Reply To: Czech Hockey Camp

[Tom Molloy]

Pops, I spent a few great days in Salzburg. Visited my friends and the coaches and former players. Also two kid's I used to coach Ryan Duncan, who won the Hobey Baker and Dan Bertram who got drafted in the second round by Chicago are now there. They took me out to lunch.

Pierre Page the head coach took me to dinner on Sat. and some friends last night. Beautifu weather so we went to outdoor cafe's in the old city. One cafe for dinner then another for dessert. I also got a great bike ride in with one of my friends.

Drove 4.5 hrs to take the car back to Jihlava and the GM asked me if I would be in coming there for a month or two to teach the coaches my method of coaching hockey. I said it is possible and he said he will work on getting a sponsor to pay the expenses. Sponsors pay a lot of the costs in European hockey.

I am in a hotel in Prague now. I got here about 4 and spent 5 hours wandering around the old city. Again I got a bike guided tour to learn about the sites and then walked up to the castle and had dinner while I looked down on the little people below. Fly home tomorrow.

Found out some interesting things about the youth hockey in Jihlava. The club pays for the equipment and the fee is very low to play. The city pays most of the cost.

'The Game is the Greatest Coach'
'Enjoy the Game'