"THE CHAMPS"
(a list of illustrations)

Matej Buckna (1913-1995)

1. 22-year old Buckna upon his arrival in Prague in 1935
2. "Trail Smoke Eaters", the team symbol
3. Trail, British Columbia, Buckna's hometown
4. LTC Prague juniors whom Buckna taught the Canadian style hockey. Most of them were selected by Buckna after WW2 for the Czech national team that won the World Championship in 1947 and 1949
5. The glory days of the famous hockey arena in Prague will be soon over. In 2004 a new luxurious fitness center will be constructed in its place on the Stvanice island
6. Buckna w. Stanislav Konopasek. LTC Prague teammates and close friends
7. Buckna never forgot his "Smokies" and wore their team jersey during every practice session in Prague
8. Buckna's first official engagement as the Team Czechoslovakia coach at the
1937 London World Championship
9. Buckna on the Czech bench during the 1947 Prague World Championship. On
the right, the team captain Frantisek Pacalt
10. Buckna w. Jaroslav Drobny in 1947. Drobny became a Wimbledon tennis
Champion in 1951
11. Buckna during a practice session at the 1947 World Championship
12. The Czech hockey "Hall of Fame"
13. Buckna at the Stvanice stadium, shortly before his return to Canada in 1948
14. Wenceslas Square, downtown Prague
15. The hockey arena on the Stvanice Island in Prague opened in 1934
16. I. CLTK (Czech Lawn Tennis Club) team logo
17. Rossland, B.C. where Buckna finished his hockey career in 1954
18. Buckna in 1985 during his last visit in Prague

Rumor of War (World Championship 1939)

19. "Trail Smoke Eaters", 1938 Allan Cup winners and 1939 World Champions
20. "Trail Smoke Eaters" memory board
21. Team Czechoslovakia lost to Buckna's former teammates 1-2
22. A Nazi salute by German players
23. Germany's swastika flag
24. Hitler'Junkers planes, 1939
25-26. Red Army troops liberating Prague. Wenceslas Square May 9, 1945
27. St. Wenceslas statute, a symbol of the Czech independence

The Golden Years (1947-49)

28. Czech National Theater, downtown Prague
29. Team Czechoslovakia, World Champions. Prague, 1947
30. Frank Capra's WW2 epic "Best Years of Our Lives" played to packed houses in 1946 Prague
31. Hockey fans at the Prague Stvanice stadium
32. The legendary Czech goalie Bohuslav Modry
33. Fans storming the rink after the final game against USA
34. V. Zabrodsky ("The Chief") an outstanding high scoring forward and the Czech
team captain
35. Team Czechoslovakia won the silver medal at the St. Moritz 1948 Olympics
36. N.Y.Times, March 20, 1950:"Skating Champion in Political Exile"
Aja Vrzanova refused to return to communist Czechoslovakia after winning
the London World Championship in 1950
37. Sudbury Wolves represented Canada in 1949 Stockholm World Championship
38. Team Czechoslovakia
39. S. Konopasek scoring the winning goal against Canada
40. N.Y. Times, February 20, 1949: "Czech Six Winners"
41. B. Modry w. the World Cup trophy
42. Victory ride through the Wenceslas Square in downtown Prague

Vanishing Champions (1950)

43. S. Konopasek in front of "Zlata Kaplicka" ("The Golden Chapel") restaurant,
the place of his team arrest in 1950
44. The Czech Airlines' "Dakota" waiting on the Prague runway to take the
national hockey team to the London World Championship in 1950
45. The Stalin's monument, was built in 1951 as a symbol of an eternal Czech-
Soviet friendship
46. The courtroom where the secret proceedings against the hockey players were
held in October, 1950
47. London Times, October 6, 1950: "Trial of Czech Ice-Hockey Players"
48. The Czech national team's captain B. Modry. Sentenced to 15 years for leading
the alleged plot by the team to defect
49.-52. The Pankrac jail facility in Prague
53. A mining tower at the Jachymov labor camp, where the players served part of their sentences
54. The Supreme Court judgment sending the hockey players to a total of 74 years in hard labor camps for treason

"Prague Spring", 1968

55. -59. Warsaw Pact Invasion, August 1968
60. Alexander Dubcek's resignation

War on Ice, (World Championship1969)

61. The Czech and the Soviet team captains J. Golonka and V. Starsinov
62. After their victory, the Czechs refused to shake hands with the Soviets
63. In a gesture of defiance, the players taped over the communist
star symbol on their jerseys before the play-off game against the Soviets
64. V. Nedomansky scoring in the first play-off game
65. The Czech bench
66. J. Cerny's scoring a second game winner
67. Team celebrating
68. Jan Golonka, the playoff's MVP
69. -72. A victory celebration at the Wenceslas Square turned into an anti-Soviet
rally

Olympic Champions, 1998

73. Czech Head coaches Stanislav Lenner and Ivan Hlinka
74. J. Jagr w. the Czech flag
75. Czech fans during the last minute of the Olympic finals
76. The Czech team after beating Russia 1-0
77. Int. Herald Tribune, February 21, 1998: "Czechs Stun Canada"
78. A cheerleading team of the Czech players' wifes
79. -80. A victory celebration at the Prague's Old Town Square
81. D. Hasek and J. Jagr at the Old Town Square

Interviews 1995-2003

82. Stanislav Konopasek, World Champion 1947 and 1949. In the 1950 trial
sentenced to 12 years
83. Karel Gut, a current President of the Czech Hockey Association
84. Vaclav Rozinak, World Champion 1947, 1949. Sentenced to 10 years
85. Vaclav Kobranov, World Champion 1947, 1949. Sentenced to 10 years
86. Mrs. H. Modra, wife of B. Modry, World Champion 1947 who died in 1963 as a result of his work in Jachymov uranium mines
87. Claude Lemieux, Pittsburg Penguins
88. Dominik Hasek, Detroit Red Wings
89. Ivan Hlinka, Head Coach of the Team Czechoslovakia, Olympic Champions 1998
90. Jaromir Jagr, Washington Capitals, Olympic Champion 1998