Karlovy Vary goalkeeper Jan Bednář is in a wider nomination for the Junior World Hockey World Championships.
Radek Petrášek, ČTK
All players will meet this Saturday in Vyškov, where they will complete a weekly preparatory camp. After its completion, the staff will be narrowed on December 12, and a day later, the selected 28 players will fly to the venue of the tournament in Edmonton. In the end, three goalkeepers and 22 players will be entered on the field in the final roster for the World Cup
“This year’s season is very specific, which also affects the nomination for the World Cup. In addition to player performance, we must also consider covid-19. That is why a wide staff will take part in the camp in Vyškov. In addition, many players played only a few matches due to the coronavirus pandemic, “said Karel Mlejnek.
???? This is what the wider nomination looks like # U20CZE. The 42 players will meet on December 5 at the preparatory camp, and 28 players will fly to Canada for the World Cup in Canada after the team is narrowed down on December 13.#WorldJuniors #narodnitym #jakolev pic.twitter.com/1NNawNacM2
– Hockey national team (@narodnitym) December 2, 2020
He had a positive test for covid-19 last week, so he is now in home isolation. Therefore, he will not be able to start the camp in Vyškov, but during it he should join the team and travel to Canada with him on December 13. “The isolation ends on Monday morning and I hope that at that time I will be able to inform the district doctor that I am asymptomatic and that I will be able to go to Vyškov to see the team,” believes the head coach.
| Wider nomination of the junior national team for the World Championships in Edmonton: |
| Goalkeepers: |
| Simon Zajicek (Litvinov) |
| Nick Malik (Trinec) |
| Jan Bednar (Karlovy Vary) |
| Lukáš Pařík (Benátky nad Jizerou) |
| Tomas Suchanek (Frydek-Mistek) |
| Defenders: |
| Karel Klikorka (Mlada Boleslav) |
| Jiří Suhrada (Zlín) |
| Jan Mlčák |
| Michael Krutil |
| Simon Kubicek |
| Daniel Poizl |
| Ondřej Baláž (all Litoměřice) |
| Michal Hradek (Pardubice) |
| Martin Has (Benátky nad Jizerou) |
| Stanislav Svozil (Kometa Brno) |
| David Jiříček |
| Vladimir Kremlacek (both Pilsen) |
| Radek Kucerik (Prerov) |
| Adam Rutar (Olomouc) |
| Attackers: |
| Adam Najman |
| Jakub Rychlovský (both Liberec) |
| Martin Lang |
| Matěj Toman |
| Filip Přikryl |
| Michal Teplý |
| Pavel Novák |
| Jaromír Pytlík |
| Filip Koffer |
| David Jindra (all Litoměřice) |
| Ivan Ivan (Vitkovice) |
| Ondrej Psenicka (Waterloo Black Hawks / USHL) |
| Radek Mužík (Lulea HF / Sweden) |
| Jan Mysak (Litvinov) |
| David Vitouch (Sparta) |
| Adam Raška |
| Jonas Peterek (both Frýdek-Místek) |
| Martin Rysavy (Prerov) |
| Jakub Brabenec (Kometa Brno) |
| Sebastian Malát (Pilsen) |
| Theodor Pištěk (Örebro / Sweden) |
| Martin Beranek (Ceske Budejovice) |
| Michael Gut (Sokolov) |
Mlejnek’s wider selection includes five players from 2003, eleven from 2002 and the remaining 26 hockey players born in 2001. A total of ten of the nominees took part in the last Junior World Championships in Ostrava and Třinec – goalkeepers Lukáš Pařík and Nick Malík, defenders Martin Haš, Karel Klikorka, Šimon Kubíček, Radek Kučeřík and attackers Jan Myšák, Jaromír Pytlík, Adam Raška and Michal Teplý.
