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Originally Posted by Table 5
How could he be born in Slovakia and not Czechoslovakia? It was the same country back then...and only split apart LONG after Mikita had left. Calling him the Uncheckable Czech made sense back then...the NHL press wasn't going to tinkering with in regional dialects. I was born in Kosice (same as Martina) as well, and I always tell people I was born in Czechoslovakia since that's exactly what it was during my birth.
FYI, Slovakian girls are pretty slutty (and damn hot) in general...i seriously doubt this is the Swiss part of her acting out.
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Because he was born in 1940, and in 1939 Czechoslovakia was divided (under pressure of Nazi Germany). It reunited after the WWII, and during that time Mikita left to North America.
However, I think you are right on the money with the last paragraph...
