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Slovakian under-18 hockey representatives did not advance to the semi-finals of the WC of this age category. In the quarter-final match in Östersund, they clearly lost 1:6 against the home Swedes on Thursday. At the championship, they will play on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. for the final 5th place against Finland – the Czech Republic, which was defeated in the evening match (8:00 p.m.).
Women’s World Cup under 18 – quarter-finals:
Sweden – Slovakia 6:1 (2:1, 2:0, 2:0)
Goals: 8. Andersson (Lindeberg, Gustafsson), 13. Rauni (Jungaker, Hedqvist), 24. Leijonhielm (Natt Och Dag), 31. Natt Och Dag (Markström, Rauni), 41. Hedqvist (Hallin), 48. Svensson (Markström , Rauniová) – 10. Lopušanová (Donovalová). Judges: Hanveltová (USA), Svobodová – Hájková (both Czech Republic), Wang Chuej (China), excluded: 3:3 for 2 min., power plays: 2:1, weakness: 0:0, 528 spectators.
Assemblies:
Sweden: Frank – Alenius, Jungaker, Lindeberg, Goding, Natt Och Dag, Rauni, Sohrner – Leijonhielm, Hedqvist, Hallin – Markström, Svensson, Gustafsson – Utbult, Andersson, Lindell – Hellman, Rehn, Bergeby Hallbeck – Lindqvist
Slovakia: Debnárová – Macková, Krákorová, Sternová, Gálisová, Halušková, Mandelíková, Mateičková, Nogová – Lopušanová, Tóthová, Dobiašová – Jancsóová, Blichová, Karkošková – Taricsová, Beňáková, Lacková – Paulínyová, Donovalová, Juríková
The only goal of the Slovenian women was scored by 14-year-old Nela Lopušanová, who equalized in the 10th minute in a power play to make the score 1:1. The most productive player of the tournament scored in an effective lacrosse way from behind the goal, also called “Michigan”. The Swedish women made it to the semi-finals, in addition to them, the Canadian and American women also had a certain participation in the top four.
Miroslav Mosnár’s men advanced to the elimination phase from the second place in the basic B-group. In it, they defeated the Japanese women (6:3) and the Swiss women (4:1) and lost to their peers from the Czech Republic (3:4).
Votes after the match
Miroslav Mosnár, coach SR 18: “The girls tried, but the Swedes kept the puck on their sticks for a much longer time. They were able to be more direct, push more into the goal and create more scoring opportunities. We have a very young team at the championship. And considering that, I can state that in the match We did our best. It’s a shame that we conceded the first two goals in a weakened state and that one of the goals, which came after a shot from the blue line, we unfortunately knocked into our own goal.
We wanted to rely a little more on a secure defense. In terms of defensive play, at the end of the day it wasn’t too bad from our side, unfortunately the Swedish shots were accurate and well timed. We regret that we did not play a better result despite the great quality of the opponents. However, it was definitely a match that the girls will remember well.
As for Nela Lopušanová, she has already flashed such a goal several times this season, most recently against the Japanese women in the preparatory tournament in Finland in December. It wasn’t that much of a surprise for us to see her finish like this. We are used to it. Nela believes in herself, she has trained well and it looks good. The audience likes it, of course. Now we have the last match and our goal is clear – to win it.”
Playoff for retention – 1st match:
