March
11, 1950
The Czechoslovakia men's
national ice hockey team, defending world champions, was preparing to take
a flight to London for the 1950 world championship tournament. At the airport,
the police arrested the entire team except for one player, Vladimír Zábrodský, on charges that the athletes
planned to defect while in London. Most of the national team players would
remain imprisoned until October. Twelve were convicted of treason and given
sentences ranging from 6 months to 15 years, with the star player, goalie Bohumil
Modrý receiving the longest term.
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