The management of the national team published on Monday the definitive nomination for the under-20 World Cup, which has so far 21 names. Three goalkeepers, six defenders and twelve forwards.
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The national coach, Ivan Feneš, with his players during the first training session at the World Cup venue.
Slovakian defenders Marián Moško and Boris Žabek and striker Tim Danielčák will not play in the under-20 hockey world championship.
There can be 23 players on the roster for the championship. A maximum of two substitutions can occur only if one of them is injured.
The four remaining with the team are Michal Laurenčík, Jozef Viliam Kmec, Martin Mišiak and Alex Šotek, who did not make the roster. The coach currently has 22 skaters and three goaltenders at his disposal.
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The Slovak team completed its first training session in the Moncton arena on Sunday. “Today we also had a joint team photo in the program, so it was more difficult for the players to move forward.
However, they gradually caught up and it ended up being of great quality. The hall is beautiful, typical Canadian. We are getting used to the environment a bit, but I think it will be fine,” coach Feneš told Hockey Slovakia.
The situation at the end of the training frightened the coach for a while. The rebounded puck unfortunately hit forward Adam Sýkora on the head, who remained on the ice for a long time. However, his injury was ultimately not serious and required some stitches in his right ear.
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The first four games of the World Junior Championships in Halifax and Moncton are scheduled for Monday, December 26. In the Slovakian group B the Finns played against the Swiss and the Americans against the Latvians. In group A, the Swedes faced the Austrians and the Czechs faced the Canadians.
The Slovak representatives will take to the field on Tuesday when they take on their Finnish peers at 17.00 CET. They had a morning training session on Monday.
“In these days we are already focusing on the first opponent. Today we had prepared two special exercises for the Finnish game system. We will also deal with this on Monday. We also watched the Finnish match,” added Feneš.
Slovakia’s nomination for the Junior WC 2023:
Goalkeepers: Patrik Andrisík, Adam Gajan, Matej Marinov
Defenders: Šimon Bečár, Maxim Štrbák, Dávid Nátny, Šimon Nemec, Pavol Funtek, Šimon Groch
Forwards: Adam Žlnka, Filip Mešár, Róbert Bačo, Adam Sýkora, Dalibor Dvorský, Servác Petrovský, Samuel Honzek, Libor Nemec, Peter Repčík, Alex Čiernik, František Dej, Marcel Štefančík
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