Hockey
Coach of the Ukraine U-18 team: “I will put a minus five to play in the World Cup”
Oleksandr Bobkin, coach of the Ukraine U-18 hockey team, welcomed the World Championship in Division 1B, where the team finished 2nd and failed to improve in the classification.
– Alexander Vasilyevich, how many points would you give your wards for their performance in Italy on a 5-point scale?
– Five minus. Second place in such a strong group with Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, Austria and Poland is a good result! I think very few people can imagine Ukraine on a pedestal in the conditions of war in the country.
– Besides silver medals, what other local achievements can you be proud of?
– We were the top scorer in the tournament – 30 goals in five matches. Here we should note the coaches who have done a huge job for our success. Trainer Oleg Tsyrkunov trained effectively and hard at the training camp in the Czech Republic. Sometimes it got to the point of nausea, but the guys held on and started winning their battles. My assistant, Ruslan Borisenko, did a great job in the minority brigades as well as the defenders. Surprisingly, at the World Championships, our team did not miss a single puck and played in the numerical minority of 18 tries. It seems to me that this has never happened before in the history of the tournament. Attention should be paid to such details.
– In the fight for the first place, everything was decided in the play-off against Hungary (1:2). Did you manage to find out the reasons for the defeat?
– Above all, Hungary has a strong, well-balanced team in all lanes. In addition, goalkeeper Levente Hegedus organized a stylish tournament and conceded only one goal in four matches. There are also questions to the referee who shot suspicious bullets at our doors after the Hungarian shot. And soon Nikita Sidorenko’s hand is “cut off” in the same one-on-one out, the attacker does not have time to throw, but the referee gives “only” two minutes. Understand, I’m not looking for excuses, the Hungarians really played well in the end but the referee should be consistent in their decisions.
Source: Sport UA
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Hockey
Junior World Hockey Championship. Victories for the USA and Finland, 12 goals for Canada and the Czech Republic
The first matches of the U-20 World Junior Hockey Championship, held in the elite league in the USA, have ended.
The current champion and host of the tournament defeated the German team without any problems with a score of 6:3 and scored three goals each in the first and second periods.
Forward Will Zellers scored two goals and one assist. Earlier in this group, Sweden beat Slovakia.
In Group B, Finland defeated Denmark 6-2, while Canada defeated the Czech Republic 7-5 with four goals in the third period in a tough match.
World Hockey Championship U-20. Group A
Germany – America 3:6 (1:3, 2:3, 0:0)
Stamps: 05:54 Plant – 0:1, 10:53 Reed – 0:2, 15:55 Horcoff – 0:3, 17:39 Kose – 1:3, 25:46 Seidl – 2:3, 30:31 Zellers – 2:4, 31:27 Boos – 3:4, 34:58 Zellers – 3:5, 38:07 Iceman – 3:6
Goalkeepers: Nisse – Hale
Group B
Denmark – Finland 2:6 (1:3, 0:3, 1:0)
Discs: 01:48 Vesterinen – 0:1, 02:19 Kalto – 0:2, 06:08 Bundgard – 1:2, 10:07 Suvanto – 1:3, 24:45 Koivu – 1:4, 26:19 Sarelainen – 1:5, 32:21 Vesterinen – 1:6, 42:22 Linda-2:6
Goalkeepers: Vilde-Rimpinen
Czech Republic – Canada 5:7 (1:2, 2:1, 2:4)
Discs: 13:53 Martin – 0:1, 17:01 Poletin – 1:1, 17:38 Hage – 1:2, 24:04 Tsinar – 2:2, 32:13 Sikora – 3:2, 37:03 Parek – 3:3, 43:49 Parek – 3:4, 45:21 Poletin – 4:4, 46:32 Iginla – 4:5, 49:12 Mackenzie – 4:6, 55:26 Galvas – 5:6, 59:00 Martone – 5:7
Goalkeepers: Korsulak – George
Source: Sport UA
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The U-20 World Junior Hockey Championship in the elite league in the USA has started. One of the favorites in the opening match was the Swedish team and the Slovak team.
The Swedish youth team won with a score of 3:2. Let’s touch on two points from forward Anton Frondell, who was selected third overall by Chicago in the last draft.
At the same time, Slovakia also made a comeback, losing 0:2, but were still defeated at the end of the match.
In addition to the Swedes and Slovaks, teams from the USA, Switzerland and Germany will also play in this group.
World Hockey Championship U-20. Group A
Swedish – Slovakia 3:2 (0:0, 2:1, 1:1)
Discs: 29:05 Frondell (Frey, Stenberg) – 1:0, 33:16 (Frondell, Berglund) – 2:0, 39:55 Run (Misiak) – 2:1, 50:55 Tomik (Pitka) – 2:2, 56:03 Stenberg (Genborg) – 3:2
Goalkeepers: Harenstam – Lendak
Source: Sport UA
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Coach of the Ukrainian national team: “Fans want to see us in the elite team. You still need experience”
Dmitry Khristich, the coach of the Ukraine national hockey team, made a 2025 prediction for the team. The main event was the World Championship in Division 1A, where the team only lost their chance to reach the elite league in the last match.
“I think the year has been positive. We won most of our matches. I also rate our performance in the World Championship positively. Many people probably wanted us to get into the elite league immediately, but I believe that we need to gain experience and confidence at this level. You have to believe in yourself and build on your experience by getting positive results against D1A teams and promotion teams that constantly jump from league to league.”
“We need to learn to play the full 60 minutes, to play against any opponent, to be tactically flexible… All these and many other nuances still need to be worked out,” Khristic said.
Source: Sport UA
I have been working as a sports journalist for about 6 years now. I currently work as an author at Sportish, which is a sports news website. I mainly cover sports news and I love writing about all aspects of the sport. I also have experience working as a broadcast journalist, so I have some great insights into how sport is reported and presented.
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