We need leaders to hear: It is already clear who will lead the Slovaks at the World Hockey Championships as captain! – Športky.sk

Tomáš Tatar (in the background) and Peter Čerešňák in the foreground during the training of the Slovak national hockey team before Friday’s match against France Source: TASR / Martin Baumann HELSINKI – The captain of the Slovak hockey players at the World Championships in Helsinki will be Tomáš Tatar. His assistants will be Michal Krištof and Peter Čerešňák. This was confirmed for TASR by assistant coach Ján Pardavý on Friday morning. Several factors decided for an experienced winger, including the fact that, according to Pardavý, he is quite “cunning”: “We need leaders to be heard and Tomáš is the type. We have a wider group of leaders in the cabin, but Tomáš is the most experienced. We need a player to lead, it turned out to be Tatar. “Six players were missing from the morning skating, but they are in good health. “It was voluntary. Coach Ramsay stresses to the players that we need to pass on energy in the match. nervousness. “It’s the same as before every championship. You can feel the tension, but the players can’t be overmotivated. They have to take everything in them and then the result will come,” the assistant coach concluded.