Czechs add Birner, Kundratek to team for World Cup of Hockey

Both play for clubs in the Russia-based KHL, Birner in Russia's Traktor Chelyabinsk and Kundratek in Slovakia's Slovan Bratislava. Sunday's announcement by the Czech team comes a day after Gudas, a Philadelphia Flyers defenseman, was ruled out of the tournament, which starts on Sept.