Hockey in Czechoslovakia and Europe from 1968 to 1990 (some awards and stats)

[DN28]

I noticed that my last post in International & European Hockey Reference thread is missing. Fortunately, I saved it and I figured it would be better way to create a separate thread for this anyway considering its volume. I will post the copy of my previous post two weeks ago with one exception - that is the change in description of TIP´s voting procedure which I think I finally understand. Then I will post some data about the next season (88-89).

I wanted to originally post either full voting record of TIP´s mag. award for best player at each position and of All-star teams of the Czechoslovak domestic league from 1990 down; or save percentages of the league´s goalies of each season from which I would be able to find this stat. However, my research has not finished yet. Yearbooks with any information regarding the CSSR league stopped after 1979. But since then, I started to search in the Gól magazine which is also available to public at National Library in Prague. Information, that are contained there, is really overwhelming (I have taken more than 400 pictures so far). Statistics and interviews with all the big names of hockey of those times are written in almost every issue. Right now I have every major statistic, including save percentages, from 1990 to 1976, but not just stats… I will be looking at remaining years, Gól was created in 1968, I think, and a year later their people created well-known Golden Stick award for the best Czechoslovak player of each season.

I don´t have enough time to sit down for several hours and rewrite one special thing over 15+ seasons. It will be easier for me to just write everything I have for one season at a time. So I´ll start with the 1989-1990 season:

TIP magazine:

Best player of the season at each position:
Determined after end of the season by a) ‘expert’ or a ‘canadian’ scoring of all players in the League. This type of ‘scoring’ is a complex stat composed of certain amount of points for goals, assists and +/- for skaters. For goalies it is even more complicated, but either way this part of award is based on pure statistics, not voting. b) CSSR hockey association´s ‘chiefcoach’, National team´ coaches and all the league´s coaches. Point system appears to be: a) 20-15-10-5-3 points for the best five players in the ‘scoring’. b) for coaches 3-2-1 points for the best three players on the ballot.

Goaltenders:
1. Dominik Hašek (Jihlava) – 64 points
2. Petr Bříza (Sparta) – 46
3. Jaromír Dragan (Košice) – 15
4. Václav Fürbacher (Plzeň) – 5
5. Ladislav Blažek (Zlín) – 5
6. Eduard Hartmann (Trenčín) – 5
7. Pavel Cagaš (Vítkovice) – 2
8. Robert Horyna (Jihlava) – 1

Defensemen:
1. Leo Gudas (Sparta) – 49
2. Jerguš Bača (Košice) – 47
3. Bedřich Ščerban (Jihlava) – 17
4. Milan Jančuška (Košice) – 11
5. František Kučera (Jihlava) – 7
6. Antonín Stavjaňa (Zlín) – 4
7. Miroslav Marcinko (Košice) – 3
8. Mojmír Božík (Košice) – 3
9. Jiří Šlégr (Litvínov) – 1
10. František Procházka (Litvínov) – 1

Forwards:
1. Robert Reichel (Litvínov) – 48
2. Jiří Doležal (Sparta) – 46
3. Jaromír Jágr (Kladno) – 20
4. Martin Hosták (Sparta) – 12
5. Oto Haščák (Trenčín) – 6
6. Vladimír Jeřábek (Litvínov) – 3
7. Zdeno Cíger (Trenčín) – 3
8. Peter Bondra (Košice) – 2
9. Rostislav Vlach (Zlín) – 2
10. Libor Dolana (Jihlava) – 1

All-Star Team:
- also determined by TIP magazine but solely by the coach poll
- it is unclear whether it is just the ‘b)’ part of the previous award (3-2-1 point system), or the point system was different and only players who appeared on the 1st place of the ballot on each position received a vote…

Hašek (13 votes) – Bača (11), Gudas (9) – Jagr (10), Reichel (14), Doležal (14)

Save percentage of every goalie with 10+ games played, reg. season and playoffs combined:
1. Hašek (Jihlava): 40 games / 80 goals allowed / 938 saves / 2.13 GAA / 0.9214 %
2. Bříza (Sparta): 53 games / 137 goals allowed / 1379 saves / 2.64 GAA / 0.9096 %
3. Dragan (Košice): 47 games / 133 goals allowed / 1107 saves / 3.20 GAA / 0.8927 %
4. Hnilička (Kladno): 24 games / 70 goals allowed / 578 saves / 0.8920 %
5. Beňo (Košice): 16 games / 31 goals allowed / 254 saves / 0.8912 %
6. Fürbacher (Plzeň): 31 games / 89 goals allowed / 715 saves / 3.20 GAA / 0.8893 %
7. Tóth (Trenčín): 15 games / 44 goals allowed / 344 saves / 0.8866 %
8. Kameš (Kladno): 39 games / 139 goals allowed / 1075 saves / 4.02 GAA / 0.8855 %
9. Orct (Litvínov): 27 games / 93 goals allowed / 706 saves / 4.08 GAA / 0.8836 %
10. Horyna (Jihlava): 13 games / 41 goals allowed / 305 saves / 0.8815 %
11. Blažek (Zlín): 29 games / 86 goals allowed / 636 saves / 3.41 GAA / 0.8809 %
12. Cagaš (Vítkovice): 48 games / 173 goals allowed / 1204 saves / 3.80 GAA / 0.8744 %
13. Hartmann (Trenčín): 46 games / 155 goals allowed / 1072 saves / 3.84 GAA / 0.8736 %
14. Jelínek (Brno): 35 games / 128 goals allowed / 850 saves / 3.69 GAA / 0.8691 %
15. Gula (Č. Budějovice): 47 games / 191 goals allowed / 1246 saves / 4.26 GAA / 0.8671 %
16. Lang (Brno): 10 games / 41 goals allowed / 259 saves / 0.8633 %
17. Hrazdíra (Zlín): 29 games / 93 goals allowed / 585 saves / 3.88 GAA / 0.8628 %
18. Svoboda (Pardubice): 31 games / 94 goals allowed / 587 saves / 4.47 GAA / 0.8620 %
19. Barta (Pardubice): 23 games / 89 goals allowed / 530 saves / 0.8562 %
20. Lukeš (Litvínov): 34 games / 128 goals allowed / 755 saves / 4.62 GAA / 0.8550 %
21. Pejchar (Plzeň): 18 games / 70 goals allowed / 397 saves / 0.8501 %

Unfortunately there are only three seasons (including this one) where there was a complete statistical presentation of every goalie who played. In other seasons (with the exception of 1981-82 and 1974-75), only information about the league´s contemporary top 10/15 goalies was provided.

WHC All-Star Teams:
1) Dominik Hasek (50 votes) – Michail Tatarinov (102), Vyacheslav Fetisov (96) – Andrei Khomutov (123), Steve Yzerman (112), Robert Reichel (27)
2) Irbe (44) – Eldebrink (21), Coffey (18) – Bure (26), Nilsson (26), Kamensky (23)

WHC Save percentage data is the same as is at quanthockey.com

Other:
The League´s big affair during this season was Hasek´s refusal to play against his former team. Hasek got drafted before the season in order to play for army team Dukla Jihlava in spite of Hasek´s will apparently. Tesla Pardubice, Hasek´s home town and his only team until this point, had won with Hasek in net domestic titles in 1987 and 1989. During this season however, Pardubice without Hasek collapsed and struggled for survival. They finished 11th (of 12 teams) and with the most goals allowed of all teams. Hasek seemingly did not find a pleasure in playing for different team and when Jihlava was arranged to play against struggling Pardubice, Hasek refused to play and sat the game out. Then there was some disciplinary procedures with him, and by the end of the season Hasek also suffered some injuries and missed another games. Having read all of this, I was impressed that despite this affair Hasek´s position as the league´s biggest star and best CSSR player was barely even questioned. He was winning most of those voting rounds of the Golden Stick award anyway…

Robert Reichel was not nearly as good as anyone probably thought. Yes, he won the scoring by considerable margin (had 71 points in 44 games in reg. season, then added 12 points in 8 games in playoffs – overall more than 10 points advantage over the 2nd one, and all this as an 18 years old). But he belonged to the league´s worst +/- players! -46 in reg. season, -3 in playoffs. Hence why Jiri Dolezal almost beated Reichel in best forward voting despite 10+point gap between. Very rarely you see league leading scorer with over 70 or 80 points and almost -50 at the same time… Similarly, Reichel´s all-star nod at WHC was not as valuable given the very tiny lead in votes over the 2nd all-star team forwards.

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[DN28]

1988-1989

TIP magazine:
Best player of the season at each position:
Determined after end of the season by a) ‘expert’ or a ‘canadian’ scoring of all players in the League. This type of ‘scoring’ is a complex stat composed of certain amount of points for goals, assists and +/- for skaters. For goalies it is even more complicated, but either way this part of award is based on pure statistics, not voting. b) CSSR hockey association´s ‘chiefcoach’, National team´ coaches and all the league´s coaches. Point system appears to be: a) 20-15-10-5-3 points for the best five players in the ‘scoring’. b) for coaches 3-2-1 points for the best three players on the ballot.

