Czechs add Birner, Kundratek to team for World Cup of Hockey
PRAGUE — The Czech Republic added forward Michal Birner and defenseman Tomas Kundratek to its team for the forthcoming World Cup of Hockey to replace injured Tomas Hertl and Radko Gudas. Both play for clubs in the Russia-based KHL, Birner in Russia’s Traktor Chelyabinsk and Kundratek in Slovakia’s Slovan Bratislava. The announcement Sunday by the