CZECH ICE HOCKEY TEAM U20 CEZ GROUP IS A DYNAMIC, INTEGRATED ENERGY CONGLOMERATE based in the Czech Republic and with operations in a number of countries in the region of Central and Southeastern Europe. Its principal business encompass generation, distribution and sale of electricity and heat, sale of gas as well as coal mining. The shares of the parent company ČEZ, a. s. are traded in Prague and Warsaw, and they are also a signifi cant part of the stock exchange indexes there. The company‘s largest shareholder is the Czech Republic. POLAND Warsaw GERMANY THE CZECH REPUBLIC Prague SLOVAKIA Bratislava HUNGARY Budapest ROMANIA Reşiţa | Bucharest ALBANIA Tirana BULGARIA Sofi a TURKEY Istanbul CEZ GROUP www.cez.cz 148x210_ENG - 2011_rijen.indd 1 25.10.2011 10:55:33 CZECH ICE HOCKEY FACTS Founding member of the IIHF since November 15, 1908. National population: 10,527,000 Total Players: 100,668 Male Players: 75,761 Youth Players: 22,828 Female Players: 2,169 Men´s World Ranking: 5th Women´s World Ranking: 14th MAJOR TOURNAMENTS Olympic Games Gold 1 Czech Republic 1998 Silver 4 Czechoslovakia 1948, 1968, 1976, 1984 Bronze 4 Czechoslovakia 1920, 1964, 1972, 1992 / 1 Czech Republic 2006 World Championships Gold 6 Czechoslovakia 1947, 1949, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1985 / 6 Czech Republic 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2010 Silver 12 Czechoslovakia 1948, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983 / 1 Czech Republic 2006 Bronze 16 Czechoslovakia 1920, 1933, 1938, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1981, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992 / 4 Czech Republic 1993, 1997, 1998, 2011 MEDIA GUIDE 3 CZECH ICE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Tomáš Král 1st Vice-President František Černík 2nd Vice-President Miloslav Šeba Members Petr Bříza, Otakar Černý, František Dvořák, Karel Jankovič, Ctibor Jech, Jaromír Látal, Jan Trunda, Milan Vacke OFFICE General Secretary Martin Urban Director Ondřej Šebek COACHES Director Slavomír Lener Methodist Zdeněk Pavliš Coaches Miroslav Přerost, Luděk Bukač, Jiří Veber, Petr Studnička Video Coach Jan Procházka CONTACT Czech Ice Hockey Association Prvního pluku 8-10, 186 00 Prague 8, Czech Republic www.cslh.cz 4 2012 IIHF ICE HOCKEY U20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SCHEDULE VENUES Group A Calgary, Saddledome 19,289 Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, Latvia Group B Edmonton, Rexall Place 16,839 Canada, USA, Finland, Czech Republic, Denmark PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND Mon 26. 12. 2011 13:30 B Finland – Canada Edmonton Mon 26. 12. 2011 15:30 A Latvia – Sweden Calgary Mon 26. 12. 2011 20:00 B Denmark – USA Edmonton Mon 26. 12. 2011 20:00 A Switzerland – Russia Calgary Tue 27. 12. 2011 18:00 B Czech Republic – Denmark Edmonton Tue 27. 12. 2011 20:00 A Slovakia – Latvia Calgary Wed 28. 12. 2011 13:30 B USA - Finland Edmonton Wed 28. 12. 2011 15:30 A Sweden – Switzerland Calgary Wed 28. 12. 2011 18:00 B Canada – Czech Republic Edmonton Wed 28. 12. 2011 20:00 A Russia – Slovakia Calgary Thu 29. 12. 2011 18:00 B Denmark – Canada Edmonton Thu 29. 12. 2011 20:00 A Latvia – Russia Calgary 6 TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC U20 PRELIMINARY ROUND Fri 30. 12. 2011 13:30 B USA – Czech Republic Edmonton Fri 30. 12. 2011 15:30 A Sweden – Slovakia Calgary Fri 30. 12. 2011 18:00 B Finland – Denmark Edmonton Fri 30. 12. 2011 20:00 A Switzerland – Latvia Calgary Sat 31. 12. 2011 14:00 B Czech Republic – Finland Edmonton Sat 31. 12. 2011 16:00 A Slovakia - Switzerland Calgary Sat 31. 12. 2011 18:00 B Canada – USA Edmonton Sat 31. 12. 2011 20:00 A Russia – Sweden Calgary RELEGATION ROUND Mon 02. 01. 2012 11:00 4A – 5B Calgary Tue 03. 02. 2012 11:00 4B – 5A Calgary Wed 04. 01. 2012 11:00 5B – 5A Calgary Wed 04. 01. 2012 15:00 4A – 4B Calgary QUARTERFINALS Mon 02. 01. 2012 15:00 2A – 3B Calgary Mon 02. 01. 2012 19:00 2B – 3A Calgary SEMIFINALS Tue 03. 01. 2012 15:00 1B – 2A/3B Calgary Tue 03. 01. 2012 19:00 1A – 2B/3A Calgary 5THPLACE GAME BRONZEMEDAL GAME Wed 04. 01. 2012 19:00 Calgary Thu 05. 01. 2012 13:30 Calgary FINAL Thu 05. 01. 