Czech out who's going to Sochi

[forty_three]

Golies: Ondřej Pavelec (Winnipeg/NHL), Jakub Kovář (Jekatěrinburg (Ekaterinburg)/KHL), Alexander Salák (Petrohrad (St.Peterburg)/KHL)

Defence: Radko Gudas (Tampa/NHL), Zbyněk Michálek (Phoenix/NHL), Michal Rozsíval (Chicago/NHL), Ladislav Šmíd (Calgary/NHL), Marek Židlický (New Jersey/NHL), Michal Barinka (Vítkovice/Extraliga), Tomáš Kaberle (Kladno/Extraliga), Lukáš Krajíček (Minsk/KHL)

Offence: Patrik Eliáš (New Jersey/NHL), Michael Frolík (Winnipeg/NHL), Martin Hanzal (Phoenix/NHL), Aleš Hemský (Edmonton/NHL), Jaromír Jágr (New Jersey/NHL), David Krejčí (Boston/NHL), Milan Michálek (Ottawa/NHL), Ondřej Palát (Tampa/NHL), Tomáš Plekanec (Montreal/NHL), Vladimír Sobotka (St. Louis/NHL), Jakub Voráček (Philadelphia/NHL), Roman Červenka (Petrohrad/KHL), Petr Nedvěd (Liberec/Extraliga), Jiří Novotný (Lev Prague/KHL).

Captain: Tomáš Plekanec

Alternate: Jaromír Jágr, Patrik Eliáš


Petr Nedved?

Isn't he a Canadian citizen? Or is that a different Nedved?



Interesting that Plekanec is the Captain and not Elias...

 

[pixburgher66]

No Fleischmann or Hudler.

EDIT: Or Vrbata.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

LUKAS KRAJICEK FTW!!!


PETR NEDVED???????????????????

are you sure this is the Sochi list, 43? or Nagano?

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Breaking necks and cashing Czechs.

 

[forty_three]

LUKAS KRAJICEK FTW!!!


PETR NEDVED???????????????????

are you sure this the Sochi list, 43? or Nagano?

The source is a Czech newspaper, so I only have names. Not sure how common a name Petr or Nedved is.

Can't be the same dude, though, can it?

 

[WhiteMamba]

I have no idea what is going on here.

 

[pixburgher66]

The source is a Czech newspaper, so I only have names. Not sure how common a name Petr or Nedved is.

Can't be the same dude, though, can it?

Twitter says it is...42 year old Petr Nedved. My word.


Not a horrible team for the Czechs, but Pavelec is their starter, soooooo...

 

[forty_three]

Holy...

Petr Nedv?d - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It's him. Look who he plays for.

NEDVED IN THE HOUSE!


Okay, original question then... He defected to Canada. How are they letting him play?

 

[dash]

I'm surprised Happy Hudler was left off the team...

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Holy...

Petr Nedv?d - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It's him. Look who he plays for.

NEDVED IN THE HOUSE!


Okay, original question then... He defected to Canada. How are they letting him play?

Nedved has played for the Czechs in subsequent tournaments even though he played for Canada in '94, so there must have been a decision on his eligibility along the way.

 

[Comeds]

Good for Pleks. Lots of hockey smarts and one of the hardest workers and practicers.

 

[dash]

Good to see Cervenka on the Czech team - He was battling blood clot issues in Calgary and things obviously didn't work out, but it looks like he's healthy again which is good to see.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

i seem to remember the issue was Nedved rep'ed Czechoslovakia ... they went out of business (lol) so he was allowed to rep Canada ... then Czech Republic became a going concern and he was allowed to rep them

iihf has much less stringent eligibility requirements than FIFA

 

[Nasty_Magician]

I am pretty surprised the C didn't go to Elias or Jagr.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Took a bit of Googling, but found this:

Czech Hockey Report: Nedv?d captains Czechs at Karjala Cup

Nedvěd, who will turn 40 on December 9, will be the oldest player in the tournament, but that is not the only reason to be surprised by his presence on the Czech national team. The other reason is because although Nedvěd is Czech-born, he also has a Canadian passport and he played for Team Canada at the 1994 Winter Olympics. According to IIHF rules, this prevented him from wearing the jersey of the Czech national team. Until now.

Although he did play for the Czech Republic at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, that tournament is organised by the NHL and NHLPA, and not subject to IIHF eligibility restrictions.

The IIHF rules make an allowance for a player to change his country of affiliation if he abstains from international hockey for a period of at least four years, while playing for a club in a country where he holds citizenship during that time. Nedvěd returned from the NHL to play in the Czech Extraliga in 2007, first with Sparta Praha and then with Bílí Tygři Liberec, so there is no other obstacle preventing him from representing the Czech Republic again.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

i seem to remember the issue was Nedved rep'ed Czechoslovakia ... they went out of business (lol) so he was allowed to rep Canada ... then Czech Republic became a going concern and he was allowed to rep them

iihf has much less stringent eligibility requirements than FIFA

I know that was the case for some of the former Soviet players. Some of them were even allowed to stay on with Russia even though they were from a different former member of the Soviet Union since they had played for the Soviets.

Kasparaitis is the main one that comes to mind since he played for Russia even though he was born in Lithuania.

 

[pixburgher66]

Honestly, with Jagr, Nedved, and Rosival, I expected to see the Penguins squad completed with Jiri Slegr.

 

[element1286]

Honestly, with Jagr, Nedved, and Rosival, I expected to see the Penguins squad completed with Jiri Slegr.

Marty Straka too.

 

[dash]

No Hasek?

 

[pixburgher66]

Marty Straka too.

Jan Hrdina. Holy Czechs.