From Roommates To Linemates, Jaroslav Chmelař And Adam Sýkora Are Living Out The Dream
Danny Wild-Imagn Images You won’t see Jaroslav Chmelař without Adam Sýkora, and you won’t see Adam Sýkora without Jaroslav Chmelař. The two forwards have been inseparable since both arrived to play for the New York Rangers . They do everything together, whether that entails participating in the same practice drills, getting off the ice at the same time, or even doing interviews together, which is exactly what they did after Tuesday’s optional skate.
When Chmelař and Sýkora met as strangers at Rangers’ development camp, they could never have expected the kind of friendship that would eventually form. Over the past two seasons playing for the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League, Chmelař and Sýkora have become roommates and best friends. How did these two Rangers’ prospects become so close?
Chmelař, standing at 6-foot-4, and Sýkora, standing at 5-foot-11, may seem like an unlikely duo, but they share the same joyful energy that is on full display whenever talking with them. “From the beginning, we started talking and I think we had the same mindset, same energy, everything like together,” Sýkora said. “We just have the same energy.
” Becoming roommates has only strengthened their friendship to a level that Chmelař had trouble putting into words. “We are similar people in a way,” Chmelař said. “Living together, I can’t explain, was so easy.
There would be no bad days, no arguments. We would be connected together. ” While Chmelař and Sýkora blossomed into real impact players and leaders for the Wolf Pack, their aspirations were to play for the Rangers.