Czech defender Petr Ulrych (in white, number 58) from Poprad in a battle with the Canadian quarterback of Banská Bystrica Hunter Drew.
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Before the start of the third period, both teams returned from the cabins to the ice rink, and 33-year-old Ulrych set out to skate at the opponent’s half. “It’s not forbidden and I think it’s perfectly normal here in Europe. In other matches, players (opponents) also go to our side during the warm-up, “said Liberec’s offspring for hokejportal.net, who competed in the Czech extra league for the White Tigers for six seasons and played the highest domestic competition for Jihlava for a year.
But against Banská Bystrica, he came across Canadian Hunter Drew. Twelve years younger, the quarterback, which he chose for the NHL two years ago in the sixth round of the San Jose draft and is now a guest in Slovakia from the Ducks San Diego Gulls farm, did not understand Ulrych’s actions.
“The player cut me by the arm and the conflict was born. I can’t explain it at all. I just went to warm up and I don’t even know who attacked me. It was created from me, because I don’t just let (like) something like that, “Ulrych returned to the fierce battle, in which Drew had the upper hand, but he took it away with a bloody injury to his face and had to be treated.
Czech defender Petr Ulrych in Poprad jersey.
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“I was surprised. He attacked me nonsensically. If he left me there, we would normally play hockey. I would like to get an explanation for why he did it, “wondered Ulrych, who, like his opponent, served a penalty in the game, so it ended prematurely for both matches.
“In Europe, it is simply allowed, even if it is an unwritten rule. It should be specified that each player keeps his side during the warm-up. It’s allowed here, but overseas players don’t like it, “said Poprad coach Peter Mikula after the match, which his team won 7: 1.
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