{"id":57965,"date":"2026-04-17T15:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/57965\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:31:14","slug":"mlatili-ho-protoze-byl-evropan-nedal-se-a-dvere-do-nhl-otevrel-dalsim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/57965\/","title":{"rendered":"Ml\u00e1tili ho, proto\u017ee byl Evropan. Nedal se a\u00a0dve\u0159e do NHL otev\u0159el dal\u0161\u00edm"},"content":{"rendered":"

V pr\u00e1v\u011b skon\u010den\u00e9 z\u00e1kladn\u00ed \u010d\u00e1sti NHL<\/a> nastoupilo 307\u00a0hokejist\u016f z\u00a0Evropy. Deset z\u00a0nich m\u011blo na dresu kapit\u00e1nsk\u00e9 c\u00e9\u010dko.<\/p>\n

Pokud by hledali jednoho \u010dlov\u011bka, jemu\u017e by m\u011bli b\u00fdt za dne\u0161n\u00ed v\u00fdznamn\u00e9 postaven\u00ed v\u00a0nejlep\u0161\u00ed hokejov\u00e9 lize vd\u011b\u010dni, pak by j\u00edm rozhodn\u011b byl B\u00f6rje Salming.<\/p>\n

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Nebyl sice prvn\u00edm Evropanem v\u00a0NHL, ale jako prvn\u00ed si tam dok\u00e1zal z\u00edskat respekt. G\u00f3ly, p\u0159ihr\u00e1vkami, mo\u017en\u00e1 nejv\u00edc v\u0161ak odhodl\u00e1n\u00edm neuhnout \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e9 r\u00e1n\u011b. A\u00a0\u017ee jich za kari\u00e9ru schytal.<\/p>\n

Kdy\u017e v\u00a0roce 1973\u00a0nastoupil k\u00a0jednomu z\u00a0prvn\u00edch utk\u00e1n\u00ed, proti ostr\u00fdm hoch\u016fm Philadelphie Flyers<\/a>, z\u00a0tribun sly\u0161el skandovan\u00fd rozsudek: \u201eKill him! Kill him!\u201c Dom\u00e1c\u00ed na n\u011bj po\u0159\u00e1dali hon a\u00a0on v\u011bd\u011bl, \u017ee se nesm\u00ed nechat. Kv\u016fli sob\u011b i\u00a0dal\u0161\u00edm Evropan\u016fm, co p\u0159ijdou po n\u011bm.<\/p>\n

Nakonec v\u00a0NHL vydr\u017eel 17\u00a0let. Nevyhr\u00e1l Stanley Cup<\/a>, nez\u00edskal \u017e\u00e1dnou individu\u00e1ln\u00ed trofej, ale hokej pomohl zm\u011bnit jako m\u00e1lokdo.<\/p>\n

Dnes by legend\u00e1rn\u00edmu \u0161v\u00e9dsk\u00e9mu obr\u00e1nci bylo 75\u00a0let.<\/p>\n

\u201eT\u00e1hni zp\u00e1tky do \u0160v\u00e9dska!\u201c<\/p>\n

Do z\u00e1mo\u0159\u00ed se p\u0159itom dostal sp\u00ed\u0161e shodou \u0161\u0165astn\u00fdch okolnost\u00ed. V\u00a0prosinci 1972\u00a0se torontsk\u00fd skaut Gerry McNamara vypravil do \u0160v\u00e9dska sledovat g\u00f3lmana Curta Larssona (u\u017e to byla na svou dobu neobvykl\u00e1 v\u011bc), ale mnohem v\u00edc ho zaujal B\u00f6rje Salming.<\/p>\n

Okam\u017eit\u011b volal do Kanady, \u017ee tenhle rychl\u00fd a\u00a0spolehliv\u00fd obr\u00e1nce z\u00a0Bryn\u00e4s IF stoj\u00ed za zkou\u0161ku.<\/p>\n

Za p\u00e1r m\u011bs\u00edc\u016f se v\u0161echno doladilo v\u00a0moskevsk\u00e9m hotelu Ukrajina, p\u0159i sv\u011btov\u00e9m \u0161ampion\u00e1tu. Salming si za dvouletou smlouvu \u0159ekl o\u00a085\u00a0tis\u00edc dolar\u016f na sezonu a\u00a0veden\u00ed Maple Leafs<\/a> ji okam\u017eit\u011b odsouhlasilo.<\/p>\n

