WC hockey 2023 | Langhamer: The Swiss surprised us by setting up a power play. We cashed in before we changed it

Riga (from our correspondent) – And even though it was a 2:4 defeat, Langhamer spoke positively: “It can give us confidence for the next matches. They have a loaded team and we were able to keep up with them.”

Mark, how was the game against Switzerland?

Heavy and fast. We knew Switzerland had a great team, quality individuals. And it looks like they’re doing pretty well together. On the other hand, despite the loss, it can give us confidence for the next matches. We know that even though they have a busy team, we are able to keep up with them. If it weren’t for the worse second period, it could have been completely different.

What caused the blackout in the second period? Did the Swiss fly in, or did you take the cut?

That’s a question for them, but it looked like they added. We made stupid fouls. Shame on them. As a team, we left everything out there and we have nothing to be ashamed of.

The Swiss played power plays very skillfully. He seemed to overwhelm you with passes and then the pressure would come.

They are skilled and experienced players. In addition, they started in a slightly different formation than we expected before the match. It took us a while to make the changes and unfortunately we cashed in on that.

I also had the feeling that they crowded a lot in front of the goal. What you?

I also. But I already saw it yesterday when they played Canada. When pucks came from the blue lines, there were immediately two players in front of the goal. I have to admit that they do it well and that there was not much to see. If it was over the edge? No. It was fair sport on their part.

That’s how the first goal was scored, right? When the Swiss shot from the blue, someone just passed in front of you and you didn’t see much.

Exactly as you say. I went into the procedure blind. He passed me there when the player was shooting from the blue and for me the most important thing is to see how it flies off the stick. And I didn’t see that.