Jan Brskovsky, president of your Light Aircraft Association of this Czech Republic, mentioned Jirik was a highly skilled pilot and therefore the exact factor for the accident is simply not promptly acknowledged.

Jirik was cleared to try out in the NHL by Czech authorities. He became a correct wing who played only 3 games for that St. Louis Blues with the 1969-70 season. He spent almost all the season during the minors when using the Independence Blues.

Jirik scored 83 objectives in her 134 international games for Czechoslovakia, winning the silver medal in the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble and bronze for the 1964 Innsbruck Olympics. In 450 games around the Czech league, he scored 300 targets.

He was one of the leading players from the 1960s, federation president Tomas Kral stated in the statement. He was an awesome player additionally it is a superb character who had previously been nevertheless lively with turning 70, Kral said. Its a superb loss for Czech ice hockey.

Immediately after his playing career, Jirik coached various Czechoslovak clubs and ran the Swiss national team from 1977-80.