Goaltenders:
1. Dominik Hašek (Pardubice) – 65 points
2. Petr Bříza (Č. Budějovice) – 30
3. Jaromír Dragan (Košice) – 17
4. Jaromír Šindel (Sparta) – 13
5. Oldřich Svoboda (Jihlava) – 7
6. Eduard Hartmann (Trenčín) – 6
7. Ladislav Gula (Plzeň) – 4
8. Ladislav Blažek (Gottwaldov) – 1

Defensemen:
1. Petr Pavlas (Trenčín) – 42
2. Antonín Stavjaňa (Gottwaldov) – 19
3. Stanislav Mečiar (Pardubice) – 18
4. Jerguš Bača (Košice) – 17
5. František Procházka (Litvínov) – 14
6. Peter Slanina (Košice) – 13
7. Bedřich Ščerban (Jihlava) – 11
8. Martin Střída (Pardubice) – 5
9. Jiří Látal (Trenčín) – 4

Forwards:
1. Vladimír Růžička (Trenčín) – 65
2. Jiří Šejba (Pardubice) – 18
3. Oto Haščák (Trenčín) – 16
4. Jiří Lála (Č. Budějovice) – 16
5. Otakar Janecký (Pardubice) – 13
6. Vladimír Svitek (Košice) – 8
7. Ladislav Lubina (Pardubice) – 5
8. Jiří Doležal (Sparta) – 2

All-Star Team:
- also determined by TIP magazine but solely by the coach poll
- it is unclear whether it is just the ‘b)’ part of the previous award (3-2-1 point system), or the point system was different and only players who appeared on the 1st place of the ballot on each position received a vote…

Hašek – Stavjaňa, Bača – Svitek, Růžička, Haščák

Save percentage of ‘top 12 goalies’ of the season, reg. season and playoffs combined:
1. Hašek (Pardubice): 2507 min. / 114 goals allowed / 1138 saves / 2.73 GAA / 0.9089 %
2. Dragan (Košice): 1560 min. / 79 goals allowed / 677 saves / 3.04 GAA / 0.8955 %
3. Bříza (Č. Budějovice): 2692 min. / 150 goals allowed / 1271 saves / 3.34 GAA / 0.8944 %
4. Gula (Jihlava): 1821 min. / 102 goals allowed / 785 saves / 3.36 GAA / 0.8850 %
5. Svoboda (Jihlava): 2648 min. / 138 goals allowed / 1043 saves / 3.12 GAA / 0.8831 %
6. Šindel (Sparta): 1842 min. / 107 goals allowed / 783 saves / 3.49 GAA / 0.8798 %
7. Cagaš (Vítkovice): 1652 min. / 109 goals allowed / 779 saves / 3.96 GAA / 0.8773 %
8. Blažek (Gottwaldov): 2245 min. / 123 goals allowed / 872 saves / 3.29 GAA / 0.8764 %
9. Hartmann (Trenčín): 2249 min. / 125 goals allowed / 853 saves / 3.34 GAA / 0.8722 %
10. Beňo (Slovan): 1561 min. / 90 goals allowed / 590 saves / 3.46 GAA / 0.8676 %
11. Lukeš (Litvínov): 2294 min. / 174 goals allowed / 1126 saves / 4.55 GAA / 0.8662 %
12. Dudáček (Kladno): 1951 min. / 149 goals allowed / 884 saves / 4.58 GAA / 0.8558 %

WHC Save percentage data is again the same as is at http://www.quanthockey.com/whc/en/seasons/1989-whc-goalies-stats.html

Yearbook ´89 did not share any information about WHC All-Star Teams voting record unfortunately.

 

[Namba 17]

Very interesting, thank you!

 

[DN28]

1987-1988

TIP magazine:
Best player of the season at each position:
Determined after end of the season by a) ‘expert’ or a ‘canadian’ scoring of all players in the League. This type of ‘scoring’ is a complex stat composed of certain amount of points for goals, assists and +/- for skaters. For goalies it is even more complicated, but either way this part of award is based on pure statistics, not voting. b) CSSR hockey association´s ‘chiefcoach’, National team´ coaches and all the league´s coaches. Point system appears to be: a) 20-15-10-5-3 points for the best five players in the ‘scoring’. b) for coaches 3-2-1 points for the best three players on the ballot.

Goaltenders:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. Bříza – 20 points, 2. Hašek – 15, 3. Švárny – 10, 4. Šindel – 5, 5. O. Svoboda – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. Šindel – 38 points, 2. Hašek – 32, 3. Bříza – 14, 4. Švárny – 5, 5. O. Svoboda – 1
Overall results for goalies:
1. Dominik Hašek (Pardubice) – 47 points
2. Jaromír Šindel (Sparta) – 43
3. Petr Bříza (Č. Budějovice) – 34
4. Pavol Švárny (Košice) – 15
5. Oldřich Svoboda (Jihlava) – 4

Defensemen:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. Slanina – 20 points, 2. Suchánek – 15, 3. Levinský – 10, 4. R. Kaňkovský – 5, 5. Bača – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. Slanina – 40 points, 2. Stavjaňa – 18, 3. Ščerban – 13, 4. Bača – 7, 5. Benák – 5, 6. F. Kučera + Suchánek – both 3 points, 8. Gudas – 1
Overall results for defensemen:
1. Peter Slanina (Košice) – 60 points
2. Rudolf Suchánek (Č. Budějovice) – 18
Antonín Stavjaňa (Gottwaldov) – 18
4. Bedřich Ščerban (Jihlava) – 13
5. Jerguš Bača (Košice) – 10
Jan Levinský (Pardubice) – 10
7. Roman Kaňkovský (Jihlava) – 5
Jaromír Benák (Jihlava) – 5
9. František Kučera (Sparta) – 3
10. Leo Gudas (Sparta) – 1

Forwards:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. Lála – 20 points, 2. Liba – 15, 3. Caldr – 10, 4. Volek – 5, 5. Rusnák – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. Liba – 32 points, 2. Růžička – 28, 3. Pašek – 12, 4. Volek – 11, 5. Lála – 3, 6. Kameš + Rosol – both 2 points
Overall results for forwards:
1. Igor Liba (Košice) – 47 points
2. Vladimír Růžička (Trenčín) – 28
3. Jiří Lála (Č. Budějovice) – 23
4. David Volek (Sparta) – 16
5. Dušan Pašek (Slovan) – 12
6. Vladimír Caldr (Č. Budějovice) – 10
7. Dárius Rusnák (Jihlava) – 3
8. Vladimír Kameš (Kladno) – 2
Petr Rosol (Litvínov) – 2

All-Star Team:
- also determined by TIP magazine but solely by the coach poll
- it is unclear whether it is just the ‘b)’ part of the previous award (3-2-1 point system), or the point system was different and only players who appeared on the 1st place of the ballot on each position received a vote…

Šindel (8 votes) – Slanina (14), Stavjaňa (8) – Liba (14), Růžička (13), Pašek (8)

Save percentage of ‘top 12 goalies’ of the season, reg. season and playoffs combined:
1. Hašek (Pardubice): 1862 min. / 93 goals allowed / 959 saves / 3.00 GAA / 0.9116 %
2. Bříza (Č. Budějovice): 2265 min. / 98 goals allowed / 1007 saves / 2.60 GAA / 0.9113 %
3. Švárny (Košice): 2360 min. / 116 goals allowed / 986 saves / 2.95 GAA / 0.8947 %
4. Svoboda (Jihlava): 2056 min. / 107 goals allowed / 907 saves / 3.12 GAA / 0.8945 %
5. Šindel (Sparta): 2486 min. / 123 goals allowed / 1032 saves / 2.97 GAA / 0.8935 %
6. Lang (Brno): 2204 min. / 130 goals allowed / 1029 saves / 3.54 GAA / 0.8878 %
7. Rehák (Slovan): 1551 min. / 97 goals allowed / 688 saves / 3.75 GAA / 0.8764 %
8. Hartmann (Trenčín): 1448 min. / 88 goals allowed / 616 saves / 3.65 GAA / 0.8750 %
9. Svačina (Gottwaldov): 2202 min. / 128 goals allowed / 834 saves / 3.49 GAA / 0.8669 %
10. Dudáček (Kladno): 1751 min. / 124 goals allowed / 796 saves / 4.25 GAA / 0.8652 %
11. Lukeš (Litvínov): 1898 min. / 142 goals allowed / 891 saves / 4.49 GAA / 0.8625 %
12. Fürbacher (Plzeň): 1837 min. / 119 goals allowed / 687 saves / 3.89 GAA / 0.8524 %

OG 1988 Save percentage:

Other:
Ever wondered in what way Hasek got his 5-in-row best CSSR goalie awards before he entered NHL? He usually won by a landslide but in 1988 (Hasek´s downseason) he oddly won the award despite not finishing 1st in ‘scoring’ and also not finishing 1st in voting among coaches. But he accumulated most points anyway because Sindel played well internationally (stole Hasek´s starting position at Olympics) but did not post extraordinary numbers in the League.
Sindel defeated Hasek in the most important voting, that is the Golden Stick voting for the best CSSR player where Sindel ended up 3rd and Hasek 5th. On the other hand, Hasek once again was the best in SV% just as in most league seasons in the 80s…

 

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1986-1987

TIP magazine:
Best player of the season at each position:
Determined after end of the season by a) ‘expert’ or a ‘canadian’ scoring of all players in the League. This type of ‘scoring’ is a complex stat composed of certain amount of points for goals, assists and +/- for skaters. For goalies it is even more complicated, but either way this part of award is based on pure statistics, not voting. b) CSSR hockey association´s ‘chiefcoach’, National team´ coaches and all the league coaches. Point system appears to be: a) 20-15-10-5-3 points for the best five players in the ‘scoring’. b) for coaches 3-2-1 points for the best three players on the ballot.

