Hockey player Peter Svoboda put up for auction a ring for winning the Stanley Cup

The former defender of the Montreal club of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Czech national team, Peter Svoboda, put up for auction a personal ring, which was awarded to him for winning the Stanley Cup in 1986. This is reported on the website of the auction house Classic Auctions.

The starting price was $ 3 thousand, the current bid is $5,317. 24 days remain until the end of the auction. Svoboda intends to spend the proceeds on charity, TASS quotes excerpts.

Freedom is 59 years old. He was selected by Montreal in the National Hockey League draft under the overall fifth number in 1984. In the 1985/86 season, he won the Stanley Cup with the team. The defender played for the Canadian club for eight seasons, later in the league the Czech also defended the colors of Buffalo, Philadelphia and Tampa. He became the first Czech hockey player to play 1,000 games in the NHL.

Svoboda is the 1998 Olympic champion of the Czech national team. In the final, the Czechs defeated the Russian team with a score of 1:0. Svoboda scored the only goal.