Petr Cech Makes His Debut For Ice Hockey Side Guildford Phoenix

Petr Cech made his first appearance as a semi-professional Ice Hockey player this evening after making the shock switch from the football pitch to the ice rink.

On Wednesday, it was announced that the four-time Premier League winner had penned a deal with Guildford Phoenix until the end of the season.

And tonight the Czech Republic international made his debut as a netkeeper for the Surrey outfit against Swindon Wildcats.

The net was much smaller and it was a puck rather than a ball but Cech replicated the same sort of heroics he produced in between the sticks during his 20-year professional career.

In a lovely nod to his footballing career, Cech had the crests of both Arsenal and Chelsea on his helmet.

Cech is still working within football, taking on a role back at Chelsea as a technical and performance advisor after hanging up his gloves, but the former Rennes shotstopper is going back to his roots in playing ice hockey.

"I hope I can help this young team to achieve their goals for the season and try to win as many games as possible when I have the chance to play.

"After 20 years of professional football this is going to be a wonderful experience for me to play the game I loved to watch and play as a kid."