“I worked every day to get even with my dad.”
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Hockey player and coach Patrik Augusta was born on 13 November 1969 in Jihlava as the son of the famous hockey forward and coach Josef Augusta. In his youth he tried various sports, but he decided to become a professional hockey player only at the end of his studies at high school. After graduation, he joined the military service in Dukla Jihlava and at the same time became part of its hockey team. As a member of the Czechoslovak national team, he helped win a bronze medal at the 1992 Winter Olympic Games in Albertville and the World Championships that same year. He was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1992 and spent four years on the Toronto St. John’s Maple Leafs farm. He made his NHL debut with a game against the Los Angeles Kings on New Year’s Day 1994. In the second half of the 1990s, he played for the Long Beach Ice Dogs of California in the International Hockey League (IHL). At the turn of the millennium he moved to Germany, playing for the Schwenninger Wild Wings, Krefeld Pinguine and Hannover Scorpions. He finished his playing career there in 2006. He worked for two years as a scout for the Arizona Coyotes from Phoenix, then was a sports manager for Dukla Jihlava and started studying for his coaching license. As a coach, he worked for Dukla Jihlava, Mladá Boleslav, and the White Tigers Liberec, where he became head coach after Filip Pešán left. In 2024, he was the coach of the Czech national under-20 hockey team.
