A place in the World Cup final is a huge thing for Czech hockey.
Vaclav Nestras in foul play in Canada’s goal. The Czech Republic knocked Canada out of the World Cup final. PDO
The Czech Republic and Sweden will play in the final of the Under-20 World Cup. So the final is purely European.
Junior crown won the world championship in January 2012. The Czech dry season is even longer. The country’s only World Cup golds at the junior level are from 2000 and 2001.
The Czech Republic is Canada’s nightmare these days – the country knocked Canada out of the World Youth Championship for the third time in a row.
– A third consecutive victory over Canada and a place in the finals, those are wonderful things. I’m so emotional, I should calm down a bit. This is crazy. This is the best thing that could happen, Vaclav Nestrasil beamed to the media.
Nestrasil, who plays at the University of Massachusetts, has scored 2+5 power points in six World Cup tournament games.
Chicago’s first-round booking emphasized the importance of a finals spot for the entire country.
– The place in the final is a huge thing for Czech ice hockey. Hardly anyone believed we would win Canada for the third time. I hope that when the children in my country wake up on Monday morning, they are squealing, celebrating and happy, and not going to school. This is probably what I would have done as a child myself and played only ice hockey for the next 24 hours.
– Hopefully these victories will bring new enthusiasts to ice hockey in the Czech Republic. This is a huge thing for our country, the 197-centimeter striker rejoiced.
“Fun game”
Nestrasil, who grew up in Prague, believes in a good World Cup final.
– A great couple will play in the final. It’s guaranteed to be a fun game. I hope as many fans as possible will come to watch the game.
The final and the bronze medal match will be played in the Grand Casino arena in St. Paul, Minnesota, which attracts around 18,000 spectators.
– I believe that the game against Sweden will be very similar to how the semi-final against Canada was. Maturity is the strength of this team, we are definitely ready for the final.
Hard Sweden
Adam Novotny also played in the Suomi game on the side of the Nuorten Leijonien’s substitute. PDO
Sweden beat Finland 4–3 in their own semi-final game.
Striker Adam Novotny don’t underestimate Sweden.
– Sweden is a really good team. Every game in this tournament has been tough, the final is perhaps the toughest. We have to play sensibly and our own game. But we have a great team and we can succeed in the final, the winger assured.
The World Cup final will be played on Tuesday at 3:30 Finnish time.
The bronze medal game between Canada and Finland starts on Monday at 23:30. TV5 shows the matches.