“We paid for the initial lack of concentration,” lamented forward Adam Jecho. Canada’s next blow came soon in its own weakness, and the Czech destruction was completed by two goals in a span of 24 seconds. “We didn’t match the pace of the opponent, who almost didn’t let us do anything, so it was quite a rush in the first period,” admitted Jecho.
Gradually, the Czech juniors’ movement and overall performance improved, but the difference in scores remained significant. Substitute goalkeeper Vystříl slowed down Canada’s cannonade, but the opponent clearly had the upper hand, was more durable in one-on-one battles and played better with the puck.
And he added two goals to the Czech net. “I’m sorry for the unmanaged power plays. We played ten of them, repeatedly even five on three, but nothing of the sort. On the contrary, we scored the first goal ourselves,” said coach David Čermák.
| Ice Hockey World Championship under 18 in Espoo and Vantaa (Finland): |
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| Group B (Vantaa): |
| Czech Republic – Canada 0:6 (0:4, 0:0, 0:2) |
| Goals and assists: 1. Spence, 2. Iginla (Elick), 8. Iginla (McKenna, Martone), 8. Wetsch (Beaudoin, Aitcheson), 48. Spence (McKenna, Martone), 60. McKenna (Martone, Spence) . Referees: Ruuska, Wuorenheimo (both Finland) – Kingdon (USA), Stromberg (Sweden). Exclusion: 4:10, plus Daníček, Sikora – Wetsch all 5 min. and until the end of the match. Usage: 0:1. Underweight: 0:1. Viewers: 954. |
| CR squad: Milota (8. Vystrčil) – Fibigr, Zielinski, Mrtka, T. Galvas, Hlinský, A. Král, Švec – Benák, Titlbach, O. Kos – Kubiesa, Jecho, Sikora – Daníček, Curran, Drančák – Poletín, Vaculík, Heš – Lisner. Coach: Cermák. |
| 1. | Canada | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:3 | 6 |
| 2. | Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5:5 | 3 |
| 3. | Czechia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3:6 | 3 |
| 4. | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3:6 | 0 |
| 5. | Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2:5 | 0 |
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