Seven Europe-based players in Czech hockey squad for Vancouver

Coach Vladimír Růžička has announced the Czech ice hockey squad for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February. Among the 23 players called up are seven based in Europe. Jaromír Jágr, who plays in the Russian league, is the only player remaining from the Czech team that won the Olympics in Nagano, Japan in 1998. There has been some surprise at the omission of the likes of Jaroslav Špaček, Václav Prospal, Jiří Hudler and Milan Hajduk.