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Born in Mississippi back in 1897, hockey was not really on his radar…but it really is on mine!
I played professional hockey for 10 years and won the 1999 ECHL Kelly Cup in Biloxi playing for the Mississippi Sea Wolves. He also wrote an essay about the first professional hockey game he attended back in November of 1955. My father Vaclav Nedomansky was the first player to defect from a communist country and play in the NHL back in 1974.
I’m currently in production of a feature film documentary covering my father’s journey from Czechoslovakia to North America and found this 1984 NHL All Star Game magazine that contains William Faulkner’s first impressions of the fastest game on two feet…
William Faulkner’s essay about watching his first NHL game
After writing the screenplays for TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT and THE BIG SLEEP (with Leigh Brackett) Faulkner verbalized his take on the sport of ice hockey.
Enjoy the read…
CLICK AND ZOOM ON THE IMAGE BELOW TO READ THE ARTICLE
An Innocent at Rinkside (CLICK TO ENLARGE)
MOBILE VERSION: SPORTS ILLUSTRATED ARTICLE (January 24, 1955)
Until next time…
Vashi Nedomansky
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Vaclav Nedomansky was the first player to defect and play in the NHL.
10 Nedomansky Hockey Facts
My family escaped from communist Czechoslovakia on July 4th, 1974.
Two weeks later we defected to North America.
The front page of The Toronto Sun newspaper
I’ve been lucky enough to grow up with the freedom my parents didn’t have for most of their lives.
July 4th is a very special day for my family on so many levels.
I’m so very grateful and now I can return the favor and tell our story…
1979 – The first game at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit
BIG NED is a feature-length documentary film about Vaclav Nedomansky.
He was the first hockey player to defect from a communist country
and play in the NHL.
In the middle of the Cold War…
He risked everything for a better life.
He’s also my father…
HERE IS THE OFFICIAL TRAILER
ESPN wrote a greatarticleabout the documentary…
You can follow the making of the film on:
The Official BIG NED Facebook page.
The first 21 NHL defectors
On 6/4/2017 SLOVAKIA released 3 stamps featuring Vaclav Nedomansky:
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UPDATE: On June 25th, 2019…Vaclav Nedomansky was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
BIG NED in the Hall
Vaclav Nedomansky Career Stats
#BigNed
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Following his career as a professional hockey player, Vashi has been a film editor in Los Angeles since 2001.About Vashi Nedomansky:
Vashi has edited 11 feature films including “6 BELOW: Miracle on the Mountain,” the global phenomenon “Sharknado 2,” the comedy “An American Carol” for director David Zucker (Airplane, Scary Movie) & PTSD documentary “That Which I Love Destroys Me” for director Ric Roman Waugh (Angel Has Fallen, Snitch).Vashi's company VashiVisuals has provided post-production workflow, consulting services and Premiere Pro training for numerous projects including: Deadpool, Gone Girl and The Good Doctor.
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About This Guy Edits:
THIS GUY EDITS (TGE) is a youtube channel by film editor Sven Pape, an A.C.E.Vashi has also trained fellow ACE film editors in transitioning to Adobe Premiere Pro including: Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall, Billy Fox, Don and Dean Zimmerman, Julian Clarke, Nicolas De Toth, Jon Corn, John Venzon, Joan Sobel, Bruce Green and many more.
Originally, he defected from Czechoslovakia as a child during the Cold War and grew up in Toronto and Detroit.
He specifically trained editorial team members in transitioning to Adobe Premiere Pro in preparation for post-production.
Vashi's company VashiVisuals has provided post-production workflow, consulting services and Premiere Pro training for numerous projects including: Deadpool, Gone Girl and The Good Doctor.
The 7 Laws of Film Editing
Film & video editing commandments hereby passed to us through Vashi Nedomansky, ACE.
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William Faulkner – Hockey Aficionado
William Faulkner won two Pulitzer Prizes for fiction and the Nobel Prize in Literature.