It was the “biggest goal” of junior forward Adam Jecho’s hockey career so far: the winning goal in the recent world junior championships that propelled his Czechia team into the semifinals.
It came against Canada in Ottawa last week and eliminated the hosts from the tournament. Czechia would lose to the eventual gold medal-winning U.S. team in the semis before beating Sweden on Sunday to claim bronze.
Jecho and Czech teammate Miroslav Holinka returned to their junior hockey club, the Edmonton Oil Kings, on Tuesday.
“It was just so much emotion,” Jecho told media at Rogers Place alongside fellow forward Holinka. “All the hard work and all the battles that we had to go through during that game and eventually all pay off.
“We are super happy that we got the job done.”
Jecho scored two goals and five assists …