Sparta stopped the trampled Canadian team. Maybe they underestimated us, says Kořenář
“Toward the end of the second period, they started to outplay us a bit. It drove them a little more,” Řepík returned to the game.
Even in the second part, Canada properly dramatized the development. Brett Connolly scored twice and the difference was just one goal. But the score did not change until the end of the game.
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“For the first seven to eight minutes of the third period, we didn’t let them into our defensive zone and then we got a goal from the first shot, then the situation turned around. After that, the work was enough,” Spartans goalkeeper Josef Kořenář looked back on the match and was pleased with the valuable victory over the favorite.
“Maybe they underestimated us a little, we flew into the game from the start and had a clear plan, and we were duly rewarded for that with a victory,” praised Sparta’s goalkeeper duo.
The people of Prague entered the match as outsiders, because Canada brought a very strong team to the Spengler Cup. After all, the two-goal Connolly played almost six hundred games in the NHL and won the Stanley Cup, his next Cody Eakin played over 750 games in the best overseas competition if he is the world champion. Add to that Tyler Ennis, David Desharnais or goalkeeper Michael Hutchinson and the Spartan victory takes on new dimensions.
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“Of course, we are glad that it was successful. We knew there were a lot of players who played in the NHL and who play in Switzerland in good clubs. We thought we had to stick to the game we’ve been playing lately in the extra league. The young guys who jumped into it played excellently,” praised Řepík.
Sparta specifically sent young defenders Martin Böhm and Tomáš Tomek into the fight, who definitely did not fail against famous names.
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“We agreed on basic instructions regarding the play, so that the puck on the hockey stick does not turn too much towards its own goal and the pucks go out of the zone. I think they did a good job during the match, only after we scored two goals we eased up a bit and had to tell ourselves to go back to what was working, which we succeeded in doing,” revealed Kořenář.
Sparta now faces a battle with home team Davos in the Swiss campaign. The Praguers will face him on Wednesday from 20:15.
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