Today, the Czech Republic announced its squad that will take part at the 2018 Hlinka Memorial Cup set to begin August 6th, 2018. The roster includes Peterborough Petes’ Erik Cermak of the Ontario Hockey League.
The Hlinka-Gretzky Cup is the premier tournament, and the only under-18 gathering, that features the best-on-best. Scouts flock to the tournament to get the first look at National Hockey League draft eligible players as they enter the 2018-2019 season.
Here is a look at the Czech roster:
| Name | POS | HT | WT | DOB | S/C | League |
| Nick Malik | G | 6’ | 161 | 4/26/02 | L | Czech2 |
| Jan Skorpik | G | 6’1 | 154 | 2/24/01 | L | Czech U-20 |
| Martin Hugo-Has | D | 6’4 | 187 | 2/2/01 | R | Jr SM-Liiga |
| David Homola | D | 5’11 | 180 | 10/4/01 | L | Czech U-20 |
| Simon Kubicek | D | 6’2 | 179 | 12/19/01 | R | Czech U-20 |
| Jan Mlcak | D | 5’11 | 176 | 8/22/01 | L | Czech 2 |
| Daniel Poizl | D | 5’10 | 165 | 3/24/01 | L | Czech 2 |
| Jiri Suhrada | D | 6’1 | 179 | 4/27/01 | L | Czech U-18 |
| David Turecek | D | 6’4 | 194 | 4/13/01 | R | Czech U-18 |
| Jakub Zurek | F | 6’2 | 188 | 9/12/01 | L | Czech U-20 |
| Marcel Barinka | F | 5’11 | 154 | 3/21/01 | R | Czech U-18 |
| Martin Beranek | F | 6’ | 165 | 4/14/01 | L | Czech 2 |
| Erik Cermak | F | 5’10 | 143 | 3/2/01 | L | OHL |
| Filip Koffer | F | 5’9 | 169 | 4/3/21 | L | Czech U-20 |
| Martin Lang | F | 5’10 | 165 | 9/15/01 | R | WHL |
| Radek Muzik | F | 6’ | 170 | 3/25/01 | L | SuperElit |
| Adam Najman | F | 5’10 | 165 | 1/7/01 | L | Czech U-20 |
| Pavel Novak | F | 5’10 | 168 | 4/16/02 | R | Czech U-20 |
| Jonas Peterek | F | 6’2 | 177 | 2/19/01 | R | Czech U-20 |
| Filip Prikryl | F | 6’1 | 163 | 4/2/01 | L | Czech |
| Jaromir Pytlik | F | 6’2 | 192 | 9/25/01 | R | Czech |
| Adam Raska | F | 5’10 | 163 | 9/25/01 | L | Czech 2 |
| Michal Teply | F | 6’3 | 176 | 5/25/01 | R | Czech |
| Matej Toman | F | 5’10 | 168 | 1/15/01 | L | Czech 2 |
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