BOSTON – Czech hockey forward Pavel Zacha will probably miss Sunday’s open-air Bruins game in Tampa due to an upper body injury, but he should not miss the start of the upcoming Olympic Games. Boston coach Marco Sturm said this after the team’s practice.
Zacha did not play Thursday’s game against Philadelphia, in which he made a breakthrough, but withdrew in the second period due to health reasons. He added another key center, Elias Lindholm, whose condition is closely monitored by the heads of the Swedish national team. Lindholm should also fly to Milan next week.
“Both won’t be traveling with us, so it looks like they’re most likely not going to start on Sunday.” said Sturm. In the case of both players, the club stated that their condition will be assessed day by day.
However, according to Sturm, both players should not miss the Olympics. “Now I would say it’s not in danger. But again, we have to judge it on a day-to-day basis.” said the German coach, adding that they are both solving the situation with the general managers of the national teams, in Zach’s case, that is, with Jiří Šlégr. “It looks like they’re going to go to the Olympics, but that could change,” Sturm added.
Boston has two games before the Olympic break. He will start against Tampa on Monday night European time, three days later he will play in Florida. Zacha, like other players from the NHL, should join the Czech team at the Olympic venue on Sunday, February 8, the first match awaits the national team on Thursday, February 12 against Canada.
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- Source: CTK
