He played for the Czechoslovakia men's national team at the Ice Hockey World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games, and was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame.

[1] From the ages of 8 to 19, Suchý played for a local team, Jiskra Havlíčkův Brod.

He also played in the ice hockey tournament of the 1968 Winter Olympics,[a] winning a silver medal with his team.

[citation needed] Suchý won the first two Golden Hockey Stick awards as Czechoslovakia's best player in 1969 and 1970.

[citation needed] He was also the first European to be placed on an NHL protected list (by the Boston Bruins).