Goaltenders:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. Hašek – 20 points, 2. Šindel – 15, 3. Bříza – 10, 4. Gula – 5, 5. Švárny – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. Hašek – 44 points, 2. Šindel – 26, 3. Bříza – 11, 4. Lang – 8, 5. Gula – 1
Overall results for goalies:
1. Dominik Hašek (Pardubice) – 64 points
2. Jaromír Šindel (Sparta) – 41
3. Petr Bříza (Jihlava) – 21
4. Karel Lang (Brno) – 8
5. Ladislav Gula (Č. Budějovice) – 6
6. Pavol Švárny (Košice) – 3

Defensemen:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. Tatek – 20 points, 2. Hajdušek – 15, 3. Levinský – 10, 4. Marek – 5, 5. Mečiar – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. Stavjaňa – 33 points, 2. Benák – 25, 3. Ščerban – 17, 4. Božík – 5, 5. Slanina + Hajdušek – 3, 6. D. Kadlec + Čajka – 2
Overall results for defensemen:
1. Antonín Stavjaňa (Gottwaldov) – 33 points
2. Jaromír Benák (Jihlava) – 25
3. Ervín Tatek (Sparta) – 20
4. Stanislav Hajdušek (Sparta) – 18
5. Bedřich Ščerban (Jihlava) – 17
6. Jan Levinský (Pardubice) – 10
7. Pavel Marek (Pardubice) – 5
Mojmír Božík (Košice) – 5
9. Stanislav Mečiar (Pardubice) – 3
Peter Slanina (Košice) – 3
11. Drahomír Kadlec (Jihlava) – 2
Luděk Čajka (Jihlava) – 2

Forwards:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. Volek – 20 points, 2. Hrdina – 15, 3. Doležal – 10, 4. Janecký – 5, 5. Šejba – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. Hrdina – 39 points, 2. Pašek – 27, 3. Volek – 8, 4. Doležal + Šejba – 5, 6. Janecký + Růžička + Dolana – 2
Overall results for forwards:
1. Jiří Hrdina (Sparta) – 54 points
2. David Volek (Sparta) – 28
3. Dušan Pašek (Slovan) – 27
4. Jiří Doležal (Sparta) – 15
5. Jiří Šejba (Pardubice) – 8
6. Otakar Janecký (Pardubice) – 7
7. Vladimír Růžička (Litvínov) – 2
Libor Dolana (Jihlava) – 2

All-Star Teams of the first CSSR League were not voted between 1987-1978.

Save percentage of ‘top 10 goalies’ of the season, reg. season and playoffs combined:
1. Hašek (Pardubice): 2515 min. / 103 goals allowed / 1147 saves / 2.46 GAA / 0.9176 %
2. Šindel (Sparta): 2251 min. / 93 goals allowed / 975 saves / 2.48 GAA / 0.9129 %
3. Bříza (Jihlava): 2275 min. / 98 goals allowed / 908 saves / 2.58 GAA / 0.9026 %
4. Gula (Č. Budějovice): 2498 min. / 122 goals allowed / 1045 saves / 2.93 GAA / 0.8955 %
5. Švárny (Košice): 1734 min. / 89 goals allowed / 753 saves / 3.08 GAA / 0.8943 %
6. Kněžický (Gottwaldov): 1276 min. / 64 goals allowed / 519 saves / 3.01 GAA / 0.8902 %
7. Lang (Brno): 2000 min. / 113 goals allowed / 901 saves / 3.39 GAA / 0.8886 %
8. Beňo (Slovan): 2235 min. / 146 goals allowed / 1079 saves / 3.92 GAA / 0.8808 %
9. Cagaš (Trenčín): 1551 min. / 96 goals allowed / 705 saves / 3.71 GAA / 0.8801 %
10. Hrabák (Litvínov): 2069 min. / 130 goals allowed / 918 saves / 3.77 GAA / 0.8760 %

WHC All-Star Teams:
1) Dominik Hašek (141 votes) – Udo Kiessling (186), Vyacheslav Fetisov (186) – Sergei Makarov (159), Gerd Truntschka (108), Vladimir Krutov (198)
2) Peter Lindmark (135) – Craig Hartsburgh (102), Alexei Kasatonov (81) – Kevin Dineen (111), Dušan Pašek (54), Anthony Tanti (39)

WHC Save percentage:

 

[Batis]

This thread is a goldmine of information. Thank you for posting all of this DN28.

WHC All-Star Teams:
1) Dominik Hašek (141 votes) – Udo Kiessling (186), Vyacheslav Fetisov (186) – Sergei Makarov (159), Gerd Truntschka (108), Vladimir Krutov (198)
2) Peter Lindmark (135) – Craig Hartsburgh (102), Alexei Kasatonov (81) – Kevin Dineen (111), Dušan Pašek (54), Anthony Tanti (39)

Interesting results. Kiessling certainly seems to have had a great tournament in 1987. These results suggests that 3 defencemen have a strong case for having been the top defenceman at that tournament. Hartsburgh due to his Directorate best defenceman award and Kiessling and Fetisov due to being tied for first place in the All-Star voting.

 

[DN28]

This thread is a goldmine of information. Thank you for posting all of this DN28.

Interesting results. Kiessling certainly seems to have had a great tournament in 1987. These results suggests that 3 defencemen have a strong case for having been the top defenceman at that tournament. Hartsburgh due to his Directorate best defenceman award and Kiessling and Fetisov due to being tied for first place in the All-Star voting.

Thank you, it will get much more interesting with following seasons. I have more information about 70s.
I only hope I will find enough time to post this somewhat regularly.

Lindmark almost tying Hasek in all-star votes is quite expected too given the only Swedich gold medal in 80s happened in this season.

 

[DN28]

1985-1986

TIP magazine:
Best player of the season at each position:
Determined after end of the season by a) ‘expert’ or a ‘canadian’ scoring of all players in the League. This type of ‘scoring’ is a complex stat composed of certain amount of points for goals, assists and +/- for skaters. For goalies it is even more complicated, but either way this part of award is based on pure statistics, not voting. b) CSSR hockey association´s ‘chiefcoach’, National team´ coaches and all the league coaches. Point system appears to be: a) 20-15-10-5-3 points for the best five players in the ‘scoring’. b) for coaches 3-2-1 points for the best three players on the ballot.

Goaltenders:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. Bříza – 20 points, 2. Hašek – 15, 3. Švárny – 10, 4. Šindel – 5, 5. J. Svoboda – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. Hašek – 38 points, 2. Šindel – 20, 3. Lang – 10, 4. Švárny – 9, 5. Bříza – 7
Overall results for goalies:
1. Dominik Hašek (Pardubice) – 53 points
2. Petr Bříza (Jihlava) – 27
3. Jaromír Šindel (Sparta) – 25
4. Pavol Švárny (Košice) – 19
5. Karel Lang (Brno) – 10
6. Jiří Svoboda (Gottwaldov) – 3

Defensemen:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. Božík – 20 points, 2. Slanina – 15, 3. Bondra – 10, 4. Stavjaňa – 5, 5. A. Kadlec – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. Božík – 23 points, 2. Slanina + Stavjaňa – 18, 4. Benák – 11, 5. Procházka – 8, 6. A. Kadlec – 5, 7. Radvan – 1
Overall results for defensemen:
1. Mojmír Božík (Košice) – 43 points
2. Peter Slanina (Košice) – 33
3. Antonín Stavjaňa (Gottwaldov) – 23
4. Jaroslav Benák (Jihlava) – 11
5. Juraj Bondra (Košice) – 10
6. Arnold Kadlec (Litvínov) – 8
František Procházka (Litvínov) – 8
8. Radek Radvan (Brno) – 1

Forwards:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. Liba – 20 points, 2. Růžička – 15, 3. Vodila – 10, 4. Rosol – 5, 5. Janecký – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. Růžička – 36 points, 2. Liba – 33, 3. Rosol + Hrdina – 6, 5. Vodila + Lála + Válek – 1
Overall results for forwards:
1. Igor Liba (Košice) – 53 points
2. Vladimír Růžička (Litvínov) – 51
3. Ján Vodila (Košice) – 11
Petr Rosol (Litvínov) – 11
5. Jiří Hrdina (Sparta) – 6
6. Otakar Janecký (Pardubice) – 3
7. Jiří Lála (Č. Budějovice) – 1
Oldřich Válek (Jihlava) – 1

