Big loss for twenty! Jiříček has injured ligaments in his knee, he will fly home Hokej.cz

In the remaining duels of the World Championships in Canada, the Czech national team will have to do without its key defender David Jiříček, who suffered a knee injury in the opening match with Canada.

The 18-year-old resigned shortly before halfway through the game after trying to face one of the opponents, but left the left leg in which the Canadian player flew. It wasn’t a pretty sight at all.

Jiříček lay on the ice with a painful grimace, limped to the substitute with the help of his teammates and a doctor, and headed straight for the locker room. It was obvious that the knee was not right. It didn’t work, he never returned to the duel.

“David Jiříček has an unspecified knee injury. After Monday’s magnetic resonance examination, we will be smarter, “said the head of the Czech junior substitute Karel Mlejnek after the 3: 6 defeat.

Now he knows that the support of the twenty will not interfere in the championship. The preliminary diagnosis of the representative physician Jaroslav Budín was confirmed, Jiříček suffered a ligament injury in the left knee.

Jiříček will fly back to the Czech Republic during Tuesday. “He has also received the complete results of magnetic resonance imaging and will pass it on to his club doctor, who will decide on the next step,” the press release reads.

It is a great loss for Czech young people. Already during the encounter with Canada, it was possible to see how the Czech team’s game collapsed after Jiříček’s absence. “The team noted that,” Mlejnek admitted after the match.

“We all know that David is the top prospectus of Czech hockey. But we have backs like Jirka Ticháček, David Moravec or Michal Hrádek, who also play in the extra league. They have to take it, “he ordered.

The situation is also unpleasant for Jiříček himself, who wanted to appear in Canada before the draft, where he could compete with the Slovak Šimon Nemec for the post of the highest drafted defender.

How will the representatives do without a key bench? You can watch this on the night from Monday to Tuesday, when a duel with Germany is on the program from 1:00 CET. It is broadcast live by the ČT sport station.

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