Goaltender Ondrej Pavelec knows the learning curve that 18-year-old Filip Chytil is going through as he adjusts to life as a budding National Hockey League player.
That's because a decade and a half ago, Pavelec made the same jump to North America from his home country he and Chytil share in the Czech Republic to follow his dream of playing in the NHL.
"I had no clue," Pavelec told NYRangers.com. "I had an English class back home, but when I came here I figured I didn't know anything. It was a big difference. I had guys that spoke the same language as me in the room, so that helped me a lot."