Czech Republic: Czech National Team (A, U20, U18, U17, U16)

[Swipes]

The players participating in U20 summer camps. Majority of the roster for 2012 WJC will probably come out of that group. Guys with bolded club are very likely to make the team already now. The rest will depend on the season and whether the players will make Extraliga teams, because it always plays big role in deciding who goes and who stays at home.

Goaltenders:
Tadeáš Galanský (Saginaw Spirit, OHL)
David Honzík (Victoriaville Tigres, QMJHL)
Libor KašÃ­k (HC Zlín)
Tomáš Král (Lillehammer, Norway)
Matěj Machovský (Brampton Battalion, OHL)
Petr Mrázek (Ottawa 67's, OHL)

I'm not sure about Mrazek, I think there is still that issue with Vitkovice where they won't let him play for the national team because he refused to renew his contract.

Also, why do you think Jank will make it? He hardly played in the extraliga, and he finished off his season in NA. I didn't follow his season in NA tbh, but I wouldn't say he's likely to make the team.

 

[zorz]

I'm not sure about Mrazek, I think there is still that issue with Vitkovice where they won't let him play for the national team because he refused to renew his contract.

Also, why do you think Jank will make it? He hardly played in the extraliga, and he finished off his season in NA. I didn't follow his season in NA tbh, but I wouldn't say he's likely to make the team.

I know about Mrazek, but he'd still make it if he was available. There is plenty of time, so anything can happen. Jank will make it almost certainly I think. History shows that when you have Dman in NA who's even coming back for his second WJC, then you take him. Of course it's hard to make comparisons with other guys playing at home, that's what friendly games will show. But still I think he'll make the team quite easily. I could be wrong of course.

 

[zorz]

Btw. I think they should try also Petr Placek. I know nearly nothing about him, but he's big and he appeared in some scouting lists for 2011 draft before he got injured during the season. Why not to give him chance?

And I also wonder why Daniel Sobotka never got a chance in the national team. Maybe Czechexpert could tell us some info about him?

 

[Czechexpert]

Btw. I think they should try also Petr Placek. I know nearly nothing about him, but he's big and he appeared in some scouting lists for 2011 draft before he got injured during the season. Why not to give him chance?

And I also wonder why Daniel Sobotka never got a chance in the national team. Maybe Czechexpert could tell us some info about him?

Sobotka´s hockey sense is very average and needs to use his great size much better as he is not very aggressive player but he definitely belongs there. He is much better than many D on the list and actually I´m missing a few more D there who are better than guys like Predota, Eminger, Zovinec. Predota is very bad player even at junior Extraleague level.

 

[zorz]

U18

These are players from U18 summer camps.

Goaltenders:
Daniel Dolejš (HC Havlíčkův Brod)
David Gába (HC České Budějovice)
Dominik Hrachovina (Tappara, Finland)
Lukáš Klimeš (HC Kometa Brno)
Marek Langhamer (HC Pardubice)
Patrik Polívka (HC Plzeň 1929)

Defensemen:
Marek Bail (HC Vítkovice)
Lukáš Buchta (HC Zlín)
Adam Hawlík (HC Vítkovice)
Jakub Houfek (HC Plzeň 1929)
Ronald Knot (HC Slavia Praha)
Jan KošťÃ¡lek (HC Sparta Praha)
Jiří Kůrka (BK Mladá Boleslav)
David PapežÃ­k (HC Zlín)
Karel Plášil (HC České Budějovice)
Michal Plutnar (HC Liberec)
Tomáš Prokop (HC České Budějovice)
Jan Sedlák (HC Kometa Brno)
Petr Šidlík (HC Dukla Jihlava)
Libor Šulák (HC Havlíčkův Brod)

