A favorite from overseas by this triumph sealed the advance to the quarterfinals, Slovaks fight it in the remaining two matches. The Canadians had a match firmly in their hands and comfortably went to the fifth triumph at the championship. In her jersey, Sidney Crosby flickered, adding two assists to two goals, Macklin Celebrini had three points for a goal and two assists and Nathan Mackinnon scored two goals.
Vladimír Országh’s men will introduce themselves in the next meeting On Sunday, May 18 at 8:20 pm against Latvian, The Canadians are also waiting for the evening match against Finland a day later. Against Suomi, the Slovaks will play their last match in the group on Tuesday at 16:20.
Canada – Slovenian 7: 0 (2: 0, 3: 0, 2: 0)
Goals: 15. Montour (Konecny, Crosby), 16. Foerster (Evans, Celebrini), 24. Crosby (Celebrini, Montour), 39. Celebrini (Crosby, Matheson), 39. MacKinnon (Horvat, Matheson), 47. Crosby (Dobson, Konecny), 49. MacKinnon (Cuylle)
Referees: Kaukokari (Finn.), MacFarlane (USA) – Lundgren (Sweden), Schlegel (Swiss), exclusion: 3: 5, power plays: 1: 0, weakening: 0: 0, 12 530 spectators
Essentials:
You have: Binnington – Spurgeon, Sanheim, Dobson, Weegar, Matheson, Montour, Evans – Foerster, MacKinnon, Horvat – Konecny, Crosby, Celebrini – Johnson, O’Reilly, Cuylle – Hayton, Danault, Schenn – Fantilli
Slovakia: Fisherman (41.
The Slovaks could lead after a curious situation, when after 50 seconds an unexpectedly reflected puck on the stick Lantoši, the Slovak striker had a completely uncovered goal, but Binnington hit the stick at the last minute and thwarted this chance. Another one had Sýkora and then the Canadians came to the floor. Weegar ran in front of the fisherman, but missed. Even the counterattack of Čajkovič with Takáč did not work, Binnington hit the concrete well. The Canadians then brightened the Horvat, but the Slovak coaches had the situation checked by the video referee and he revealed the offside. Then he got a chance to Sýkora, but he missed the speed. Then the Canadians played power play, using it thanks to Montour. Already after 64 seconds he led the favorite by two goals, the fisherman surpassed Foerster.
At the beginning of the second period the Slovaks had a power play, in it had a huge chance Krištof, but hit only Binnington. Then the Canadians punished, Celebrini’s great butt was used by Crosby. The overseas hockey players then took the baton over the match, and in places the exhibition elements turned on the Slovak defensive. Johnson could score the fourth goal, but the fisherman succeeded in the raid. On the other hand, Krištof had a great chance, but the puck jumped his blade of the stick at the least good moment. Then they showed another delicious Crosby event with Celebrini and raised to 4: 0. The second period was closed by Mackinnon.
Húska entered the goal of Slovakia and faced the first serious moments at the power play of the opponent after 90 seconds. He was overcome by Crosby in 47 minutes, the Canadian striker found Dobson. A minute and a half, Mackinnon scored a seventh goal and then the match was just finishing. Overseas hockey players were comfortable to walk for a smooth triumph, after five matches they have an impressive score of 28: 2.
HLas after the match (Source: TV JOJ):
Vladimír Országh, head coach of the Slovak Republic: “Such teams are not enough, quality is also needed. Today the difference in quality was significant. Of course, we faced top players. It was a big school for our players. just come. ”
Samuel Takáč, striker of the Slovak Republic: “It was a chance, we had a chance from which we could score. There was even a empty goal.
Samuel Kňažko, defender of the Slovak Republic: “If we scored the first goal, maybe the match would look a little different. But I think it broke probably my foul, I didn’t want to foul it, but they were just such rules and internationally stricter.
Matúš Sukel, Captain of the Slovak Republic: “A challenging duel, Canada showed its quality. The result testifies to the course of the match. We had some chances, I regret that we did not score and did not please the fans, because today we had a lot. At the beginning we had a great chance, even in every third we worked out something, we have to be more strong in front of the goal and somehow pushed. We know what we are playing for tomorrow and prepare for tomorrow.
Sidney Crosby, Captain Canada (in match 2+2): “I feel pretty good. It was important that we did not collect from the first opponent’s chance, we were lucky a few times. Binnington showed good interventions when we needed it. I believe that our cooperation will continue to improve. ”
