Source: JOJŠPORT / TASR
The opening duel of the Christmas Kaufland Cup was played by Slovak hockey representatives against Norway. They won 9-0 to record their highest win under Craig Ramsay. In the studio, moderator Ladislav Fabo, former representative Dominik Graňák and our expert Rastislav Konečný were having fun with the excellent performance of our hockey players. The duel was commented by Richard Weinfortner together with Rasť Konečný. You can compete in ours until tomorrow lunchtime SMS competition.
They had the upper hand over the northerners during the entire match, goalkeeper Stanislav Škorvánek covered all 18 of the opponent’s shots. The Slovaks scored more than 9 goals in a match for the last time in 2006, when they also beat Norway 11:2 in a friendly match in Piešťany.
The Norwegians will play against the Latvians at the Ondrej Nepel winter stadium in Bratislava on Thursday from 18:00. The tournament will conclude on Friday, when the Slovaks will meet Latvia at the same time.
Kaufland Cup 2023:
SLOVAKIA – Norway 9:0 (4:0, 4:0, 1:0)
Goals: 4. Okuliar (Hrivík, Lantoši), 6. Lamper (Čacho, Mucha), 11. Zuzin, 19. Cehlárik (Cingel, Bodák), 21. Hrivík (Okuliar, Lantoši), 33. Mudrák (Gajdoš), 35 Čacho (Bodák, Kašlík), 39. Tamáši (Kašlík, Beňo), 54. Cehlárik (Cingel). Judges: Hronský, Žák – Durmis, D. Konc Jr., expulsions: 3:1, power plays: 1:0, weaknesses: 0:0, 5490 spectators.
Slovakia: Škorvánek – Marinčin, Gajdoš, Beňo, Golian, Bodák, Bačik, Mudrák, Stacha – Lantoši, Hrivík, Okuliar – Cehlárik, Cingel, Zuzin – Kudrna, Tamáši, Kašlík – Lamper, Čacho, Mucha
Norway: Holm (41. Breivold Johansen) – Ostby, Vold-Engebrathen, Krogdahl, Larsen, Lilleberg, Kasastul, Faret, Wasenden – Bakke Olsen, Trettenes, Strandborg – Olsen, Ostrem Salsen, Berg-Paulsen – Brandsegg-Nygard, Vesterheim, Steen – Elvsveen, Edvardsen, Borvik
The Slovaks started actively, went on the offensive and quickly created an advantage in the number of shots. Striker Okuliar was the first to overcome goalkeeper Holm in the 4th minute, when he used a power play. Two minutes later, Lamper took advantage of the pressure in the goal area and increased the score to 2:0. In the 11th minute, Zuzin took the puck from the opponent and did not hesitate in the attack – 3:0. Only after this moment did the Norwegians get to several ends, but Škorvánek covered up their attempts. The score of the first period was closed by Cehlárik after a nice combination.
Only 42 seconds were played in the second part of the game, when Okuliar moved the puck to Hrivík and captain Slovákov scored the fifth goal. In the middle of the match, the Slovakian hockey players were close to a goal when Lantoši hit the top post, but immediately Mudrák shot from the blue line and scored his first national team goal. By the end of the second period, Holm scored two more goals, Čacho and Tamáši beat him.
In the third period, the Slovak representatives did not go on the offensive, but they continued to have the upper hand. Breivold Johansen replaced Holm in the goal of Norway in the third period, he only conceded once from Cehlárika’s stick.
2023-12-13 19:04:48
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