Miroslav Frycer, who defected from Czechoslovakia and spent most of his eight seasons within the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs, has died. He was 61.
He died after an unspecified transient sickness, the Czech league crew Orli Znojmo stated on its web site Tuesday. Frycer had been the crew’s coach since 2018.
Frycer had overcome well being issues up to now. He chronicled his restoration from a liver transplant in his autobiography, “My Wild Hockey Life.”
Frycer, a ahead, additionally performed for Quebec, Detroit and Edmonton within the NHL. He represented Czechoslovakia on the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics.
After defecting from communist Czechoslovakia he joined the Quebec Nordiques for the 1981-82 NHL season. He was traded to Toronto throughout his rookie marketing campaign and went on to play six extra seasons there. He represented the Maple Leafs on the 1985 All-Star Recreation.
His best offensive season got here in 1985-86, when he had 32 targets and 43 assists in 73 video games with Toronto.
The Maple Leafs lauded him on Twitter for a “life devoted to the sport” and his “seven seasons within the blue and white.”
He stays among the many crew’s profession high 50-point scorers. Frycer had 147 targets and 183 assists in 330 NHL video games. After his NHL profession, he performed two seasons in Germany and one other in Italy.