Okal will play in the extra league. Can the penultimate Comet? | Hokej.cz
Zdeněk Okál | Photo: hc-kometa.cz
The 32-year-old striker Zdeněk Okál, who is playing in the first league this year for Přerov, will start today for extra-league Kometa. He has alternating starts for the Brno team.
“With the arrival of Zdenek Okál, we are reacting to the absence of some of our players. He will be absent due to injury
Tomáš Vincour
attacker, 32 years old
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Jan Süss
attacker, 24 years old
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Jan Dufek
attacker, 25 years old
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Zdeněk Okál
attacker, 32 years old
” href=”https://news.google.com/hrac/zdenek-okal/10466″>Okál even celebrated an extra league title with his native Zlín, he has played 460 matches in the Czech top flight.
However, after the Rams were relegated to the first league, he ended up in the parent team and this year he is playing for Přerov.
After 16 games, he has ten (5+5) at the end, he was particularly interesting on January 18, when he scored six points (3+3) in the Zubrů’s 2:4 win against Sokolov.
“With the arrival of Zdenek Okál, we are reacting to the absence of some of our players. Tomáš Vincour will be absent due to injury, Honza Süss is ill, and Honza Dufek will not be available due to a disciplinary penalty.”
Now they will try the extra league again.
“On Monday evening, general manager Přerov called me to say that I should play for Kometa in the Tuesday round of the extra league. I’m really looking forward to returning to the top competition, it will be something completely different,” comments Okál for the Komety club website.
“It will certainly be a faster pace, but I shouldn’t have a problem. I’ve been playing in the Extraliga for a long time and I believe I’m getting used to it quickly,” adds the experienced forward, who played against Brno earlier as a rival.
“I remember the tense derby between Zlín and Kometa, blood was played, the matches were very good and of high quality. I’m glad there are a lot of guys I know in the cabin. We won the title with Petr Holík and Jirka Ondráček, and we spent our youth in Canada with Tomáš Kundrátek. It’s nice that he’s not going into an unknown environment.”
“I’m really looking forward to returning to the top league, it will be something completely different.”
Okál is to wear the Brno jersey today, when Kometa plays at home against České Budějovice from 18:00. You can watch the match live on Hokejka TV.
Roster of HC Kometa Brno
Goalkeepers:
Marek Čiliak, Dominik Furch, Pavel Jekel, Zdeněk Slavíček.
Defenders:
Robert Černý, Marek Ďaloga, Patrik Fajmon, Lukáš Forman, Michal Gulaši, Rhett Holland, Marek Hrbas, Radek Kučerík, Tomáš Kundrátek, František Němec, Jan Ščotka.
Attackers:
Jan Dufek, Jakub Flek, Petr Holík, Luboš Horký, Radek Koblížek, Andrej Kollár, Petr Kratochvíl, Jakub Malý, Ivo Sedláček, Kim Strömberg, Jan Süss, Eduard Šalé, Tomáš Vincour, Martin Zaťovič, Adam Zboril, Adam Raška, Kristián Pospíšil , Zdeněk Okál.
Zdeněk Okál | Photo: Jan Gebauer, hokejprerov.cz
Tipsport extraliga table
Team | OF | AGAINST | IN P | PP | P | Score | Body | |
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1. | HC Dynamo Pardubice | 40 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 122:78 | 89 |
2. | HC VÍTKOVICE RIDERA | 41 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 128:97 | 83 |
3. | HC Sparta Prague | 39 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 110:86 | 71 |
4. | HC Ocelarí Třinec | 39 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 117:79 | 67 |
5. | HC Olomouc | 40 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 103:99 | 64 |
6. | HC Škoda Plzeň | 41 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 106:108 | 62 |
7. | White Tigers Liberec | 40 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 11 |
118:104 |
61 |
8. | Mountfield HK | 39 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 102:105 | 54 |
9. | BK Mladá Boleslav | 40 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 83:97 | 51 |
10. | HC Energie Karlovy Vary | 39 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 95:121 | 50 |
11. | HC VERVA Litvínov | 40 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 111:116 | 49 |
12. | HC Motor Ceske Budejovice | 40 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 97:116 | 48 |
13. | HC Kometa Brno | 40 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 99:131 | 47 |
14. | Knights of Kladno | 40 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 88:142 | 41 |