Štencel fouled Říčka in the 19th minute of the match, hitting him in front of the goal with a hockey stick. Referees Roman Mrkva and Vladimír Pešina subsequently sent him with a penalty of five minutes and until the end of the match to the cabins for hitting the head and neck area. The disciplinary commission stopped him today.
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“The intervention took place in an interrupted game, when the player approached the opponent and hit him in the neck area with a stick held in both hands,” said Commission Chairman Viktor Ujčík in a press release.
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