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Slovak hockey player Samuel Kňažko did not come to the national team meeting in an ideal mood.
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Waiting for the chance is over. Samuel Kňažko leaves TPS Turku
At the beginning of the week, the 19-year-old defender finished in TPS Turku because he did not get the opportunity in the cadre of the leader of the Finnish league and played most of the matches in the junior competition. At the German Cup, he wants to prove that he deserves a chance in men’s hockey.
The 19-year-old quarterback will finish the season in the junior WHL, where he has the rights of the Seattle Thunderbirds. It will be his first experience with overseas club hockey. Columbus, who drafted the Slovak national team defender, also partially decided to work in the overseas junior league.
“I feel positive because we agreed with Columbus that this will be a better way for me. I didn’t play much in Finland, I can now prepare for NHL hockey in Canada. I don’t think it will make such a difference. “A smaller course may be a problem, but I have to get used to it if I want to play in the NHL. I have to go get a visa on November 16. If I can get them, I can fly to America. Then we’ll see what happens.” Kňažko stated at Monday’s meeting of the Slovak national hockey team.
He was very pleased to be nominated for the traditional tournament in Krefeld, he has a clear goal ahead of him: “I was very happy because I can prove to many that I can play men’s hockey. I’m a little disappointed from my end in Finland, I think I deserved a chance. I wanted to get to the Olympic Games and World Championships through men’s competition, now it “It’s like a hockey life, and it’s up to me to show that I have it.”
Kňažko had the opportunity to finish the season in Slovakia, but Columbus was against. “The agent and I were looking for something in Europe, but no one would take a 19-year-old guy in the first two defenses. So there was only Canada in the game, or waiting in Finland. I decided this way. There was a chance to play in Slovakia as well, but Columbus it They wanted me to continue in Finland, but there was no room for transfers, so I got an ultimatum from either Canada or Finland. “
He had expectations in Finland before the season. Especially after he achieved the Olympic qualification, where he played well, he also achieved the World Championships in Riga. “I think the coach in Turku prefers other players, I probably didn’t fit him. But I broke up with the TPS, because our paths can come together again sometime. But now it worked out like this and for me and Turku it will be better. “
Kňažko worked in the north of Europe together with another young man, Juraj Slafkovský. That is why his departure from Finland was more difficult, Kňažko even thought for a while that he would still stay there.
“Juro also played a role in that. I thought I would stay for him and help him. He has a draft year, it can be high, but I decided that we would all continue our careers. After MS 20, he could decide what to do next, but so far it looks like he’ll get a chance and get caught. We lived together, we spent time together, families get to know each other, it was more than a friendship, but that’s hockey life, we had to split up. “
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