CZE18 5:3 SUI18 | Czech Republic U18 - Switzerland U18 (Hlinka Gretzky Cup)

Hlinka Gretzky Cup

USA U18 – Russia U18	2:5 (end)	\|	Canada U18 – Sweden U18	2:0 (end)	\|	Slovakia U18 – Finland U18	2:4 (end)
Czech Republic U18 – Switzerland U18	5:3 (end)

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Czech Republic U18

5:3 (1:0, 1:1, 3:2)

Switzerland U18

Tuesday 11.08.2015, 19:10 • Hlinka Gretzky Cup • Group A

		Welcome. Game starts at 19:10.
		Battle for the first points in the 2015 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup. That's exactly what this game between the Czech Republic and Switzerland will be.
		In the first game of this tournament the Czechs lost the tough game against Canada 1 – 3. The only Czech goal was scored by Matyas Kantner. Switzerland show huge comeback in their opener against Sweden yesterday. But the Swiss scored two goals in the beginning of the third period and made it 3 – 3. But Sweden scored late game winning goal in the last minute of the game and won.
		Starting lineups: Czech Republic U18: Korenar (Brizgala) – Vala, Hajek, Doudera, Hrdinka, Novak, Budik, Kachyna – Zachar, Reichel, Kofron – Pavlik, Kodytek, Najman – Smerha, Psenicka, Kurovsky – Kacirek, Karafiat, Havelka – Kantner Head coach: Robert Reichel. Switzerland U18: Ritz (Wüthrich) – Andersson, Stadler, Riva, Öjdemarj, Steinmann, Gerber, Brantschen, Le Coultre – Volejnicek, Hischier, Miranda – Roberts, Geisser, Weder – Eggenberger, Heim, Lerch – Oehen, Suter, Zwissler Head coach: Thierry Paterlini. Referees: Frano, Hribik – Lhotsky, Spur.
	00:01	Game started.
	00:26	It almost looked like Switzerland scored a goal. After a scramble in fron of Korenar puck end in his net. But referees blow no goal.

	01:00	Good chance for the on the other side. But the shot went wide.
	01:54	Czech pressure in the attacking zone continuous. Faceoff in front of Swiss net.
	02:30	Czech team has a great support from home fans. But all arena was silent during Swiss scoring chance.
	03:07	Two minutes penalty for the Czech team. Too many players on ice.
	03:45	But home team sent the puck far away from Korenar net.
	04:31	The Czechs play very well during the PK. Swiss team had almost no chances during the PP.
	05:07	Czech team in full strenght.
	05:44	Czech offside – faceoff in the neutral zone.
	06:10	Great chance for Czech first line. Zachar sent the puck from the left wing in the middle where Reichel was waiting. But he wasn't able to tip the puck in the net.

