When asked where the best atmosphere is in Switzerland, the 31-year-old native of Vimperk is immediately clear. “Lugano and Fribourg. It’s really great there,” says with enthusiasm the three-time finalist with Třinec, who played 42 matches in the Zürich jersey, and had the opportunity to get to know the individual stadiums very well.
But a big misunderstanding came during the last Swiss hockey games, which were held in the already mentioned Fribourg. Hrubec expected a packed stadium even during the performance of the national teams, but in the end he just stood there in disbelief. “I told the journalists that they can expect a busy winter because they love hockey in Fribourg,” recounts the Czech national team goalkeeper.
Šimon Hrubec talks about the Czech goalkeeper roster in Switzerland in the program PříklepVideo: Sport.cz
He was also convinced of this fact by the fact that the Swiss national team called up the best players from the local league, which should have been a big attraction for the spectators. “They put a Swiss all-stars team against us,” Hrubec returns in time, who was shocked by the empty seats. “The cooler was half empty!” he didn’t believe In the end, 3,578 spectators came to watch the Czech-Switzerland match, which is about a third of the attendance that Fribourg is used to in the league.
“Firstly, I was a fool, secondly, I wanted an explanation. It is said that there is clubism over naroďák,” the winner of the Russian KHL with Omsk from the 2020/21 season received an answer. “The next day, Friborg played against a team from the B-League and I think they sold it out again,” concluded Hrubec, a guest of the hockey program Příklep .