Forwards:
Adam Chlapík (Omaha Lancers, USHL)
Radek Faksa (HC Třinec)
Tomáš Franek (HC Třinec)
Jiří Fronk (KLH Chomutov)
Jan Hudeček (HC Vítkovice)
Patrik Machač (HC Kladno)
Ladislav Marek (BK Mladá Boleslav)
Martin Matějček (HC Sparta Praha)
Josef Mikyska (HC Liberec)
Lukáš Nedvídek (HC Hradec Králové)
Richard Nejezchleb (HC Slavia Praha)
Jiří Peštuka (HC Olomouc)
Matěj Psota (HC Liberec)
Jan Schleiss (HC Plzeň 1929)
Pavel Sedláček (HC Zlín)
Dominik Simon (HC Sparta Praha)
Ondřej Slováček (VHK Vsetín)
Euvstathio Soumelidis (Lukko, Finland)
Vojtěch Tomeček (HC Karlovy Vary)
Jan Trübenekr (HC Litvínov)
Dominik Volek (HC Sparta Praha)
Matěj Zadražil (HC Karlovy Vary)
Ondřej Zehnal (Sioux City Musketeers, USHL)
Richard Zehnal (Sioux City Musketeers, USHL)

Sobotka´s hockey sense is very average and needs to use his great size much better as he is not very aggressive player but he definitely belongs there. He is much better than many D on the list and actually I´m missing a few more D there who are better than guys like Predota, Eminger, Zovinec. Predota is very bad player even at junior Extraleague level.

Thx. They are planning more camps during the summer, let's hope they sort it out properly during the season...

 

[zorz]

U17

Players from U17 summer camps

Goaltenders:
Tadeáš Dvořák (HC České Budějovice)
Pavel Jekel (HC Kometa Brno)
Lukáš Langer (HC Sparta Praha)
Jindřich Pacl (HC Plzeň 1929)
Miroslav Svoboda (VHK Vsetín)
René Svoboda (HC Vítkovice)

Defensemen:
Tomáš Andrlík (HC Plzeň 1929)
Michal Beránek (HC Liberec)
David Bunda (HC Kladno)
Roman Čermák (HC Dukla Jihlava)
Martin Kokeš (HC Litvínov)
Dominik Mašín (HC Slavia Praha)
David Němeček (HC Plzeň 1929)
Alex Pisarik (HC Třinec)
David Pop (HC Vítkovice)
Jan Å tencel (HC Třinec)
Jonáš Ťoupal (HC České Budějovice)

Forwards:
David Ballner (HC Vítkovice)
Petr Česlík (HC Vítkovice)
Miroslav Indrák (IHC Písek)
Petr Janeček (HC Kladno)
Jakub Kalfiřt (BK Mladá Boleslav)
Martin Kohout (VHK Vsetín)
Ondřej Kopta (HC Plzeň 1929)
Ondřej Kovářů (HC Dukla Jihlava)
Dominik Kubalík (HC Plzeň 1929)
Jan Mandát (HC Dukla Jihlava)
Richard Nebeský (HC Letňany)
Václav PaÅ¡ek (HC České Budějovice)
Dominik Pokorný (VHK Vsetín)
Roman Přikryl (HC Plzeň 1929)
Mikuláš Rimmel (HC Vítkovice)
LuboÅ¡ Rob (HC České Budějovice)
David Sysala (HC Vítkovice)
Jakub Vrána (HC Letňany)
Patrik Zdráhal (HC Vítkovice)

 

[Tobi Wan Kenobi]

Do you guys think David Honzik will get the starting job at the WJC U20?

 

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U16

Czech U16 nomination - Salzburg tournament (18.-21. 8.)

Goaltenders:
Lukáš Hosnedl (Bílí Tygři Liberec)
Karel Vejmelka (HS Třebíč)

Defensemen:
Jakub Zbořil (HC Kometa Brno)
Dominik Mašín (HC Slavia Praha)
Dominik Rudl (HC Vítkovice Steel)
David Vostárek (HC Verva Litvínov)
Filip Pyrochta (Bílí Tygři Liberec)
Alex Rašner (HC Olomouc)
David Nesvadba (HC Olomouc)

Forwards:
Pavel Jenyš (HC Kometa Brno)
Tadeáš Král (HC Kometa Brno)
Petr Tejral (HC Slavia Praha)
Tomáš Andres (HC Slavia Praha)
Samuel Ollender (HC Vítkovice Steel)
David Pastrňák (HC Oceláři Třinec)
Josef Stříbrný (HC Verva Litvínov)
Lukáš Vopelka (HC Mountfield)
Pavel Samohejl (HC Mountfield)
Pavel Zacha (Bílí Tygři Liberec)
Daniel Svoboda (Bílí Tygři Liberec)
Václav Karabáček (HC Letňany)
Jakub Kotala (AZ Havířov)

 

[smitty10]

Do you guys think David Honzik will get the starting job at the WJC U20?

