Greetings to all hockey fans! Traditionally, in April, it is the turn of the Women’s World Cup, which this time is hosted by the USA. The Czechs will appear in Group A, where they will face Finland, the USA, Canada and Switzerland. All teams from this group will advance to the quarterfinals, the first three teams from the second group B will advance. The Czech women’s hockey players are defending their bronze medals from the last championship, when they eliminated the Finns in the quarter-finals with a ratio of 2:1, then lost to the Americans 1:9 in the semi-finals, but in the subsequent match for the bronze they defeated the Swiss women 3:2. So the Finns have something to give back to the Czech players, at least as far as the world championship is concerned. The last time coach MacLeod’s players met the Suomi team was at the February EHT tournament in Liberec, when the Czechs lost 1:6 and the only scorer of the Czech team was Tereza Vanišová in the 49th minute. The Czechs would like to enter the tournament victorious. In the preparatory match for the World Cup, they lost 1:6 against the American women at the venue of the tournament.
Nomination of Czech women’s ice hockey players for the WC:
Goalkeepers: Klára Peslarová (Brynäs IF), Škodová Blanka (AIK Stockholm), Viktorie Švejdová (SDE Hockey)
Defender: Sára Čajanová (Brynäs IF), Klára Jandušíková (Colby College), Peišová Daniela (Luleå HF), Tereza Radová (Leksand IF), Klára Seroiszková (HV71), Tejralová Aneta (PWHL Ottawa), Trnková Andrea (Renssleaer Polytech)
Assailant: Anežka Čabelová (RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna), Klára Hymlárová (St. Cloud State University), Anna Kalová (Rovaniemen Kiekko), Denisa Křížová (PWHL Minnesota), Natálie Mlýnková (University of Vermont), Kateřina Mrázová (PWHL Ottawa), Neubauerová Noemi (Brynäs IF), Pejzlová Michaela (IFH Helsinki), Pištěková Tereza (HPK Naiset), Plosová Tereza (Djurgardens IF), Přibylová Vendula (MoDo Hockey), Šapovalivová Adéla (MoDo Hockey), Vanišová Tereza (PWHL Montreal).
The starting bull will be thrown at the Adirondack Bank Center in Utica shortly after 9:00 p.m.
