Word: krejci
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...Tomas Krejci, a 30-year-old policeman from Prague, used to go to 20 ice hockey games a season. But he gave up in the early 1990s; in his view, the quality of the 14 teams in the Czech league slipped because all the best players were lured across the Atlantic by the higher salaries of North America's National Hockey League. But this season, thanks to an NHL salary dispute, much of the top talent is back - and so is Krejci, who has already attended more than 15 games. "They have brought the game to life," he says...
...grind in Russia. If the salary in the NHL is the same as here, they'll all go back." Szemberg agrees: "You should treat this as a very extraordinary situation that won't last." But as long as the NHL stars are in Europe, fans like Krejci are thrilled to keep seeing them play live...
Wetzel reached the finals with a dominating win over Jan Krejci of Stony Brook. After taking the first set 6-4, Wetzel broke twice, unleashing a stream of booming serves and solid groundstrokes to win the second...