Milan Nový

Milan Nový
Born	(1951-09-23) September 23, 1951 Kladno, TCH
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Left
Played for	HC Kladno HC Jihlava Washington Capitals Zurcher SC Wiener EV
National team	Czechoslovakia
NHL draft	58th overall, 1982 Washington Capitals
Playing career	1975–1989

Milan Nový

Medal record
Representing Czechoslovakia
Men's ice hockey
Olympic Games
	1976 Innsbruck	Ice hockey
World Championships
	1976 Poland	Ice hockey
	1977 Austria	Ice hockey
	1975 West Germany	Ice hockey
	1978 Czechoslovakia	Ice hockey
	1979 Soviet Union	Ice hockey
	1982 Finland	Ice hockey
	1981 Sweden	Ice hockey
Canada Cup
	1976 Canada Cup	Ice hockey
	1981 Canada Cup	Ice hockey

Milan Nový (born September 23, 1951 in Kladno, Czechoslovakia) is a retired Czech ice hockey center. He played 16 seasons in the Czechoslovak Elite League, winning six league championships between 1974 and 1980.

Nový played for Kladno in the Czechoslovak junior league from 1963 to 1968. He played in the elite league with Kladno from 1968 to 1972, Jihlava from 1972 to 1974, and Kladno again from 1974 to 1982 and 1987 to 1989. He was named the top player in the league three times, and was first in scoring six times. His 90 points (59 goals and 31 assists) in 44 games in 1976–77 is the league record. Nový scored 474 goals in 633 league games, as well as 120 goals in 211 games with the national team. [1] He holds the Czech "iron man" record, playing eight seasons without missing a game. [2]

Nový won a silver medal on the 1976 Czechoslovak Olympic team and played in the 1980 Olympics, leading all scorers with 15 points. He appeared in seven consecutive IIHF World Championships from 1975 to 1982, and was named to the all-star team in 1976. [3] He led all players in Moscow's Izvestia Cup with 14 goals in 1974. [4]

Nový was named to the 1976 Canada Cup all-star team, tied for the most goals, and was the top scorer and MVP on his team. He scored the only goal in a 1–0 Czechoslovak victory over Canada, in a game Bobby Orr said was the best he ever played in. [5] He also played in the 1981 Canada Cup.

He played with the Washington Capitals in 1982–83. Though he began with a goal and two assists in his first game and points in his first four games, he had difficulty adjusting to North American culture and the physical play of the North American game [6], finishing the season with 48 points in 73 games. He played with Zurcher SC in Switzerland from 1983 to 1985 and with EV Wien in Austria in 1985–86. [7] Nový returned to Kladno in 1986, to help his old team get out of the second division, back into the elite league. They succeeded, and he played in the elite league for two more years before retiring in 1989. [8]

Nový was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2011. [9]

Czechoslovak Elite League awards

• Golden Hockey Stick (Top player): 1977, 1981, 1982
• Scoring title: 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982
• Top goal scorer: 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977
• On championship team: 1974 (Jihlava); 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980 (Kladno)

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1971–72	SONP Kladno	Czech		36	19	14	33	—		—	—	—	—	—
1972–73	HC Dukla Jihlava	Czech		40	39	17	56	18		—	—	—	—	—
1973–74	HC Dukla Jihlava	Czech		44	34	23	57	18		—	—	—	—	—
1974–75	SONP Kladno	Czech		40	46	22	68	38		—	—	—	—	—
1975–76	SONP Kladno	Czech		32	32	25	57	14		—	—	—	—	—
1976–77	Poldi SONP Kladno	Czech		44	59	31	90	—		—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	Poldi SONP Kladno	Czech		44	40	35	75	64		—	—	—	—	—
1978–79	Poldi SONP Kladno	Czech		22	24	15	39	4		22	9	8	17	—
1979–80	Poldi SONP Kladno	Czech		44	36	30	66	20		—	—	—	—	—
1980–81	Poldi SONP Kladno	Czech		16	19	42	61	12		28	13	6	19	—
1981–82	Poldi SONP Kladno	Czech		44	29	38	67	40		—	—	—	—	—
1982–83	Washington Capitals	NHL		73	18	30	48	16		2	0	0	0	0
1983–84	Team Czechoslovakia	Nat-Tm		35	19	8	27	25		—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	ZSC Lions	NDA		38	31	23	54	—		—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	ZSC Lions	NDB		40	40	44	84	—		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Wiener EV	EBEL		40	31	50	81	16		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Poldi SONP Kladno	Czech-2		—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	Poldi SONP Kladno	Czech		47	24	39	53	10		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Poldi SONP Kladno	Czech		40	15	29	34	2		—	—	—	—	—
Czech totals				493	416	340	756	240		50	22	14	36	—

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1975	Czechoslovakia	WC		10	4	4	8	4
1976	Czechoslovakia	OLY		5	5	0	5	0
1976	Czechoslovakia	WC		10	9	6	15	4
1976	Czechoslovakia	CC		7	5	3	8	2
1977	Czechoslovakia	WC		10	7	9	16	2
1978	Czechoslovakia	WC		9	4	1	5	2
1979	Czechoslovakia	WC		5	0	2	2	4
1980	Czechoslovakia	OLY		6	7	8	15	0
1981	Czechoslovakia	WC		8	6	2	8	2
1981	Czechoslovakia	CC		6	1	2	3	7
1982	Czechoslovakia	WC		10	3	1	4	6
Senior totals				86	51	38	89	33

External links

• Milan Nový biography at Legends of Hockey (archived)
• Milan Nový career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Milan Nový profile at Eurohockey.com