Sharp criticism of the Slovak star: IIHF is to blame – National team – Ice hockey – Sport – Pravda – PRAVDA.sk

Insufficient organization, presence of strangers in the hotel, dysfunctional bubble. There were several reasons for the cancellation of the Junior World Hockey Championships.

Slovaks were also disappointed with the unfinished tournament.

Although she lost the first two matches, the Twenty had at least a quarter-final ambition. There were also voices that this choice can also fight for medals.

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In the end, it was nothing.

The championship directorate canceled the tournament after three playing days because in individual teams appeared positive coronavirus cases.

Players and coach Ivan Feneš complained especially on weak anti-civic measures in accommodation facilities.

“It simply came to our notice then. Everyone could do what they wanted here, “said Feneš.

Šimon Latkóczy also commented on the situation on the social network. The Slovak goalkeeper unit did not put a napkin in front of its mouth.

“The Junior Championship was one big joke. There’s nothing else to say about it. Every single player has been preparing for this tournament for days, months, even years. The World Cup is a hockey celebration. The best players in one place together. Christmas without a family? Hard imagine it, though?

We give hockey everything we can every day, we spend even the biggest holidays without families. And I can tell you one thing – it’s hard, “wrote the 19-year-old goalkeeper on the social network.

According to him, the International Hockey Federation (IIHF) is to blame for the problems that arose.

“I came to the tournament and tried to do my best. And that’s how it’s done? This is the IIHF. They completely underestimated this tournament. The organization from day one was terrible. I felt like I was participating in a youth tournament, “continued the native of Trenčín.

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He claims that the World Championships, which were also organized by Canada, were of greater quality in terms of organization.

“Covid was more dangerous last year. Last year we spent the whole tournament in a bubble only in our hotel and on the rink.

It was crazy, but it worked. The people who worked for us were in the bubble with us throughout the tournament. They didn’t go home at all. Now it was different, “Latkóczy concluded.