World Hockey Championship U20 | Switzerland – Slovakia 0: 1, Slovak surprise at the beginning. The Germans resisted 14 players, the Russians defeated the USA

Swiss goalkeeper Thibault Fatton (29) and Slovak Juraj Slafkovský (18).

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Slovakia suffered a 0: 6 debacle in the last preparation with the Czech Republic, Hlavaj and Latkóczy collected three times, but this is already forgotten.

In the fifth minute, Latkóczy was helped by the right post after Ray Fust’s shot. The Swiss offered coach Róbert Petrovický three overtime games in the first period, but goalkeeper Thibault Fatton was also bulletproof.

Another power play between the Slovaks at the beginning of the second part was interrupted by a foul by Juraj Slafkovský, and despite the chances on both sides, there was a goalless state. Michal Mrázik had the biggest Slovak opportunity in the 34th minute. In the third period, the Swiss resisted even with the exclusion of Cédric Fiedler.

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The Slovaks scored in the 55th minute, when the puck after a quick break bounced off Faith, who headed for the open goal. In the end, Petrovický’s selection defended four minutes in weakening, and the Trenčín goalkeeper almost miraculously eliminated Inaki Baragan’s huge chance. He caught a bullet aimed at the pole, which he was far from.

The German outsider fought bravely with 14 players

Only 14 players in the field could be used by the coach of the German national team under 20 Tobias Abstreiter. The coronavirus-swept outsider lost to shots with the favored Finns 22 to 50, yet the final score does not have such an adverse effect.

Finn Roni Hirvonen (in blue) attacks German captain and biggest star Tim Stutzle in the U20 World Cup in Edmonton, Canada.

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A 3: 5 loss, the bright moments of captain Tim Stutzle, the triple of the 2020 draft and the decent performance of goalkeeper Tiefensee. These will be the main points of contact on which Germany will want to bet in other matches, especially with the Slovaks and the Swiss.

The Finns shared the Canadian points and a total of 11 players scored an assist or a goal, while Nikkanen and Niemela stood out, who premiered at the Canadian World Championships with two points.

The hockey classic offered great hockey

The fact that the Russians will be among the favorites of the entire championship was shown by the charges of the legendary Igor Larionov and our seniors at the Karjala Cup. In a night duel in Edmonton, they dealt with the Americans in a 5: 3 ratio in an attractive cut.

They decided their victory mainly by the excellent second part of the game, which they controlled with a ratio of 3: 0. Eighteen-year-old Vasily Ponomarjov scored two goals. On the other hand, the final pressure in the third period, in which they almost erased the three-goal deficit, did not help the United States either. At the final pressure, however, in the end they collected themselves in an empty goal from Činakov’s stick.

The Czech team will enter Group B on Saturday at 20:00 CET against Sweden, the title is defended by Canadian hockey players.