“We are glad that we managed to get Karel into our implementation team. He has experience with national team and extra-league training and we believe that thanks to his experience he will be of great benefit to us,” said club CEO Pavel Hynek in a press release.
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Mlejnek, 45, used to work in Karlovy Vary, Liberec and Sokolov in the past. He was also an assistant to the senior national team and the head coach of the junior national team for two years. “I am very glad that I was approached by Vlada Růžička. I am very much looking forward to the new cooperation. I believe that together we will move Litvínov to where we all wish. It is an excellent engagement for me,” said Mlejnek.
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After last year, assistant coach Václav Sýkora is saying goodbye, and he will not continue on the Verva substitution next season. Karel Mlejnek becomes the new assistant to coach Vladimír Růžička, who signed a one-year contract with a one-year option in Litvínov.
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The 69-year-old Sýkora returned to Litvínov, who had led several times in the past, two years ago as a collaborator of Vladimír Országh. After the dismissal of the Slovak coach, he continued as Růžiček’s assistant. Now he is about to end his coaching career.
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Vladimír Růžička on the benchPhoto: www.skkadan.cz, Dalibor Kachlík
“He is a coach who has been one of the biggest coaching personalities in recent decades. He has worked in Finland and the Russian KHL. He has won two extra-league titles and raised a lot of players. He is old, so he decided to end his successful career. health and happiness in hockey retirement, “added Hynek.
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