17,220 spectators. The highest visit not only of this year’s playoffs, but historically the most spectators in extra-league hockey in general, watched beautiful hockey, but some fans made a good deal of it at the very end.
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“This is not in hockey, they should step up security. As the emotions were in our players and Spartans, so they were in the fans, “said Třinec coach Václav Varaďa after the sharp conclusion.
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“He got Douder in the face with a dime, which is very uncomfortable. We coaches tried to block the thrown objects ourselves. But we didn’t think about leaving the locker room, we wanted to finish it, “Varaďa admitted that even the premature end of the match was in play, but the Steelmen did not want such a scenario.
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| Statement of HC Sparta Prague: |
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| The final of the extra league should be a hockey holiday that will be enjoyed by all Spartans, from the oldest to the smallest. Any aggressive and violent behavior does not belong to hockey, as well as throwing objects on the playing field. Sparta has always set an example of the culture of cheering the whole extraleague. Isolated excesses, caused by dissatisfaction with what is happening on the ice, must never surpass the great reputation of the Spartan audience. |
| “The entire HC Sparta Praha club defends itself against the unacceptable behavior of several spectators who have thrown objects on the ice. Spartan fans always cheer for sports,” said Sparta general manager Barbora Snopková Haberová. “We believe that a similar incident will never happen again. Many families with children will arrive on Saturday’s match. I would like to attend a hockey match a pleasant experience for everyone,” he asks the final visitors. |
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Milan Doudera did not arrive among the journalists after the match, instead he immediately headed to the infirmary. “It simply came to our notice then. It’s not part of hockey, but it’s a playoff final. We are glad that so many fans came, the scenery was fantastic. I’ll leave the rest to someone else to judge, “said Andrej Nestrašil, the Steelworkers’ forward, who contributed one goal to the 3: 2 triumph,
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“These situations are happening, one of the players is leaking, someone is making a mistake, a short circuit …” Varaďa added. He, too, did not escape the beer showers from the Spartan spectators. I’ll wear it again tomorrow. It’s the finale, somehow I wouldn’t dramatize it, “the head of the Třinec inverter waved.
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The referees of the match have something to do to tear up the sharpened hockey players Třinec and Sparta.Photo: Kateřina Šulová, CTK
“We definitely don’t want to see this from the fans. I am bothered by the way they did not bear the conclusion and I hope that nothing like this will happen again here, “said Sparta captain Michal Řepík.
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“We are really happy for the support of the spectators, a really large number of them came, but then came the nonsensical throwing of objects at the players, and that really doesn’t belong in hockey. We are happy for such a backdrop that the spectators came and paid an expensive entrance fee. But we ask them to keep their nerves in check next time, cheer politely and don’t throw anything on the ice. We do not agree with that, “said the home coach Josef Jandač.
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Dusno started on the ice in the 57th minute, when the Spartan quarterback Tomáš Dvořák fired on goal after a whistle and for the subsequent fight with Vladimír Dravecký, which he would win on points, both collected penalties for five minutes.
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The hockey players of Třinec celebrate the goal at 3: 1 during the final of the extra play league.Photo: Vlastimil Vacek, The law
“Dvořák may not have heard the whistle, although it fired perhaps two seconds after the whistle. Káca didn’t have a helmet and it went a bit around his head. It smelled like shit. When Dvořák says that he didn’t hear it, he probably didn’t hear it, “Nestrašil didn’t want to reach Dvořák into conscience.
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And when Sobotka struck Marcin’s crotch with a hockey stick a minute later and sent out a small penalty for chopping, Sparta fans started throwing objects at the Třinec substitute.
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“I didn’t know what they were going to watch on video. They consulted with a commissioner; about Moulinem; whether the match is to be completed or not, “Jandač grinned ironically, answering the question of what the judges at the substitute said to him.
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From left, goalkeeper Ondřej Kacetl and David Musil of Třinec, Miroslav Forman of Sparta and Vladimír Svačina of Třinec during the extra league playoff finalPhoto: Vlastimil Vacek, The law
And he did not forget to dig into one of Roman Mrkva’s two main arbitrators. “I don’t really understand that Mrkv. He articulates in a way that he does not understand. Even though I spoke (after the incident with throwing objects at the Třinec substitute) with the second referee Pražák, “said Jandač, who was very dissatisfied with the performance of the men in the strip.
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“It simply came to our notice then. “We didn’t like some moments,” Jandač admitted.
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“Maybe. Or throwing the disc into the auditorium (which the judges did not appreciate with a smaller penalty for Třinec). Or twice blood (in the face) and only two-minute sentences. It’s just a lot of extra penalties that Třinec didn’t get. And I probably regret the first goal the most, “added Jandač.
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