Milan Nový (born 23 September 1951 in

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) is a retired Czech

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center. He played 16 seasons in the Czechoslovak Elite League, winning six league championships between 1974 and 1980. Nový played for Kladno in the Czechoslovak junior league from 1963 to 1968. He played in the elite league with

from 1968 to 1972,

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from 1972 to 1974, and Kladno again from 1974 to 1982 and 1987 to 1989. He was named the top player in the league three times, and was first in scoring six times. His 90 points (59 goals and 31 assists) in 44 games in 1976–77 is the league record. Nový scored 474 goals in 633 league games, as well as 120 goals in 211 games with the national team. He holds the Czech "iron man" record, playing eight seasons without missing a game. Nový won a silver medal on the 1976 Czechoslovak Olympic team and played in the 1980 Olympics, leading all scorers with 15 points. He appeared in seven consecutive

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from 1975 to 1982, and was named to the all-star team in 1976. He led all players in

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with 14 goals in 1974. Nový was named to the

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all-star team, tied for the most goals, and was the top scorer and MVP on his team. He scored the only goal in a 1–0 Czechoslovak victory over Canada, in a game

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said was the best he ever played in. He also played in the

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. He played with the

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in 1982–83. Though he began with a goal and two assists in his first game and points in his first four games, he had difficulty adjusting to North American culture and the physical play of the North American game, finishing the season with 48 points in 73 games. He played with Zurcher SC in Switzerland from 1983 to 1985 and with EV Wien in

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in 1985–86. Nový returned to Kladno in 1986, to help his old team get out of the second division, back into the elite league. They succeeded, and he played in the elite league for two more years before retiring in 1989. Nový was inducted into the

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in 2011.

Czechoslovak Elite League awards

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(Top player): 1977, 1981, 1982 *Scoring title: 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982 *Top goal scorer: 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977 *On championship team: 1974 (Jihlava); 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980 (Kladno)

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