Bylo mu 22\u00a0let a\u00a0pr\u00e1v\u011b si n\u011bkolika tahy pera \u010dty\u0159icetin\u00e1sobn\u011b nav\u00fd\u0161il plat! Z\u00e1rove\u0148 p\u0159estoupil do ligy, o\u00a0n\u00ed\u017e toho moc nev\u011bd\u011bl a\u00a0kde v\u00a0t\u00e9 dob\u011b p\u016fsobili pouze t\u0159i Evropan\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Kdo byl B\u00f6rje Salming | Sport SZNarodil se 17. dubna 1951 v Salmi, zem\u0159el 24. listopadu 2022 v Nacka.\u0160v\u00e9dsk\u00fd hokejov\u00fd obr\u00e1nce, jedna z nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00edch legend NHL.V profesion\u00e1ln\u00ed kari\u00e9\u0159e nastupoval za t\u00fdmy Bryn\u00e4s IF (1970\u201373), Toronto Maple Leafs (1973\u201389), Detroit Red Wings (1989\u201390), AIK Stockholm (1990\u201392).V NHL odehr\u00e1l 1148 utk\u00e1n\u00ed, p\u0159ipsal si 787 bod\u016f (150 + 637). V play off byly jeho statistiky 81 z\u00e1pas\u016f a 49 bod\u016f (12 + 37).M\u00e1 st\u0159\u00edbro a bronz z MS.Je \u010dlenem Hockey Hall of Fame i S\u00edn\u011b sl\u00e1vy IIHF.V Torontu u\u017e nikdo nesm\u00ed hr\u00e1t s jeho \u010d\u00edslem 21.<\/p>\n

Hned v\u00a0p\u0159\u00edpravn\u00fdch z\u00e1pasech pochopil, \u017ee tam nen\u00ed kdov\u00edjak v\u00edtan\u00fd. \u201eT\u00e1hni zp\u00e1tky do \u0160v\u00e9dska!\u201c k\u0159i\u010deli na n\u011bj soupe\u0159i.<\/p>\n

A nez\u016fstalo pouze u\u00a0slov. Dost\u00e1val r\u00e1ny hokejkou i\u00a0p\u011bst\u00ed. Samoz\u0159ejm\u011b tu\u0161il, \u017ee za\u010d\u00e1tky v\u00a0z\u00e1mo\u0159\u00ed nebudou snadn\u00e9, p\u0159esto byl rozsahem hokejov\u00e9 brutality zasko\u010den\u00fd. \u201eAsi nemaj\u00ed moc \u0160v\u00e9dy v\u00a0l\u00e1sce,\u201c pronesl pr\u00e1v\u011b po z\u00e1pase s\u00a0ob\u00e1vanou Philadelphi\u00ed. \u201eMn\u011b nevad\u00ed tvrd\u00e1 hra. Ale oni nehraj\u00ed tvrd\u011b, oni hraj\u00ed \u0161pinav\u011b.\u201c<\/p>\n

Dvakr\u00e1t si na n\u011bj vy\u0161l\u00e1pl i\u00a0slavn\u00fd rv\u00e1\u010d Dave Schultz, p\u0159ezd\u00edvan\u00fd Hammer (Kladivo), a\u00a0zkou\u0161el, co \u0161v\u00e9dsk\u00fd nov\u00e1\u010dek vydr\u017e\u00ed. Vydr\u017eel hodn\u011b. Ka\u017ed\u00fd atak, ka\u017ed\u00e9 seknut\u00ed oplatil a\u00a0uk\u00e1zal, \u017ee se nikoho b\u00e1t nebude.<\/p>\n

Brzy si z\u00edskal respekt v\u00a0cel\u00e9 lize. D\u00e1l inkasoval r\u00e1ny a\u00a0hrub\u00e9 fauly, za jak\u00e9 by se dnes rozd\u00e1valy disciplin\u00e1rn\u00ed tresty, d\u00e1l po n\u011bm soupe\u0159i \u0161li, ale nikdo mu nemohl p\u0159edhazovat, \u017ee je chicken, zbab\u011blec.<\/p>\n