If Mrazek doesn't play he'll likely be #1.

 

[smitty10]

The players participating in U20 summer camps. Majority of the roster for 2012 WJC will probably come out of that group. Guys with bolded club are very likely to make the team already now. The rest will depend on the season and whether the players will make Extraliga teams, because it always plays big role in deciding who goes and who stays at home.

Goaltenders:
Tadeáš Galanský (Saginaw Spirit, OHL)
David Honzík (Victoriaville Tigres, QMJHL)
Libor KašÃ­k (HC Zlín)
Tomáš Král (Lillehammer, Norway)
Matěj Machovský (Brampton Battalion, OHL)
Petr Mrázek (Ottawa 67's, OHL)
Roman Will (BK Mladá Boleslav)

Defensemen:
Vladimír Eminger (HC Litvínov)
Marek Hrbas (Edmonton Oil Kings, WHL)
Bohumil Jank (Victoriaville Tigres, QMJHL)
Jakub Kolář (HC Sparta Praha)
Daniel Krejčí (HC Slavia Praha)
David Musil (Vancouver Giants, WHL)
Tomáš Pastor (HC Vítkovice)
Filip Pavlík (HC Třinec)
Jan Předota (HC České Budějovice)
David Roupec (HC Třinec)
Jiří Říha (HC Liberec)
Tomáš Valenta (HC Zlín)
Petr Zámorský (HC Zlín)
Dušan Žovinec (HC Sparta Praha)
Michal Žvatora (HC Vítkovice)

Forwards:
Jakub Culek (Rimouski Océanic, QMJHL)
Tomáš Filippi (Baie-Comeau Drakkar, QMJHL)
Tomáš Fořt (HC Zlín)
Martin Frk (Halifax Mooseheads, QMJHL)
Jakub Herman (HC Třinec)
Petr Holík (HC Zlín)
Tomáš Hyka (BK Mladá Boleslav)
Dmitrij Jaškin (HC Slavia Praha)
Denis Kindl (Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, QMJHL)
Jaromír Kverka (HC Karlovy Vary)
Jan Müller (HC Slavia Praha)
Tomáš Nosek (HC Pardubice)
Tomáš Pacanda (HC Plzeň 1929)
Daniel Přibyl (HC Sparta Praha)
Jiří Půhoný (HC Pardubice)
Tomáš Rubeš (HC Sparta Praha)
Adam Řehák (HC Vítkovice)
Jiří Sekáč (Youngstown Phantoms, USHL)
Pavel Smolka (HC Litvínov)
David Stach (Lukko, Finland)
Petr Straka (Rimouski Océanic, QMJHL)
Jakub Strnad (HC Kladno)
Dominik Uher (Spokane Chiefs, WHL)
Michal Vachovec (HC Karlovy Vary)

Why aren't Stransky, Nedomlel, Placek or Sedlak there? I'd think that they'd all have a good shot at making the WJC team, considering they're all some of the Czech's top prospects.

 

[vorky]

Bohumil Jank (Victoriaville Tigres, QMJHL)

Jank changed club, now he plays for HC LEV Poprad in KHL and its juniors in MHL.

