Unlike many of his peers from Brno, youth national teams avoided him, but even as a teenager, Michal Kunc was 90 percent convinced that he didn't have what it takes to play professional hockey and would make a living as a computer graphic designer. But he also loved and still loves hockey, so he defied the odds. He made it in the extra league, the national team (the adult team) found him, and last season he even tried to get a job in the NHL on …
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Unlike many of his peers from Brno, youth national teams avoided him, but even as a teenager, Michal Kunc was 90 percent convinced that he didn't have what it takes to play professional hockey and would make a living as a computer graphic designer. But he also loved and still loves hockey, so he defied the odds. He made it in the extra league, the national team (the adult team) found him, and last season he even tried to get a job in the NHL on …