Olympic winner from Nagano and former national team coach Vladimír Růžička became the new coach of hockey players in Litvínov. He replaced the recalled Vladimír Országh at the club of the North Bohemian club.
Fifty-eight-year-old Růžička is a pupil of Litvínov, in whose jersey he entered big hockey. So far, the coach of the two-time world champions from 2005 and 2010 has worked in the premier league in Kadan. Růžička signed a contract with Litvínov until the end of the season.
“We thank Vlad (Országh) for his work and service in our club. We wish him good luck in sports and family life,” said Pavel Hynek, CEO of Litvínov, on the club’s website. inverters.
Last year, the North Bohemians under the leadership of Országh finished 11th in the basic part and in the preliminary round of the playoffs, after losing 0: 3, they lost to matches with Hradec Králové, which was led by Růžička at the time. In the summer, Litvínov significantly strengthened his staff, but as a result he was not doing very well. Verva is currently tenth. Despite the last two wins over Sparta and Pilsen, the Slovak coach finished.
“Vláďa (Růžička) is a coach who has a lot of experience at the club and national team level. I believe that he will help us to stabilize the team’s performance,” said Hynek. Růžička trained Slavia, Chomutov and Hradec Králové in the extra league. He won the title twice with the people of Prague. The premiere at the Litvínov substitution awaits him on Friday, November 19, in a home game against Mladá Boleslav.
Litvínov is the second team in the highest competition to change head coach this season. Robert Svoboda, who was replaced by Luboš Jenáček, ended up in Zlín at the end of September. Last week, Sparta also changed the composition of the implementation team, where Miloslav Hořava returned to Josef Jandač.
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