Tak\u00e9 report\u00e9r listu Toronto Star u\u017e v\u00a0listopadu 1973\u00a0uznal, \u017ee evropsk\u00fd import v\u00a0NHL obst\u00e1l. \u201eOn snad ani nem\u016f\u017ee b\u00fdt \u0160v\u00e9d, \u0159eknete si, kdy\u017e vid\u00edte, jak hraje, jak vrac\u00ed ka\u017edou r\u00e1nu. Ale skute\u010dn\u011b m\u00e1 v\u00a0pasu naps\u00e1no: B\u00f6rje Salming, 22\u00a0let, \u0160v\u00e9dsko, narozen v\u00a0Kirun\u011b,\u201c zn\u011bl pon\u011bkud zvl\u00e1\u0161tn\u00ed kompliment.<\/p>\n

Prvn\u00ed evropsk\u00e1 hv\u011bzda v\u00a0NHL<\/p>\n

Salming se dok\u00e1zal nejen postavit hokejov\u00fdm n\u00e1siln\u00edk\u016fm, ale d\u00edky \u0161v\u00e9dsk\u00e9 pr\u016fprav\u011b byl i\u00a0velmi dobr\u00fd brusla\u0159 a\u00a0um\u011bl to s\u00a0pukem. Hned v\u00a0prvn\u00ed sezon\u011b se stal oporou Toronta a\u00a0v hodnocen\u00ed Norris Trophy, kterou z\u00edsk\u00e1v\u00e1 nejlep\u0161\u00ed obr\u00e1nce NHL, skon\u010dil p\u00e1t\u00fd.<\/p>\n

V prvn\u00edch sedmi sezon\u00e1ch nikdy nedopadl h\u016f\u0159. Dvakr\u00e1t dokonce posko\u010dil na druh\u00e9 m\u00edsto, v\u00a0obou p\u0159\u00edpadech se um\u00edstil za Larrym Robinsonem z\u00a0Montrealu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tak\u00e9 to mu zajistilo pozici prvn\u00ed evropsk\u00e9 hv\u011bzdy NHL. A\u017e pozd\u011bji na n\u011bj nav\u00e1zali Peter \u0160\u0165astn\u00fd, Jari Kurri a\u00a0dal\u0161\u00ed. Ani oni to nem\u011bli jednoduch\u00e9, ale \u0161li u\u017e aspo\u0148 trochu pro\u0161lapanou cestou.<\/p>\n

Foto: Getty Images<\/p>\n

V typicky defenzivn\u00ed roli B\u00f6rje Salming vypom\u00e1h\u00e1 torontsk\u00e9mu g\u00f3lmanovi Ji\u0159\u00edmu Crhovi.<\/p>\n

Roky 1973\u20131980\u00a0byly i\u00a0Salmingov\u00fdmi nejlep\u0161\u00edmi v\u00a0z\u00e1mo\u0159\u00ed. Toronto m\u011blo nad\u011bjn\u00fd t\u00fdm, kter\u00e9mu nechyb\u011blo mnoho, aby zabojovalo o\u00a0Stanley Cup. Sice se to nepovedlo, ale ka\u017edou sezonu Maple Leafs kon\u010dili s\u00a0nad\u011bj\u00ed, \u017ee t\u0159eba p\u0159\u00ed\u0161t\u011b. V\u00a0modern\u00edch d\u011bjin\u00e1ch klubu to nen\u00ed m\u00e1lo.<\/p>\n

Bohu\u017eel pro \u0161v\u00e9dskou hv\u011bzdu zastihl Toronto v\u00a080.\u00a0letech ne\u0159\u00edzen\u00fd chaos. M\u011bnili se tren\u00e9\u0159i i\u00a0gener\u00e1ln\u00ed mana\u017ee\u0159i, hv\u011bzdy jako Lanny McDonald nebo Darryl Sittler byly posl\u00e1ny pry\u010d, do v\u0161eho mluvil nevyzpytateln\u00fd majitel Harold Ballard.<\/p>\n

