Ice Hockey World Championship U18 2022 – today – Slovakia – Kazakhstan 5: 3 – SPORT.SK

yesterday 21:16 | Slovak hockey players under the age of 18 did not lose a point at the domestic tournament of the A-Group I. Division of the World Cup. In their last performance, they defeated Kazakhstan 5: 3 in Piešťany on Sunday and took first place with a full 15 points. The other Norwegians gained three points less, but together with the Slovaks they won the promotion to the elite category. Duel Slovakia – Kazakhstan you could watch ONLINE on SPORT.sk >> A-group I. division WC U18: SLOVAKIA – Kazakhstan 5: 3 (1: 0, 1: 1, 3: 2) Goals: 12. Dvorský ( Molnár, Štrbák), 27. Čiernik (Chromiak, Eperješi), 43. Honzek, 55. Čiernik (Dvorský, Molnár), 60. Nátny – 37. Jermak (Logvin, Seleznev), 48. Šaporov (Ospanov, Nurlan), 48 Logvin.
Judges: Baca (POL) – Mantovani (ITA), Riecken (AUT), suspension: 6: 4, power play: 1: 0, weakening: 0: 0. SR: Jurčák (48. Eliaš) – Štrbák, Žabka, Moško, Nátny, Chromiak, Eperješi – Mišiak, Repčík, Honzek – Molnár, Dvorský, Čiernik – Šotek, Suchý, Kopecký – Jenčko, Gabriel, Križan
Kazakhstan: Nikitin – Breus, Avdejenko, Seleznev, Royev, Khan, Leuta, Zhussupbekov, Ponomarjov – Nurlan, Ospanov, Shaporov – Logvin, Jermak, Fokin – Beisembayev, Kitarov, Svintalsky – Ruslanuly, Lyapunov, Simonov already after Friday’s match with Denmark (3: 1), that’s why the coach let Eliaša’s previous goalkeeper unit rest. Jurčák gained his trust, who scored his first intervention after three and a half minutes. Until then, the Slovaks were making an opponent, and the power play, which they played after 13 seconds, also helped them to do so. Honzek had his first chance after it ended, but Nikitin fired his shot. In another numerous advantage, Repčík had an even better chance, but he did not aim exactly. Shortly after him, however, Dvorský did, and the Slovaks led. Repčík had another goal on the hockey stick, but his attempt ended in the upper goalpost. The guests had the best chance in the 1st period in its end, but Jurčák neutralized Logvin’s shot. In the second act, Kazakhstan performed better than in the first, threatening several times in the beginning, Nurlan burned the best chance. He did not hit the goal alone in the raid. Immediately from the counterattack, the Slovaks scored the second goal, when Čiernik won the speed fight with the defense and finished with a bluff – 2: 0. However, the guests increased their activity by 27 minutes into the game, after some good work on the left. In the last part of the game, the spectators were already happy after 124 seconds, when Honzek got the puck in front of the goal and then pushed it under Nikitin’s body 3: 1. The arbiter immediately verified Jenček’s ending with a video referee, but it was not a goal. In the 48th minute, the guests prevailed for the second time, Jurčák was overcome by Šaporov. This warning was not enough for the Slovaks, and 7 seconds later Logvin also prevailed. After the goal, the coaches sent Elias to the goal. The spectators from the moment wanted the winning goal and in the 55th minute Čiernik heard them, when after a nice action of the whole attack he decided. Finally, Nátny had the last word, sealing Slovakia’s triumph with a goal in an empty net. Voices after the match: Ondrej Molnár, forward of the Slovak Republic: “It was difficult, but we managed it. It was difficult even mentally, a lot of people only expected victories from us. I am glad that we prevailed, especially our attack, I’m happy that we helped the team. ” Alex Čiernik, two-goal scorer: “It’s an incredible feeling. I’ve never experienced it before. People were fantastic. We underestimated two thirds, but we said we couldn’t end the tournament like that.” Dalibor Dvorský, the scorer of the first goal in the match: “It was hard to motivate, but we went to the last second. I’m glad we ended the tournament. We appreciate you very much, every match was very difficult. We are glad that we won all five . ” Final table: 1. SLOVAKIA 5 5 0 0 0 27:11 15 * 2. Norway 5 4 0 0 1 26:12 12 * 3. France 5 3 0 0 2 16:17 9 4. Kazakhstan 5 2 0 0 3 15 : 23 6 5. Denmark 5 1 0 0 4 14:16 3 6. Japan 5 0 0 0 5 8:27 0
* promotion to A-category Individual awards:
Best striker: Gabriel Koch (Norway)
Best defender: Martin Johnsen (Norway)
best goalkeeper: Rastislav Eliaš (Slovakia) Fans sing the anthem after the progress of the Slovak national under-18 hockey team among the world’s elite: