SAN JOSE – Tomas Hertl and Roman Polak will suit up for the Czech team, while Sharks rookie Joonas Donskoi was named to Team Finland on Wednesday morning for the upcoming World Cup of Hockey this summer.
Joe Pavelski is expected to be named to Team USA later on Wednesday afternoon at 3:05 p.m., while defensemen Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Brent Burns are the likeliest Sharks possibilities for Team Canada, which will make its announcement at 3:45 p.m.
Each of the competing teams was set to release a minimum of 16 names on Wednesday, with the rest of the roster to be filled out no later than June 1.