They did not manage the key duel with the Swedes: Slovak hockey players did not score a goal – Športky.sk

STOCKHOLM – The Slovak national hockey team lost in the opening match of the final tournament of the Olympic Games 2022 with the home team Sweden 0: 3 and complicated their chances of advancing to Beijing. Only the winner of the group fights through there.

The Slovaks will compete with the French in two days and will compete against the players of the Republic of Korea on November 14.


Slovakia – Sweden 0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 2)

Goals: 20. Nordin (Olsson, Bouveng), 41. Wikner-Zienkiewicz (Lowenhielm, Nylen-Persson), 49. Bouveng. Judges: Cook (USA), Karklin (Lot.) – Hanley (USA), Wang (China), excluded: 2: 4 for 2 min, power-ups: 0: 1, weakenings: 0: 0.

SR: Zimková – Kubeková, Drábeková, Bednáriková, Čurmová, Leskovjanská, Vysokajová, Šulíková, Cagáňová – Ištocyová, Čupková, Matejková – Maskaľova, Hlinková, R. Halušková – Sádecká, Košecká, Korenková – Záborská, L. Halušková, Suráková

Sweden: Grahn – Waxin, Nylen-Persson, Berglund, Kjellbin, Adolfsson, Andersson, Hedin, Fallman – Lundin, Lowenhielm, Wikner-Zienkiewicz – Bouveng, Olsson, Nordin – Muren, Lin. Johansson, Ljungblom – Lis. Johansson, Hjalmarsson, Carlsson

The favored Swedes were more dangerous, but the Slovaks managed to keep up with them. In the beginning, they even played a power play, but they could not use it. Severanka developed the first big chance in the 5th minute, but Zimková managed to hit. The Slovaks came under pressure in the second half of the first act and in the 20th minute collected from the arrival of Nordinová – 0: 1. They had a chance to equalize at the beginning of the second part, when they played over a one-minute overtime by two players, but they did not get into the chances. Ištocyová did not succeed in the raid and on the other hand Zimková saved her several times. The Slovaks failed to enter the third act, when Wiknerová-Zienkiewicz increased to 2: 0 after only a few seconds and in the 48th minute Bouvengová converted the power play. In the end, the home players already guarded the lead and recorded important points in the table.

Votes after the match (hockeyslovakia.sk):

Tomáš Segíň, coach of the Slovak Republic: “The start of the match was good. The girls followed the system, unfortunately, we got a goal at the end of the first period. We went to the second with the fact that we are going to score. We did not have. We couldn’t say that the girls didn’t want to, they had a lot of effort, there was a lot of encouragement and positive emotions on the substitute. games against five against five and five against three that cost us a match. “

Nikola Zimková, goalkeeper of the Slovak Republic: “It was a match full of emotions. Unfortunately, no goal is won. I had a hard time catching. The Swedes were uncomfortable, cheeky in front of the goal, but the girls helped me a lot. It meant a lot to me that I got a chance to catch. I seized the opportunity and gave my all. “

Nicol Lucák Čupková, Captain of the Slovak Republic: “Feelings are mixed, sadness prevails. We gave a sacrificial performance, they threw into the shots, they blocked them. However, it is difficult to play without a scored goal. The reasons for the loss included several mistakes, especially the unsuccessful end of the first period and the goal in the locker room. there are things that decide in this scene and must not happen to us. “

next match:
France – Republic of Korea 4: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0)

Goals: 13. Duvinová, 31. Rozierová, 34. Mespeldeová, 57. Rozierová

table:

1. France 1 1 0 0 0 4: 0 3
2. Sweden 1 1 0 0 0 3: 0 3
3. SLOVAKIA 1 0 0 0 1 0: 3 0
4. Republic of Korea 1 0 0 0 1 0: 4 0

next program of the final tournament:

Saturday, November 13
12.00 France – SLOVAKIA
16.00 Sweden – Republic of Korea

Sunday, November 14
12.00 Republic of Korea – SLOVAKIA
19.00 Sweden – France

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• Source: TASR