Save percentage of ‘top 12 goalies’ of the season, reg. season and playoffs combined:
1. Bříza (Jihlava): 2023 min. / 73 goals allowed / 801 saves / 2.17 GAA / 0.9165 %
2. Hašek (Pardubice): 2689 min. / 138 goals allowed / 1272 saves / 3.08 GAA / 0.9021 %
3. Švárny (Košice): 2618 min. / 128 goals allowed / 1150 saves / 2.93 GAA / 0.8998 %
4. Šindel (Sparta): 2170 min. / 110 goals allowed / 975 saves / 3.04 GAA / 0.8986 %
5. Lang (Brno): 2245 min. / 129 goals allowed / 1043 saves / 3.45 GAA / 0.8899 %
6. Svoboda (Gottwaldov): 2025 min. / 106 goals allowed / 842 saves / 3.14 GAA / 0.8882 %
7. Beňo (Slovan): 2410 min. / 146 goals allowed / 1159 saves / 3.64 GAA / 0.8881 %
8. Cagaš (Trenčín): 1666 min. / 99 goals allowed / 784 saves / 3.57 GAA / 0.8879 %
9. Gula (Č. Budějovice): 2448 min. / 141 goals allowed / 1086 saves / 3.46 GAA / 0.8851 %
10. Fürbacher (Plzeň): 1967 min. / 127 goals allowed / 904 saves / 3.87 GAA / 0.8768 %
11. Hrabák (Litvínov): 1769 min. / 107 goals allowed / 735 saves / 3.63 GAA / 0.8729 %
12. Krása (Kladno): 2033 min. / 138 goals allowed / 837 saves / 4.07 GAA / 0.8585 %

WHC All-Star Team:
Peter Lindmark (34 votes) – Aleksei Kasatonov (26), Vyacheslav Fetisov (62) – Sergei Makarov (63), Igor Larionov (20), Vladimir Krutov (51)

WHC Save percentage data is again the same as is at IIHF World Championship 1986 - Goalie Stats but stats of 5 goalies are missing there (Mylnikov, Richter, Sindel, Aslin, Lilljebjorn). Fortunately, the yearbook shows statistical performance of all goalies including those five.

Other:
Despite not finishing 1st in SV% category for the first time so far, Hasek received significant praise in his profile in this season´s yearbook. Authors conclude that he was one of the few Czechoslovaks who played well in otherwise very disappointing Moscow Championship (CSSR finished 5th overall). It´s been said that Hasek has potential to become the next legend of European goaltending alongside Dzurilla, Holecek and Tretyak. His former league coach Zdenek Uher said that he has never seen such talent and his current league coach Karel Franek said that his own team (Pardubice) did not have enough quality to finish 3rd best and such high placement is mostly Hasek´s merit.
On the other hand, guess which player became the most penalized of this season? Hasek managed to do that too with three different expulsions from the game. Even authors in the book modestly recommend Hasek to better save his temper in seasons to come.

And I have to say I am impressed by Briza being the only one to be able to keep up with Hasek during all the 2nd half of 80s and in this season even to overcome him at least statistically. Briza played for 3 different teams during this 5-year period so it´s not like “the team´s superior defense made him look good” argument. Such a shame that he never gave a try in NHL…

 

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1984-1985

TIP magazine:
Best player of the season at each position:
Determined after end of the season by a) ‘expert’ or a ‘canadian’ scoring of all players in the League. This type of ‘scoring’ is a complex stat composed of certain amount of points for goals, assists and +/- for skaters. For goalies it is even more complicated, but either way this part of award is based on pure statistics, not voting. b) CSSR hockey association´s ‘chiefcoach’, National team´ coaches and all the league coaches. Point system appears to be: a) 20-15-10-5-3 points for the best five players in the ‘scoring’. b) for coaches 3-2-1 points for the best three players on the ballot.

Goaltenders:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. Králík – 20 points, 2. Šindel – 15, 3. Cagaš – 10, 4. Hašek – 5, 5. Švárny – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. Králík – 44 points, 2. Šindel – 22, 3. Hašek – 20, 4. Lang – 2, 5. Cagaš + Fürbacher – 1
Overall results for goalies:
1. Jiří Králík (Gottwaldov) – 64 points
2. Jaromír Šindel (Jihlava) – 37
3. Dominik Hašek (Pardubice) – 25
4. Pavel Cagaš (Trenčín) – 11
5. Pavol Švárny (Košice) – 3
6. Karel Lang (Brno) – 2
7. Václav Fürbacher (Plzeň) – 1

Defensemen:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. Hořava – 20 points, 2. Kadlec – 15, 3. Božík – 10, 4. Prachař – 5, 5. Ščerban – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. Hořava – 45 points, 2. Stavjaňa – 20, 3. Benák – 9, 4. F. Musil – 8, 5. Božík – 4, 6. Bondra – 2, 7. R. Svoboda + Uvíra – 1
Overall results for defensemen:
1. Miloslav Hořava (Jihlava) – 65 points
2. Antonín Stavjaňa (Gottwaldov) – 20
3. Arnold Kadlec (Litvínov) – 15
4. Mojmír Božík (Košice) – 14
5. Jaroslav Benák (Jihlava) – 9
6. František Musil (Jihlava) – 8
7. Kamil Prachař (Jihlava) – 5
8. Bedřich Ščerban (Jihlava) – 3
9. Juraj Bondra (Košice) – 2
10. Radoslav Svoboda (Jihlava) – 1
Eduard Uvíra (Litvínov) – 1

Forwards:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. Ihnačák – 20 points, 2. Vodila – 15, 3. Růžička – 10, 4. Kameš – 5, 5. Rosol – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. Liba + Rosol – 24 points, 3. Růžička – 21, 4. Ihnačák + Pašek + Vodila – 4, 7. Klíma – 3, 8. Richter + Lála – 2, 10. Válek – 1
Overall results for forwards:
1. Vladimír Růžička (Litvínov) – 31 points
2. Petr Rosol (Jihlava) – 27
3. Igor Liba (Košice) – 24
Miroslav Ihnačák (Košice) – 24
5. Ján Vodila (Košice) – 19
6. Vladimír Kameš (Jihlava) – 5
7. Dušan Pašek (Slovan) – 4
8. Petr Klíma (Jihlava) – 3
9. Pavel Richter (Sparta) – 2
Jiří Lála (Č. Budějovice) – 2
11. Oldřich Válek (Jihlava) – 1

Save percentage of ‘top 10 goalies’ of the season:
1. Králík (Gottwaldov): 2427 min. / 89 goals allowed / 906 saves / 2.20 GAA / 0.9106 %
2. Cagaš (Trenčín): 1638 min. / 84 goals allowed / 809 saves / 3.08 GAA / 0.9059 %
3. Hašek (Pardubice): 2419 min. / 131 goals allowed / 1170 saves / 3.25 GAA / 0.8993 %
4. Beňo (Slovan): 1443 min. / 97 goals allowed / 850 saves / 4.03 GAA / 0.8976 %
5. Fürbacher (Plzeň): 1312 min. / 83 goals allowed / 689 saves / 3.53 GAA / 0.8925 %
6. Šindel (Jihlava): 2370 min. / 104 goals allowed / 855 saves / 2.63 GAA / 0.8916 %
7. Lang (Brno): 2412 min. / 137 goals allowed / 1119 saves / 3.41 GAA / 0.8909 %
8. Švárny (Košice): 2261 min. / 115 goals allowed / 894 saves / 3.05 GAA / 0.8860 %
9. Gula (Č. Budějovice): 1855 min. / 100 goals allowed / 742 saves / 3.23 GAA / 0.8812 %
10. Kohout (Sparta): 2429 min. / 132 goals allowed / 941 saves / 3.26 GAA / 0.8770 %

WHC All-Star Teams:
1) Jiří Králík (92 votes) – Alexei Kasatonov (41), Vyacheslav Fetisov (58) – Sergei Makarov (103), Vladimír Růžička (61), Vladimir Krutov (19)
2) John Vanbiesbrouck (12) – Antonín Stavjaňa (15), Miloslav Hořava (13) – Jiří Lála (31), Mario Lemieux (40), Pavel Richter (9)

WHC Save percentage data are even more useful to post here because details about 6 goalies are missing at IIHF World Championship 1985 - Goalie Stats plus at least 2 goalies (Pat Riggin and Jukka Tammi) are apparently written in the yearbook with different statistics.

Other:
Both Kralik´s statistical and voting record are further proof of how exceptional his 1984-85 season was. I would also emphasize that his domestic team Gottwaldov was always an irregular 1st league team. All through 60s, 70s until 1985, Gottwaldov was either a bottom-dweller or even played in the 2nd league. Previous season for example, they finished 11th out of 12 teams. This season, Gottwaldov finished 3rd overall with the least goals allowed of all teams. Even the eventual league champion, Dukla Jihlava, which had the entire top 6 of their d-men placed in the 10 best voted defensemen of the season, allowed 16 more goals!

