Robert Lang (ice Hockey) - International Play

International Play

Lang first debuted internationally with Czechoslovakia in the 1992 Winter Olympics. Lang scored 13 points in 8 games, third in tournament scoring, as Czechoslovakia defeated the United States in the bronze medal game. That same year, Lang competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1992 World Championships, held in his home country. Scoring 4 points in 8 games, Lang captured his second bronze medal with Czechoslovakia.

In 1996, Lang competed with the Czech Republic in his second World Championships and won the country's first gold medal at the tournament (Czechoslovakia had won six times previously). Lang scored 9 points in 8 games. Later that year, Lang competed in the inaugural World Cup (replacing the Canada Cup), however, the Czechs lost all three round-robin games and did not advance to the medal rounds. Lang failed to register a point.

The following year, Lang competed in the 1997 World Championships, defeating Russia in the bronze medal game. Lang scored 2 points in 8 games.

In 1998, Lang competed in his second Winter Olympics, capturing gold on a team with Dominik Hasek and Pittsburgh Penguins teammate Jaromir Jagr. He scored 2 points in 6 games as the Czechs defeated Canada in the semi-finals, then Russia in the final.

Four years later, Lang once again suited up for the Czechs in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Lang scored 3 points in 4 games, but the Czechs were kept from defending their gold medal, falling to Russia in the quarter-finals.

In 2004, Lang saw his only hockey action of the 2004–05 season at the World Cup due to the NHL lockout. The Czechs were defeated 4-3 in overtime in the semi-finals against Canada.

Competing in his fourth Olympics, Lang tallied 4 assists in 8 games as team captain in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin as the Czechs returned to the Olympic medal podium, capturing bronze against Russia. It would prove to be his last Olympics, as, at the age of 39, he would not be invited back for a fifth turn during the 2010 Winter Olympics, despite still playing in the NHL. The Czechs finished 5th, failing to reach the medal podium.