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The coaching team, led by head coach Ivan Feneš, decided after a single preparatory match before the Under-20 World Hockey Championships and a 4-0 win over Germany on the form of the final nomination, which did not fit three players.
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The Slovaks traveled to Canada with 28 hockey players, but only 25, 22 skaters and three goalkeepers can write them on the championship roster. The defenders Oliver Fatul, Šimon Groch and the striker Oliver Stümpel received Čierny Petr and were eliminated from the nomination.
Fatul and Groch have already left the Red Deere camp and will fly from Edmonton via Toronto to Vienna on Christmas Day. Stümpel will leave the team on December 25 and return to the Corpus Christi IceRays Club in NAHL.
“It simply came to our notice then. We discussed for a long time and finally decided that Oliver Fatul, Šimon Groch and Oliver Stümpel would leave the team. I will repeat that this was a difficult and extremely long decision.
Together with colleagues, we tried to find the best compromise that will be most beneficial for the team. In the end, less gaming practice decided against the boys. However, we believe that even such an unpopular decision will move them further in their careers. Hockey is the same, “ said for hockeyslovakia.sk head coach Ivan Feneš.
There are 25 hockey players on the final list, three of them goalkeepers. “We managed to put together an amazing team with a clear identity. We have experience, predation, youth, great quality and players who are willing to throw shots and handle tough fights. We put together a really solid team, ” added Feneš.
The first sharp duel awaits the Slovaks on the night of Sunday to 3.30 a.m. Sunday, when they are challenged by the US election.
Final nomination of Slovakia at the U20 World Cup:
Goalkeepers
Simon Latkóczy
Tomáš Boľo
Rastislav Elias
Defenders
Denis Bakala
Simon Becar
Jozef Kmeč
Samuel Kňažko
Simon Nemec
Rayen Petrovický
Marko Stacha
Maxim Štrbák
Attackers
Jakub Demek
Dalibor Dvorský
Roman Faith
Martin Chromiak
Maroš Jedlička
Matej Kašlík
Samuel Krajč
Ján Lašák
Filip Mešár
Oleksij Myklucha
Servác Petrovský
Juraj Slafkovský
Adam Sýkora
Pavol Štetka
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