	07:30	It's quite up and down hockey at the beginning of the match. Now Switzerland is in the attacking zone.
	08:13	Faceoff in Czech defence zone.
	08:36	Czechs got the puck from the little scramble behind Korenar's net and skated in front of Ritz. But no shot from this attack.
	09:29	And the first PP for the Czechs now. Zwissler gets two minutes for hooking.
	10:00	All Czech fans are shouting: "We want a goal, we want a goal!"
	10:28	Switzerland under hude Czech pressure. But whole action brought no bigger chance.
	10:58	Hrdinka's shot from the blue went wide.
	11:21	Goal for Team Czech Republic! It was only 8 seconds left from the Swiss penalty, but it was still enough for young Czech guns. PETR KODYTEK made it 1 – 0 thanks to the late PP goal. He was quite lucky because Swiss team wasn't able to send the puck accurately from the defence zone. No assist.
Petr KODYTEK - 1:0
	12:16	And the Czech are hungry enough. Switzerland struggles little bit in the neutral zone.
	13:27	Heim skated along right boarding to the attacking zone, but his final pass wasn't accurate.
	14:06	What a chance for the Chzechs again. Zachar could have made it 2 – 0 but his attemp needed to be little bit more accurate.
	15:17	Little bit up and down stage of the game again.
	16:09	The only ones who are solid during whole period are Czech fans.
In rund 30min gehts los: #hlinkamemorial CZE – SUI live auf youtube: https://t.co/igr1TQYVWV pic.twitter.com/Lk2hSaUsr4 — Swiss Ice Hockey (@SwissIceHockey) 11. Srpen 2015
	16:53	Good scoring chance for Czech again. And it was again first Czech line who could have scored the goal. But the final shot from the top of the circles was blocked.
	17:46	2 on 2 situation for Czechs. But the guys waited for suport of the other team mates.
	17:59	Great chance for Psenicka who waited hiden behind Swiss defence. But he missed the puck and wans't able to tip it in.
	19:06	Swiss under pressure again. But no Czech shot is coming.
	19:38	And now Czech offside.
	19:44	At the end of the period a minnor penalty for Switzerland again – two minutes for Miranda (hooking).
	19:58	Great save by Ritz who stopped the puck with the top of his left pad.
	20:00	1st period finished.
		After quite fast beginning of the period when the Swiss almost scored the goal, finally it was the Czech team which took 1 – 0 lead thanks to the quite lucky PP goal by Kodytek.
		Next period begins at 19.54.
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
	20:20	Vala lost the puck in front of Korenar, but was fast enough to take before the first Swiss player noticed it.
	21:18	Thanks to the good traffic made by Pavlik, Doudera's shot from the blue had a great chance to end in the net. But finally was deflected high above the net.
	21:52	Right after the faceoff chance for Czech team again. But Ritz made another save.
	22:44	And second penalty for the Czech team in this game. And again it was because too many players on ice.
	23:19	Goal for Team Switzerland! And Switzerland made it 1 – 1. LIVIO STADLER waited for a pass on the left wing and got it. It was easy for him to score. Assist: Marco Miranda.
Livio STADLER - 1:1
	23:44	Goal for Team Czech Republic! What a comeback for the Czechs. Only few seconds after Swiss goal Hrdinka and his team mate skated 2 on 1. And finally it was DAVID KOFRON who sent Czech to lead again. Assist: Frantisek Hrdinka, Ondrej Vala.
David KOFRON - 2:1
	25:27	And Czechs want another goal. They were quite close but Ritz stayed solid in this action.
	26:30	Doudera's slapshot from the blueline ends after few deflections in the corner.
	27:07	Czech team is quite dangerous on the puck last few minutes, but the Swiss team has a good chance to score from break situations.
	28:00	Zachar is on fire in this game. After individual chance he was alone in front of Ritz but his shot went few centimeters higher above the post than he wanted.
	29:32	It's maybe little bit toug situation for Korenar. It's a while when he made his last save.
	29:49	But now he had to be careful because of Weder's shot on the short post.
	30:22	Faceoff in front of Korenar.
	30:48	Such a chance for Miranda. He was alno in the left circle and fired the puck on Korenar. But he just hit the side of the net.
	31:34	Budik in a good position but he waited with the pass so long so he finally lost the puck.
	32:31	Switzerland under pressure. But Oehen was the lucky one who skated with the puck into the neutral zone and gave a chance to his team to rest a little bit.
	33:40	And ht hosts are in front of Korenar. Slapshot from the blueline was quite visible, but Korenar had still some troubles.
	34:32	Few deflections in front of Korenar and Czech goalie had to catch the puck in his glove.
	34:43	Icicng call agains the Czechs.
	34:54	Najman's shot from the middle of the circles almost ends right abve Ritz's left pad in the net. But the Swiss goalie made a great glove save.
	35:53	No shot from the left circle by Psenicka. Saved by Ritz.
	36:03	Great chance on both side. At first – after Swiss shot puck jumped through the Korenar's goal zone, on the other side Czech Reichel appeared with a good shot.
	37:50	Another chance for the Czechs. But the shot by the second Czech line ends high above the goal post.
		After little scramble before Swiss net two minutes penalty for both teams – Pavlik for slashing and Öjdemarj for roughing,
	38:55	Save by Ritz.
	39:09	And save on the other side of the rink by Korenar.
	39:40	Probably one of the last shots of this period by Andersson. Another save by Korenar.
	40:00	2nd period finished.
		Interesting period from both teams. Switzerland made it 1 – 1 in the power play but the Czechs got the lead on their sides again. After 25 second since the Swiss goal Czech team scored leading goal thanks to Kofron.
		Next period begins at 20:42.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
	40:19	Ritz covered the puck on ice after a long attemp from the Czech defence.
	40:57	Goal for Team Czech Republic! Czech team had a pressure and also many chances. Captain MAREK ZACHAR shot on the short post, but finally it was his second attemp which end behind Ritz's backs. Assist: Petr Kodytek.
Marek ZACHAR - 3:1
	41:37	Icing call against the Czechs.
	41:50	What a chance for a 4 -1 leading. After 2 on 1 situation Czech player hit only the goal post!

