Dušan Pašek Jr. died. The general manager of Bratislava Capitals committed suicide

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Dušan Pašek Jr. was the son of the legendary Czechoslovak center Dušan Pašek Sr. Even the world champion from the domestic championship in Prague in 1985 died tragically, in March 1998 he was found at the age of 38 with his head covered in his study. The tragic death of the then president of the Slovak Ice Hockey Association was officially concluded as suicide.

Pašek Jr. won the Slovak highest competition once with the Bratislava Slovan, of which he was a pupil, and twice with Košice. The owner of four starts for the Slovak national team ended his career five years ago due to health problems.

“It’s a huge loss for Slovak sport and for everyone who knew Dušan. He had his whole life ahead of him and big plans to help Slovak hockey. He was my best friend and his death hit me deeply,” club president Ivo said on Facebook. Ďurkovič.

“Since the hot plate operation, I have not been able to fully train and do things like before. My performance went down and on the ice I was more and more troubled and fought with my body rather than with my opponents, “said Pašek Jr. at the time. He tried to return to hockey in the 2018/19 season, but managed only three for the second league Hodonín. matches and then ended up for good.

Pašek senior is a legend of Czechoslovak hockey. The Bratislava native won a complete collection of medals from the World Cup with the national team (he even has two silver medals). He also won silver at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo in 1984. He played 196 matches for the Czechoslovak national team and scored 59 goals.

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