Slovakian under-20 hockey players also won the second match of the junior world championship. In Wednesday’s meeting, the B-groups defeated their peers from Switzerland 3:0 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The great support of the Slovak team was the goalkeeper Adam Gajan, who neutralized all 36 attempts of the “Helvetii”.
news-item-description">Slovak under-20 hockey players successfully entered the junior world championship. In their opening match, they defeated their peers from the Czech Republic 6:2. In the next match, Ivan Fenes’ team will face Switzerland. The opening ceremony is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. Watch the ONLINE broadcast of the match with audio commentary on ŠPORT.sk!
The Slovaks faced a tenacious opponent, who shot from every possible position, but Gajan held his team several times even in the face of the Swiss. The Slovakian 20 team managed the duel on the tactical side and Samuel Honzek, Peter Repčík and Servác Petrovský scored goals. The latter is the top scorer of the tournament with three goals. The 19-year-old Minnesota Wild prospect also leads the Canadian points standings after two duels with four points (3+1).
In the next match, Ivan Feneš’s team will face Norway on Friday, December 29, also at 12:00 p.m. The Americans are still waiting for them in the basic group (December 31 at 12:00 p.m.).
SLOVAKIA – Switzerland 3:0 (1:0, 0:0, 2:0) Goals: 9. Honzek (Repčík), 59. Repčík (Mešár), 60. Petrovský. Judges: Eriksson (Swedish), Hinterdobler (German)- Heffner (German), Riecken (Austrian), expulsions: 5:1, overpowering and weakening: 0:0, 986 spectators.
Assemblies:
SLOVAKIA: Gajan – Nátny, Štrbák, Žabka, Kmec, Pišoja, Radivojevič, Moško – Sýkora, Petrovský, Mešár – Mišiak, Dvorský, Čiernik – Honzek, Repčík, Pekarčík – Žlnka, Dej, Suchý.
SWITZERLAND: Beglieri – Terraneo, Dionicio, Muggli, Füllemann, Ustinkov, Bünzli, Christe – Müller, Taibel, Schild – Rod, Reinhard, G. Weber – Braillard, E. Meier, Reber – S. Meier, Gredig, Jenni.
In the first act, the Swiss solved all situations easily and used every opportunity for a shooting attempt. They outshot the Slovaks 14:6, but they were not effective and in the 9th minute the opponent punished them. Repčík played a significant role in the opening goal of the match, after whose individual penetration Honzek got the puck behind the back of the Swiss goalkeeper Beglieri. In the 15th minute, Slovakia’s goalkeeper Gajan held up, who neutralized Füllemann’s attempt, and the subsequent shot only hit the side post.
At the beginning of the middle part of the game, the Slovaks had the opportunity to bounce back the opponent with a difference of two goals. The Swiss striker Schild fouled the escaping Honzek while backchecking, for which the head referee ordered a penalty shot. Honzek tried to move the goalkeeper, but with a backhand he only sent the puck into his stick.
The Slovaks had great support in Gajan in the final act as well, when he kept his team in the 44th minute – in a power play, he hid Weber’s tutuk in the trap. The Slovakian goalkeeper did not save even in the 50th minute, when he deflected Müller’s attempt with his shoulder. In the 54th minute, thanks to Sýkor, the Slovaks won the first numerical advantage in the match, but paradoxically, the Swiss had the best chance in it. In the offensive zone, Strbák hesitated on the blue line, to whom the puck was poked by Gredig, but he did not convert his escape into a goal. In the end, Switzerland threw everything into the attack and, in a game without a goalkeeper, scored twice into an empty net from Repčík and Petrovský.
2023-12-27 13:21:40
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