SAN JOSE, Calif. – The NHL’s Global Series games in the Czech Republic next week will go on as planned – with Russian players included.
A Czech government official said Thursday that Russians from the San Jose Sharks and Nashville Predators will be allowed to enter the country next week for their regular season games in Prague on Oct. 7 and 8.
Players from both teams have already received their visas, said Tomáš Pojar, advisor to the prime minister for security and deputy minister for European affairs, in a statement to seznamzpravy.cz.