http://olympic.ca/team-canada/petr-nedved/
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Team Reunited Czechoslovakia!
Hossa - Stastny - Jagr
Elias - Mikita* - Palffy
Bondra - Demitra - Gaborik
Nedved - Straka - Hejduk
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Petr Nedved? He only played for Czechoslovakia up 'till the age of 17. He's born there, but defected to Canada, and made the announcement at a Calgary Police station. He went on to play for Canada with Paul Kariya at the Olympics in which they lost to Peter Forsberg and the Swedes in a shootout. But your right, a darn good player, certainly could have made the 4th line of a united Czech/Slovak team, but again he only played for them until 17 due to iron-fisted Communist rule in his home country. At the very least, that's deserving of an asterisk. I remember him as marvelous skater with a great shot.