V\u00fdsledkem byl p\u00e1d ke dnu NHL.<\/p>\n

Dol\u016f \u0161ly taky Salmingovy v\u00fdkony. A\u00a0nebylo to jenom p\u0159ib\u00fdvaj\u00edc\u00edm v\u011bkem.<\/p>\n

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Jak mu\u017estvo ztr\u00e1celo ambice, ztr\u00e1cel je i\u00a0on. To se ob\u010das ve sportu d\u011bje. Kdy\u017e dlouho chyb\u011bj\u00ed \u00fasp\u011bchy, dostav\u00ed se nev\u00edra. Tren\u00e9\u0159i a\u00a0mana\u017ee\u0159i panika\u0159\u00ed po ka\u017ed\u00e9m nepoveden\u00e9m z\u00e1pase, fanou\u0161ci jsou roztrp\u010den\u00ed, novin\u00e1\u0159i se s\u00a0gustem strefuj\u00ed do t\u00fdmu, ani hr\u00e1\u010di od sebe nic velk\u00e9ho neo\u010dek\u00e1vaj\u00ed.<\/p>\n

\u201ePosledn\u00edch deset let jsem si po ka\u017ed\u00e9 sezon\u011b \u0159\u00edkal, \u017ee kon\u010d\u00edm, \u017ee u\u017e to nem\u00e1m zapot\u0159eb\u00ed,\u201c p\u0159iznal Salming v\u00a0autobiografii Blood, Sweat and Hockey vydan\u00e9 v\u00a0roce 1991. \u201eAle kdy\u017e p\u0159ed v\u00e1s znovu polo\u017e\u00ed smlouvu na 350\u00a0tis\u00edc dolar\u016f, tak p\u0159ece neodm\u00edtnete.\u201c<\/p>\n

Kokainov\u00e1 af\u00e9ra<\/p>\n

Jeho kari\u00e9ru rovn\u011b\u017e ovlivnilo, \u017ee v\u00a080.\u00a0letech se nepsan\u00fdm heslem NHL stalo Play hard, party hard.<\/p>\n

Salming jako l\u00eddr Maple Leafs (funkci kapit\u00e1na odm\u00edtal, ale v\u00a0podstat\u011b mu\u017estvo \u0159\u00eddil) nic proti boh\u00e9msk\u00fdm zvyklostem nem\u011bl. Ostatn\u011b i\u00a0on byl nakr\u00e1tko vylou\u010den z\u00a0t\u00fdmu, kdy\u017e po utk\u00e1n\u00ed v\u00a0Minnesot\u011b uspo\u0159\u00e1dal na hotelu divokou no\u010dn\u00ed p\u00e1rty a\u00a0ostatn\u00ed host\u00e9 zavolali na hokejisty policii.<\/p>\n

Nebylo to v\u0161ak nic proti af\u00e9\u0159e z\u00a0roku 1986.<\/p>\n

Za\u010dala celkem nen\u00e1padn\u011b, \u010dl\u00e1nkem v\u00a0magaz\u00ednu Sports Illustrated. T\u00e9matem byl kokain<\/a> v\u00a0NHL. Autor tvrdil, \u017ee jenom v\u00a0Edmontonu<\/a>, jednom z\u00a0nejlep\u0161\u00edch t\u00fdm\u016f, s\u00a0n\u00edm m\u00e1 probl\u00e9m p\u011bt hr\u00e1\u010d\u016f a\u00a0\u017ee v\u00a0lize rozhodn\u011b nejsou sami.<\/p>\n

SALMING 2, \u010cESKOSLOVENSKO 1 <\/p>\n

Jeden z\u00a0nejlep\u0161\u00edch reprezenta\u010dn\u00edch z\u00e1pas\u016f odehr\u00e1l B\u00f6rje Salming na Canada Cupu 1976\u00a0proti \u010ceskoslovensku. <\/p>\n

