Photo: Jeff Roberson, ČTK/AP
Boston Bruins forward David Pastrňák scored a milestone hat-trick in the team’s 4:3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins at the weekend. With a total of 56 goals and 47 assists Pastrňák thus became only the second Czech ice hockey player after Jaromír Jágr to score more than 100 points during the regular NHL season. I asked Czech Radio’s sports journalist Petr Tomášek about the significance of the achievement.
“It’s a big milestone because, as you said, only Jágr managed it before him. It is also a mark of quality. He now belongs in the ‘100 club’, so he can call himself a superstar.”
How exclusive is this “100 club”?
“There are only 5 players in this season who made it and in some seasons there are no players who breach the three digit point score.”
Pastrňák is still just 26 and has much of his career in front of him. Where would you place him among Czech hockey stars overall?
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Author: Thomas McEnchroe