Vladimír Martinec

Vladimir Martinec (born December 22, 1949 in Lomnice, Czechoslovakia) was a Czech ice hockey right wing in the 1970's. He won the Czechoslovakian Golden Hockey Stick award as top player in Czechoslovakia four times, in 1973, 1975, 1976, and 1979.

Martinec played for Tesla Pardubice in the Czechoslovakian Elite League from 1967 to 1981 except for 1978-79, when he played for Dukla Jihlava. Nicknamed "The Fox" due to the unpredicatability of his offensive manoevres, he scored 343 goals in 539 games in the elite league.

Martinec was a regular on Czechoslovakian national teams in the 1970's. He played in the World Championships every year in the 1970's and in 1981 (on the winning side in 1972, 1976, and 1977, and making the all-star team in 1974, 1976, and 1977); he also played on the 1972, 1976, and 1980 Olympic teams, and in the 1976 Canada Cup. He scored 155 goals in 289 international games.

He coached ESV Kaufbeuren in Germany (also coming back to play for this team in 1985), and then coached his old team Tesla Pardubice between 1986 and 1989.