Jaroslav Lyčka is a Czech former professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 player. Having started as a footballer with Dukla Prague, Lyčka switched to ice hockey in Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

. Having moved to the U.K., he was a popular defenceman for the Dundee Rockets

Dundee Rockets

The Dundee Rockets were an ice hockey club based in Dundee, Scotland. Founded in 1963, the club were founder members of the Northern League in 1967 and the British Hockey League in 1982. The club won eight titles before closing in 1987....

 and Lee Valley Lions

Lee Valley Lions

The Lee Valley Lions are an ice hockey team based in Leyton, east London where they play out of the Lee Valley Ice Centre They are the senior Ice Hockey team at the rink which they share with the , the Eastern Stars and London Devils recreational teams and, the University of London Union Ice hockey...

 and made 8 appearances for the Czechoslovak national ice hockey team

Czechoslovak national ice hockey team

The Czechoslovak national men's ice hockey team was one of the world's premiere teams during the Soviet dominated international hockey era, often fighting Sweden for second place but sometimes beating the Soviets...

. Lyčka scored in the final of the Spengler Cup

Spengler Cup

The Spengler Cup is an annual ice hockey tournament held in Davos, Switzerland. First held in 1923, the Spengler Cup is often cited as the oldest invitational ice hockey tournament in the world. The event is hosted by the Swiss team HC Davos and played each year in Davos, Switzerland, between...

 against Spartak Moscow, helping Dukla Jihlava to the title.

Sources

• http://www.leevalleylions.co.uk/nostalgia/players/jarolycka.php Lee Valley Lions nostalgia page