In 1997, at the championship also played in Finland, Vladimír Vůjtek Jr. and Martin Procházek succeeded together, who then collected 14 points for seven goals and the same number of assists. It may be worth mentioning Vůjtek’s story, which complemented the well-coordinated Kladno duo Patera, Procházka, but did not complete the match with Canada in Helsinki and was also missing in the following against the Swedes due to a concussion.
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Overseas hulks started the battle and it was the most productive Czech attacker who cowardly launched themselves in two, which he carried away with a concussion. She also went to Jiří Šlégr, who defended his teammates, and at that time four Czechs defended themselves against seven Canadians. Coach Ivan Hlinka was shouting in vain from the substitute bench.
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5 on 5 – Evaluation of the quarterfinal match with Germany in the show PŘÍKLEP EXTRA.Video: Sport.cz
Despite the mentioned absence, the son of the former coach of the Czech national team did not lose the first place in the Canadian scoring. Productivity has not been evaluated at hockey championships since 1956, and in the time of Czechoslovakia it was dominated at the 1965 World Championships by Jozef Golonka (6 + 8) and eleven years later by Vladimír Martinec (9 + 11).
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Evaluation of the quarterfinal match with Germany in the show PŘÍKLEP EXTRA.Video: Sport.cz
The unbeatable record of the Canadian World Cup scoring is held five years ago by the late striker of the then Soviet Union Petrov from 1973, when he had an 18 + 16 balance out of ten matches. Only Canadian Heatley (12 + 8) on domestic ice in 2008 and American Patrick Kane (8 + 12) reached the limit of at least twenty points in this century four years ago in Denmark.
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Thirty-six-year-old Červenka scored on Finnish ice this year in six of eight matches, with only the United States and Finland emptying. On the contrary, with the British, Swedes and Germans, he had his fingers in three goals. “These are not some of my personal numbers, the success of the team is a priority and I work for him on the ice,” says the Swiss striker Rapperswil, who has a total of four goals and ten assists and a two-point lead over Canadian Dubois, who is the top scorer with seven goals. Another 12-point Swiss player, Malgin, will not expand his record.
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The dominance of the elite Czech line at this year’s tournament is reflected in the fact that the fifth place in productivity belongs to David Krejčí. Matěj Blümel is 11th on average and David Pastrňák is 18th on average, although he played three matches less than all the players around him.
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Červenka is playing the World Cup for the ninth time, he has entered a total of 74 matches with a balance of 20 + 34 and in terms of historical Canadian national team scoring, only Vladimír Martinec, Ivan Hlinka, Jiří Holík, Jaromír Jágr, Robert Reichel, Milan Nový and David Výborný are ahead of him.
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In addition, the Czechia holds another individual championship this year. So far, the best in throw-in is 70.21 percent with striker David Kämpf, with Krejčí taking third place (64.29%). Goalkeeper statistics are completely dominated by Fin Olkinuora with a success rate of 97.58 percent, an average of 0.5 goals per match and four net accounts. Karel Vejmelka is fourth with a success rate of 93.39 and an average of 1.53.
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| Championship statistics after the quarterfinals |
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| Canadian scoring: |
| Červenka (CZE) 14 (4 + 10) |
| Dubois (Kan.) 12 (7+5) |
| Malgin (Switzerland) 12 (5 + 7) |
| Batherson (Kan.) 11 (3+8) |
| Krejci (CZE) 10 (2 + 8) |
| Cozens (Can.) 9 (4+5) |
| Slafkovský (SR) and Schneider (AUT) both 9 (3 + 6) |
| Lehtonen (Fin.) 9 (2 + 7) |
| Hischier (Swiss) 8 (5 + 3) |
| Blümel (CZE) and Manninen (FIN) both 8 (4 + 4) |
| Granlund (Fin.) |
| Meier and Suter (both Swiss) |
| Lowry (CAN) all 8 (3 + 5) |
| … Pastrňák 7 (4 + 3), Smejkal, H. Zohorn, Kundrátek (all Czech Republic) all 3 (1 + 2). |
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