2012 18:00 Calgary Notes With qualifi cation for a Quarter-Final (position B2 or B3), Canada shall play at 19:00 (QF2 – Game #23). With qualifi cation for a Semi-Final (B1 or winner of game #23), Canada shall play at 19:00 (SF2 – Game #26). If Canada receives a bye (as position B1) to SF2 (Game #26), then A2-B3 will remain as QF1 (Game #22) to allow for equal rest for teams prior to the Semi-Final Round. All times listed are local time (MST = UTC-7). MEDIA GUIDE 7 TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC MANAGEMENT General Manager Head Coach Petr Komers Miroslav Přerost Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Goalie Coach Video Coach Jiří Juřík Jiří Fischer Roman Višňák Jan Procházka Team Doctor Fyzioterapeud Equipment Manager, Equipment Manager, MUDr. Marcel Hujo Radovan Sakaláš Masseur Masseur Leoš Mitáček Zdeněk Šmíd 8 TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC U20 HEAD COACH MIROSLAV PŘEROST Born January 22, 1963, Plzeň, Czechoslovakia Served as coach on club-competitions Took surprising playoff run as rookie level for 17 years before joining the head coach with the team in 2004, after Czech Ice Hockey Association as youth eliminating regular-season champions coach in May 2009. Led Czech Under-16 Pardubice in quarterfi nals and fi nish- and Under-17 Junior National Teams for ing fourth overall with the last-minute two years before becoming head coach advanced squad. Resigned during the of the Under-20 squad for the 2010-11 2004-05 season and joined Lilleham- season. mer in Norway as men´s team assistant As ice hockey player, he spent two sea- and junior squad head coach for next sons with the senior team of hometown two years. Returned to youth program club in 1980s, but prefered pedagogi- in Plzeň in 2007 and won once Czech cal studies after suff ering serious in- midget-league championship title. jury. Worked as coach in Czech minor Coach with CIHA since 2009 and showed leagues since 1988, leading teams as enough courage while taking over Klatovy, Sokolov, Rokycany as well as Czech U20 Team and undergo a pas- Gmunden in Austria and Bad Reichen- sage through the „Division of Death“ at hall in Germany. Operated youth sport- the World Junior Championship, while classes program of Plzeň hockey club facing medal-contenders Canada, Swe- before joining its elite-league squad as den and Russia in preliminary round of an assistant in 2003. the tournament. Coach 1986-1988 Klatovy, Czech Republic 2005-2007 Lillehammer, Norway A team, head coach 1989-1992 Sokolov, Czech Republic junior team, head 1993-1997 Bad Reichenhall, coach Germany 2007-2009 Plzeň, Czech Republic junior team,head 1998-1999 Gmunden, Austria coach 1999-2002 Rokycany, Czech Republic 2008-2009 Czech Republic U16 head coach 2003-2004 Plzeň, Czech Republic A team, assistant & 2009-2010 Czech Republic U17 head coach head coach 2010-2011 Czech Republic U20 head coach 2004-2005 Plzeň, Czech Republic A team, head coach 2011-2012 Czech Republic U20 head coach MEDIA GUIDE 9 ASSISTANT COACH JIŘÍ JUŘÍK Born December 9, 1965, Přerov, Czechoslovakia Began his hockey career in Přerov, play- youth coaching. Since 2001, he has ing with the local team (including one served with occasional breaks as the year elsewhere) until 1988, then later chief trainer of the youth team of HC engaged professionally in Třinec and Oceláři Třinec. Frýdek-Místek, which was the fi nal en- As assistant coach, he worked with the gagement of his playing career. representative selections for U 16, and Graduated from Palacký University in participated in the world champion- Olomouc – Faculty of Pedagogy. ships with U18 in Minsk. As head coach, After the end of his active playing ca- he led the representative selections for reer, he turned to pedagogic work and U19. Player Coach 1981-1982 Přerov, Czechoslovakia 1995-1996 Třinec, Czech Republic junior team, head coach 1983-1984 Modeta Jihlava, Czechoslovakia 1997-1999 Frýdek – Místek, Czech A team, head coach 1985 -1988 Přerov, Czechoslovakia Republic 1989-1992 Třinec, Czechoslovakia 2000-2004 Třinec, Czech Republic junior team, head coach 1992-1994 Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic 2005-2007 Třinec, Czech Republic A team, head coach 2008-2009 Třinec, Czech Republic A team, assistant coach 2009-2011 Třinec, Czech Republic junior team, head coach 2003-2004 Czech Republic U16 assistant coach 2009-2010 Czech Republic U18 assistant coach 2011-2012 Czech Republic U19 head coach 10 TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC U20 ASSISTANT COACH JIŘÍ FISCHER Born July 31, 1980, Hořovice, Czechoslovakia Played 305 NHL games as a defenseman His only experience with big interna- during six-year stint with Detroit and tional junior tournament is dated back became Stanley Cup Champion with to his players years, when he partici- the Red Wings in 2002. Represented the pated at the 1997 European Under-18 Czech Republic at the 2004 World Cup Championship. He joint the Hull Olym- of Hockey and captured gold medal at piques in the QMJHL for the next two the 2005 World Championship in Vien- seasons and was named league´s best na. defenseman and CHL second all-star in Jumped over to coaching job as director 1999. Drafted by Detroit in fi rst round of player development with the Detroit and 25th overall in 1997. Played with Red Wings after being forced to fi nish Liberec in the Czech elite league as well his career due to health reasons in 2006. as one game with hometown club Ber- oun in second league during the NHL lockout in 2004-05.