The last farewell to coach Miloš Říha senior took place in Pardubice.
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“Our cooperation was great, those two years were wonderful, it’s a pity that it turned out like this. He was a young man who had a lot in front of us. Today we met here at the last farewell. It’s sad. He was his own, he reminded me a lot of Ivan “He was exceptional,” said Robert Reichel, a three-time world champion, gold medalist from the Olympic Nagano and assistant to Miloš Říha for the national team, with tears in his eyes.
“I can’t say a bad word about him. We always had something to say, this is another farewell in Pardubice that hit me,” said Tomáš Rolinek, the captain of the 2010 world champions.
Memory of Miloš Říha
“A colleague who was his own, but managed the national team very well. We got closer recently. It’s a pity that he left us. It’s a big blow for Czech hockey and his family,” said Filip Pešán, head coach of the Czech national team.
Miloš Říha died last Tuesday at the age of 61. The former national team coach has had major health problems recently. Říha was hospitalized at the Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine in Krč, Prague.
“Czech hockey loses a very significant personality in it, a former excellent player and later a successful coach who managed to establish himself not only at home but also abroad. Honor to his memory, “said the president of Czech hockey, Tomáš Král, on the day of his death.
Říh’s playing career began in 1975 in Přerov, then he played successively for Dukla Jihlava, Vítkovice, Gottwaldov, Zetor Brno and Hodonín. He also began his coaching career here. Through Přerov, Pardubice, Karlovy Vary and Slovan Bratislava, he got to Russian clubs, where he worked in Chimik Voskresensk, Spartak Moscow, Mytishchi, St. Petersburg and Omsk. Then he returned to the Czech Republic, where he led Pardubice, after three seasons in Bratislava he became the coach of the Czech national hockey team. He was to start the new season again in Slovakia.
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