"No words," said CZE bench boss Mark Hyde, "an embarassment to their homeland. Totally unacceptable." The CZE GM was speaking in regard to the lackluster play of the Czech/Slovak squad in their recent 4-1 loss to the Frech squad. We are shuffling some things around to pick up production. Most notably is Peter Bondra's demotion to the second line. It looks like Jaromir Jagr will be getting an opportunity for first line minutes. "We want Jags with Stumpy to mazimize Stumpy's passing ability, Jaromir has indicated from his round robin play that he is here to play. We have not been as happy with Peter and if he can increase his level of play he may see the 1st line again.

Another shocking move was putting sniper Michal Pivonka down to the fourth line. Robert Reichel got promoted to the 2nd line. "Same thing, we wanted a more pure passer matched up with Ciger and Bondra and Reichel is definitely that, all designed to increase point production. Hopefully it works."