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	Czech national ice hockey team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Czech national men's ice hockey team is one of the top rated national ice hockey teams in the world, currently ranked 3rd by the IIHF behind the Canadian national men's hockey team and the Swedish national men's ice hockey team.
		Czech national ice hockey team at 2006 Ice Hockey World Championships
		It is controlled by the Czech Ice Hockey Association.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Czech_national_ice_hockey_team (256 words)

	Ice hockey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		From 1999-00 until 2005-06 the National Hockey League decided ties by playing a single five-minute sudden death overtime period with each team having 4 players (plus a goalie) per side to "open-up" the game.
		A team that is losing by one or two goals in the last few minutes of play may elect to pull the goalie; that is, removing the goaltender and replacing him or her with an extra attacker on the ice in the hope of gaining enough advantage to score a goal.
		Ice hockey is one of the fastest growing women's sports in the world, with the number of participants increasing 400 percent in the last 10 years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ice_hockey (5587 words)

	Ice hockey - Simple English Wikipedia
		Ice hockey is very well-liked in Canada, Russia, Sweden, Finland, the Czech Republic, the United States, and Slovakia.
		Ice hockey is a sport that is played by two teams on ice.
		Ice hockey began in Canada in the 19th century.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ice_hockey (241 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Czechoslovakian national ice hockey team
		The Czechoslovakian national men's ice hockey team was one of the world's premiere teams during the Soviet dominated international hockey era, often fighting Sweden for second place but sometimes beating the Soviets.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Czechoslovakian_national_ice_hockey_team (67 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		The National Hockey League, comprised of teams from the U.S. and Canada, is the major professional league in North America.
		Ice hockey is probably a descendant of bandy, a sport that developed in England in the late 18th century but that is now played only in the Baltic countries, Sweden, and the countries of the former USSR.
		The skates worn for ice hockey differ from those used for figure skating and speed skating in that the blade is thinner and shorter, with a plain, pointed end, and the boot is lower and thicker.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/sports/hockey.html (1903 words)

	Eurotel - About Us / The Czech National Ice Hockey Team
		We are proud to have been the general partner of the Czech national ice hockey team for several years now and, thanks to our exclusive services, to be able to bring our customers “more from hockey”.
		About Us The Czech National Ice Hockey Team
		We have been by the side of the Czech hockey team since 1998; a team that has triumphed at the world championships five times over the last decade.
	www.eurotel.cz /jnp/en/companyInfo/sponsorships/en-companyInfo-sponsorship-hokej.html (179 words)

	ChessBase.com - Chess News - Lubomir Kavalek's birthday guide to Prague
		The Czechs love him for his acrobatic work in the goal during the 1998 Winter Olympiad in Nagano, making it possible for the Czech national hockey team to win the gold medals.
		When Vladimir Kramnik mentioned that he used a defensive strategy of the Czech national team to defeat Garry Kasparov in London in 2000, he failed to say that Hasek was the key to the team’s success and its last defensive barrier.
		In the National Hockey League (NHL) Hasek won twice the Hart Trophy (1997, 1998) for the most valuable player and became six-time Vezina Trophy winner for the best goalie of the season.
	www.chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=2567 (2406 words)

	ESPN.com - Young and old lead Canada to gold
		The Canadians finally ended an agonizing 50-year wait for the Olympic gold medal in their national sport, beating the United States as Jarome Iginla and Joe Sakic each scored twice in a historic 5-2 victory Sunday.
		Brodeur is the son of Denis Brodeur, the team photographer who was the goalie on Canada's bronze-medal winning team in 1956.
		As the Edmonton Oilers' ice specialists made the surface at the E-Center rink, they sank a loonie -- a golden Canadian dollar coin -- into it for good luck.
	sports.espn.go.com /oly/winter02/hockey/news?id=1340029 (1011 words)

	ThePittsburghChannel.com - Olympics 2006 - Ice Hockey: Canada Is Team To Beat
		Overall, ice hockey in the Olympic Games dates back to 1920, when the tournament was part of the Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.
		Women's ice hockey makes its third appearance at the Olympic Winter Games in Torino.
		The last team to win successive Olympic titles was the Soviet Union/Unified Team, which won in 1984, 1988 (as Soviet Union) and 1992 (as Unified Team).
	www.thepittsburghchannel.com /olympics2006/6207547/detail.html (1478 words)

	Ice Hockey Australia
		The final intersquad game of Team Green versus Team White proved to once again have the same exhilarating and electrifying experience as what was witnessed at the 2006 midget and bantam camps.
		The IHA's 2004 National Inline Team will be the first team to wear the jersey when they participate in the IIHF's 2004 World Championships in Bad Tolz, Germany from the 10th to 17th July 2004.
		Allan was appointed by the IIHF to supervise the Championship's on-ice officials.
	www.iha.org.au (655 words)

