Czech Republic names 2014 Olympic men's ice hockey team
The Czech Republic named 25 players to their men's Olympic ice-hockey team on Monday. While there were some notable snubs like Calgary Flames leading scorer Jiri Hudler and Phoenix Coyotes forward Radim Vrbata, the roster mostly featured long-time Czech national team members like Jaromir Jagr, Patrick Elias, Ales Hemsky and... Petr Nedved?
Yes, the 42-year-old former NHL forward - who is no longer a point per game player in the Czech professional league - was also named to the team. The 2014 Sochi games will be Nedved's second Olympic games, but his first representing his native country. Nedved represented Team Canada at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer.
Here's the full roster per sports.cz:
Goaltenders: Jakub Kovar, Ondrej Pavelec, Alexander Salak
Defense: Michael Barinka, Radko Gudas, Tomas Kaberle, Lukas Krajiecek, Michal Rozsival, Ladislav Smid, Marek Zidlicky
Forwards: Roman Cervenka, Patrik Elias, Michael Frolik, Martin Hanzal, Ales Hemsky, Jaromir Jagr, David Krejci, Milan Michalek, Petr Nedved, Jiri Novotny, Ondrej Palat, Tomas Plekanec, Vladimir Sobotka, Jakub Voracek
The Czech team will feature 16 players from the NHL, six players from the KHL and three players from the Czech Extraliga.