If it wasn’t for a teammate’s shout, he doesn’t have a hat trick. McDavid won’t be me, says the Pardubice hero

Mandate has already scored eight goals this season. But he himself reminded that his main tasks are elsewhere. “I want to leave the match with a good feeling that I defended the weakness, that I blocked the shot. There are guys here who are mainly supposed to score goals. As a striker, everyone wants to score goals, but if we want to be successful, I am comfortable with a different role. I help in other ways – by finishing opponents or blocking shots,” said Mandát.

However, three goals into the Pilsen net are a pleasant bonus for honest work and a reward for his attitude. “The fact that I scored three goals today doesn’t change anything at all. I don’t think I’m going to suddenly become McDavid and do whatever I want on the ice. On the contrary, I will humbly continue to defend honestly,” Mandát assured.

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He scored the first and second goals after exactly the same situation. Patrik Poulíček won the bulls and Mandát immediately shot.

“We try it almost every game. First, it’s hard to win the bulls cleanly enough to get it right on the volley. In addition, there are four players standing on their side who are trying to block the puck,” Mandát explained to journalists that it was not a simple situation, although it could have looked that way in his presentation today. “For the first goal, the opponents separated a little, and I aimed a little there. At the second goal, I literally slapped the puck. I leaned into it,” Mandát added.

He then added the third goal in the 59th minute in a Pilsen game without a goalkeeper. “The coach gave us confidence at the end of the match, you shouldn’t concede there. When you score two goals and see an empty goal, you naturally want to complete the hat trick. I also saw Řek (Robert Říčka), who was free in the middle, but he was shouting for me to go alone. Also, that he told me, otherwise I would probably record,” Mandát smiled.

2024-01-30 21:34:32
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