2016 World Cup: Team Europe vs. Czech Republic game thread, schedule, lines, and how to watch
Team Europe looks to improve to 2-0, while the Czechs will hope for a better result than their 6-0 loss on Saturday.
The World Cup of Hockey continues today with team Europe taking on the Czech Republic, a matchup of two teams who had polar opposite results in their respective tournament openers.
For team Europe, it was a rather unexpected win. Taking on the United States, they made good on their opportunities to take a 3-0 win. Jaroslav Halak was nothing short of phenomenal in keeping the Americans off the board for his squad.
The Czech republic were also involved in a shutout game, but on the opposite end. Heavily outshot and out-possessed by Canada, Michal Neuvirth was beat six times, while Carey Price made life very hard for the Czech forwards.
This game is vital for both teams. Canada seems to be the odds-on favourite to win the group, but the second place spot seems totally up for grabs. Should be an exciting game to watch.
If Europe can take this game, they stand a very good chance of finishing second. If the Czechs take it, that race becomes very tight, and makes the group very interesting moving forward.
The puck drops at 3:00 PM, at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.
How to watch:
In Canada (French): TVA Sports
In Canada (English): Sportsnet
In the United States: ESPN
The lineups are subject to change, and we will update if any changes occur.
| Left Wing |
Center |
Right Wing |
| Jakub Voracek | Tomas Plekanec | Milan Michalek |
| David Pastrnak | Martin Hanzal | Ondrej Palat |
| Ales Hemsky | Radek Faksa | Michael Frolik |
| Dmitrij Jaskin | Roman Cervenka | Michal Birner |
| Left Defense |
Right Defense |
| Andrej Sustr | Jakub Nakladal |
| Roman Polak | Michal Kempny |
| Michal Jordan | Zbynek Michalek |
| Goaltenders |
| Petr Mrazek |
| Michael Neuvirth |
| Left Wing |
Center |
Right Wing |
| Tomas Tatar | Anze Kopitar | Marian Hossa |
| Marian Gaborik | Frans Nielsen | Mats Zuccarello |
| Nino Niederreiter | Leon Draisaitl | Tobias Reider |
| Thomas Vanek | Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | Jannik Hansen |
| Left Defense |
Right Defense |
| Zdeno Chara | Andrej Sekera |
| Roman Josi | Dennis Seidenberg |
| Christian Ehrhoff | Mark Streit |
| Goaltenders |
| Jaroslav Halak |
| Tomas Greiss |