The year started out as the last finished for the enigmatic Martin Reway. He was leading his team — HC Sparta Praha — in scoring both in the Czech Extraliga and the Champions Hockey League tournament.
When contract negotiations on an extension with the team broke down after a disagreement about his ice time, Réway notified the club that he was no longer interested in sitting on the bench for the team anymore. Sparta countered by assigning him to their development team.
After a splendid German Cup tournament as a member of Team Slovakia, where he played the best game I have seen him play, he was signed by Fribourg-Gottéron of the much tougher Swiss National Liga - A.