Former Penguin Martin Straka joined the coaching staff of the Czech Republic's men's national team on Tuesday.
Straka was named an assistant coach along with Jaroslav Spacek, to work under new head coach Filip Pesan. The staff signed two-year contracts, which will cover the 2021 World Championship in Minsk and Riga, the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and the 2022 World Championship in Finland.
The trio will work under former Penguin Petr Nedved, who has been general manager of the Czech national team since 2018.
Straka has been the general manager and owner of Czech club HC Plzen since 2009, and coached the team from 2016-18.