SOCHI, Russia -- Martin Erat of the Washington Capitals will replace injured Vladimir Sobotka on the Czech team for the Sochi Olympics. Jake Matthews . The 26-year-old Sobotka injured his left leg playing for the St. Louis Blues in a 3-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday. The Blues said he would not recover from the injury in time for the Olympic tournament. Sobotka had seven goals and a total of 25 points from 46 games this season. Czech coach Alois Hadamczik announced the replacement Tuesday, recalling Erat for his third Olympics. The 32-year-old right wing helped the Czechs win the bronze medal at Turin in 2006. The Czechs open the tournament Feb. 12 against Sweden and also face Latvia and Switzerland in Group C. Paul Worrilow . -- Scott Kazmir will have to wait at least one more day to make his debut for the Oakland Athletics and pitch against his former team. Justin Blalock . -- Cordell Cato scored his first goal of the season and the San Jose Earthquakes survived a full half playing a man down to beat FC Dallas 2-1 Saturday night.LOS ANGELES -- Goalie Jonathan Quick is back in uniform for the Los Angeles Kings after a 24-game injury absence. The Kings activated Quick from injured reserve shortly before their game against the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night. The 2012 Conn Smythe Trophy winner hasnt played since he injured his groin late in a game at Buffalo on Nov. 12. Quick is 10-5-0 this season with a 2.35 goals-against aveerage and a . Devonta Freeman. 905 save percentage. Quick was named to the U.S. Olympic team on Wednesday for the second time. Ben Scrivens also dressed for the Kings, which meant Martin Jones was likely to be a healthy scratch. Jones won his first eight decisions after making his NHL debut last month. He still leads the league in save percentage (.950) and goals-against average (1.41). ' ' '