I kdy\u017e u\u017e \u0160v\u00e9d\u016fm \u0161lo v\u00a0z\u00e1v\u011bre\u010dn\u00fd den z\u00e1kladn\u00ed skupiny jen o\u00a0kone\u010dn\u00e9 um\u00edst\u011bn\u00ed a\u00a0\u010deskoslovensk\u00fd t\u00fdm m\u011bl jist\u00fd postup do fin\u00e1le, byla to velk\u00e1 bitva. Dv\u011bma g\u00f3ly b\u011bhem osmi minut ji v\u00a0z\u00e1v\u011bre\u010dn\u00e9 t\u0159etin\u011b rozhodl pr\u00e1v\u011b on, kdy\u017e na rozd\u00edl od dom\u00e1c\u00edch hv\u011bzd v\u00a0p\u0159edchoz\u00edm utk\u00e1n\u00ed dok\u00e1zal p\u0159ekonat skv\u011bl\u00e9ho g\u00f3lmana Vladim\u00edra Dzurillu.<\/p>\n

Z\u00e1pas se hr\u00e1l v\u00a0Quebecu, zat\u00edmco v \u201ejeho\u201c Torontu soub\u011b\u017en\u011b bojovala Kanada se Sov\u011bty. P\u0159esto zam\u011bstnanci Maple Leaf Gardens nev\u00e1hali na ukazateli sk\u00f3re rozsv\u00edtit n\u00e1pis: SALMING 2, CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1.<\/p>\n

Pr\u00e1v\u011b o\u00a0Salmingovi se v\u00a0t\u00e9hle souvislosti dlouho v\u00a0z\u00e1kulis\u00ed mluvilo. Po zm\u00edn\u011bn\u00e9m \u010dl\u00e1nku se proto dohodl s\u00a0report\u00e9rem listu Toronto Star, \u017ee o\u00a0sv\u00fdch zku\u0161enostech s\u00a0kokainem povypr\u00e1v\u00ed rad\u011bji s\u00e1m, ne\u017e aby se stal hrdinou podobn\u00e9ho textu jako hr\u00e1\u010di Oilers.<\/p>\n

P\u0159ednesl p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh, jak si jednou, snad v\u00a0roce 1980, v\u00a0opilosti na ve\u010d\u00edrku dop\u0159\u00e1l p\u00e1r lajn. Bylo to poprv\u00e9 i\u00a0naposledy, na to kladl d\u016fraz, a\u00a0nijak se to net\u00fdkalo hokeje. Nestalo se to na t\u00fdmov\u00e9 akci, nebyl u\u00a0toho nikdo ze spoluhr\u00e1\u010d\u016f.<\/p>\n

Liga nejprve zareagovala nezvykle tvrd\u011b. Funkcion\u00e1\u0159i si dob\u0159e pamatovali, jak podobn\u00e9 skand\u00e1ly v\u00a070.\u00a0letech m\u00e1lem zni\u010dily NBA<\/a>, proto Salming dostal distanc na celou sezonu.<\/p>\n

Na\u0161t\u011bst\u00ed pro n\u011bj se do v\u011bci vlo\u017eili pr\u00e1vn\u00edci a\u00a0vymohli mu sn\u00ed\u017een\u00ed trestu na pouh\u00fdch osm z\u00e1pas\u016f plus symbolickou pokutu 500\u00a0dolar\u016f.<\/p>\n

Brusle ve tv\u00e1\u0159i a\u00a0250\u00a0steh\u016f<\/p>\n

V Torontu z\u016fstal do l\u00e9ta 1989.\u00a0Ide\u00e1ln\u00ed \u010das na v\u00fdm\u011bnu, kter\u00e1 by mu zv\u00fd\u0161ila \u0161anci na Stanley Cup, prome\u0161kal, p\u0159esto \u0161el v\u00a038\u00a0letech zkusit \u0161t\u011bst\u00ed do Detroitu<\/a>. Znovu bez \u00fasp\u011bchu. I\u00a0kdy\u017e m\u011bl dobrou sezonu, novou smlouvu mu veden\u00ed Red Wings nenab\u00eddlo.<\/p>\n

NHL tak opou\u0161t\u011bl s\u00a01148\u00a0utk\u00e1n\u00edmi na kont\u011b. V\u00a0historick\u00e9m \u017eeb\u0159\u00ed\u010dku ho to dnes \u0159ad\u00ed n\u011bkam ke 190.\u00a0m\u00edstu, ale je to jedno z\u00a0on\u011bch \u010d\u00edsel, kter\u00e1 v\u00e1m bez kontextu ne\u0159\u00edkaj\u00ed cel\u00fd p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh.<\/p>\n

