Movie Documentary
Five Rings Films presents the inspiring story of how Czech Republic won gold at the first Olympics to feature professionals from the NHL.
Canada Canada Czech Republic Czech Republic United States of America
Dominik Hašek Jaromír Jágr Giancarlo Esposito Pavel Bárta John Davidson Michael Farber Theo Fleury Brett Hull Zdeněk Janda Lou Lamoriello Slavomír Lener Tal Pinchevsky Serge A. Savard Oldřich Tuma Robert Záruba Marc Crawford Helene Elliott René Fasel Roman Hamrlík Liběna Astrová Jiří Koliš Eric Lindros Bob McKenzie Martin Vačkář Martin Rucinsky Alexei Yashin Michael Žantovský Petr Svoboda
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