 

[Theokritos]

I'm slightly overwhelmed by the abundance of data. This is terrific.

1984-1985

TIP magazine:
Best player of the season at each position:
Determined after end of the season by a) ‘expert’ or a ‘canadian’ scoring of all players in the League. This type of ‘scoring’ is a complex stat composed of certain amount of points for goals, assists and +/- for skaters.

I've only ever seen the term "Canadian scoring" referring to the (Canadian) custom of adding up goals and assists to scoring points (as opposed to the older custom of just counting goals).

 

[Batis]

I really feel like Hasek does not get nearly as much credit for his career in Czechoslovakia as he deserves. It seems like many look at his initial difficulties with adjusting to the North American game and assumes that his achiviements in Europe should not carry much weight. But in my opinion this shows a failure to grasp just how big the adjustments that players from the eastern bloc had to make when coming to North America were. Sure some players adjusted more easily and faster than Hasek did but it is normal that different players adjusts at different rates. If Hasek would have been able to come over right after being drafted in 1983 I have no doubt about that he (after the the initial adjustment period) would have been one of the very best goaltenders in the NHL during the late 80's and early 90's. And perhaps Haseks period of true dominance (93/94-00/01) would have started a couple of years earlier in this scenario.

1985-1986
WHC All-Star Team:
Peter Lindmark (34 votes) – Aleksei Kasatonov (26), Vyacheslav Fetisov (62) – Sergei Makarov (63), Igor Larionov (20), Vladimir Krutov (51)

1984-1985
WHC All-Star Teams:
1) Jiří Králík (92 votes) – Alexei Kasatonov (41), Vyacheslav Fetisov (58) – Sergei Makarov (103), Vladimír Růžička (61), Vladimir Krutov (19)
2) John Vanbiesbrouck (12) – Antonín Stavjaňa (15), Miloslav Hořava (13) – Jiří Lála (31), Mario Lemieux (40), Pavel Richter (9)

I have got to say that I feel like a kid on christmas eve everytime I see that this thread has been updated.

Interesting that Makarov leads the All-Star voting in 1986 ahead of the Directorate award winner Krutov. Based on watching the available footage (5 out the Soviets 10 games) I can't say that I am that surprised though. I would definitely say that based on those games Makarov and Krutov were pretty much interchangeable as the teams best forwards in that tournament.

What stands out to me in 1985 is that Krutov despite being on the All-Star team only finished 5th among all forwards in the voting. The performances from the left wingers in that tournament really seems to have been very weak compared to the right wingers and the centers. Kraliks and Makarovs dominance in the voting also stands out.

 

[DN28]

I'm slightly overwhelmed by the abundance of data. This is terrific.

I've only ever seen the term "Canadian scoring" referring to the (Canadian) custom of adding up goals and assists to scoring points (as opposed to the older custom of just counting goals).

Yes, that is the meaning of 'Canadian scoring' in Czechia today too.

I really don´t know why Karel Gut called his invention "Canadian" but I´ve seen enough to know that Gut was hugely interested in a statistical element of the game, probably much more than any other coach of his time. Gól magazine was publishing every other week continuous 'Canadian' or 'expert' scoring. Data was gathered, calculated and published by Gut himself. Readers could see and enjoy 'the scoring race' of different players throughout the season. I haven´t checked the late 60s magazines yet, but Gut started this even before he became the NT coach (1973) and continued with it until late 80s, long after he stopped coaching (1980).

Problem with this scoring is that the calculation was changing through time. But for these 80s seasons so far, the scoring for goalies were calculated this way: (100 - SV%)*GAA. . . It is that 6th column on pictures. The lower the number - the better.

The scoring for defensemen and forwards were always calculated by goals, assists and +/-. But there were different weighing - for example 1 goal scored = 8 points, 1 assist = 5 points, being on ice when goal is scored = 2 points, being on ice when goal is allowed = -2 points, being on ice when goal is allowed during penalty kill = -1 point, being on ice when goal is allowed during powerplay = -4 point, and so on... Again, the weighing was changing through time.

It was very complicated but it likely served Gut´s purpose - for goalies, I believe he explained in 1974 that the save percentage used to be (!!!) the official stat to determine the best CSSR goalies but he sought to create different statistic because SV% do not take into account the number of games played and number of saves, another problem concerned about inaccurate shooting records - mainly problems with definining what should be counted as shot and what shouldn´t. To be more clear, goalie A plays 10 games with 0.92 and goalie B plays 40 games with 0.91. In Gut´s eyes goalie B provided much better overall goaltending for his team and should be placed significantly higher in "top X" list of goalies.

For skaters, it again served the purpose in taking into consideration two-way play, which Gut valued highly. Indeed at those lists, especially from 70s, notable two-way players who did not score a lot still found themselves in, say, top 10 forwards of the season, because they typically gathered a lot of points through succesfull PKs and PPs, while one-dimensional players had to rely mainly on their goals and assists if they wanted to finish high.

I was surprised to see how detailed some of this all is. For example penalty killing and power plays were tracked each game by Gut too. Shooting percentage of teams was another thing Gut payed closed attention. I got the list of the most penalized players of the league for 1975 and 1974 thanks to him too.

I´ll try to look into this 'scoring' more closely sometimes in the future.

 

[DN28]

1983-1984

TIP magazine:
Best player of the season at each position:

Goaltenders:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. Šindel – 20 points, 2. Lang – 15, 3. Hašek – 10, 4. Kohout – 5, 5. Fürbacher – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. Šindel – 42 points, 2. Hašek – 29, 3. Lang – 10, 4. Králík – 5, 5. Kohout – 2, 6. F. Jelínek + Steklík - 1
Overall results for goalies:
1. Jaromír Šindel (Jihlava) – 62
2. Dominik Hašek (Pardubice) – 39
3. Karel Lang (Brno) – 25
4. Miroslav Kohout (Sparta) – 7
5. Jiří Králík (Gottwaldov) – 5
6. Václav Fürbacher (Trenčín) – 3
7. František Jelínek (Brno) – 1
Jiří Steklík (Jihlava) – 1

Defensemen:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. Kadlec – 20 points, 2. Hořava – 15, 3. Svoboda – 10, 4. Chalupa – 5, 5. Seidl – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. Chalupa – 37 points, 2. Kadlec – 19, 3. Svoboda – 15, 4. Benák – 10, 5. Uvíra – 6, 6. Slanina – 2, 7. Látal – 1
Overall results for defensemen:
1. Milan Chalupa (Jihlava) – 42 points
2. Arnold Kadlec (Litvínov) – 39
3. Radomír Svoboda (Jihlava) – 25
4. Miloslav Hořava (Jihlava) – 15
5. Jaroslav Benák (Jihlava) – 10
6. Eduard Uvíra (Litvínov) – 6
7. Jiří Seidl (Pardubice) – 3
8. Peter Slanina (Košice) – 2
9. Jaromír Látal (Sparta) – 1

Forwards:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. Růžička – 20 points, 2. Rosol – 15, 3. Liba – 10, 4. Klíma – 5, 5. Caldr – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. Liba – 28 points, 2. Rusnák – 21, 3. Růžička – 16, 4. V. Lukáč – 9, 5. Caldr – 6, 6. Richter – 3, 7. Hrdina – 2
Overall results for forwards:
1. Igor Liba (Jihlava) – 38 points
2. Vladimír Růžička (Litvínov) – 36
3. Dárius Rusnák (Slovan) – 21
4. Petr Rosol (Jihlava) – 15
5. Vladimír Caldr (Č. Budějovice) – 9
Vincent Lukáč (Košice) – 9
7. Petr Klíma (Jihlava) – 5
8. Pavel Richter (Sparta) – 3
9. Jiří Hrdina (Sparta) – 2

Save percentage of ‘top 10 goalies’ of the season:
1. Hašek (Pardubice): 2304 min. / 108 goals allowed / 1057 saves / 2.81 GAA / 0.9073 %
2. Kohout (Sparta): 2054 min. / 102 goals allowed / 998 saves / 2.98 GAA / 0.9073 %
3. Lang (Brno): 1708 min. / 78 goals allowed / 757 saves / 2.74 GAA / 0.9066 %
4. Fürbacher (Trenčín): 2070 min. / 106 goals allowed / 945 saves / 3.07 GAA / 0.8991 %
5. Šindel (Jihlava): 2026 min. / 85 goals allowed / 757 saves / 2.52 GAA / 0.8990 %
6. Svoboda (Plzeň): 2442 min. / 153 goals allowed / 1132 saves / 3.76 GAA / 0.8809 %
7. Gula (Č. Budějovice): 1703 min. / 101 goals allowed / 731 saves / 3.56 GAA / 0.8786 %
8. Králík (Gottwaldov): 1300 min. / 74 goals allowed / 528 saves / 3.41 GAA / 0.8771 %
9. Kapoun (Litvínov): 1650 min. / 96 goals allowed / 666 saves / 3.49 GAA / 0.8740 %
10. Švárny (Košice): 1954 min. / 135 goals allowed / 920 saves / 4.14 GAA / 0.8720 %

OG 1984 Save percentage:
Yearbook ´84 did not provide any goalie statistics so I searched for it in Gól magazine instead. Explanations: column A – games played, B – goals allowed, C – saves, D – save percentage, E – GAA per minute.

