Czech hockey players rejoice at the goal
JASON FRANSON, ČTK / AP
“The beginning of the match was very good, our opponent played very well, we had big problems and were under pressure for the first ten minutes. We didn’t do systemic things well. The opponent had more of the game, we didn’t play well at the beginning and we weren’t concentrated. The first and second goals started our team and then at 3: 0 after the first period we checked the match, “said Mlejnek.
Malík, who will start the tournament as number one, was covered on the bench by Lukáš Pařík and out of the match list, defender Daniel Poizl and attackers Matěj Toman and Ondřej Pšenička remained from the 28-member team alongside another goalkeeper, Jan Bednář. Mlejnek will announce the final nomination today and he should send one back and two attackers home from the Edmonton “bubble”.
Adam Raška (right) is fighting for the puck
JASON FRANSON, ČTK / AP
“We came to the cabin, there was a good mood, but the coaches came and knocked us down a bit that we have been dealing with systemic things for fourteen days or almost three weeks and we didn’t follow them at all. Nick Malík held us, there were about three renumberings two for one “It was great for the rest of the match and now I hope that everyone is happy,” said forward Michal Teplý.
The rotation did not help the Slovaks
Goalkeeper Šimon Latkóczy, who replaced Samuel Hlavaj in the 34th minute, overcame Karel Klikorka’s shot from the blue line 58 seconds before the end of the second act.
In the 45th minute, after Rašek’s pass, Michal Gut headed for the uncovered goal, who then, in 57:14, with the exclusion of Samuel Kňažek, headed for the last goal to Radek Mužík until the end of the match. In the end, 16 seconds before the end, Raška was eliminated for five minutes and until the end of the match for a foul.
| Program of hockey players at the U20 World Championships in Edmonton |
| Saturday 26 December 8 pm Czech Republic-Sweden |
| Monday 28.12. 3.30 h Czech Republic-Russia |
| Tuesday 29 December 8 pm Czech Republic-USA |
| Thursday 31 December 8 pm Czechia-Austria |
| The beginnings in our time, in the venue of the championship is eight hours less. |
“There were a lot of power games, it was very good for us to be able to try them. We had a few good things there, but on the other hand there were things we have to keep working on,” said Mlejnek.
In another preparatory duel on Wednesday, Canada defeated Russia 1: 0, the United States won 3: 2 over Finland on Tuesday, and the Swiss defeated the newcomer Austria with the same result. Due to the quarantine of the teams of Germany and Sweden, the program of the originally planned ten matches has changed after positive tests for coronavirus and only four remain.
The Czech team celebrates victory over Slovakia
JASON FRANSON, ČTK / AP
“It’s a pity that we only played one match, but it turned out to be the situation here. I have to say that we didn’t play the way we wanted for the first ten minutes. We were also lucky that after the first period the result was 3: 0. Then “It can already be said that we played the way we wanted, and in the end it ended 6-0. Tomorrow we will say some things that we did not do well, and we will prepare for the first match in the group with Sweden,” added Teplý.
| Preparatory match for hockey players up to 20 years before the World Championships in Edmonton: |
| CR – Slovakia 6: 0 (3: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0) |
| Goals and recordings: 8. P. Novák (Haš, Svozil), 15. Teplý (Vitouch), 20. Raška (Pytlík, Svozil), 40. Pytlík (Klikorka, Teplý), 45. Gut (Raška, Haš), 58. Mužík (Gut , Svozil). Exclusion: 1: 6, plus Raska 5 min. and until the end of the match – Turan 10 min., Kňažko 5 min. and until the end of the match. Use: 2: 0. No spectators. |
| Czech Republic: Malík – Kučeřík, Krutil, Svozil, Haš, Klikorka, Jiříček, Suhrada, Kubíček – Teplý, Myšák, D. Vitouch – Mužík, Pytlík, F. Přikryl – Raška, Gut, P. Novák – Koffer, A. Najman, Rychlovský – M. Beránek, M. Lang. Coach: Karel Mlejnek. |
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