Ivan Hlinka

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ivan Hlinka
Occupation	Hockey Player
Date Of Birth	Jan 26, 1950(1950-01-26)
Age	74
Date Of Death	Aug 16, 2004 (54 age)
Birthplace	Czech Republic
Country	Czech Republic
Horoscope	Aquarius

Ivan Hlinka Biography

Ivan Hlinka is one of the most popular and richest Hockey Player who was born on January 26, 1950 in Czech Republic, Czech Republic. Center who represented Czechoslovakia in the Olympics, winning bronze in 1972 and silver in 1976, also winning gold at the World Ice Hockey Championships.

Dorothy Hamill also competed in the 1976 Olympics, winning figure skating gold for the United States.

Hlinka helped the Czechoslovak team to win world titles in 1972, 1976, and

1977. As a member of the Czechoslovak team, he won an Olympic bronze medal in 1972 and a silver medal in 1976.

Hlinka played in the inaugural Canada Cup tournament in 1976, the international tournament in which the best available players competed for their countries (most notably, players from the National Hockey League). Canada defeated Czechoslovakia in the best-of-three final two games to nothing, with scores of 6–0 and 5–4. The following year, he was named the national team’s captain, a position he held from 1977 to 1980.

He was born in Most, Czechoslovakia.

Ivan Hlinka Net Worth

Ivan Hlinka is one of the richest Hockey Player from Czech Republic. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ivan Hlinka 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began playing hockey when he was 6 years old.

He coached the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins.

Ivan Hlinka (January 26, 1950 – August 16, 2004) was a Czech professional ice hockey player and coach. He is considered to be one of the most important figures in Czech ice hockey history. A big centre, his playing style was comparable to Phil Esposito, often scoring with shots from the slot.

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Who is Ivan Hlinka Dating?

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In the 1990s, Hlinka was head coach of Czechoslovak and later Czech national teams. His teams won bronze medals at the Albertville Olympics and the World Championships in 1992 and 1993. He left the national team after an unsuccessful World Championship in 1994.

Facts & Trivia

Ivan Ranked on the list of most popular Hockey Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Czech Republic. Ivan Hlinka celebrates birthday on January 26 of every year.

In 2000–01, Hlinka returned to the NHL as head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins. He and Alpo Suhonen became the second and third Europeans to ever coach in the NHL, following Johnny Gottselig. His first season also coincided with Mario Lemieux’s return to the NHL, and together they made a surprising run to the Eastern Conference Finals, knocking off the higher seeded Washington Capitals and Buffalo Sabres along the way before falling to the New Jersey Devils. The next season was not successful, as the struggling small- market Penguins had traded their superstar, Jaromír Jágr. Hlinka himself was criticized by Lemieux for not taking classes in the summer to improve his English and that contributed to the frosty relationship between them. He was fired four games into the 2001–02 season and returned to Europe.

Why is it called the Hlinka Gretzky Cup?

In January 2018, Hockey Canada announced that the 2018 edition would be co- hosted by Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, in association with Oilers Entertainment Group and the Czech and Slovak ice hockey federations, and that the event had been renamed the Hlinka Gretzky Cup—additionally honouring Edmonton Oilers hall of …

Where is the Hlinka Gretzky Cup?

Hockey Canada announced Tuesday that the province of Alberta will host the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship and 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup this summer. Hockey Canada announced Tuesday that the province of Alberta will host the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship and 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup this summer.

Why is Canada not in Hlinka Gretzky Cup?

CALGARY, Alta. – Due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic , the decision has been made to cancel the 2020 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, which was to be hosted Aug.

Who won Hlinka Gretzky?

Russia has repeated as Hlinka-Gretzky Cup champions thanks to a big 7-2 win over Slovakia in the gold medal game on Saturday. Russia won the tournament back in 2019, the last year it happened before COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the 2020 event.