V prvn\u00ed \u0159ad\u011b ho ka\u017ed\u00e1 \u010d\u00e1rka do statistik st\u00e1la nesm\u00edrn\u011b sil. Obvykle str\u00e1vil na led\u011b kolem 30\u00a0minut, na vrcholu kari\u00e9ry se dostal a\u017e ke\u00a045\u00a0minut\u00e1m. Rval se, sr\u00e1\u017eel se, dohr\u00e1val souboje u\u00a0mantinelu, ob\u011btav\u011b padal do st\u0159el\u00a0\u2013 skoro jako druh\u00fd brank\u00e1\u0159.<\/p>\n

Nav\u00edc o\u00a0spoustu dal\u0161\u00edch utk\u00e1n\u00ed ho p\u0159ipravila zran\u011bn\u00ed. To nejt\u011b\u017e\u0161\u00ed utrp\u011bl v\u00a0roce 1986, kdy ho p\u0159i smoln\u00e9 kolizi p\u0159ed brankou trefila soupe\u0159ova brusle do obli\u010deje. M\u00e1lem p\u0159i\u0161el o\u00a0zrak. Vyv\u00e1zl s\u00a0250\u00a0stehy a\u00a0velkou jizvou kolem oka.<\/p>\n

Kdy\u017e se za p\u00e1r dn\u016f uk\u00e1zal na tr\u00e9ninku, byl opuchl\u00fd a\u00a0se\u0161it\u00fd. \u201eVypad\u00e1\u0161 jako m\u00ed\u010dek na baseball,\u201c vtipkovali spoluhr\u00e1\u010di. Ale vynechal jen t\u0159i z\u00e1pasy!<\/p>\n

Foto: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Tak vypadal B\u00f6rje Salming v\u00a0roce 1986\u00a0po st\u0159etnut\u00ed s\u00a0brusl\u00ed detroitsk\u00e9ho \u00fato\u010dn\u00edka Gerarda Gallanta.<\/p>\n

Jeho zdravotn\u00ed karta by vysta\u010dila na n\u011bkolik hokejist\u016f dohromady:<\/p>\n

Nos m\u011bl zlomen\u00fd p\u011btkr\u00e1t.\u010celo mu \u0161ili osmkr\u00e1t, obo\u010d\u00ed v\u00edc ne\u017e dvacetkr\u00e1t.Po z\u00e1sahu hokejkou vid\u011bl na prav\u00e9 oko jenom z\u00a0poloviny.P\u0159i\u0161el o\u00a0p\u011bt zub\u016f.Jednou m\u011bl zlomen\u00e9 \u017eebro, jednou patu, dvakr\u00e1t dislokovan\u00e9 rameno.Zlomen\u00e9 m\u011bl i\u00a0\u010dty\u0159i prsty na prav\u00e9 ruce.Loket si odrovnal opakovan\u011b, tr\u00e1pily ho tak\u00e9 zni\u010den\u00e1 kolenn\u00ed \u010d\u00e9\u0161ka a\u00a0probl\u00e9my s\u00a0chrupavkou.Patn\u00e1ctkr\u00e1t mu za\u0161\u00edvali bradu.<\/p>\n

I proto je st\u00e1le pova\u017eov\u00e1n za jednu z\u00a0nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00edch legend Toronta. I\u00a0proto byl v\u00a0roce 1996\u00a0uveden do Hockey Hall of Fame\u00a0\u2013 samoz\u0159ejm\u011b jako prvn\u00ed z\u00a0Evropan\u016f, kte\u0159\u00ed hr\u00e1li NHL.<\/p>\n

Olympijsk\u00e1 premi\u00e9ra ve 40\u00a0letech<\/p>\n

Po konci v\u00a0Detroitu se vydal dom\u016f, do \u0160v\u00e9dska. Je\u0161t\u011b podepsal smlouvu s\u00a0AIK Stockholm, i\u00a0kdy\u017e nev\u011b\u0159il, \u017ee je to na dlouho. Nakonec vydr\u017eel p\u0159es dv\u011b sezony.<\/p>\n

