The 31-year-old defender was the first in czechoslovakia in the SM-league to become a hockey player.Jan Neliba continues to speak well Finnish. Pekka Jalonen
played in Rauma lock in the period 1984-85 and 1985-86. During that time Neliba learned the Finnish language, which he continues to speak quite fluently.
When I came to Rauma, I didn’t have any language skills. It took me two years to learn the Finnish language. Start with the language itself, but the beginning was difficult. But when I didn’t know English, had to learn to speak Finnish, Monday to Finland, a 10-day visit arrived Neliba told the evening newspaper.
– When the other players were watching the game while traveling in the bus porn videos, ”Janne” to study our language, Locked and Jokereissa 1976-89 played a former player agent, Pekka Strander laughs.
Neliba to keep the Finnish language skills of the above by talking occasionally on the phone, former coach Jon ”Killer” Sahlstedt and Lock the then team leader Ari Salmesvirran .
I still Talk to relatively well in finland, even though some of the words I have forgotten. I can, however, discuss in English with people. I talked on the phone including Esko and Ari, Neliba tell.
Neliba use during their journey to see the former game friends and familiar Rauma, Vaasa and Ylivieska.
