The Litvínov mantinel makes goalkeepers snowmen “Coincidence like a cow,” says the iceman
Mantineles in Litvínov have their years, next year they will no longer comply with the licensing rules for holding extra-league matches. The necessary replacement will come to the town of Litvínov, which is the owner of the Ivan Hlinka Winter Stadium, for 6 million crowns.
And so for now, he pokes nonsense.
Last week, after Hübl was thrown, the disc mysteriously bounced off the rear guard so that the experienced matador soon overtook him and found a free Pospíšil in front of the pass. On Friday, you long for the “divine” intervention of a de facto identical place appeared right in front of Havelka, who scored his easiest goal in life. In both cases, the goalkeepers were behind the goal, because they want to help their defenders and tame the hardened rubber.
“When the puck goes through the plexiglass, the goalkeeper should stay in the goal area. That’s the basic rule, “said former overseas television commentator Mike Emrick. In the event that the throw is taken on ice or mantinel, the goalkeepers of the defending teams go behind the goal to stop them for the defender. And that was also Klouček’s and Tomek’s case.
“Already in the morning, I thought with the goalkeeping coach that the pucks from the guardrail were badly reflected here. In the match I try to be active and go out for the pucks. I did that now, the puck grabbed the wrong edge and bounced right in front of the gate, where the home team arrived. Such goals sometimes fall, “shrugged Milan Klouček from Pardubice.
The Litvínov winter has been a reputation for an arena with unpredictable guardrails for many years. At the end of February, something similar happened to Růžiček in Mladá Boleslav, Zdráhal had his hands over his head after an easy goal. Just in the opposite corner of the rink. “It’s really common in Litvínov that I remember,” agrees Jan Daňhelka, a long-time hockey fan.
Brno’s Matej Tomek knew about the North Bohemian ghost, yet on Friday he was left with eyes to cry. “Yeah, Klouček got this goal, I watched him in the video before the match. And I thought I’d be careful, but the barriers were unpredictable. I should probably have asked the home goalkeeper Godly, he is here for the second year and he knows more about those guardrails, “smiled the end of the match, which Kometa managed to win.
Let him turn to the Litvínov mantinel under the northern tribune, where the puck mysteriously bounced twice:
Source: Deník / František Bílek
And Pardubice was also successful in Litvínov; happy goals do not help chemists to gain points. “I don’t know how the icemen built it, but the bullet came out empty. It’s just a coincidence, “thinks Verva striker František Lukeš. The leaders agree with him. “It simply came to our notice then. This happens several times during training. On every winter. Then it comes together and it happens during the match. It can happen that the puck cuts against the gap between the guardrails, about some of them, about icing. It’s a coincidence like a cow, but it’s really worth it, there’s nothing you can do about it, “thinks one of them.
Tomek has a different opinion. “It simply came to our notice then. Of course, I don’t want to suspect anyone, but maybe it’s intentional. If it happens in ten laps twice, there will probably be something wrong, “he said, half seriously, half for fun.
With the unfortunate goal, the goalkeeper who studied psychology did not break his head. “It is out of my control. You don’t have to do anything about it, don’t affect it. Plus, it was 57 minutes ahead of us. Life goes on, it happens. I threw it right behind my head. “