EDIT:
Jiří Sekáč (Youngstown Phantoms, USHL)
Tomáš Pacanda (HC Plzeň 1929)

the same like Jank

 

[vorky]

Libor Šulák (HC Havlíčkův Brod)

he also played in Tatranskí Vlci in MHL, juniors of HC LEV

EDIT:
source

 

[BluechipBulletin]

Players from U17 summer camps

Goaltenders:
Tadeáš Dvořák (HC České Budějovice)
Pavel Jekel (HC Kometa Brno)
Lukáš Langer (HC Sparta Praha)
Jindřich Pacl (HC Plzeň 1929)
Miroslav Svoboda (VHK Vsetín)
René Svoboda (HC Vítkovice)

Defensemen:
Tomáš Andrlík (HC Plzeň 1929)
Michal Beránek (HC Liberec)
David Bunda (HC Kladno)
Roman Čermák (HC Dukla Jihlava)
Martin Kokeš (HC Litvínov)
Dominik Mašín (HC Slavia Praha)
David Němeček (HC Plzeň 1929)
Alex Pisarik (HC Třinec)
David Pop (HC Vítkovice)
Jan Å tencel (HC Třinec)
Jonáš Ťoupal (HC České Budějovice)

Forwards:
David Ballner (HC Vítkovice)
Petr Česlík (HC Vítkovice)
Miroslav Indrák (IHC Písek)
Petr Janeček (HC Kladno)
Jakub Kalfiřt (BK Mladá Boleslav)
Martin Kohout (VHK Vsetín)
Ondřej Kopta (HC Plzeň 1929)
Ondřej Kovářů (HC Dukla Jihlava)
Dominik Kubalík (HC Plzeň 1929)
Jan Mandát (HC Dukla Jihlava)
Richard Nebeský (HC Letňany)
Václav PaÅ¡ek (HC České Budějovice)
Dominik Pokorný (VHK Vsetín)
Roman Přikryl (HC Plzeň 1929)
Mikuláš Rimmel (HC Vítkovice)
LuboÅ¡ Rob (HC České Budějovice)
David Sysala (HC Vítkovice)
Jakub Vrána (HC Letňany)
Patrik Zdráhal (HC Vítkovice)

Bunda, Pokorny and Nemecek have all had a really good U17 Five Nations tournament. Nemecek has been a rock, Bunda has scored two goals IIRC, and Pokorny has been a sparkplug.

If you want a report on any of the other players or something more in-depth, lemme know. I've seen all three Czech games so far and I will see the other one as well.

 

[Czechexpert]

Bunda, Pokorny and Nemecek have all had a really good U17 Five Nations tournament. Nemecek has been a rock, Bunda has scored two goals IIRC, and Pokorny has been a sparkplug.

If you want a report on any of the other players or something more in-depth, lemme know. I've seen all three Czech games so far and I will see the other one as well.

Would like to get report on Pisarik, Beranek, Kokes, Zdrahal, Kohout, Indrak and Kubalik. Thanks
I hardly seen Bunda and Nemecek so far but I really liked Pokorny last season.

 

[vorky]

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[center25]

Beránek

If you want a report on any of the other players or something more in-depth, lemme know. I've seen all three Czech games so far and I will see the other one as well.

I´m interested in Beránek's report. Which line did he play in? Thanks.

 

[slovakiasnextone]

Bunda, Pokorny and Nemecek have all had a really good U17 Five Nations tournament. Nemecek has been a rock, Bunda has scored two goals IIRC, and Pokorny has been a sparkplug.

If you want a report on any of the other players or something more in-depth, lemme know. I've seen all three Czech games so far and I will see the other one as well.

hey! have you also managed to catch a Slovak game at the tourney?

 

[zorz]

games with scorers

All played games so far. Sorry for the lack of updating. It's tough for me to care about hockey during the summer

Czech Republic "19"
04.08.-06.08. 2011: 4 Nations Tournament (Strakonice, Czech Republic)
04.08. 2011: CZE-SVK"20" 5-3 (Fořt, Frk, Kverka, Rousek, Å vihálek)
05.08. 2011: CZE-SUI"20" 2-4 (Fořt, Frk)
06.08. 2011: CZE-GER"20" 3-2 (Herman, Matuš, Švihálek)

Czech Republic "18"
06.08. 2011: CZE-USA 3-5 (Soumelidis 2x, Šidlík)

08.08.-13.08. 2011: Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
08.08. 2011: CZE-SUI 3-1 (Machač, Volek 2x)
09.08. 2011: CZE-CAN 1-6 (Sedláček)
10.08. 2011: CZE-SWE 3-5 (Franek, Soumelidis, Zehnal)
12.08. 2011: CZE-USA 1-3 (Hudeček)