	42:31	And Ritz is under pressure last few minutes. He got another save.
	43:07	Icing call, this time against Switzerland.
	43:38	Andersson shot from the blue line but his shot couldn't have been more unaccurate.
	44:25	Good combination of the Czech team in the attacking zone is stopped by Ritz.
	44:59	Two shots from good distance, but still no goal no. 4 for the Czech team. Two important saves for Ritz.
	45:13	But the Czech gets another chance. Le Coultre sent to the penalty box – hooking.
	45:30	Reichel had a good scoring chance and the only way how to stop him was to send him down on ice. But no penalty for Swiss player.
	46:03	Pavlik fires from the blue line but the puck stopped somewhere in the scramble in front of the net.
	46:53	Last 20 second of the Czech PP.
	47:20	Even though Switzerland was in the full strenght, Smerha appeared alone in the left circle. He got the deflected puck and shot on Ritz. But wasn's accurate.
	48:12	Icing call against Switzerland.
	49:10	Goal for Team Czech Republic! After Swiss mistake in the neutral zone DAVID KOFRON got great pass behind defence and skated alone on the goalie. His shot went through Ritz. Assist: Marek Zachar.
David KOFRON - 4:1
	49:42	Goal for Team Switzerland! But just two goals advantage for the Czech team again. Right after the faceoff Swiss team skated in the attacking and YANNICK LERCH made it only 2 – 4 for Switzerland. Assist: Colin Gerber.
Yannick LERCH - 4:2
	50:18	Two shots by Suter, but Korenar was solid.
	50:36	Another dangerous situation in front of the Czech net. But anoter save made by Korenar.
	51:37	After bad Swiss pass one of the Czech players stops the puck in the neutral zone.
	52:18	Kofron and Zachar in another dangerous situation. Kofron tried to send the puck on Kofron, but his stick was blocked so the pass had no chance to find his team mate.
	52:21	Faceoff in the neutral zone.
	52:49	Vala tried to shot from the right wing few centimeter above Ritz's shoulder. But he only hit Ritz.
	53:55	Kodytek wanted to surprise Ritz with almost zero angle shot. But Swiss goalie was ready to save.
	54:56	Czech shot from the blue line went wide.
	55:08	On the other side of the rink another save for Korenar.
	55:56	Goal for Team Switzerland! Nothing really interesting was happening last couple of minutes. But KAJ SUTER stopped the puck on the top of the circle and sent a hard slapshot which went through Korenar's net. Assist: Marco Miranda, Viktor Öjdemarj.
Kaj SUTER - 4:3
	57:15	It'll be really interesting end of this match.
	57:16	Offside call against Czech Republic.
	57:31	Pavlik's attemp from the blue line was no problem for Ritz.
	58:00	Last two minutes of the third period.
	58:09	Czechs don't want to score rubbish goals, they want something extraordinary. That's their problems in this match. There is always one useless pass instead of straight shot.
	58:24	Swiss net is empty, Switzerland tries it with six skaters.
	59:05	Last minute and the Swiss are in the attacking zone.
	59:44	Goal for Team Czech Republic! Empty net goal for the Czech team. RADOVAN PAVLIK sent his team to two goals advantage. No assist.
Radovan PAVLIK - 5:3
		Game over.
		Czech team gets first three point in the 2015 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup. Even though the Swiss came up big in the end of this match and the Czech team had to worry about the result. But Pavlik calm the emotions down 16 seconds left in the game.
		The best players of the game are Stadler (SUI) and Kofron (CZE).
		The last information of this online is that after the end of game Öjdemarj gets 10 minutes penalty. And that's all from me for tonight. Stay tuned with us upcoming day. (21:26:03)

Commentary by

Karolína Antošová

@KarolAntosova

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 12. Kodytek, 24. Kofron (Hrdinka, Vala), 41. Zachar (Kodytek), 50. Kofron (Zachar), 60. Pavlik – 24. Stadler (Miranda), 50. Lerch (Gerber), 56. Suter (Miranda, Öjdemarj)

Czech Republic U18: Korenar (Brizgala) – Vala, Hajek, Doudera, Hrdinka, Novak, Budik, Kachyna – Zachar, Reichel, Kofron – Pavlik, Kodytek, Najman – Smerha, Psenicka, Kurovsky – Kacirek, Karafiat, Havelka – Kantner
Head coach: Robert Reichel.

Switzerland U18: Ritz (Wüthrich) – Andersson, Stadler, Riva, Öjdemarj, Steinmann, Gerber, Brantschen, Le Coultre – Volejnicek, Hischier, Miranda – Roberts, Geisser, Weder – Eggenberger, Heim, Lerch – Oehen, Suter, Zwissler
Head coach: Thierry Paterlini.

Referees: Frano, Hribik – Lhotsky, Spur

1st period
	03:07
	09:29
	11:21
	19:44
1st intermission
2nd period
	22:44
	23:19
	23:44

2nd intermission
3rd period
	40:57
	45:13
	49:10
	49:42
	55:56
	59:44
Final