Liberec hockey took over after two defeats and in the 28th round of the championship beat Kladno 7:3, Tomáš Filippi scored two goals. Jaromír Jágr made his first start for the visitors and had two assists.
Jágr’s start was forced due to a virus in the team. The Knights had to cancel Thursday’s pre-match with Pardubice which is why they started today at the Liberec stadium.
“It wasn’t in my plans. When we found out that Liberec were not going to postpone the match, it was Friday, so we had ten players in training, there were twelve of us on Saturday. There was a threat that it would be by default. I didn’t want it to go to end up like that. I knew the Chance League was being played, so it’s hard for anyone to lend us players. So I wanted to add to the lineup “the most productive European player in NHL history explained to reporters.
He came into the game basically from a volley. “I go there sometimes as a coach. I was there the last two training sessions. There were nine or ten of us. It is difficult to go with the team because I am the twenty-second or twenty-first and if I was doing shifts there, I would only eat the training, the which is not good for third and fourth row players… So I didn’t train” he described.
The White Tigers advanced mainly from the box in front of goal. They scored most of the goals. Today the emphasis in the third of Kladno was missing.
“We’ve made mistakes, we have to play with it more simply. When we have the puck we have to take it out right away. We are irresponsible, very slow. We thought we could surprise them, we closed them a couple of times “. But we are not emphatic, especially in our third. We have to work on it,” said the older extraleague player.
Jagr no longer flies the ice like he did when he was young, but he’s still worthy of the team. He scored twice, tested Petr Kváča several times in power plays from his traditional position and it was hard to stop him from the puck. But he was not satisfied, Kladno lost. But he doesn’t count on other departures in the near future, for example after his break in the national team.
“I’m not counting on that, but I don’t know. Klép (Klepiš) broke his leg, so he’ll be out for a month and a half, so we’ll see. We have to deal with it somehow.” Physically, I’m completely fine. I don’t ride much, I’m only in the attacking third. I don’t need to skate much there,” he declared with a typical smile. He wouldn’t comment much on his two points. “If you were to play for points… Please don’t be silly. He’s beyond me, that’s the stuff,” added the soon-to-be 51-year-old hockey player.
28th Round of the Extra Hockey Championship:
White Tigers Liberec – Knights Kladno 7:3 (2:1, 2:1, 3:1)
Goals and assists: 13. Filippi (Melancon), 14. P. Jelínek (J. Vlach), 29. Birner (Derner), 38. Balinskis (A. Najman, Birner), 41. Faško-Rudáš (Bulíř, Frolík) , 41. Flynn (Ordoš), 59. Philippi (Birner, J. Vlach) – 18. Brodecki (Babka, Klepiš), 37. Filip (Jágr, Dotchin), 56. Beran (Jágr). Referee: Kika, Veselý – Brejcha, Malý. Exclusion: 6:6. Usage: 0:1. Spectators: 4719.
Liberec: Kváča – Nedomlel, Balinskis, Melancon, Ivan, Kolmann, Derner, Štibinger – A. Najman, Filippi, Birner – Faško-Rudáš, Bulíř, Ordoš – Frolík, Šír, Flynn – Rychlovský, P. Jelínek, J. Vlach. Coach: Augsburg.
Kladno: Brízgala – Dotchin, Kehar, Slováček, Ticháček, Babka, Cibulskis – Bláha, Plekanec, Melka – Indrák, Klepiš, Brodecki – Pytlík, Filip, Michnáč – Jágr, O. Procházka, Beran. Coach: Vejvoda.
HC Verva Litvínov – HC Sparta Prague 5:2 (2:0, 2:2, 1:0)
Goals and saves: 4. Kudrna (Gut), 8. Kudrna (P. Straka), 24. Zygmunt (D. Zeman, Jurčík), 26. Zygmunt (Havelka), 56. Kudrna (P. Straka) – 27. E. Thorell (Moravčík ), 30. Tomášek (E. Thorell, Moravčík). Referee: Hejduk, Sýkora – Komárek, Hynek. Exclusion: 7:4, plus Buchtele (Sparta) 5 min. and until the end of the game. Usage: 0:1. Under weakening: 1:0. Spectators: 4125.
Litvínov: Zajíček – D. Zeman, Zile, Strejček, Freibergs, Jaks, Demel, Šalda – P. Straka, M. Sukeľ, Kudrna – P. Zdráhal, Estephan, Š. Stránský – Fronk, Gut, Hlava – Havelka, Jurčík, Zigmunto. Coach: Mlejnek.
