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101 days 14 hours 16 minutes ago.
QUEBEC - Radim Vrbata and Ales Kotalik scored in shootout as the Czech Republic survived a scare from plucky Belarus to post a 3-2 victory on Saturday at the IIHF World Hockey Championship.
Only Dmitri Meleshko was able to score in the shootout for Belarus, which was coming off a 4-3 shootout loss to Russia on Friday. Tomas Rolinek and Ales Kotalik scored in regulation time for the Czechs, who outshot Belrus 43-18, while Yaroslav Chupris and Andrei Kostisyn scored for Belarus.
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103 days 8 hours 5 minutes ago.
QUEBEC CITY, Que. - The Czech Republic put an end to Switzerland's undefeated streak at the IIHF World Hockey Championship with a 5-0 win Thursday night at Le Pepsi Colisee.
The Swiss, employing the same strong forecheck and neutral-zone trap that had kept them undefeated through the preliminary round, had no answers for a talented group of Czech forwards that skated and pressed all night.
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107 days 12 hours 11 minutes ago.
QUEBEC - Alexei Morozov bailed Ilya Kovalchuk out Sunday.
Morozov scored twice, including the overtime-winner, as Russia edged the Czech Republic 5-4 at the IIHF World Hockey Championships in action.
Morozov capped an exciting overtime by firing a shot past Czech goaltender Milan Hnilicka. The winning goal came after Kovalchuk failed to convert on a penalty shot earlier in the extra period.
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118 days 19 hours 25 minutes ago.
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Nashville Predators forward Martin Erat will play for the Czech Republic at the upcoming IIHF world hockey championship in Quebec City and Halifax.
The right-winger agreed to play for his country after the Predators were knocked out by the Detroit Red Wings in their NHL first-round playoff series. The Red Wings wrapped up the series with a Game 6 win last Sunday.
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119 days 19 hours 3 minutes ago.
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - New Jersey Devils forward Patrik Elias will play for the Czech Republic at the upcoming IIHF world hockey championship in Quebec City and Halifax.
The left-winger is available since the Devils were eliminated by the New York Rangers 4-1 in their first-round NHL playoff series.
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