Head coach Josef Jandač Top scorer Martin Procházka (61) Home stadium O2 Arena General manager Martin Ručinský | Most games David Výborný (218) Most points David Výborný (147) Captain Jiří Novotný Ground O2 Arena | |
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Assistants Jiří Kalous
Jaroslav Špaček
Václav Prospal Association Czech Ice Hockey Association | ||
The Czech men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of the Czech Republic. It is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canada, Finland, Russia, Sweden and the United States. It is governed by the Czech Ice Hockey Association. The Czech Republic has 72,075 players officially enrolled in organized hockey (0.7% of its population).
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The Czechs won the gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics and won three straight gold medals at the world championships from 1999 to 2001. In the next three years, the team did not get a medal at the world championships — not even home at the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships held in Prague and Ostrava, thus keeping the "world championship home ice curse" alive. But the following year, the Czechs won gold at the 2005 tournament, the only world championship where, due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout, all NHL players were available to participate.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics, the Czechs won a bronze medal, defeating Russia 3–0 (roster) in the bronze medal game. At the 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, the Czechs won silver, falling to Sweden in the final, the only time the Chechs have lost the final. Czech Republic won the 2010 World Championships in Germany.
Current roster
Roster for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
Head coach: Josef Jandac
David Krejčí, Tomáš Hertl, and Radko Gudas were originally selected but could not participate because of injury. They were replaced by Roman Červenka, Michal Birner, and Tomáš Kundrátek respectively.