Ice Hockey World Championship U18 2022: Jakub Kopecký scores goals as father: We underestimated the French – ŠPORT.SK

today 09:30 Slovak hockey players also celebrated after the third match at the domestic tournament of the A-Group of the 1st Division U18 World Cup. After Japan (8: 2) and Norway (5: 2), they also defeated France (6: 3). Although the opponent caught a half, the win was not easy. Read also VIDEO: World Hockey Championship U18 2022: Slovaks hold invincibility, with the French … The French were constantly catching up, their chance for points The Slovaks definitely buried in the final act. “The first and second thirds were not much on our part. I don’t know if we had our feet under us. I think we underestimated them a bit. In the last third we all fought for one, I praise the guys, “said Jakub Kopecký. The young striker imitated his father Tomáš Kopecký in the match, when he successfully scored 3: 2 through conscientious work in the pre-goal area. “I tried to shield myself when Maxim Štrbák shot and hit well. I just got the puck. ” Read also VIDEO: World Hockey Championship U18 2022: See the goal moments from the match Slovakia -… For the younger Kopecký, it was the second accurate hit in the tournament, he has gained three points in total so far. The two-time Stanley Cup holder also has a parental role in improving performance. “After the match, we’ll talk about a few things I could have improved.” Less than 24 hours after the triumph over France, the Slovaks will enter the penultimate duel of the tournament, in which they can seal the progress among the elite. Their opponent will be Denmark, which has two losses and one win. What can Ivan Feneš’s charges expect from him? “As I saw, they shoot so much, they have a good power play and the first and second formation. So we’re going to have to throw shots and it’ll break there. We must go full speed from the beginning so that we do not underestimate them. It’s a B-side championship, but we have to go one hundred percent and it doesn’t matter if we play against Japan or the Danes, “concluded Jakub Kopecký. Also read the Program of Slovakia at the World Hockey Championship under 18 years 2022 I. Division