Dokonce se vr\u00e1til do reprezentace a\u00a0zahr\u00e1l si na Canada Cupu 1991\u00a0\u2013 jako jedin\u00fd hr\u00e1\u010d se p\u0159edstavil na prvn\u00edm i\u00a0posledn\u00edm ro\u010dn\u00edku turnaje. V\u00a0\u00fanoru 1992\u00a0si odbyl olympijskou<\/a> premi\u00e9ru. Pochopiteln\u011b ve 40\u00a0letech budil velkou pozornost. Zvl\u00e1\u0161\u0165 z\u00e1pasy s\u00a0\u010ceskoslovenskem vypadaly kuri\u00f3zn\u011b: na led\u011b veter\u00e1n B\u00f6rje Salming, na st\u0159\u00edda\u010dce v\u00a0roli tren\u00e9ra o\u00a0rok star\u0161\u00ed Ivan Hlinka<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pr\u00e1v\u011b \u010deskoslovensk\u00fd t\u00fdm mu na turnaji v\u00a0Albertville vystavil stopku. \u0160v\u00e9dov\u00e9 \u010dtvrtfin\u00e1le prohr\u00e1li 1:3\u00a0a\u00a0p\u00e1t\u00e9 m\u00edsto pro n\u011b bylo zklam\u00e1n\u00edm.<\/p>\n

Foto: Getty Images<\/p>\n

B\u00f6rje Salming v\u00a055\u00a0letech. Vynikaj\u00edc\u00ed kondici si udr\u017eoval a\u017e do pozdn\u00edho v\u011bku.<\/p>\n

Po konci kari\u00e9ry za\u010dal Salming plnit roli neofici\u00e1ln\u00edho velvyslance v\u00a0Kanad\u011b<\/a>. Ka\u017edou chv\u00edli se do Toronta<\/a> vracel, a\u00a0kdykoli klub anga\u017eoval n\u011bkterou ze \u0161v\u00e9dsk\u00fdch hv\u011bzd, t\u0159eba Matse Sundina nebo pozd\u011bji Williama Nylandera, d\u011blal jim mentora a\u00a0pr\u016fvodce v\u00a0nejhokejov\u011bj\u0161\u00edm m\u011bst\u011b sv\u011bta.<\/p>\n

\u010casem tak\u00e9 rozjel firmu na v\u00fdrobu sportovn\u00edho vybaven\u00ed, s\u00a0n\u00ed\u017e \u00fasp\u011b\u0161n\u011b expandoval, do \u0160v\u00e9dska dov\u00e1\u017eel pivo Labatt. \u010casto nav\u0161t\u011bvoval charitativn\u00ed akce a\u00a0byl pravideln\u00fdm \u00fa\u010dastn\u00edkem z\u00e1pas\u016f star\u00fdch gard. St\u00e1le udivoval fyzickou kondic\u00ed. Svalnat\u00e1, \u0161lachovit\u00e1 postava ho zdobila i\u00a0v letech, kdy u\u017e jeho v\u011bk za\u010d\u00ednal \u0161estkou.<\/p>\n

Z\u00e1ke\u0159n\u00e1 nemoc<\/p>\n

Posledn\u00ed utk\u00e1n\u00ed odehr\u00e1l v\u00a0\u00fanoru 2022.\u00a0Musel z\u00a0n\u011bj p\u0159ed\u010dasn\u011b odstoupit a\u00a0st\u011b\u017eoval si na svalovou \u00fanavu. Zprvu tomu nev\u011bnoval velkou pozornost. Koneckonc\u016f u\u017e oslavil sedmdes\u00e1tku a\u00a0t\u011blo m\u00e1 v\u00a0takov\u00e9m v\u011bku na podobn\u00e9 stavy n\u00e1rok.<\/p>\n

Bohu\u017eel n\u00e1sledn\u00e1 vy\u0161et\u0159en\u00ed prok\u00e1zala zdrcuj\u00edc\u00ed diagn\u00f3zu: Amyotrofick\u00e1 later\u00e1ln\u00ed skler\u00f3za (ALS<\/a>), kter\u00e1 postupn\u011b paralyzuje svaly a\u00a0s n\u00ed\u017e si medic\u00edna nev\u00ed rady.<\/p>\n