	GirlHacker's Random Log
		With singers in hockey jerseys, a conductor in referee stripes, a geisha, and three periods instead of acts, the opera "Nagano, the Birth of a Legend" celebrates the Czech national ice hockey team's 1998 gold medal.
		Ice cream is one of the products expected to go up in cost with expected expensive milk prices this summer.
		Hockey Night in Canada has been an institution on Canadian television since 1952 and prior to that on radio starting in 1933.
	www.girlhacker.com /2004_04_01_archive.html (4188 words)

	Prague Compass Magazine - Theater of Enlightenment, The Estates Theatre, Prague
		Šmolka even managed to conjure up an opera entitled Nagano, so inspired was he by the Czech national ice hockey team's gold medal at the 1998 winter Olympics in the city of the same name.
		In 1862 Czech theater acquired an independent venue, the Prozatimní or "temporary" theater, until the National Theater was built and Czech language performances ceased until 1920.
		The Czech language was once again banished from the venue in 1939 under the German occupation and the last play to be performed there in July 1939, Jirásek´s Lucerna, was also the first play to be performed after the war in 1945.
	www.praguenet.com /compass/number_8/culture.html (1132 words)

	Czech hockey (WORLD.OHF.CZ)
		Ice hockey is not a matter of politics - in spite of that many Czech journalists relished the Russian team's failure.
		With two new teams entering the National Hockey League, the NHL needs to stock its rosters with additional talent and are spending much of their efforts looking for it here in central Europe.
		Pletka was one of the best scorers of last two season in Czech Extraleague, and he also played some games for the national team.
	world.ohf.cz /cze (12144 words)

	IIHF - NEWS
		Josef Augusta, the head coach of the Czech national ice hockey team, returned from an overseas trip with a promise from ten Czech NHL players to play for the national team at the World Championships in Germany, reports Miroslav Maly from the Czech Ice Hockey Federation in Prague.
		Zurich (IIHF): The Russian national team for the upcoming 2001 IIHF World Championships in Germany (April 28 – May 13) will made up mainly by players from the Russian Hockey League (RHL).
		With the tournament inching closer by the day, and the Russians eager to improve upon their disastrous appearance on home ice in St. Petersburg last year when the team relied heavily on their incoming NHL-stars, head coach Boris Michailov has named a dozen of players summoned to the Team Russia training camp in Novogorsk.
	www.iihf.com /news/iihfpr2301.htm (523 words)

	USA Hockey
		While Team USA's coaching staff wanted to avoid exactly the kind of game it fell into early in Saturday night's Preliminary Round opener, the 2005 U.S. National Junior Team fended off a number of Russia's comebacks and held on for an important Pool A win at Ralph Engelstad Arena.
		Team USA's second Preliminary Round game may not have been a thing of beauty, but it was effective.
		Team USA finished in fourth at 2005 IIHF World Junior Championship with a 3-4-0 record in Grand Forks, N.D., and has now finished among the top four three consecutive seasons, including gold in 2004.
	www.usahockey.com /2005wjc/main_site/main/2005wjc (1210 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - ICE HOCKEY: U.S. National Junior Team Advances To Semifinals With 4-3 Win Against Czech Republic
		Defenseman Ryan Suter (Madison, Wis./U.S. National Under-18 Team) scored the eventual game-winner 44 seconds later as he increased Team USA’s lead to 4-1.
		Team USA next faces host Canada (4-0-0) tomorrow night, a game that will be televised on the YES Network at midnight EST on Fri., Jan. 3, and re-broadcast at 1:00 p.m.
		Team USA jumped out to a 2-0 with a pair of goals 33 seconds apart midway through the first period.
	www.olympic-usa.org /73_7245.htm (849 words)

	LCS Hockey: Born Again
		The Finns, often overlooked during international tournaments in favor of flashier teams like Canada, Russia, and Sweden, are once again using a suffocating defensive scheme and timely goal-scoring to cripple the competition.
		The first round of LCS Hockey's March Madness is in the books.
		Team Finland is up to its old tricks.
	www.lcshockey.com /archive (579 words)

	2006 Australian National Youth Ice Hockey Team
		After a number of player withdrawals the team seems to be quite settled now.There are 22 days to go before the team departs to the training camp in the Czech Republic.
		The facility is very modern and has the added benefit of having the ice rink as a part of the hotel, which means about a 30 second walk to the rink.
		The team will be at the camp from February 25th till March 13th.
	www.enrg.com.au /youth (233 words)

	Ex-Pens coach Hlinka dies in car crash - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- Czech Republic national ice hockey team coach, and former Pittsburgh Penguins coach, Ivan Hlinka died Monday after sustaining serious injuries in a car crash, an official said.
		Hlinka was taken to a hospital for treatment where he died, Czech national team spokesman Pavel Barta said.
		Hlinka, who was reappointed Czech coach in May, led the Czech Republic to gold at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/sports/s_208429.html (190 words)

