Filip Pešán at the national team training.
Czech hockey, Jan Beneš
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“We already have certain names of players who like to come, as well as those who will definitely not come. But we are still waiting for the final decision about their health status, “Pešán said before Monday’s training, adding that he communicates with players from Europe himself, while the general manager of the national team Petr Nedvěd is in charge of phone calls with NHL fighters.
Next week, the national team will move its training from Prague to Jindřichův Hradec and will experience the first preparatory duels before the World Cup. On Thursday, April 22, she will play in Vienna against Austria, and two days later she will retaliate with the same opponent in Jindřichův Hradec.
| Current staff of the hockey team in preparation for the World Cup: |
| Goalkeepers: |
| Dominik Frodl (Pilsen) |
| Milan Kloucek (Pardubice) |
| Roman Will (Čeljabinsk/KHL) |
| Defenders: |
| Vojtech Budik (Pilsen) |
| Daniel Gazda (Zlin) |
| David Sklenička (Helsinki Jokerit / KHL) |
| Vojtech Mozik (Kunlun / KHL) |
| Radim Salda (Hradec Kralove) |
| Jan Scotka (Litvinov) |
| Andrej Sustr (Kunlun / KHL) |
| Libor Zabransky (Karlovy Vary) |
| Michal Jordan (Khabarovsk / KHL) |
| Dominik Masin (Khabarovsk / KHL) |
| Attackers: |
| Ondrej Beranek (Karlovy Vary) |
| Matěj Blümel (Pardubice) |
| Jiří Černoch (Karlovy Vary) |
| Jan Dufek (Zlin) |
| Jakub Flek (Karlovy Vary) |
| Jan Hladonik (Karlovy Vary) |
| Luboš Horký (Pardubice) |
| Petr Kodytek (Pilsen) |
| Karel Plasek (Kometa Brno) |
| Jakub Pour (Pilsen) |
| Filip Suchy (Pilsen) |
| Marek Zachar (Hradec Kralove) |
| Lukáš Radil (Spartak Moscow / KHL) |
| Robin Hanzl (Spartak Moskva / KHL) |
| Hynek Zohorna (Khabarovsk / KHL) |
| Tomas Zohorna (Pardubice) |
Pešán wants to give the vast majority of players from the current staff a chance in at least one of the matches. Only the following week, players from the teams of the defeated semi-finalists of the extra league would join the team. “If we call one of the defeated semifinalists, we would like to give them time off next week and involve them only the next week before the matches with Germany,” Pešán revealed.
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Together with Nedvěd, he also closely monitors developments in the NHL. Its management announced over the weekend that due to the covid-19 disease in the Vancouver team, which had to postpone eight matches, the basic part will not end until 16 May. So just five days before the start of the World Championships in Riga …
“I don’t know exactly what the rules will be for postponing the end of the NHL. Whether the end of the basic part is postponed only for a division composed of Canadian teams, and whether players from other divisions could leave America sooner. These are all questions that are hanging in the air now, “admits Pešán.
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Hockey coach Filip Pešán during Monday’s training at the first meeting before the World Cup.
Czech hockey, Jan Beneš
“In any case, this has confirmed that players who advance to the NHL playoffs have absolutely no chance of winning the championship. And those who do not advance to the playoffs will still have something to do, “realizes the head of the Czech substitution and recalls the fact that the national team will first wait for a three-day individual quarantine on 15 May after arriving at the World Cup, followed by a three-day team quarantine. And on May 21, there will be a sharp entry into the tournament against the Russians.
Detroit with the Czechs Filip Hronek, Filip Zadina and newly Jakub Vrána will certainly not advance to the NHL playoffs. Apart from the promotion to the battles for the Stanley Cup, Dominik Kubalík, Radek Faksa, Filip Chytil, Jakub Voráček, Pavel Zacha are now with their teams. or Tomáš Hertl.
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Jakub Voráček and his Philadelphia are now out of the NHL playoffs.
Vlastimil Vacek, Right
“I don’t have a number in my head yet how many NHL players I would like to take to Riga, because the chances of individual NHL clubs to advance to the playoffs change almost every day. Of course, we know about the health problems of some of our players. But we have some idea who could join the team, but now it’s not worth speculating, “says Pešán.
“But I must say that if our players were not eliminated from the NHL by injury or a planned medical event, then everyone has confirmed that they would like to come to the championship in the absence of their clubs in the playoffs,” reports the positive news.
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