Bedřich Ščerban (born 31 May 1964, in

Jihlava Jihlava (; german: Iglau) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 50,000 inhabitants. Jihlava is the capital of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava River on the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia. Historically, Jihlava ...

) is a

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former professional

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. He competed at three

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. Ščerban began his career with

HC Dukla Jihlava HC Dukla Jihlava, founded in 1956, is an ice hockey team in the Czech Republic. It won the Czechoslovak Extraliga title 12 times: six consecutive championships beginning in 1967, then in 1974, four consecutive championships beginning in 1982, an ...

of the

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in 1986. In 1991, he moved to

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, spending one season with

Tappara Tappara (; Finnish for "Battle axe") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team playing in the Liiga. They play at ''Tampere Deck Arena'' in Tampere, Finland. The team has won 18 Finnish league championships (1959, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, ...

before moving the Sweden's Elitserien with

Brynäs IF Brynäs IF is a Swedish ice hockey team from Gävle. The club currently plays in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the top tier of ice hockey in Sweden. The club has played in the top-tier league since 1960, longer than any other team. History B ...

. He returned to the Czech Republic in 1996, splitting the year with HC Vsetín and a second spell with Dukla Jihlava. He would spend the next seven seasons in

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, playing for the Essen Mosquitoes and

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. He returned to the Czech Republic in 2004, spending his final seasons playing in the 1. národní hokejová liga for HC Berounští Medvědi, SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč and a third spells with Jihlava before retiring in 2008. Ščerban played on 1992 Bronze Medal winning Olympic Hockey team for

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Regular season and playoffs

International

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scerban, Bedrich 1964 births Living people HC Berounští Medvědi players Brynäs IF players Czech ice hockey defencemen Czechoslovak ice hockey defencemen EHC Freiburg players Essen Mosquitoes players HC Dukla Jihlava players Ice hockey players at the 1988 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic ice hockey players of Czechoslovakia Olympic ice hockey players of the Czech Republic Olympic medalists in ice hockey SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč players Tappara players VHK Vsetín players Sportspeople from Jihlava