Pastrňák wins Golden Hockey Stick for player of season for fifth time in row

NHL star David Pastrňák has won the Golden Hockey Stick award for best Czech ice hockey player of the season for the fifth time in succession. The Boston forward, who is 25, finished ahead of Tampa Bay’s Ondřej Palát and his Boston teammate David Krejčí in the annual poll.

Previously Jaromír Jágr held the record for most Golden Hockey Sticks in a row, with four.