Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia men's national ice hockey team

Lore & Background

The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia played its first game in January 1940 against Germany during an exhibition game being held in Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The team won the game 5–1. The following month the team competed in five exhibition matches with three held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, and the other two in Prague. Bohemia and Moravia's first game in Garmisch-Partenkirchen was against Slovakia which they won 12–0. This was recorded as Bohemia and Moravia's largest win in their short international participation. The other two games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen were against Italy and Hungary which they won 5–0 and 6–0 respectively. After their three games in Germany, the team returned to Prague to compete in a two-game series against Hungary. The first game ended in a 1–1 draw while Bohemia and Moravia won the second 2–1.

Reader's Guide

The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia national ice hockey team is notable as a brief national representation during the German occupation of Czech lands in World War II. Its entire international participation consisted of six exhibition matches over less than a month in early 1940, all played against Germany, Slovakia, Italy, and Hungary. The team achieved a perfect record except for one draw, including a 12–0 victory over Slovakia, its largest win. The team was dissolved when the Protectorate ended and was succeeded by the reformed Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team. Its existence reflects the political fragmentation of the era and the continuity of Czech ice hockey tradition under changing state structures.

Did You Know?

• The team played its first game in January 1940 against Germany in Prague, winning 5–1.
• The team's largest win was 12–0 against Slovakia in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
• The team competed in only six exhibition matches between 11 January and 7 February 1940.