Sikora, Wenceslas

From the age of ten he played in the teams of the Kladno club. In 1971-1980 and 1982-1985 he played for the team in the championship of Czechoslovakia, the five-time national champion (1975-1978, 1980), was the captain of the team. In 1980-1982 he served in the Dukla club Trenchin . In 1986-1988 he played for the Italian club " Cortina ", in which he ended his career at the age of 35. He played several matches for the Czechoslovak team , became the bronze medalist of the European Championship among juniors 1971 .

He worked as a coach in the teams “Kladno” (1989–1991), “ Saipa ” (1991–1992, Finland), “ Lucco ” (1992–1996, Finland - an assistant, head coach; head coach of the U20 team in the 1992/93 season), Sparta Prague (1996-1998, assistant), Litvinov (1998-2001, 2005-2007), Sparta Prague (2001-2002), Ilves (2003-2004, Finland), Znoemsti Orly (2007-2008), Pardubice (2008-2010).

In the summer of 2010 he moved to the coaching staff of the KHL SKA club St. Petersburg . ^[1] On October 20, he was appointed acting head coach after the resignation of Ivan Zanatta . ^[2] November 8 was approved as head coach; The contract was signed before the end of the season. ^[3] On March 22, 2011, the contract was terminated; the team under his leadership for the first time in the history of the KHL went through the first round of the playoffs , beating Spartak (4-0), but in the second round, leading 3-1 in the course of the series, lost to Atlanta 3-4. ^[four]

On April 13, 2011 he headed the club of the second strongest Czech division - the first league - Chomutov . ^[5] Despite the victory in the semifinal playoff series, Sikora was fired, and Jiri Dolezhal led the team to victory in the tournament. October 3, 2012 became the head coach of Prague “Sparta” , ^[6] but on November 6 he headed the KHL club “Lev” Prague . ^[7] On March 6, 2013, the contract was renewed. ^[8] October 10, 2013 Sikora, for family reasons, resigned as head coach, but remained to work in the coaching staff. ^[9] The team led by Kari Yalonen reached the final of the Gagarin Cup , where in seven matches they lost to Magnitogorsk Metallurg. Despite a successful performance, the club decided to stop participating in the KHL. On November 28, 2014, Sikora was invited to the position of Severstal's consulting coach. ^[10] At the 2015 World Cup, he worked as an organizer for Jalonen in the Finnish national team . ^[11] May 20, 2015 was appointed head coach of Severstal. ^[12] October 29, 2015 for poor athletic performance shown by the team, was suspended from work, ^[13] and on November 13, the contract by mutual agreement of the parties was terminated. ^[14] Soon he transferred to the post of consultant at the Mountfield club Hradec Kralove , where in April 2016 he began to work as a head coach. In the summer of 2018, he became an assistant to Sergei Zubov at the Sochi club.

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