Other:
Kralik´s ‘off-year’ is partially caused by an injury, partially by moving to new and low-quality team (Gottwaldov, which finished 11th of 12 teams in the League) from his former team (Dukla Jihlava, an army team and dynasty which won the title every season between 1982 and 1985), and partially, of course, by general decline and loss of form (which Kralik greatly substituted the following year in 1985).

Comments about Czechoslovak goalies before and after 1984 Olympics were interesting. It seems that the ‘media’ (i. e. Gól magazine) and ‘experts’ (i. e. former players) thought the starter for the Olympics is going to be either Kralik who was internationally proven despite his decline, or young Hasek who was having a great season. But coaches Bukac and Nevesely surprised everyone and went with Sindel which turned out to be very smart decision in the end (0.954 %). Sindel eventually became the best goalie in GS award voting too (6th overall); Hasek was 2nd best (and 9th overall). Kralik this season only 4th best goalie in GS voting, 30th overall with just 6 votes.

Hasek mainly shined at Izvestia Golden Stick Trophy voting where he finished 3rd at the age of 19! Tretyak finished 2nd, and Sindel 6th. Hasek´s high placement in this probably has to do a lot (besides his domestic performance) with his memorable performance at Swedish Cup at the end of the season (IIRC).

 

[DN28]

WHC 1989 (addition)

I searched in Gól magazine for additional info about all-star voting for this championship, given that the yearbook did not show any record about this. Gól provided only the number of votes for the 1st All-Star Team:

1) Dominik Hašek (135 votes) – Vyacheslav Fetisov (107), Anders Eldebrink (58) – Sergei Makarov (81), Vycheslav Bykov (84), Steve Yzerman (78)

 

[Batis]

WHC 1989 (addition)
1) Dominik Hašek (135 votes) – Vyacheslav Fetisov (107), Anders Eldebrink (58) – Sergei Makarov (81), Vycheslav Bykov (84), Steve Yzerman (78)

That Bykov led the forwards in the voting does not surprise me. In the final round game between the Soviets and Canada the swedish commentators spoke about Bykov as a man for the All-Star team and perhaps the best forward in the tournament.

 

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1982-1983

TIP magazine:
Best player of the season at each position:

Goaltenders:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. Králík – 20 points, 2. Hašek – 15, 3. Gula – 10, 4. Šindel – 5, 5. Kapoun – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. Králík – 45 points, 2. Hašek – 28, 3. Šindel + Hamal – 7, 5. Gula – 2, 6. Lang – 1
Overall results for goalies:
1. Jiří Králík (Jihlava) – 65
2. Dominik Hašek (Pardubice) – 43
3. Ladislav Gula (Č. Budějovice) – 12
4. Jaromír Šindel (Vítkovice) – 12
5. Jiří Hamal (Sparta) – 7
6. Miroslav Kapoun (Litvínoc) – 3
7. Karel Lang (Brno) – 1

Defensemen:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. Joun – 20 points, 2. K. Dvořák – 15, 3. Vejvoda – 10, 4. Setikovský – 5, 5. Levinský – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. Chalupa – 32 points, 2. Uvíra – 20, 3. Joun – 11, 4. Svoboda – 9, 5. Plánovský – 8, 6. Slanina – 3, 7. F. Musil + Benák – 2, 9. K. Dvořák + Hořava + Vejvoda – 1
Overall results for defensemen:
1. Milan Chalupa (Jihlava) – 32 points
2. František Joun (Č. Budějovice) – 31
3. Eduard Uvíra (Jihlava) – 20
4. Karel Dvořák (Vítkovice) – 16
5. Otakar Vejvoda (Sparta) – 11
6. Rudolf Svoboda (Jihlava) – 9
7. Antonín Plánovský (Vítkovice) – 8
8. Pavel Setíkovský (Plzeň) – 5
9. Jan Levinský (Pardubice) – 3
10. Peter Slanina (Košice) – 3
11. František Musil (Pardubice) – 2
Jaroslav Benák (Jihlava) – 2
13. Miloslav Hořava (Kladno) – 1

Forwards:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. V. Lukáč – 20 points, 2. Richter – 15, 3. Lála – 10, 4. Svozil – 5, 5. Havlíček – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. V. Lukáč – 35 points, 2. Lála – 28, 3. Svozil – 18, 4. Liba – 5, 5. Richter – 2, 6. Rusnák + Holý – 1
Overall results for forwards:
1. Vincent Lukáč (Košice) – 55 points
2. Jiří Lála (Č. Budějovice) – 38
3. Ladislav Svozil (Vítkovice) – 23
4. Pavel Richter (Sparta) – 17
5. Igor Liba (Jihlava) – 5
6. Libor Havlíček (Brno) – 3
7. Dárius Rusnák (Slovan) – 1
Karel Holý (Sparta) – 1

Save percentage of ‘top 12 goalies’ of the season:
1. Králík (Jihlava): 43 games / 90 goals allowed / 1085 saves / 2.25 GAA / 0.9234 %
2. Hašek (Pardubice): 42 games / 105 goals allowed / 1158 saves / 2.67 GAA / 0.9169 %
3. Lang (Brno): 44 games / 185 goals allowed / 1870 saves / 4.32 GAA / 0.9100 %
4. Šindel (Vítkovice): 39 games / 124 goals allowed / 1229 saves / 3.86 GAA / 0.9084 %
5. Svoboda (Plzeň): 43 games / 158 goals allowed / 1440 saves / 3.97 GAA / 0.9011 %
6. Gula (Č. Budějovice): 41 games / 132 goals allowed / 1173 saves / 3.40 GAA / 0.8989 %
7. Beňo (Slovan): 25 games / 85 goals allowed / 746 saves / 3.86 GAA / 0.8977 %
8. Hamal (Sparta): 44 games / 155 goals allowed / 1278 saves / 3.54 GAA / 0.8918 %
9. Kapoun (Litvínov): 37 games / 130 goals allowed / 1071 saves / 3.81 GAA / 0.8918 %
10. Ševela (Slovan): 24 games / 85 goals allowed / 686 saves / 4.09 GAA / 0.8898 %
11. Podešva (Gottwaldov): 35 games / 107 goals allowed / 816 saves / 3.72 GAA / 0.8841 %
12. Krása (Kladno): 27 games / 97 goals allowed / 520 saves / 4.20 GAA / 0.8428 %

WHC All-Star Teams (unfortunately with no record of concrete number of votes for each player):
1) Vladislav Tretiak – Alexei Kasatonov, Vyacheslav Fetisov – Sergei Makarov, Igor Larionov, Vladimir Krutov
2) Jiří Králík – Craig Hartsburg, Paul Reinhart – Jiří Lála, Marcel Dionne, Andrei Khomutov

WHC Save percentage:

 

[DN28]

1981-1982

TIP magazine:
Best player of the season at each position:

Goaltenders:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. Králík – 20 points, 2. Hamal – 15, 3. Gula – 10, 4. Lang – 5, 5. Svoboda – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. Králík – 45 points, 2. Lang – 16, 3. Šindel – 11, 4. Hamal – 6, 5. Kapoun – 5, 6. Podešva – 4, 7. Gula + Krása + Svoboda – 1
Overall results for goalies:
1. Jiří Králík (Jihlava) – 65
2. Jiří Hamal (Sparta) – 21
Karel Lang (Brno) – 21
4. Ladislav Gula (Č. Budějovice) – 11
Jaromír Šindel (Vítkovice) – 11
6. Miroslav Kapoun (Litvínov) – 5
7. Ivan Podešva (Gottwaldov) – 4
Jiří Svoboda (Plzeň) – 4
9. Miroslav Krása (Kladno) – 1

Defensemen:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. Joun – 20 points, 2. M. Dvořák – 15, 3. Hořava – 10, 4. Kadlec – 5, 5. Plánovský – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. M. Dvořák – 40 points, 2. Uvíra – 26, 3. Hořava – 12, 4. Chalupa + Kadlec – 4, 6. Svoboda – 2, 7. Joun + Plánovský – 1
Overall results for defensemen:
1. Miroslav Dvořák (Č. Budějovice) – 55 points
2. Eduard Uvíra (Jihlava) – 26
3. Miloslav Hořava (Kladno) – 22
4. František Joun (Č. Budějovice) – 21
5. Arnold Kadlec (Litvínov) – 9
6. Milan Chalupa (Jihlava) – 4
Antonín Plánovský (Vítkovice) – 4
8. Radoslav Svoboda (Jihlava) – 2

