MSJ 2022: Slovakia in preparation was reset by Germany – SlovakNHL.sk

The representatives of Slovakia under the age of 20 played their only preparatory match on Thursday in the Canadian Red Deer before the start of the World Championships. Their opponent was Germany.

In the first two thirds, Šimon Latkóczy neutralized all 13 shots to lay the foundation for Slovakia’s 4-0 victory. Tomáš Boľo, who covered five shots, caught in the third period. The Slovaks were more active in shooting when they fired 32 shots at German goalkeepers. 3.3 seconds before the end of the first period, Martin Chromiak opened the score, in the second period Juraj Slafkovský and Filip Mešár added peace for the hockey sticks, in the third period he added a fourth goal to Oleksia Myklukha. Three goals were scored in overtime played by a total of four Slovak players.

“Although we have won, we need to improve our performance because we are facing opponents from a different weight category. A lot of great things we wanted to see in the match happened in it. The performances of the goalkeepers as well as many players on the ice were good. That is why we have a difficult decision on the final nomination. We still have to work on the hardships in personal battles and constantly work on the game discipline so that we are not excluded. “ coach Ivan Feneš said for the SZĽH website.

Germany – Slovakia 0: 4 (0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 1)

Goals: 20. Chromiak (Kašlík, Kňažko) (PP), 22. Slafkovský (Petrovický, Nemec), 30. Mešár (Slafkovský, Faith) (PP), 46. Myklucha (Jedlička, Krajč) (PP)

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Slovakia lineup: Latkóczy (41. Boľo) – Kňažko, Stacha, Petrovický, Nemec, Bečár, Štrbák, Bakala, Kmec, Groch – Chromiak, Myklucha, Kašlík – Mešár, Petrovský, Slafkovský – Jedlička, Dvorský, Faith – Lašák, Demek, A. Sýkora – Krajč

Results of other preparatory matches:

USA – Finland 3: 4 PP (1: 1, 0: 0, 2: 2, 0: 1)
Canada – Russia 6: 4 (4: 0, 1: 3, 1: 1)
Switzerland – Czech Republic canceled
Sweden – Austria 7: 0 (2: 0, 4: 0, 1: 0)

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