Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:28:16 +020013 March 1950: When propaganda, a pub brawl put defending world hockey champs Czechoslovakia ‘on ice’https://english.radio.cz/13-march-1950-when-propaganda-a-pub-brawl-put-defending-world-hockey-champs-8105737© 2026 Radio Prague International Czechoslovakia had arguably the best national ice hockey team in the world for years after the Second World War – despite the Communists side-lining a slew of “politically unreliable” star players on the road to building socialism. We look back at the roots of a historic pub brawl and police raid 70 years ago, after frustrated hockey players blew the whistle on official lies. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/hokejiste_ms_1947.jpg?timestamp=1707738724 13 March 1950: When propaganda, a pub brawl put defending world hockey champs Czechoslovakia ‘on ice’ https://english.radio.cz/13-march-1950-when-propaganda-a-pub-brawl-put-defending-world-hockey-champs-8105737 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9