The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia national ice hockey team was the national men's

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team of the

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. The team competed in six exhibition matches between 11 January to 7 February 1940. The team was absorbed into the reformed Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team after the Protectorate was dissolved and became part of the

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History

The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia played its first game in January 1940 against

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during an exhibition game being held in

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. The team won the game 5–1. The following month the team competed in five exhibition matches with three held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen,

, and the other two in Prague. Bohemia and Moravia's first game in Garmisch-Partenkirchen was against

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which they won 12–0. This was recorded as Bohemia and Moravia's largest win in their short international participation. The other two games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen were against

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and

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which they won 5–0 and 6–0 respectively. After their three games in Germany, the team returned to Prague to compete in a two-game series against Hungary. The first game ended in a 1–1 draw while Bohemia and Moravia won the second 2–1. After playing their last game on 7 February 1940, the team was succeeded by the reformed Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team after the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was dissolved and became part of the

All-time record against other nations

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