Latvia is always a long shot in these tournaments, but there are some familiar names on the roster, with six NHLers (goaltenders Elvis Merzļikins and Artūrs Šilovs, defenseman Uvis Balinskis, and forwards Rodrigo Ābols, Zemgus Girgensons and Teddy Bļugers) and four AHLers. Former NHLers Kaspars Daugavinš and Rūdolfs Balcers are also on the team.

Like his Bruins teammate Pastrnak, Zacha was named to the preliminary roster and also won gold at the 2024 Worlds. The 28-year-old from Brno also represented his country at the World Juniors in 2014, 2015 and 2016, and three times at the U-18 Worlds, including winning silver in 2014. Zacha also played at the 2013 Hlinka Gretzky Cup.

Canada faces Czechia in the world junior championships semifinals for the right to play Sweden in the gold medal game.

Czechia scores late to knock out Canada again at the World Juniors, eliminating the Canadians for the third straight year in the tournament.

Czechia unveiled its roster for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 on Tuesday, headlined by Boston Bruins forward David Pastrnak, Colorado Avalanche forward Martin Necas, Vegas Golden Knights forward Tomas Hertl and Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas.

Radek Faksa secures his spot on Team Czechia's Olympic roster, joining an elite group of NHL stars heading to Milano Cortina.

Despite Czechia's Barbora Krejcikova's straight-set victory over Maya Joint, Australia's Alex de Minaur defeated Jakub Mensik, and carried that momentum into mixed doubles with Storm Hunter to win Group D.

Dan Vladař remembers watching the highlights of the Czech Republic’s only Olympic gold medal in men’s ice hockey. It was how he fell in love with the sport. Growing up in Prague, the goalie was less than a year old when Dominik Hašek and former Flyers like Jaromír Jágr and the late Roman Čechmánek helped their country win at the 1998 Nagano Olympics.