Czech Republic "17"
07.08. 2011: CZE-USA 1-3 (Němeček)

09.08.-14.08. 2011: 5 Nations Tournament (USA)
09.08. 2011: CZE-USA 1-5 (Bunda)
10.08. 2011: CZE-SUI 3-4 SO (Bunda, Kovářů, Vrána)
11.08. 2011: CZE-GER 4-5 SO (Pisarik, Pokorný 2x, Zbořil)
13.08. 2011: CZE-SVK 6-4 (Pisarik, Pokorný, Přikryl, Sysala 2x, Vrána)

 

[zorz]

U20

projected team for 2 games against Russia in August.

Goaltenders:
Libor Kašík (HC Zlín)
Patrik Nechvátal (HC Litvínov)

Defensemen:
Vladimír Eminger (Kärpät, Finland)
Marek Hrbas (Kamloops Blazers, WHL)
Bohumil Jank (Lev Poprad, KHL)
Jakub Kolář (HC Sparta Praha)
Filip Pavlík (HC Třinec)
Jiří Říha (HC Liberec)
Petr Zámorský (HC Zlín)

Forwards:
David Dvořáček (Tappara, Finland)
Tomáš Filippi (Baie-Comeau Drakkar, QMJHL)
Petr Holík (HC Zlín)
Dmitrij Jaškin (HC Slavia Praha)
Tomáš Nosek (HC Pardubice)
Petr Plaček (Harvard University, NCAA)
Daniel Přibyl (HC Sparta Praha)
Tomáš Rubeš (HC Sparta Praha)
Adam Řehák (HC Vítkovice)
Jiří Sekáč (Lev Poprad, KHL)
David Stach (Lukko, Finland)
Dominik Uher (Spokane Chiefs, WHL)
Michal Vachovec (HC Karlovy Vary)

 

[zorz]

Nice article with Robert Reichel on IIHF: http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/captain-czech-is-back.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=a10192d3bd. Brings back some memories! We were so lucky to have this man on our squad all those years. I hope somebody like him is hidden on his U16 team.

 

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Nice article with Robert Reichel on IIHF: http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/captain-czech-is-back.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=a10192d3bd. Brings back some memories! We were so lucky to have this man on our squad all those years. I hope somebody like him is hidden on his U16 team.

First bigger event under Reichel and first win. Going unbeaten through the whole tournament. U16 looks pretty strong this year.

Czech Republic U16 - Austria U17 7:3
Czech Republic U16 - Russia U16 7:4
Canada U16 - Czech Republic U16 1:8 !!!
Czech Republic U16 - Russia U16 6:5

Beating Russians twice on one tournament

 

[Czechexpert]

First bigger event under Reichel and first win. Going unbeaten through the whole tournament. U16 looks pretty strong this year.

Czech Republic U16 - Austria U17 7:3
Czech Republic U16 - Russia U16 7:4
Canada U16 - Czech Republic U16 1:8 !!!
Czech Republic U16 - Russia U16 6:5

Beating Russians twice on one tournament

The most important thing is if they are able to beat them in two-three years
U-16 and even U-17 teams are usually able to compete with Russians, Swedes, Finns but then...

 

[zorz]

The most important thing is if they are able to beat them in two-three years
U-16 and even U-17 teams are usually able to compete with Russians, Swedes, Finns but then...

True, but I think last year 95's lost by many goals with Russians and finished 4th. Can't be bad if they won it now.

 

[Czechexpert]

True, but I think last year 95's lost by many goals with Russians and finished 4th. Can't be bad if they won it now.

However 95´is very weak, they were not able to beat Switzerland and Germany two weeks ago.
It depends if Czech team was more skilled, better skating, smarter. Or if they were bigger, more physically developed playing with better system.

 

[Swipes]

Nice article on the U-16 tournament that we won in Salzburg, with some short videos of our games against Canada and Russia.

http://www.cslh.cz/clanek/395-hodnoceni-turnaje-u16-v-salcburku-ocima-roberta-reichela.html

IMO we look really good from those videos, really nice aggressive play (lots of hard hits), fighting for every puck (good determination), good fore-check and combination play.