Forwards:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. Nový – 20 points, 2. Černík – 15, 3. Kokrment – 10, 4. Koďousek – 5, 5. Lála – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. Nový – 29 points, 2. Lála – 20, 3. Kokrment – 15, 4. Liba – 11, 5. V. Lukáč – 7, 6. Richter – 4, 7. Černík – 3, 8. Růžička – 1
Overall results for forwards:
1. Milan Nový (Kladno) – 49 points
2. Jindřich Kokrment (Litvínov) – 25
3. Jiří Lála (Jihlava) – 23
4. František Černík (Vítkovice) – 18
5. Igor Liba (Košice) – 11
6. Vincent Lukáč (Jihlava) – 7
7. Milan Koďousek (Pardubice) – 5
8. Pavel Richter (Sparta) – 4
9. Vladimír Růžička (Litvínov) – 1

Save percentage of ‘top 15 goalies’ of the season:
1. Králík (Jihlava): 42 games / 81 goals allowed / 1153 saves / 1.93 GAA / 0.9344 %
2. Hašek (Pardubice): 11 games / 34 goals allowed / 437 saves / 3.09 GAA / 0.9278 %
3. Šindel (Vítkovice): 39 games / 129 goals allowed / 1640 saves / 3.37 GAA / 0.9271 %
4. Lang (Brno): 41 games / 155 goals allowed / 1955 saves / 3.85 GAA / 0.9265 %
5. Hamal (Sparta): 42 games / 142 goals allowed / 1661 saves / 3.41 GAA / 0. 9212 %
6. Kapoun (Litvínov): 40 games / 148 goals allowed / 1601 saves / 3.77 GAA / 0.9154 %
7. Svoboda (Plzeň): 41 games / 158 goals allowed / 1628 saves / 3.92 GAA / 0.9115 %
8. Radvanovský (Pardubice): 25 games / 97 goals allowed / 971 saves / 3.88 GAA / 0.9092 %
9. Podešva (Gottwaldov): 39 games / 120 goals allowed / 1114 saves / 3.10 GAA / 0.9028 %
10. Krása (Kladno): 25 games / 72 goals allowed / 628 saves / 2.96 GAA / 0.8971 %
11. Kolísek (Kladno): 20 games / 62 goals allowed / 533 saves / 3.16 GAA / 0.8958 %
12. Hrabák (Trenčín): 38 games / 129 goals allowed / 1076 saves / 3.40 GAA / 0.8929 %
13. Gula (Č. Budějovice): 42 games / 137 goals allowed / 1065 saves / 3.26 GAA / 0.8860 %
14. Švárny (Košice): 13 games / 59 goals allowed / 411 saves / 4.66 GAA / 0.8745 %
15. Orenič (Košice): 17 games / 76 goals allowed / 525 saves / 4.57 GAA / 0.8735 %

WHC All-Star Teams:
1) Jiří Králík (201 points) – Alexei Kasatonov (180), Vyacheslav Fetisov (238) – Sergei Makarov (284), Wayne Gretzky (247), Bill Barber (161)
2) Jim Corsi (172 points) – Craig Hartsburg (92), Miroslav Dvořák (50) – Jiří Lála (120), Sergei Shepelev (176), Sergei Kapustin (160)

This time the Yearbook showed me full All-Star voting record and information about voting system. It appears that voters submitted ballot with two names at each position – that is ballot with 1st and 2nd All-Star team. Player in the 1st All-Star team received 5 points, player in the 2nd All-Star team received 3 points. Full voting record:

Goaltenders:
Králík (33 first place finishes + 12 second place finishes = 33*5 + 12*3 = 201 points), Corsi 23+19=172, Tretiak 14+9=97, Kamppuri 3+19=72, Friesen 4+12=56, Millen 3+5=30, Wälitalo 3+1=18, Meloche 1+3=14, Lindmark 0+2=6

Right Defensemen:
Kasatonov 30+10=180, Hartsburg 16+4=92, Vasiliev 10+13=89, Fetisov 14+3=79, Lowe 1+10=35, Kadlec 1+9=32, Babinov 2+6=28, Giles 2+3=19, Levo 2+2=16, Bilyaletdinov 0+5=15, Thomas Eriksson 1+3=14, Reinhart 0+4=12, Langway 1+2=11, Peter Andersson 1+1=8, Uvíra + Van Boxmeer + Grenn 1+0=5, Dvořák + Roberts + Kiessling + Samuelsson + Manno + Lindberg 0+1=3

Left Defensemen:
Fetisov 44+6=238, Kasatonov 11+8=79, Dvořák 4+10=50, Vasiliev 4+6=38, Hartsburg 5+4=32, Levo 1+8=29, Babinov 3+4=27, Hořava 1+4=17, Samuelsson + Pervukhin 0+5=15, Roberts + Green 1+3=14, Bilyaletdinov + Langway 0+3=9, Manno + Helander 0+2=6, Hirvonen + Thomas Eriksson + Reinhart + Maxvell 0+1=3

Right Wingers:
Makarov 52+8=284, Lála 6+30=120, Shalimov 11+18=109, Kurri 3+12=51, Kapustin 8+1=43, Krutov 3+2=21, Lukáč 0+4=12, Näslund + Korbela 0+2=6

Centers:
Gretzky 32+29=247, Shepelev 28+12=176, Patrik Sundström 6+13=69, Kokrment 2+11=43, Kozhevnikov 7+2=41, Larionov 5+5=40, Kühnhackl 2+4=22, Rusnák + Kuhl 1+0=5, V. Golikov + Nový + Shalimov 0+1=3

Left Wingers:
Barber 19+22=161, Kapustin 26+10=160, Makarov 16+1=83, Krutov 6+13=69, Shalimov 5+7=46, Gainey 3+3=24, Näslund 0+7=21, Kozhevnikov 3+1=18, Kurri 1+4=17, Napier 2+2=16, Richter 1+2=11, Korbela 1+1=8, Liba 0+2=6, Kokrment + Lála + Loob + Pouzar + Sittler + Gartner 0+1=3

WHC Save percentage:

Other:
Notice the increasing count of saves and SV% of the Czechoslovak league goalies this and previous season (81-82, 82-83). I have no idea why exactly (SV% does not seem to correlate with average gpg each season), but likely the definition of a shot on goal and their counting must have been more strict from 1983-84 season on. At least, it looks that whatever standard that had been applied, was used equally on all goalies.

We are fortunate that the Yearbook included “Top 15 goalies of the season” this time, thus we can see the statistical performance of the 16/17 years old Hasek too. Hasek, albeit playing only one quarter of the games still managed to post 2nd best SV% behind Kralik who was playing in his prime and with stacked defensive-minded dynasty team.

 

[Killion]

Nice work @DN28 ..... very interesting, informative.

 

[DN28]

Hasek and other CSSR National team goalies domestically and internationally between 1982 and 1990:

- average league save percentage during this time span is impossible to count because there aren´t revealed full statistics about every goalie who played in a particular season with the exception of 1989-1990. At least a while ago I counted average CSSR League gpg so I include it here for a reference.

- number of league games and GAA may not be the 100 % correct because in most of these seasons only ‘minutes played’ and not ‘games played’ are published. Example: Hasek in 83-84 played 2304 minutes, no information about games. I simply divided 2304/60=38.4, so I treat it as Hasek played in 39 games. In this way I calculated that Hasek over these 9 seasons played approximately 334 league games overall. I did the same with other goalies listed below as well.

- I did the counting very carefully on my own but if someone has time to check the numbers too, please let me know if you find an error.

Dominik Hašek (Pardubice, Jihlava):
· 9 seasons; 1981-82 – 1989-90; cumulative average goals per game: 7.21
· 334 games / 906 goals allowed / 9276 saves / 2.71 GAA / 0.9110 %

Petr Bříza (Jihlava, Č. Budějovice, Sparta):
· 5 seasons; 1985-86 – 1989-90; cumulative average goals per game: 7.28
· 208 games / 556 goals allowed / 5366 saves / 2.67 GAA / 0.9061 %

Jaromír Šindel (Vítkovice, Jihlava, Sparta):
· 8 seasons; 1981-82 – 1988-89; cumulative average goals per game: 7.16
· 300 games / 875 goals allowed / 8246 saves / 2.92 GAA / 0.9041 %

Jiří Králík (Jihlava, Gottwaldov):
· 4 seasons; 1981-82 – 1984-85; cumulative average goals per game: 7.12
· 148 games / 334 goals allowed / 3672 saves / 2.26 GAA / 0.9166 %
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Dominik Hašek (CSSR):
· 8 major tournaments (WC 83, 86, 87, 89, 90; CC 84, 87; OG 88); cumulative average save percentage: 0.8844 %
· 53 games / 132 goals allowed / 1194 saves / 2.49 GAA / 0.9005 % / 21.29 GSAA

 

[tony d]

Many thanks for posting this, great source of info right here for sure.

