World Cup in U20 hockey: Slovak roster closed
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The coach of the Slovakian under-20 hockey team, Ivan Feneš, finalized the roster before the start of the WC of this age category. The Slovak national team has also completed its first training session on the ice of the Avenir Center, where the injured Sýkor scared everyone.
On Sunday, the Slovakian under-20 national team completed its first training session at the Avenir Center stadium, which is the home stand of the Moncton Wildcats club operating in the QMJHL junior competition. The captain of the hockey team had 22 skaters and three goalies at his disposal.
Defenders were missing Marian Moško, Boris Žabka attacker Tim Danielčakwho learned that they will not be members of the Slovakian roster at the WC under-20 championship. “We said goodbye to them for good,” said the coach Ivan Fenes for the portal hockeyslovakia.sk.
His selection has three goalkeepers, six defenders and twelve forwards at his disposal. The roster can contain a maximum of 23 players, while another two can intervene in the tournament in the event that someone changes in Slovakia.
“We also had a joint team photo on the program today, so the players got going first at training in Moncton. However, they gradually got up to speed with a low-quality finish. The hall is beautiful, typical Canadian. We’re getting used to the environment a little bit, but I think it will be fine,” I think Fenes.
As the official website of the Slovak Ice Hockey Association reports, there was one single situation at Sunday’s training that scared everyone, including coach Feneš.
Support and star of the Slovak team Adam Sýkor a bounced puck hit his head, and the talented 18-year-old attacker stayed on the ice for a longer time. In the end, everything turned out well, as his injury was said to be not serious and only required a few stitches on his right ear.
Players on the roster before MSJ 2023:
Goalkeepers: Patrik Andrisík, Adam Gajan, Matej Marinov
Defenders: Šimon Bečár, Maxim Štrbák, Dávid Nátny, Šimon Nemec, Pavol Funtek, Šimon Groch
Attackers: Adam Žlnka, Filip Mešár, Róbert Bačo, Adam Sýkora, Dalibor Dvorský, Servác Petrovský, Samuel Honzek, Libor Nemec, Peter Repčík, Alex Čiernik, František Dej, Marcel Štefančík
The WC under-20 hockey championship starts on Monday, December 26, with the first four matches. Slovakia awaits the premiere of the tournament on Tuesday at 17:00 CET, when they exchange hockey sticks with Finland.
“We are focusing on the first game these days. Today we had prepared two special exercises for the Finnish system of the game. We will also deal with it on Monday. We also saw the Finnish match,” added coach Ivan Feneš.