2022 sixth overall pick David Jiricek headlines Czechia's preliminary World Junior roster
After upsetting the U.S. in the quarter-finals during the 2022 World Juniors and ultimately finishing fourth after losing to Sweden in the bronze medal game, Czechia will aim to win their first medal since 2005, when they took home bronze.
On paper, their preliminary 27-man roster looks very strong, with four cuts to be made before playing their first game on December 26th. Among the notable players on the roster are Columbus Blue Jackets 2022 first-round pick David Jiricek, projected 2023 top-ten pick Eduard Sale and Buffalo Sabres 2022 first-round pick Jiri Kulich.
Let's take a look at Czechia's preliminary roster.
Goaltenders (3)
Daniel Kral
Oliver Satny
Tomas Suchanek
Defencemen (9)
David Spacek
Marek Alscher
Jiri Tichacek
David Jiricek
Ales Cech
Ondrej Chabada
David Moravec
Tomas Hamara
Stanislav Svozil
Forwards (15)
Adam Mechura
Jakub Brabenec
Lukas Pajer
Jakub Kos
Marcel Marcel
Petr Hauser
Matous Mensik
Ondrej Becher
Robin Sapousek
Jaroslav Chmelar
Matyas Sapovaliv
Jiri Kulich
Martin Rysavy
Gabriel Szturc
Eduard Sale
The Czechs will have a tough task ahead of them in Group A as they'll be taking on Canada (Dec. 26th), Austria (Dec. 27th), Sweden (Dec. 29th) and Germany (Dec. 31st).
👥 Trenéři #U20CZE prozradili širší nominaci pro mistrovství světa juniorů, které vypukne v Kanadě 26. prosince 👇 #narodnitym #jakolev
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Patrick Maroon | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Lukas Reichel | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Travis Konecny | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Noah Cates | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Sean Couturier | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Marcus Johansson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Matvei Michkov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Kevin Rooney | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Matthew Boldy | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Bobby Brink | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Tyson Foerster | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Justin Kirkland | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Daniil Miromanov | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Connor Murphy | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Travis Sanheim | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Craig Smith | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nolan Allan | - | - | - | |
| Joey Anderson | - | - | - | |
| Michael Anderson | - | - | - | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 20 | 17 | 3 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||