“I didn’t even realize that we were already playing here in ’89, they told me before the match. I remember that match, but it never occurred to me that it was in Liptovský Mikuláš. I was still young and then everything went well for us, “quotes the playing owner of the Knights, the server sport.sk.
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He could write more points. In the solo escape, however, he hit the stick, and when he got to the next renumbering, one of the opponents stopped him only at the cost of a foul. Jágr stood again for the ordered penalty shot after a big bend to the guardrail, but he did not beat the goalkeeper Kozel.
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“I hit the bar during the escape, I count it as a goal. And then a separate raid … I last drove 20 years ago, so I won’t do anything, “laughed the visibly well-tuned Jágr.
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Kladno has to take a 40-day break before the start of the play-off since the last match of the basic part against Sparta. The Knights filled it with two preparatory duels with the first-league Kolín (a 2: 3 loss and a 4: 3 victory after the raids), now they are completing a week-long encounter in Liptovský Mikuláš. They triumphed 6: 3 on Tuesday, retaliation is on the program on Thursday.
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“But every preparation is much better than training,” Jágr realizes, although he knows that there is a difference in the style of play between Czech and Slovak teams.
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But the common denominator is that his name still draws. In the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It was because of Jágr that winter was almost full in Liptovský Mikuláš. “We are lucky that wherever Kladno appears, the house is always almost full. We are used to it, but on the other hand, we came here for a different purpose. We want to prepare well for the play. Our task is not to satisfy the spectators, but to try the matches before the play-off begins, “he points out.
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“The first two playoff matches will be difficult. We have the advantage that we should be healthy and rested, but on the other hand we will not be upset, “Jagr knows that match practice will play for the winners of the first league playoffs.
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Of course, Jágr’s opinion on Juraj Slafkovsky’s 18-year-old Slovak talent was also interested in local journalists. The most useful player at the Beijing Olympics, where he also became the best scorer and the most productive player, should attack the highest places in this year’s NHL draft.
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“Excellent player!” Jágr fired immediately and remembers that he saw the Košice native for the first time exactly a year ago, when he played against the Czech Republic in preparation for the World Championships. to find out what players the Slovaks have there, “recalls Jágr.
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“I turned on the TV and Juraj Slafkovský was with the puck at the guardrail. He was very strong. I say to myself: enThis plays in a similar style to me, I want him on the team. ‘ And then I found out that he was seventeen and that I had absolutely no chance. I knew he would play in a much better team, “praises Jágr, the left wingman of the Finnish TPS Turku.
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