, Radim Vrbata and Václav Nedorost. The four of them played an incredible 2581 games together in the famous NHL.

Samson announced the four-leaf clover of seasoned bards as his reinforcements for the upcoming year. So far, however, it is certain that everyone will compete together in a duel against Hluboká nad Vltavou. Other workloads will also be decided by their workload. Nedorost works as a sports manager in Mladá Boleslav, Klesla trains in Vítkovice.

In any case, the announcement of resounding reinforcements for Samson attracted a lot of attention on social networks. Even among Hluboká nad Vltavou players who will face the stars. “Then this will be fun,” wrote defender Matěj Mayer on his Twitter and added a smiley face. “I don’t know why we had to leave their first match at home,” he added with another smiley face.

Thirty-year-old Hanzal, who is behind the establishment of the new club from České Budějovice, had a valid contract with Dallas in the NHL until the end of July, due to long-term back problems, which caused him to undergo three operations, but played his last NHL game in December 2018 and others. will no longer add.

Last week he scored the first start for Samson, he contributed two goals to the 4: 2 victory over Soběslav in the preparatory match. Former extra-league players Vladimír Sičák and František Mrázek also appeared in the team with him.