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Three matches and three victories. Slovak hockey players have a fantastic entry into the world championships. After the triumphs over Belarus and Great Britain, they also dealt with the favored Russia. Read the reactions of our players and coaches after the match.
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Voice (source: RTVS):
Martin Gernát, defender of the Slovak Republic, scorer of the winning goal: “We wanted to play our hockey, fast hockey and stay balanced for a long time. Gradually we got under pressure, we also created chances. We scored a shot. After that, we said we could play with them. We wanted to play aggressively. , hard. We played fights after which we got pucks. Thanks to that we won too. We didn’t solve how many points we will have after three matches, we wanted to go from match to match. But we are happy that we have 9 points. We have to appreciate where we are now, but it’s not over yet. We still have four matches in the group ahead of us and everything can go awry. We have to keep going from match to match. “
Andrej Podkonický, assistant coach of the Slovak Republic: “We are very satisfied. We have shown a fighting performance since the beginning of the match. We knew that the Russians skated well and were strong in one-on-one fights. We wanted to match them and we succeeded. Congratulations to the team for a great result. The big thing, it will definitely give us strength for the tournament, which will be a long time. Probably no one expected us to win the first three matches, but the players deserved it for their hard work. The four debutants who played the first match at the World Cup today gave a very good performance for playing the first match in such a tournament, we have a young team and the players
Miloš Kelemen, scorer of the first goal of the Slovak Republic: “Great feeling, one of fulfilled dreams, especially against Russia. I’m glad I fell for it. We’ve known each other from the attack team for a long time, we’re all fast and we can throw it.”
