U20 Ice Hockey World Championship: Slovakia will play the only preparatory duel the day before Christmas. Then come the cuts – ŠPORT.sk

The duel is on the agenda on December 23 at 14.00 local time (22.00 CET). After the match, the coaching staff will narrow the nomination by three players to the final 25 names.

The Slovaks were originally scheduled to play two preparatory matches against the Finns and the Austrians in Red Deere. Finally, the situation from last year was repeated. As last year, the organizers adjusted the schedule of preparatory meetings and allowed the Slovaks to play only one of the two duels. Last year against the Czech Republic, this time on December 23 at 14.00 local time against Germany.

“Every time you plan something and change comes, it’s not pleasant, but it opens up new possibilities. Our preparation continues. We have the head set correctly. And we try to adhere to the program as much as possible. Although they canceled our preparatory match with the Finns, we modeled a 60-minute duel against each other during training. Now a preparatory match with the Germans has been added to our schedule. We are looking forward to it and I believe that it will take place. Every opponent has a huge quality and the Germans will definitely check us from all sides, “ stated coach Mar Feneš on the margo changes for hockeyslovakia.sk.

Since the Slovak team has only 90 minutes of training available every day, the afternoon parties will be entertained by meetings with coaches or other members of the implementation team. “As the time to start the World Cup is running short, we try to make the most of every spare moment,” added Feneš.

The positive news was that Servác Petrovský joined the team on Monday, who was allowed by the organizers to leave the isolation after contact with a positive teammate at the Owen Sound Attack club after joining the Slovak team after five negative PCR tests and one antigen.

“It’s a nice gift for us. We were very much looking forward to Servác. It was not pleasant for him to sit in the room, especially given the fact that he was healthy. I repeat, we are very much looking forward to it. “ said Feneš.