 

[Canadiens1958]

Very valuable and interesting data. Also the insight into the Czechoslovakian views on hockey puts the information into perspective.

 

[DN28]

Nice work @DN28 ..... very interesting, informative.

Many thanks for posting this, great source of info right here for sure.

Very valuable and interesting data. Also the insight into the Czechoslovakian views on hockey puts the information into perspective.

Glad you enjoy this. As I´ve alluded before, it gets more interesting once I get to 70s stuff.

 

[Canadiens1958]

Look forward to the 1970s information.

 

[DN28]

1980-1981

TIP magazine:
Best player of the season at each position:

Goaltenders:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. Gula – 20 points, 2. Podešva – 15, 3. Kapoun – 10, 4. Šindel – 5, 5. Sakáč – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. Šindel – 32 points, 2. Gula – 20, 3. Králík – 19, 4. Kapoun – 8, 5. Sakáč – 4, 6. Kolísek – 3, 7. Podešva + Hrabák – 2
Overall results for goalies:
1. Ladislav Gula (Č. Budějovice) – 40
2. Jaromír Šindel (Vítkovice) – 37
3. Jiří Králík (Jihlava) – 19
4. Miroslav Kapoun (Litvínov) – 18
5. Ivan Podešva (Gottwaldov) – 17
6. Marcel Sakáč (Slovan) – 7
7. Milan Kolísek (Kladno) – 3
8. Jan Hrabák (Trenčín) – 2

Defensemen:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. Hořava – 20 points, 2. Joun – 15, 3. Dvořák – 10, 4. Míšek – 5, 5. Vinš – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. Dvořák – 37 points, 2. Kadlec – 24, 3. Hořava – 23, 4. Míšek – 4, 5. Michalovský + Kacíř – 1
Overall results for defensemen:
1. Miroslav Dvořák (Č. Budějovice) – 47 points
2. Miloslav Hořava (Kladno) – 43
3. Arnold Kadlec (Litvínov) – 24
4. František Joun (Č. Budějovice) – 15
5. Petr Míšek (Č. Budějovice) – 9
6. Jaroslav Vinš (Kladno) – 3
7. Bohumil Kacíř (Vítkovice) – 1
Miroslav Michalovský (Gottwaldov) – 1

Forwards:
a) ‘expert scoring’:
1. Nový – 20 points, 2. Lála – 15, 3. N. Král – 10, 4. Kokrment – 5, 5. Fryčer – 3
b) ‘coaches poll’:
1. Nový – 31 points, 2. Lála – 28, 3. Kokrment – 9, 4. Pouzar – 7, 5. Rusnák – 5, 6. Fryčer + Martinec + Svozil – 3, 9. Richter – 1
Overall results for forwards:
1. Milan Nový (Kladno) – 51 points
2. Jiří Lála (Jihlava) – 43
3. Jindřich Kokrment (Jihlava) – 14
4. Norbert Král (Č. Budějovice) – 10
5. Jaroslav Pouzar (Č. Budějovice) – 7
6. Miroslav Fryčer (Vítkovice) – 6
7. Dárius Rusnák (Slovan) – 5
8. Vladimír Martinec (Pardubice) – 3
Ladislav Svozil (Vítkovice) – 3
10. Pavel Richter (Sparta) – 1

Save percentage of ‘top 15 goalies’ of the season:
1. Šindel (Vítkovice): 39 games / 126 goals allowed / 1574 saves / 3.26 GAA / 0.9259 %
2. Králík (Jihlava): 33 games / 86 goals allowed / 917 saves / 2.66 GAA / 0.9143 %
3. Krása (Kladno): 21 games / 57 goals allowed / 597 saves / 2.76 GAA / 0.9128 %
4. Kolísek (Kladno): 23 games / 67 goals allowed / 680 saves / 2.91 GAA / 0. 9103 %
5. Svoboda (Plzeň): 33 games / 119 goals allowed / 1190 saves / 3.64 GAA / 0.9091 %
6. Hrabák (Trenčín): 36 games / 125 goals allowed / 1222 saves / 3.47 GAA / 0.9072 %
7. Gula (Č. Budějovice): 42 games / 106 goals allowed / 1005 saves / 2.57 GAA / 0.9046 %
8. Radvanovský (Pardubice): 15 games / 62 goals allowed / 553 saves / 4.14 GAA / 0.8992 %
9. Kapoun (Litvínov): 44 games / 171 goals allowed / 1433 saves / 3.94 GAA / 0.8934 %
10. Podešva (Gottwaldov): 42 games / 151 goals allowed / 1229 saves / 3.60 GAA / 0.8906 %
11. Kečkeš (Pardubice): 30 games / 126 goals allowed / 1000 saves / 4.24 GAA / 0.8881 %
12. Orenič (Košice): 26 games / 108 goals allowed / 830 saves / 4.20 GAA / 0.8849 %
13. Švárny (Košice): 19 games / 87 goals allowed / 650 saves / 4.57 GAA / 0.8820 %
14. Honc (Sparta): 20 games / 84 goals allowed / 612 saves / 4.34 GAA / 0.8793 %
15. Sakáč (Slovan): 41 games / 174 goals allowed / 1255 saves / 4.25 GAA / 0.8782 %

WHC 1981 All-Star Teams (only with votes for the 1st team this time):
Peter Lindmark (72 votes) – Valeri Vasiliev (37), Larry Robinson (37) – Sergei Makarov (39), Alexander Maltsev (57), Sergei Kapustin (43)

WHC 1981 Save percentage (the last, fifth column):

Other:
This season was affected by interesting rule change – ties were prohibited. If there was no winner after 60 minutes of play, there would be 10 minutes overtime and then shootouts in case no goal was scored in OT as well. Winner always got 2 points while a loser got 0 points even if the losing team had lost the game in shootouts. This system lasted only 2 seasons (80-81 and 81-82) because it was simply too unconventional and produced questionable results. This season is an example of that. League champion – TJ Vítkovice, won over 2nd team – Motor České Budějovice, by 2 points. But within the old system with ties, Budějovice would be a clear winner. Vítkovice led the League because of their OT record with 7 wins out of 8 OT. Similarly, Slovan Bratislava became the surprising relegated team thanks to their horrific 9 defeats out of all 9 overtimes that they had played. If Slovan managed just one OT win they would not finish last.

Anyway this was kind of special season in between two dominant dynasties (Kladno 75-80 and Jihlava 82-85) with a lot of new young players just coming up and with a lot of old great players from the “golden generation” still playing too. Goalie situation is particularly “special” this season if you compare stats, best goalie of the year voting, Golden stick voting and so on. Because the starter for CSSR national team at WHC 81 and CC 81 was Karel Lang, young talented goalie who played this whole season in the 2nd League for Zetor Brno! Thus Lang got no votes in the TIP´s best goalie voting but he finished 15th in GS voting and as a 2nd best goalie. Goalie who became the 1st among goalies in GS voting was Jaromir Sindel (13th overall), who also was the leader in SV% and the starter of a league champion. That´s why it is a little surprising that Sindel lost the TIP´s best goalie award to Ladislav Gula (who was 16th overall and 3rd best goalie in GS voting). Gula won the award mainly on his very low GAA which affected the “goalie scoring” part more than Sindel having the highest SV%, Sindel winning the actual voting part of the award was not enough for him. In hindsight, it shows the limits of this award and their scoring and voting mechanisms. Sindel won the championship over Gula, got into WHC as Lang´s backup over Gula, coaches voted him over Gula, journalists voted him Gula and his save percentage was significantly better than Gula´s. Notice that Sindel also recorded the biggest amount of saves out of all goalies which is not very common for a starter of the League champion. Otherwise, Jiri Kralik doesn´t look statistically bad this season as I thought because of his relatively weak GS voting record (23th overall and 5th best goalie behind Sindel, Lang, Gula and Kapoun); finished as 3rd best goalie in TIP´s voting and 2nd best in SV%. Kralik didn´t get to WHC 1981 this time but at least he got into CC 1981 as Lang´s backup a few months later…

 

[Batis]

Awesome stuff as always DN28. Thank you for keeping the updates coming.

1981-1982
Right Wingers:
Makarov 52+8=284, Lála 6+30=120, Shalimov 11+18=109, Kurri 3+12=51, Kapustin 8+1=43, Krutov 3+2=21, Lukáč 0+4=12, Näslund + Korbela 0+2=6

It is fair to say that the competition for the two All-Star spots at RW during this tournament was very tough. Makarov, Lala, Shalimov and Kurri fighting for two spots.

WHC 1981 All-Star Teams (only with votes for the 1st team this time):
Peter Lindmark (72 votes) – Valeri Vasiliev (37), Larry Robinson (37) – Sergei Makarov (39), Alexander Maltsev (57), Sergei Kapustin (43)

Interesting to see Vasiliev and Robinson being tied for first among defencemen in the All-Star voting. This may suggest that Vasiliev possibly was not that far behind Robinson for the Directorate award either. Considering the low total of votes for both players it also seems to suggest that a few other defencemen recieved some serious voting support during this tournament as well.