Milan Nový

Milan Nový (born 23 September 1951) is a Czech former professional ice hockey center. He played 16 seasons in the Czechoslovak Elite League, winning six league championships between 1974 and 1980. He also played one season in the National Hockey League with the Washington Capitals during the 1982–83 season. Internationally Nový played for the Czechoslovakia national team on multiple occasions, including the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics, winning a silver medal in 1976, and gold at the 1976 and 1977 World Championships. Nový was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2012.

Playing career 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. He holds the Czech "iron man" record, playing eight seasons without missing a game.

Nový won a silver medal with the Czechoslovak national team at the 1976 Winter Olympics 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.

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. 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.

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 seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1968–69 TJ SONP Kladno CSSR 7 2 3 5 4 — — — — — 1969–70 TJ SONP Kladno CSSR 34 14 8 22 16 — — — — — 1970–71 TJ SONP Kladno CSSR 36 16 16 32 16 9 3 7 10 2 1971–72 TJ SONP Kladno CSSR 36 12 10 22 14 — — — — — 1972–73 ASD Dukla Jihlava CSSR 35 30 14 44 18 10 9 3 12 — 1973–74 ASD Dukla Jihlava CSSR 42 35 29 54 18 — — — — — 1974–75 TJ SONP Kladno CSSR 40 45 22 67 38 — — — — — 1975–76 TJ SONP Kladno CSSR 32 32 25 57 14 — — — — — 1976–77 TJ SONP Kladno CSSR 44 59 34 93 22 — — — — — 1977–78 Poldi SONP Kladno CSSR 44 40 35 75 64 — — — — — 1978–79 Poldi SONP Kladno CSSR 43 33 24 57 4 22 9 8 17 — 1979–80 Poldi SONP Kladno CSSR 44 36 30 66 20 — — — — — 1980–81 Poldi SONP Kladno CSSR 44 32 39 71 12 28 13 6 19 — 1981–82 Poldi SONP Kladno CSSR 44 29 26 55 38 — — — — — 1982–83 Washington Capitals NHL 73 18 30 48 16 2 0 0 0 0 1983–84 ZSC Lions NDA 38 31 23 54 — — — — — — 1984–85 ZSC Lions NLB 40 40 44 84 — — — — — — 1985–86 Wiener EV AUT 40 31 50 81 16 — — — — — 1986–87 Poldi SONP Kladno CZE.2 34 24 29 53 18 6 9 9 18 0 1987–88 Poldi SONP Kladno CSSR 34 13 23 36 6 13 11 6 17 4 1988–89 Poldi SONP Kladno CSSR 34 14 17 31 2 — — — — — NHL totals 73 18 30 48 16 2 0 0 0 0 CSSR totals 597 442 345 787 306 82 49 26 75 —

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