	Eurotel - About Us / Sponsorships
		The Czech National Ice Hockey Team We are proud to have been the general partner of the Czech national ice hockey team for several years now and, thanks to our exclusive services, to be able to bring our customers “more from hockey”.
		AC Sparta Prague In its 110 years of existence, Sparta has been crowned Premier Team of the Czech Republic 32 times, has won the Central European Cup three times, and has been victorious in soccer tournaments throughout Europe and overseas.
		We have also been at the forefront of the non-profit sector for many years, and we are proud to be among the most forward-thinking and energetic participants in Czech civic society.
	www.eurotel.cz /jnp/en/companyInfo/sponsorships (155 words)

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		Ivan Hlinka, the Czech Republic's national ice hockey team coach, has died after suffering serious injuries in a car accident.
		Hlinka was a player on Czechoslavakia's world champion teams in 1972, 1976 and 1977, and competed in the National Hockey League for several seasons before retiring.
		Hlinka's death comes just one week before the Czech team is to face Finland in the first round of the Ice Hockey World Cup in the Czech Republic.
	quickstart.clari.net /voa/art/eh/70E0557D-2597-4E3A-876ACCC0A4E5A316.html (140 words)

	Ice Hockey
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	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0758111.html (232 words)

	The Prague Post Online
		Karel Gut is chairman of the Czech Ice Hockey Union, which is responsible for funding and developing ice hockey at domestic and national levels.
		Although it is an International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) event, the stands around the rink are empty, save for a few regular patrons of the stadium pub in Marianske Lazne (Marienbad).
		In fact, only 14 women's teams currently compete in the Czech league, offering a talent pool of 200 players for the national team.
	www.praguepost.com /P03/2003/Art/0122/sprts1.php (1641 words)

	World Ice Hockey Team Rankings : About the Ranking
		The World Hockey Ranking represents an accurate guage of the world's national hockey teams' current placement in the ice hockey community based on a 5-year snapshot of applicable results.
		The WHR is not affililated in any way with the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) and is not officially sanctioned by them, nor any national ice hockey federations.
		The Womens ranking is determined from results in the Winter Olympic Games and the IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship.
	www.worldhockeyranking.com /ranking.htm (240 words)

	The Running Network -- National News -- Article
		The starting shot was fired by Petr Svoboda, who scored the Czech national ice hockey team's gold medal-winning goal in the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.
		The President of Prague International Marathon, Carlo Capalbo, presented the Czech Initiative for Asthma with a cheque for 50,000 Kc, from the proceeds of the Marathon.
		In the Czech Championship, run as part of PIM, Jiri Wallenfels took first place in 2:25:52, as favourite and defending champion, Jan Blaha, failed in the last kilometre.
	www.runningnetwork.com /news/praguemarathon02final.html (507 words)

	Team Canada Hockey Team - The Best Hockey Equipment You Can Find On the Web!
		The team was introduced at the Hockey Hall of Fame...
		Team Canada wins the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, while Team USA exits in the semifinal.
		The men's hockey gold medals are heading back to the game's birthplace for the first time in 50 years.
	www.premierhockeyequipment.com /index.html?k=team-canada-hockey-team (1128 words)

	All Mountain Vacations
		Jiri Lala played for the Czech National Ice-hockey team as well as in the USA.
		Our Pisek hotel situated in the central square is owned by the Lala family, famous for Czech and American ice hockey.
		From Austria the tour takes you over gently rolling terrain through some of the most romantic and most beautiful parts of the Czech Republic; Moravia, Southern Bohemia, the castle towns of Telc, Cesky Krumlov, the vineyards of Palava and eventually on to Prague, a capital of dreams.
	www.all-mountain.com /bike/austria (1591 words)

	Eurotel - About Us / Athletics: Tomá Dvoøák and Roman ebrle
		Eurotel has had the pleasure of teaming up with two of the Czech Republic's most accomplished athletes — Tomá Dvoøák and Roman ebrle.
		Both of these sportsmen rank among the best decathletes in the world, and we are happy that we can help contribute to their success.
		Dvoøák is the only man besides the legendary Dan O'Brien to win decathlon world championships on three separate occasions.
	corporate.eurotel.cz /jnp/en/companyInfo/sponsorships/personal-en-companyInfo-sponsorship-Dvorak_Sebrle.html (253 words)

	BBC News Ice Hockey Czech's bounce US hockey Dream Team
		The US squad of National Hockey League all-stars were the strongest team coming into the first Olympics for professionals.
		The United States hockey team crashed out of the Winter Olympics when the Czech Republic hammered the all-stars 4-1.
		The Czech Republic added the final touch to what has been a fairly miserable tournament for the US so-called "dream team".
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sport/winter_olympics_98/ice_hockey/57814.stm (677 words)

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