Euro Hockey Tour - CP Cup, starts 17/4

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As usual, four teams in it with CR playing Sweden and Russia playing Finland on the first day. Would appreciate any team news, esp. about Sweden as for some reason CR which never fares well in this is a favourite to win the first match - and Russia too. The Czech team will be missing players from both teams in the final of Extraleague as the final match is played on Wednesday, making it pretty much a B team (most NHL players obviously missing too). What's more, most players know they won't be included in the WC squad (OK, there is the usual "if you show form, you will go" banter, but it never works like it and the players know it)

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Re: Euro Hockey Tour - CP Cup, starts 17/4 Czech squad GKs: Marek Pinc (Liberec), Miroslav Kopřiva (Kladno), Milan Hnilička (Ufa/Rus.). Ds: Angel Krstev, Lukáš Zíb (oba Liberec), Petr Čáslava (Čerepovec/Rus.), Vladimír Sičák (České Budějovice), Marek Černošek (Sparta), Václav Benák (Plzeň), Tomáš Kaberle (Toronto/NHL), Filip Kuba (Tampa/NHL), Ladislav Šmíd (Edmonton/NHL). FWs: Ondřej Veselý, Jindřich Kotrla (oba České Budějovice), Tomáš Rolinek, Jiří Cetkovský (oba Pardubice), Radim Vrbata, Martin Hanzal (oba Phoenix/NHL), Pavel Kubiš (Zlín), Leoš Čermák (Liberec), Peter Jánský (Litvínov), Tomáš Netík (Sparta), Josef Straka (Čerepovec/Rus.), Ladislav Kohn (CSKA Moskva/Rus.), Zbyněk Irgl (Jaroslavl/Rus.), Aleš Kotalík (Buffalo/NHL), Petr Kalus (Houston/AHL).