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Last Updated: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 | 2:34 PM ET

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Czech Republic teammates celebrate after winning the bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. (Clive Rose/Getty Images)

Coach

Name	Age	Hometown	League	Olympics
Vladimir Ruzicka	46	Most, Czech Republic		3 (as player)

Forwards

Name	Age	Hometown	League	Olympics
Petr Cajanek	34	Zlin, Czech Republic	Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)	2
Roman Cervenka	24	Praha, Czech Republic	Czech Extraliga	0
Patrik Elias (C)	33	Trebic, Czech Republic	New Jersey Devils (NHL)	2
Martin Erat	28	Trebic, Czech Republic	Nashville Predators (NHL)	1
Tomas Fleischmann	25	Koprivnice, Czech Republic	Washington Capitals (NHL)	0
Martin Havlat	28	Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic	Minnesota Wild (NHL)	1
Jaromir Jagr (A)	37	Kladno, Czech Republic	KHL	3
David Krejci	23	Sternberk, Czech Republic	Boston Bruins (NHL)	0
Milan Michalek	25	Jindrichuv Hradec, Czech Republic	Ottawa Senators (NHL)	0
Tomas Plekanec	27	Kladno, Czech Republic	Montreal Canadiens (NHL)	0
Tomas Rolinek	29	Czech Republic	KHL	0
Josef Vasicek	29	Havlickuv Brod, Czech Republic	KHL	0

Defence

Name	Age	Hometown	League	Olympics
Miroslav Blatak	27	Zlin, Czech Republic	KHL	0
Jan Hejda	31	Praha, Czech Republic	Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL)	0
Tomas Kaberle (A)	31	Rakovnik, Czech Republic	Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL)	2
Filip Kuba	33	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Ottawa Senators (NHL)	1
Pavel Kubina	32	Celadna, Czech Republic	Atlanta Thrashers (NHL)	2
Zbynek Michalek	27	Jindrichuv Hradec, Czech Republic	Phoenix Coyotes (NHL)	0
Roman Polak	23	Ostrava, Czech Republic	St. Louis Blues (NHL)	0
Marek Zidlicky	32	Most, Czech Republic	Minnesota Wild (NHL)	1

Goalies

Name	Age	Hometown	League	Olympics
Tomas Vokoun	33	Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic	Flordia Panthers (NHL)	1
Ondrej Pavelec	22	Kladno, Czech Republic	Atlanta Thrashers (NHL)	0
Jakub Stepanek	23	Czech Republic	Czech Extraliga	0

Medal Count

Top 10 Medal Winners

Country				Total
UNITED STATES	9	15	13	37
GERMANY	10	13	7	30
CANADA	14	7	5	26
NORWAY	9	8	6	23
AUSTRIA	4	6	6	16
RUSSIA	3	5	7	15
SOUTH KOREA	6	6	2	14
CHINA	5	2	4	11
SWEDEN	5	2	4	11
FRANCE	2	3	6	11

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