Even though he was only 4 years old at the time, Vashi Nedomansky has vivid memories of that day in 1974 when his parents took him aside and told him they would be clandestinely leaving Czechoslovakia ...

BEFORE ALEXANDER MOGILNY, before the Stastnys, there was Vaclav Nedomansky. Nedomansky was the first Communist-era hockey star to push back against the Iron Curtain by defecting to North America in ...

TORONTO --Dennis Hull is still laughing about his accidental first encounter with Vaclav Nedomansky nearly five decades ago, six years before the two would be teammates on the 1977-78 Detroit Red ...

It’s nice to see that the Hockey Hall of Fame is finally inducting Vaclav Nedomansky as an honored member today. Big Ned was Czechoslovakia’s star center on the international hockey stage in the late ...

Longtime NHL scout David Conte reflects on the career of Vaclav Nedomansky, whose on-ice excellence made him a legend in his home country and bravery opened the door for fellow Czech players. In the ...

DETROIT – Two players from the "Dead Wings" era have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, and it's not for what they did while playing for the Red Wings. Forward Vaclav Nedomansky was inducted ...

A former Detroit Red Wings Hall of Famer from Czechia is railing against Russia and surprise, surprise, it isn’t Dominik Hasek. Vaclav Nedomansky is the Czech hockey legend who is taking Russia to ...

Former Red Wings Vaclav Nedomansky and Jim Rutherford were part of a six-member class who were elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame on Tuesday. The others were four-time Olympic gold medalist Hayley ...

It’s nice to see that the Hockey Hall of Fame is finally inducting Vaclav Nedomansky as an honored member today. Big Ned was Czechoslovakia’s star center on the international hockey stage in the late ...