Just like Tre Kronor, the Czech Republic had a rocky start, falling to both the Russian team and Switzerland in the opening round. Now, however, they’ve switched gears. The team’s third consecutive win came against Great Britain, after a convincing 6-1 victory, which meant they passed Trey Kronor in the play-off.
Great Britain resisted for just over twelve minutes. When they were then unable to get the puck out of their area, WC newcomer Lucas Klock 1-0 behind Jackson sent a mysterious whistle.
32 seconds into the middle of the period, Philippe Hronk added on his own. After a delicious tunnel on a hill, Hronek upped the stretch with a backhand.
“No more fitness”
The Brits, who fell 1-4 to Tre Kronor on Friday, were unable to put up a real fight. Instead, the Czech Republic scored their third (Libor Solak) and fourth (Philip Shetel) goals before the team surprisingly celebrated when Matthew Myers pulled one back in the last minute of the second half. Liam Kirk, the team’s leading scorer and tournament at the time of writing, with a second assist.
It’s a very important goal, the Czechs are an incredibly good team, Kirk said during the break against SVT, and admitted that last week’s matches had affected them:
– There are a lot of games in a short period and many of them in the team did not play last season, and therefore they are not fit anymore.
The match ended 6-1. Thus, the Czechs moved into the fourth and final quarter-finals after five matches.
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