After three years, another German will play for the Slovakian team at the Under-20 WC. Although Adam will not be the captain like his older brother Šimon was last time, he will be able to experience the championship more than once, just like the current defender of New Jersey.
The younger of the pair of Germans just turned eighteen in October and will get the opportunity to represent in this category in a year.
However, we can watch him in the Slovak extra league for the second season. Like Šimon, Adam also plays for Nitra. However, he takes care of scoring goals rather than defense (even though Šimon is an offensive defender).
“We hired them because they both think during the game. This is key for us in Nitra, and that’s why we liked them both,” HK Nitra general manager Tomáš Chrenko Sr., who has been working at the club since the 2017/18 season and worked with Šimon and Adam Nemec, told Denník N.
Another of the similarities between the natives of Liptovský Mikuláš is the gradually increasing productivity. Adam collected fifteen points in 28 games this year, while last year he scored “only” seven in 20 games.
According to the former striker of several Slovak clubs, Adam is improving in practically all game activities, and we cannot be surprised that overseas experts place him in the ranks between the first and second rounds in the preliminary rankings of the next draft.
At the moment, however, he is most focused on the mentioned WC under 20 years and with Tomáš Chrenko st. we talked about how he evaluates Adam’s work in Nitra so far, whether the ongoing championship can affect the alleged departure overseas and how his situation is different compared to his brother Šimon.
Adam started in the first match of the championship against Sweden (2:3) in the third formation and played over 14 minutes.
Simon was at an advantage
In various interviews, Adam Nemec praises his brother for helping him with his development on and off the ice. It is therefore quite logical that they will be similar in many things, even if they start in a different position.
“You can see that they are brothers. They both love sports and do everything to achieve success. They are also popular in the cabin and I wish there were more of them,” Chrenko evaluates.
At the same time, the native of Nitra realizes that the comparison between the two cannot be completely avoided, but he also adds that both were in a different position among the juniors.
“I think that Šimon had a bit of an advantage in that
