It is enough for him to speak. Or to see him up close. And you are clear. “That must be young Špagr!” 21-year-old defender David Špaček, son of the legendary Jaroslav, is living a fairytale story. In the place where he sat with a paper helmet on his head in the auditorium in 2015, he will play himself. “It’s a blast. I’m excited,” reports the proud father, Olympic champion and three-time world champion. And coach Tomáš Plekanec and the current national team were discussing hockey with the current representative years ago in the kitchen in Montreal… Order Sport Magazín Plus for the World Cup in Hockey HERE>>>
Dad Jaroslav dialed the number of his long-time friend Tomáš Plekanek. “So how did the young man address you? I wonder about that…”
What was the answer? “They say it’s normal. Hi Pleky,” laughs Špaček senior, who played with Plekanec in the Canadian hockey stronghold at the time when David was flying around the cabin. Today, he is a finished hockey player who has a silver medal from his twenties and is now tasting the atmosphere of the senior championship for the first time.
“I take it humbly. I am very happy that I got the chance,” he says