“I saw that there was little time, so I was no longer on the blue and I went a little closer,” Kovář described the event in an interview with journalists. “I saw the puck in the goal, but I guess it was after, or rather definitely, when they watched it in the video. I don’t even know how much, but of course I believed. When we play bago in training, such goals can usually be guessed. I might guess with the referee, but as the video is …, “he shrugged.
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Vítkovice have a challenging preliminary round for five matches with Olomouc, from which they advanced two days ago. In addition, they were bothered by the virus during the series, but they played a balanced game with the defending champion.
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COACH REPRESENTATIONS Coaches Václav Varaďa and Miloš Holaň evaluate the 1st match of the quarterfinals Generali Česká pojišťovna playoff Tipsport Extraliga between HC Oceláři Třinec and HC VÍTKOVICE RIDERA #TRIvVIT 3:0 #TELH https://t.co/Pse7zFooHO through @YouTube
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“We kept up, we were ready for them, we were quite playful. I personally felt very well, we didn’t feel any fatigue and we believed we could win. Most of all, we showed the first third that they could be played with, and “If we play the same, we can grab one match here. I believe that,” he continued.
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The Vítkovice players did not manage the first match of the quarterfinal playoff with Třinec.Photo: Jaroslav Ožana, CTK
Vítkovice held the goal-free half of the match and avoided the penalty bench until the 28th minute. After that, Jakub Stehlík was overly aggressive in the fight against Marek Daně in the pre-goal area, and 82 seconds later he was followed by Karel Plášil, who threw the puck from the defensive zone into the auditorium and even hit one spectator who had to go to the infirmary. The steelworkers used the power play to win the goal.
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From left: Lukáš Krenželok from Vítkovice and Martin Marinčin from Třinec, Marek Kalus from Vítkovice and Mikuláš Zbořil from Třinec.Photo: Jaroslav Ožana, CTK
Vítkovice coach Miloš Holaň called the first elimination unnecessary and that his team cost the match. “No one wants to deliberately do a foul or deliberately weaken a team. It can happen that someone fouls unhappily or a situation arises. But it is clear that we must be careful,” said Kovář.
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He must also think about the attack in Ostrava. They fired seventeen shots in the match, employing Kacetl with only one shot in the opening period. “We have to trust each other more around the goal and be stronger there. Against Olomouc we have shown that we can score goals like this and that we can be strong there. I think we will show some situations, the coach will give us some instructions and we will tell you something, because without goals, it’s clear we can’t win. “
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