Canada will host the junior championship for the fourteenth time in history, taking place from December 25 to January 6. It was originally supposed to be played in two cities, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, Red Deer was eliminated and the entire tournament will take place exclusively in Edmonton in Rogers Place, where local Oilers start their NHL home games. The players will be in the so-called bubble and the match will take place without spectators. Edmonton hosts the Twenty-third World Championships for the third time.
| Program of the Czech junior national team: | |
| 5. – 12.12. | preparatory camp in Vyškov |
| 21.12. 3:30 | Czechia – Finland (preparatory duel) |
| 24.12. 3:30 | Czechia – Germany (preparatory duel) |
| 26.12. 20:00 | Czech Republic – Sweden |
| 28.12. 3:30 | Czech Republic – Russia |
| 29.12. 20:00 | Czech Republic – USA |
| 31.12. 20:00 | Czechia – Austria |
In the bubble, the Czechs will be closed during the preparatory camp in Vyškov. The team will have the entire hotel and ice rink. No one will be able to leave the bubble during the camp.
“We strive to ensure maximum protection against covid-19. During the camp, all players and members of the implementation team will be tested three times by PCR, and before entering the plane, everyone will have to prove themselves by three negative tests according to the championship regulations, “explains team manager Otakar Černý.
The Under-20 Ice Hockey Championship is returning to Canada. When do Czechs play?
The team awaits a special regime even after arrival in Edmonton, where everyone undergoes a mandatory four-day quarantine at the hotel. The Czech team will not set off on the Rogers Place ice until December 18, 2020.
“During the four-day quarantine in Edmnton, everyone will have to be alone. With my assistants and fitness trainer, we have prepared online programs for players. Whether it will be individual workouts in the room or meetings through applications. We are ready, “reports Mlejnek.
“The conditions will not be easy, but they are the same for all teams. Together with the fitness trainer, we will prepare a program for the players’ rooms to spend the quarantine actively and reduce as much as possible any problems with the subsequent transition to ice, “says Mlejnek, who took over 20 before the season after Václav Varaď and the first Junior World Championships awaits him.
| Program of matches of basic groups of junior WC 2021: | |||
| The | Time | Group | Match |
| Fri 25.12. | 20:00 | A | Slovakia – Switzerland |
| So 26.12. | 0:00 | A | Finland – Germany |
| So 26.12. | 3:30 | B | USA – Rusko |
| So 26.12. | 20:00 | B | Czechia – Sweden |
| Ne 27.12. | 0:00 | A | Canada – Germany |
| Ne 27.12. | 3:30 | B | Austria – USA |
| Ne 27.12. | 20:00 | A | Switzerland – Finland |
| Po 28.12. | 0:00 | A | Canada – Slovakia |
| Po 28.12. | 3:30 | B | Mask – Czechia |
| Tu 29.12. | 0:00 | B | Sweden – Austria |
| Tu 29.12. | 3:30 | A | Germany – Slovakia |
| Tu 29.12. | 20:00 | B | Czechia – USA |
| St 30.12. | 0:00 | A | Switzerland – Canada |
| St 30.12. | 3:30 | B | Russia – Austria |
| St 30.12. | 20:00 | A | Slovakia – Finland |
| Thu 31.12. | 0:00 | A | Germany – Switzerland |
| Thu 31.12. | 3:30 | B | Sweden – Russia |
| Thu 31.12. | 20:00 | B | Austria – Czechia |
| Fri 1.1. | 0:00 | A | Finland – Canada |
| Fri 1.1. | 3:30 | B | USA – Sweden |
| Note: Matches start in CET, 8 hours less in Edmonton. | |||
Even before the start of the World Championships, the Czechs will have two preparatory matches in Edmonton against Finland and Germany. He will then enter the tournament itself on December 26 from 20:00 CET in a duel with the Swedes. In the basic group B, the Russians, Americans and Austrians will gradually be challenged.
“We want to present ourselves as a confident and at the same time humble team, which with its diligence will be very unpleasant to all its rivals,” added Mlejnek.
| Play off junior WC 2021: | |
| The | Time |
| Quarterfinals | |
| So 2.1. | 18:00 |
| So 2.1. | 21:30 |
| Ne 3.1. | 1:00 |
| Ne 3.1. | 4:30 |
| Semifinal | |
| Tu 5.1. | 0:00 |
| Tu 5.1. | 3:30 |
| 3rd place | |
| Tu 5.1. | 23:30 |
| The final | |
| St 6.1. | 3:30 |
| Note: Matches start in CET, 8 hours less in Edmonton. | |
The novelty is that the current junior World Championships does not recognize any descendants. The International Hockey Federation IIHF has previously canceled all lower division championships due to the coronavirus pandemic, so there is no one to advance to the elite category.
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