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5th July 2024 - Derek OBrien

Slovak U18's offence shows strength vs GB

In the first game of the second day of play for each team, the Slovak U18 national team defeated Great Britain by a score of 21-0. The Slovaks opened the scoring in the second minute on a goal by Nicolas Rex, and never let up. The score was 8-0 after one period and 13-0 after two. Dário Lašš led the Slovak offense with 6 points (3 goals, 3 assists), while Maxim Piško had 4 goals and 1 assist. Slovakia outshot GB 54-6, with Roderick Hlavatý recording the shutout. Joshua Mroczynski (23 saves) and Logan Coldwell (10 saves) did all they could to keep the score respectable.

Niké Arena 1

0-21
(0:8, 0:5, 0:8)

Great Britain U18 - Slovakia U18

Penalties
8:6
PPG
0:3
SHG
0:2
Shots on goal
6:54

Goals and assists

2. Rexa (Daubner), 3. Švec (Lašš, Kaššai), 4. Franek (Džadžovský), 6. Švec (Lašš, Semančík), 6. Lašš (Švec, Kaššai), 10. Štefaňák (Lašš, Kaššai), 12. Pavlák (Piško, Saxa), 14. Imrich (Švec, Kašša), 19. Piško, 22. Feranec (Pavlák), 25. Piško (Pavlák, Feranec), 25. Jakubík (Kašša, Lukáčik), 29. Hanák (Franek, Džadžovský), 33. Jakubík (Kašša, Imrich), 34. Saxa (Feranec, Rokos), 35. Lašš (Štefaňák), 35. Lašš (Štefaňák, Kaššai), 37. Piško (Saxa, Rokos), 42. Imrich (Jakubík, Lukáčik), 43. Džadžovský (Daubner, Hanák), 44. Piško (Rokos, Pavlák).

Referees

Vilém Jonák, Ryan Wilson

Official game sheet

Great Britain U18

Mroczynski (31. Coldwell) - Benson, Booth, Mullan (C), Kerkhoff, Oughton-Shaw, Gray, Waterhouse - Bolstridge, Williamson, Farrow, Winstanley (A), Mehrvand, Pick, T. Benson, Wells, Kamm, Hibbard, Pendall, Bolger (A)

Slovakia U18

Hlavatý - Rexa, Semančík (A), Baník, Hanák, Rokos, Mada, Lukáčik, Hanus, Feranec (C) - Lašš, Švec, Piško, Franek (A), Džadžovský, Štefaňák, Saxa, Daubner, Jakubík, Imrich, Kašša, Pavlák, Kaššai

COACHES´ REACTIONS

Lubomir Liska (SVK): „We knew we were facing a slightly weaker opponent and that we had a chance to beat them by a larger margin. Many things went our way, we hit the target. Maybe in the first two games, where we had some bad luck, we could have scored more goals, not just one or two, but this time everything worked out. We are glad that we didn't just stand around and that the boys got properly motivated, and even those who hadn't scored yet managed to score and got the right momentum, because one of the toughest games is still ahead of us this evening.“

Callum West (GBR): “It was a tough game as you can tell by the scoreline, it was always going to be tough playing Slovakia. We didn’t start how we wanted to, but as the game grew, I think we got into it. We started to do more and more what we wanted to. I’m not particularly happy with the way the Slovak team played and went on sometimes, but that’s what they do all the time. I’m still proud of my team and all the players for sticking in until the end.”

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