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Czech Republic names Olympic hockey team

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New Jersey's Patrick Elias set up for a shot against Pittsburgh on Nov. 21, 2007. (UPI Photo/Stephen M. Gross) 
Published: Dec. 30, 2009 at 8:10 PM

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The Czech Republic became the latest nation to finalize its 23-member hockey team Wednesday for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.

Like Canada, Sweden and Russia, the squad is loaded with NHL stars, including forwards Patrik Elias of New Jersey, David Krejci of Boston, Washington's Tomas Fleischmann, Minnesota's Martin Havlat, and former NHL star Jaromir Jagr, who is playing this season in the Kontinental Hockey League.

The high-scoring Jagr is ninth on the NHL's career points list with 1,599, 12th in goals with 646 and 13th in assists.

The squad also includes former NHL players Petr Cajanek and Josef Vasicek, Czech national forwards Roman Cervenka of the Czech Extraliga and Tomas Rolinek of the KHL, NHL goaltenders Tomas Vokoun (Florida) and Ondrej Pavelec (Atlanta) and defensemen Tomas Kaberle (Toronto), Filip Kuba (Ottawa), and Jan Hejda (Columbus).

Topics: David Krejci, Jaromir Jagr, Martin Havlat, Patrik Elias, Tomas Fleischmann
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