Z\u00e1ke\u0159n\u00e1 nemoc, kter\u00e9 se v\u00a0Americe tak\u00e9 \u0159\u00edk\u00e1 Lou Gehrigova choroba, podle slavn\u00e9ho hr\u00e1\u010de baseballu, jen\u017e na ni v\u00a0roce 1941\u00a0zem\u0159el, za\u010dala postupovat velmi rychle.<\/p>\n

Je\u0161t\u011b v\u00a0srpnu 2022\u00a0si mohli pozorn\u00ed fanou\u0161ci Salminga v\u0161imnout na tribun\u011b mnichovsk\u00e9ho Olympiastadionu, kde p\u0159i atletick\u00e9m ME dr\u017eel palce dce\u0159i Biance, kter\u00e1 v\u00a0sedmiboji skon\u010dila osm\u00e1.<\/p>\n

V \u0159\u00edjnu pak rodina zve\u0159ejnila video, na n\u011bm\u017e u\u017e Salming komunikoval pouze prost\u0159ednictv\u00edm aplikace na tabletu. Nebyl schopen se ani s\u00e1m naj\u00edst.<\/p>\n

Hokejov\u00fd sv\u011bt si jeho v\u00e1\u017en\u00e9ho stavu definitivn\u011b v\u0161iml v\u00a0listopadu, kdy\u017e p\u0159ilet\u011bl do Toronta na slavnostn\u00ed akce p\u0159edch\u00e1zej\u00edc\u00ed uveden\u00ed nov\u00fdch \u010dlen\u016f do Hockey Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

Klub, ve kter\u00e9m str\u00e1vil 16\u00a0let, mu p\u0159ipravil speci\u00e1ln\u00ed p\u0159iv\u00edt\u00e1n\u00ed p\u0159\u00edmo na led\u011b p\u0159ed utk\u00e1n\u00edm s\u00a0Vancouverem. A\u00a0byl to jeden z\u00a0nejdojemn\u011bj\u0161\u00edch okam\u017eik\u016f historie NHL.<\/p>\n

Foto: Profimedia.cz<\/p>\n

Naposledy na ve\u0159ejnosti, p\u0159i emotivn\u00edm ve\u010deru v\u00a0Torontu.<\/p>\n

Viditeln\u011b nemocn\u00fd B\u00f6rje Salming s\u00a0velk\u00fdm sebezap\u0159en\u00edm zam\u00e1val tribun\u00e1m a\u00a0pak hodil slavnostn\u00ed buly. Kolem n\u011bj st\u00e1li Darryl Sittler, Lanny McDonald, Mats Sundin a\u00a0dal\u0161\u00ed legendy, hala bou\u0159ila. Hokejist\u00e9 i\u00a0fanou\u0161ci m\u011bli v\u00a0o\u010d\u00edch slzy.<\/p>\n

Nikdo to ne\u0159ekl nahlas, ale bylo jasn\u00e9, \u017ee tenhle ve\u010der je Salmingov\u00fdm lou\u010den\u00edm s\u00a0NHL, s\u00a0Torontem, s\u00a0fanou\u0161ky Maple Leafs i\u00a0se sportem, pro kter\u00fd se tolik ob\u011btoval.<\/p>\n

O 12\u00a0dn\u016f pozd\u011bji doma ve \u0160v\u00e9dsku zem\u0159el.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"V pr\u00e1v\u011b skon\u010den\u00e9 z\u00e1kladn\u00ed \u010d\u00e1sti NHL nastoupilo 307\u00a0hokejist\u016f z\u00a0Evropy. Deset z\u00a0nich m\u011blo na dresu kapit\u00e1nsk\u00e9 c\u00e9\u010dko. Pokud by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[8004,27,1553,94,93,631,16900,5352],"class_list":{"0":"post-57965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sport","8":"tag-detroit-red-wings","9":"tag-kanada","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sport","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-svedsko","14":"tag-toronto","15":"tag-toronto-maple-leafs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@cz\/116420770781848125","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}