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ALT1: ... that Michal Pivoňka's father was demoted at work as a result of his signing with the Washington Capitals? Source: THE AMERICANIZATION OF PIVONKA "His father, Lubomir, has been demoted from a high school head coach in field events to assistant coach, according to Pivonka, because of the defection."
ALT2: ... that Michal Pivoňka had to seek refugee status in the United States to play ice hockey for the Washington Capitals? Source: NHL Clubs Find the Best Way to Sign Czechs Is Surreptitiously "Their mission: a rendezvous in Italy with officials of the Washington Capitals, who in December had secretly offered Pivonka a five-year contract estimated to be worth $1 million.....They were granted tentative refugee status almost immediately."
Overall: The article was recently 5x expanded and is long enough. Source verifies hook. No copyvio detected. Hook is interesting and cited. QPQ done. Perhaps add "hockey player" to the lead? Everything else looks good. I agree with you, ALT1 seems the most hooky. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 00:04, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
WikiOriginal-9, just saw this! I agree with your suggestion but I feel like the following sounds/reads weirdly: ALT1a: ...that ice hockey player Michal Pivoňka's father was demoted at work as a result of his signing with the Washington Capitals? Source: THE AMERICANIZATION OF PIVONKA "His father, Lubomir, has been demoted from a high school head coach in field events to assistant coach, according to Pivonka, because of the defection."