Record: Nomination HM for the Karjala hockey tournament, part of the Euro Hockey Tour
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Ten of the nominated players have not yet played a match in the senior national team and could make their debut at Karjala. These are goalkeepers Hrachovina, Pařík, defenders Jiříček, Kubíček, Svozil and attackers Myšák, Pytlík, Raška, Michael Špaček and Teplý. With the exception of Hrachovina and Špačka, the remaining eight debutants are candidates for the Junior World Championships, which will take place at the turn of the year in Edmonton, Canada.
Of the players operating in Czech clubs, only goalkeeper Lukáš Pařík from Liberec, defenders Filip Hronek from Hradec Králové, David Jiříček from Pilsen, Stanislav Svozil from Kometa Brno and Šimon Kubíček from Litoměřice and attackers Jan Myšák from Litvínov, Adam Raška from Třinec and Michal Teplý from Mladá Boleslav.
Karjala national team? Pešán is considering taking the juniors, he will not call anyone from the extra league
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“In my opinion, Czech hockey is senselessly paralyzed by government regulations, it is not played or coached. That’s why I didn’t want to nominate anyone from the extra league. Nevertheless, in the end I had to add some to the list. Only on Sunday I received apologies from eight or nine of our compatriots. Most of them apologized for health reasons, some received a ban from their clubs, “Pešán said during a video conference, adding that the ban was given to goalkeeper Lukáš Dostál from Ilves Tampere.
All 27 substitutes then work in the domestic extra-league, Pešán would use them, but only if he was forced to do so by apologies.
The only NHL player is Detroit defender Filip Hronek, who now works in Hradec Králové. “Negotiations with the NHL and AHL teams to release their players are very difficult, so in the end we only took Filip. He has such a strong position in his organization that Detroit general manager Steve Yzerman has easily released him, “said Pešán.
| Karjal tour program |
| Thursday, November 5: |
| 13:30 Czechia – Sweden (ČT sport) |
| 17:30 Russia – Finland |
| Saturday, November 7: |
| 12:30 Sweden – Russia |
| 16:30 Finland – Czechia (CT sport) |
| Sunday, November 8: |
| 12:30 Czechia – Russia (CT sport) |
| 16:30 Finland – Sweden |
| Note: The beginnings of matches are listed in CET. |
The Czechs will enter Karjala next Thursday against Sweden. The match was originally supposed to take place in the O2 arena in Prague, with regard to the development of the epidemiological situation in the Czech Republic, the possible extension of the state of emergency and the goal to reduce travel between countries. On Saturday, the national team will challenge the home Finns and a day later will end the tournament with a match with the Russians.
Due to the situation, the tournament will take place under emergency measures. The players and the implementation team will travel to Helsinki on two charter flights – from Prague and Moscow. Club-level players in Sweden and Finland travel to Helsinki individually. All will be tested in the countries where they operate and again upon arrival in Helsinki.
All participants will be accommodated in one hotel in the so-called bubble mode. Matches with Sweden and Russia will take place without spectators, only 4,500 fans will have access to the home team’s matches.
The national team will defend last year’s championship at Karjala, when they defeated Sweden, Russia and Finland on separate raids under the leadership of Miloš Říha.
| Preliminary wider nomination of the hockey team at Karjala |
| Goalkeepers |
| Patrik Bartošák (Lahti / Fin.) |
| Dominik Hrachovina (Tappara Tampere / Fin.) |
| Lukáš Pařík (Liberec) |
| Goalkeepers – substitutes |
| Dominik Frodl (Pilsen) |
| Petr Kvaca (Liberec) |
| Marek Mazanec (Hradec Kralove) |
| Filip Novotny (Karlovy Vary) |
| Defenders |
| Jakub Galvas (Jukurit / Fin.) |
| Filip Hronek (Hradec Kralove) |
| Jakub Jeřábek (Viťaz Podolsk / KHL) |
| David Jiricek (Pilsen) |
| Lukáš Klok (Lukko Rauma / Fin.) |
| Jakub Krejčík (Helsinki Jokerit / KHL) |
| Simon Kubicek (Litomerice) |
| Michal Moravčík (Tappara Tampere / Fin.) |
| Vojtěch Mozík (Färjestad / Sweden) |
| David Sklenička (Helsinki Jokerit / KHL) |
| Stanislav Svozil (Kometa Brno) |
| Andrej Sustr (Kunlun / KHL) |
| Defenders – substitutes |
| Ronald Knot (Liberec) |
| Adam Polasek (Vitkovice) |
| Attackers |
| Rudolf Červený (Lahti / Fin.) |
| Dmitry Yashkin (Dynamo Moscow / KHL) |
| Radek Koblížek (Kärpät Oulu / Fin.) |
| Jan Mysak (Litvinov) |
| Andrei Nestrasil (Magnitogorsk / KHL) |
| Jan Ordoš (Oskarshamn / Sweden) |
| Jaromir Pytlik (Soo Greyhounds / OHL) |
| Adam Raska (Trinec) |
| Ondřej Roman (Ilves Tampere / Fin.) |
| Jiří Smejkal (Tappara Tampere / Fin.) |
| Michael Špaček (Tappara Tampere / Fin.) |
| Šimon Stránský (Jukurit / Fin.) |
| Michal Teplý (Mladá Boleslav) |
| Hynek Zohorna (Khabarovsk / KHL) |
| Tomas Zohorna (Khabarovsk / KHL) |
| Attackers – substitutes: |
| Ondrej Beranek (Karlovy Vary) |
| Jakub Flek (Karlovy Vary) |
| Matyáš Kantner (Pilsen) |
| Petr Kodytek (Pilsen) |
| Filip Koffer (Litomerice) |
| Pavel Kousal (Mlada Boleslav) |
| Robert Kousal (Pardubice) |
| Michal Kovarik (Trinec) |
| Ondrej Kovarik (Trinec) |
| Dominik Lakatos (Vitkovice) |
| Radan Lenc (Liberec) |
| Jan Mandat (Pardubice) |
| Pavel Novak (Litomerice) |
| Lukáš Rousek (Sparta) |
| Matěj Stránský (Třinec) |
| Petr Straka (Pilsen) |
| David Stastny (Mlada Boleslav) |
| David Tomasek (Sparta) |
| Marek Zachar (Liberec) |
| Adam Zboril (Mlada Boleslav) |
| Patrik Zdrahal (Litvinov) |
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