The 18-year-old hockey team scored its second win at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup

Hlinka Gretzky Cup hockey players under 18, group A: Czech Republic – Germany, August 1, 2023, Břeclav. The players rejoice at the goal.

Břeclav – The Czech hockey players won the second game at the home tournament Hlinka Gretzky Cup for under-18 players, after the opening win over the USA team, they defeated Germany 6:2 today in the duel of group A in Břeclav . After playing today's matches, only the Swiss, who lead the group B table in Trenčín, remained next to them 100 percent.

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Svěrenci coach David Cermák won just like on Monday against the Americans thanks to the only goal of the opening act, when Šimon Pohludka punished a big mistake of the opponent. The key for the entire match was the start of the Czech selection in the second period. Within two minutes and three seconds, Oskar Lisler, Ondřej Kos and Matěj Kubiesa increased the lead to 4:0.

When the match was breaking into the second half, Simon Seidl and Nick Maul brought the opponents back into the game, but immediately Matyáš Humeník countered and increased the score to 5:2. In the third 20-minute period, almost 2,400 spectators saw only one goal, when Adam Benák completed the triumph of the Czech colors at the very end.

On Wednesday, the Czech youngsters will finish their appearance in the group with a duel against Sweden (19:00), which today USA lost 1:6. In the Trenčín group, the Swiss defeated the Finns 3:1 and the Canadians outclassed the Slovaks 14:4, when the opponents scored six goals each in the second and third periods.

Hlinka Gretzky Cup hockey players under 18:

Group A (Břeclav):

Czech Republic – Germany 6:2 (1:0, 4:2, 1:0)

Goals: 18. Pohludka, 22. Lisler, 24. Kos, 24. Kubiesa, 34. Humeník, 59. Benák – 29. Seidl, 33. Maul.< /p>

USA – Sweden 6:1 (2:1, 2:0, 2:0).

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Group B (Trenčín):

Finland – Switzerland 1: 3 (0:0, 0:2, 1:1), Slovakia – Canada 4:14 (0:2, 3:6, 1:6).

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