Ivan Feneš evaluates Slovakia U18 – Russia U17: One-time outage
BRATISLAVA. The weekend preparatory meetings set a mirror for the coach of the Slovak national team of hockey players under 18 Ivan Feneš, which was not easy to look at.
The young Slovaks in Piešťany twice lost to the Russian team a year younger – on Saturday 1: 4 on Sunday shamefully high 0: 9.
Fenes: I was not pleasantly surprised
The head coach of the Slovak eighteen, who currently also leads the twenties, acknowledged the opponent’s game maturity. He hoped, however, that his trustees would perform better.
“I was surprised from this point of view. There were huge reserves in both of our performances in these matches. If we want to be successful, we have to take a different path,” Feneš said on the official website of the Slovak Ice Hockey Association (SZĽH).
Despite the unflattering results, he still believes that it was a one-time outage of the Slovak team.
“There are only sunny days in hockey, but this weekend has always been proven. However, similar matches must be extremely experienced for all of us – from coaches to players – because the path to victory leads through such hockey slaps.”
This double match is a mirror that we needed to adjust to see what level we need to get to, “he continued.
Another exam awaits the eighteen
The team of Slovakia U18 started with a great second place in the season at the exceptionally high-quality Hlinka Gretzka Cup, but only five players from the then squad entered during the weekend.
“We have a certain quality of the 2004 players, many of whom work either abroad or in the extra league. We started to involve more younger players from the age of seventeen and sixteen in the project, because they were supposed to form the basis of the national team under the age of eighteen within one to two years. .
On the other hand, we want these players to be able to compete with guys who have shown excellent performance in the summer, “Feneš explained on the web. hockeyslovakia.sk.
After a free week, the Slovak hockey team is waiting for its eighteen during another domestic tournament in competition with peers from Belarus, Denmark and Germany.