Hockey in Czechia

Sparta Praha vs. The Knights of Kladno. There was a great atmosphere at the hockey game in Kladno tonight. For those who don't know, Kladno is owned by hockey legend Jaromir Jagr. Jagr last played earlier this year and helped keep the Knights in the top Czech league. There are rumors he'll be back out there again soon, at age 51. We were hoping it might be tonight, with the top Czech team Sparta Praha in town, but we had to settle for seeing him behind the bench.

The 5000 fans in attendance were as loud from start to finish as a Canuck game when the Canucks score.

Credit to the one section of Sparta fans who matched the Kladno fans. Kladno didn't have much to cheer about as Sparta beat them 7-1, but they were pretty happy when they won the fights. There was far more rough stuff than I would have expected.