The crotch sting has an end for NHL returnees

In Friday’s extra-league match in Sparta and two days later at home against Litvínov, the hockey players of Vítkovice will have to do without Roman Polák. The disciplinary commission gave an experienced thirty-four-year-old defender, who returned home before the season after 14 years spent in the NHL, a stop sign for one match for a foul on Martin Havelka from Litvínov. And because the Pole has reached the limit of 40 points in the penalty record, it automatically means a ban on starting in the next duel.

From left Martin Havelka from Litvínov and Roman Polák from Vítkovice.

Ondřej Hájek, ČTK

At the beginning of the third period of Tuesday’s match, which Vítkovice finally lost 0: 1 in overtime, the Ostravanů captain, after a foul with a high stick, stabbed Pražák and Pilný in front of the main referees in the interrupted game of Havelka with a hockey stick from behind into the crotch.

He took a two-minute penalty from the referees for the first foul and then a penalty of five minutes and until the end of the match, so Verva had a long seven-minute overtime at his disposal. Although Vítkovice defended it, the match was decided by Litvínov’s Patrik Zdráhal with a single goal.

Zlínský Kubiš will not play two matches

By suspending the activities for two competitive matches, the chairman of the disciplinary Viktor Ujčík punished the Zlín striker Pavel Kubiš for his intervention on the Karlovy Vary forward Tomáš Mikúš in Tuesday’s mutual match. He will lose weekend home duels with Litvínov and Olomouc.

“Kubiš abused his position as an opponent, whom he attacked illegally at increased approach speed and after the jump,” Ujčík said after studying a video recording of the situation.

In imposing the sentence, Ujčík took into account that Mikúš did not take sufficient account of his position, but took into account the aggravating circumstances of the intervention being carried out when the Slovak striker Energie was in the most vulnerable position, Kubiš in front of him to achieve greater intensity. he picked up speed and jumped out shortly before the collision, increasing the likelihood of hitting his head or neck.

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