Sparta: Kořenář (26. Jakub Kovář) – M. Jandus, Polášek, Mikliš, Moravčík, Krutil, Němeček – Tomášek, R. Horák, E. Thorell – Buchtele, Sobotka, Konečný – Simon, D. Vitouch, Dvořáček – Safin, G. Thorell, M. Vitouch. Coaches: Horava and Wallson.
HC Energie Karlovy Vary – Mountfield Hradec Kralové 1:4 (1:0, 0:3, 0:1)
Goals and saves: 15. Černoch (Koblasa) – 27. F. Pavlík (Cingel, Lev), 33. Okuliar (McCormack, Blain), 37. Okuliar, 49. F. Pavlík. Referee: Úlehla, Šindel – Frodl, Gerát. Exclusion: 4:6, plus Havlín – Kelly Klíma 5 min. No use. Spectators: 2325.
Karlovy Vary: Habal – Pulpán, Huttula, Stříteský, Bartejs, Havlín, A. Rulík, Krajčík – Koffer, Gríger, Rachůnek – Kohout, Černoch, Koblasa – O. Beránek, Jiskra, Redlich – Chalupa, Kružík, Kofroň. Coach: Bruk.
Hradec Králové: Kiviaho – McCormack, Jank, Blain, Kalina, F. Pavlík, Rosandič, Piegl – Lev, Lalancette, Cingel – Okuliar, Zachar, R. Pavlík – Jergl, Kevin Klima, Kelly Klima – Doležal, Štohanzl, Pilař. Coach: T. Martinec.
HC Vítkovice Ridera – HC Škoda Plzeň 3:2 after sam. raids (0:0, 0:1, 2:1 – 0:0)
Goals and saves: 44. Krieger (Muller, Fridrich), 48. Marosz (Lakatoš), decisive attack by Mueller – 40. Schleiss (Kodýtek), 46. Pour (Kodýtek, Suchý). Referee: Hradil, Šír – Hlavatý, Lederer. Exclusion: 2:2, in addition, Kalus (Vítkovice) and Houdek (Pilsen) both 5 minutes. No use. Spectators: 5425.
Vítkovice: Klimeš – Raskob, Koch, Mikuš, Grman, Stehlík, Gewiese, L. Kovář – Lakatoš, Marosz, Fridrich – Mueller, Krieger, Roberts Bukarts – Kalus, Dej, Bernovský – Půček, L. Krenželok, Lednický. Coach: Holany.
Pilsen: Pavlát – Zámorský, Baránek, Piskáček, Budík, Kaňák, Houdek – Schleiss, Kodýtek, Hrabík – Suchý, Malát, Pour – Lang, Mertl, Rekonen – A. Dvořák, Bitten, Adamec. Coach: Korinek.
HC Olomouc – BK Mlada Boleslav 2:0 (0:0, 2:0, 0:0)
Goals and saves: 32. Plášek (Navrátil, Strapáč), 39. Orsava (Nahodil, J. Knotek). Referee: Mrkva, Obadal – Axman, Synek. Exclusion: 7:4, additionally Švrček – Strong 5 min. Usage: 1:0. Spectators: 4005.
Olomouc: Konrád – Rutar, Ondrušek, Mareš, Rašner, Řezníček, Švrček – Orsava, J. Knotek, Bambula – Olesz, Nahodil, Kusko – Navrátil, Strapáč, Plášek – Handl, Anděl, Minister. Coach: Tomajko.
Mladá Boleslav: Krošelj – R. Jeřábek, Pýcha, Bernad, Jánošík, Křepelka, Lintuniemi, Štich – Šťastný, Lantoši, Lunter – P. Kousal, O. Najman, Kantner – J. Stránský, Fořt, Eberle – M. Beránek, Závora , Smerha. Coach: Čihák.
HC Dinamo Pardubice – HC Steelers Trinec 0:3 (0:1, 0:0, 0:2)
Goals and records: 12. Hrňa (Haas), 58. M. Růžička, 59. M. Doudera. Referees: A. Jeřábek, Pražák – Lhotský, J. Svoboda. Exclusion: 2:3. No use. Spectators: 9053.
Pardubice: Will – Čerešňák, D. Musil, Košťálek, T. Dvořák, Hrádek, Bučko, Chabada – Hyka, T. Zohorna, Říčka – Radil, R. Kousal, Cienciala – Vondráček, A. Musil, Lichtag – Matýs, Poulíček, Paulovich. Coach: Rulik.
Třinec: Mazanec – J. Jeřábek, Čukste, Marinčin, Havránek, Zahradníček, M. Doudera, Jaroměřský – M. Růžička, Marcinko, Daňo – Kurovský, Voženílek, Svačina – Hrehorčák, M. Roman, Chmielewski – Hrňa, Haas, Lyszczyk. Coach: Moták.
