Czech Republic informs NHL Russian players not welcome during regular season games scheduled in the country

The Czech Republic has informed the NHL Russian players will not be welcome when teams come to play in the country this upcoming regular season. The Nashville Predators and San Jose Sharks are scheduled to play a regular season game Oct. 7^th and 8^th at Prauge’s O2 Arena. The Czech Foreign Ministry has informed the teams Nashville’s Yakov Trenin and San Jose’s Evgeny Svechnikov cannot attend. This comes as part of a European Union Sports Minister recommendation EU countries ban Russian athletes while the war between Russia and Ukraine continues.