NHL Stars Jagr, Hertl named to Czech team for IIHF World Championships

The Czech Republic has named their team for the 2014 IIHF World Hockey Championships, which will be hosted in Minsk, Belarus in early May. Among the notable players officially named to the roster on Sunday are ageless power forward Jaromir Jagr, likable Sharks forward Tomas Hertl, and St. Louis Blues grinder Vladimir Sobotka.

Here's the complete Czech roster per the Czech Ice Hockey Association's website:

Goalkeepers: 
Alexander Salak (St. Petersburg, KHL), Jakub Kovar (Yekaterinburg, KHL), Paul French(HC Litvinov VERVA).

Defenders: 
Roman Polak (St. Louis, NHL), Jakub Kindl (Detroit, NHL), Ondřej German, Martin Ševc(both Lev Praha, KHL), Jan Kolar (Donetsk, KHL),  Petr Zámorský (PSG Zlín), Ondřej Vitasek (White Tigers Liberec), Michal Jordan (Charlotte, AHL).

Forwards: 
Jaromir Jagr (New Jersey, NHL), Jiri Hudler (Calgary, NHL), Vladimir Sobotka (St. Louis, NHL), Tomáš Hertl (San Jose, NHL), Roman Cervenka (St. Petersburg, KHL), John Smith (Magnitogorsk , KHL), Michal Vondrka (Slovan Bratislava, KHL), Jakub Klepiš, Jiří Novotný, Jiří Chisel (All Lev Praha, KHL), Tomáš Rolinek  (HC Sparta Praha), Jakub Petružálek (Kazan, KHL), Lukas Kaspar (Donetsk, KHL),  Martin Zaťovič  (HC Energie Karlovy Vary),  Martin Ruzicka (HC Oceláři Třinec), Milan Gulaš (Färjestad, Sweden).