Team Czechia, which is in Group A, will open against Team Canada on Feb. 12, then play Team France on Feb. 13 and Team Switzerland on Feb. 15.
Here is the Team Czechia roster for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 (in alphabetical order) and a breakdown by NHL.com of each position group:
FORWARDS (14)
Roman Cervenka, Dynamo Pardubice
Radek Faksa, Dallas Stars
Jakub Flek, Kometa Brno
Tomas Hertl, Vegas Golden Knights
David Kampf, Vancouver Canucks
Ondrej Kase, HC Litvinov
Dominik Kubalik, EV Zug
Martin Necas, Colorado Avalanche
Ondrej Palat, New Jersey Devils
David Pastrnak, Boston Bruins
Lukas Sedlak, Dynamo Pardubice
Matej Stransky, HC Davos
David Tomasek, Farjestad
Pavel Zacha, Boston Bruins
Head coach Radim Rulik, who has had the final say in constructing this roster, is building the offensive core around players who won the gold medal at the 2024 IIHF World Championship in Prague, with Hertl and Faksa being the only ones who were not part of that group. Generating offense should not be a problem for the Czech team, which can deploy Pastrnak and Zacha on the top line alongside Cervenka, who is expected to be the team captain and has shown great chemistry with the Bruins star forward at the last two World Championships. Despite turning 40 on December 10, Cervenka is the top scorer in the Czech Extraliga, having recorded 43 points (13 goals, 30 assists) in 30 games for Pardubice. Promoting Palat to the first line and letting Cervenka play with his Pardubice teammate Sedlak could be another option. However, all that would likely mean Necas would play on the second line, with the possibility of moving next to Pastrnak in key moments and on the power play, where Hertl could fit in well too. Players from Europe like Flek, Kubalik and Stransky could bring some speed and provide secondary scoring.
