The fourteenth Kladno thus has a lead of 15 points on the last Zlín five laps before the end of the basic part and a practically certain escape from the direct descent. In addition, with an eight-point loss to the twelfth Litvínov and the thirteenth Olomouc, he can try to fight for an escape from the playoffs or even advance to the preliminary round of the playoffs.
If Hlava had not revoked Kousal’s expulsion, Dynamo’s numerical advantage would have shortened by almost a minute, and then the Knights would have finished it. “I wanted to kick the puck, I stumbled and the referee didn’t see it. It would probably be unfair if I didn’t cancel the foul. I think it came back to me a bit at the end when I scored in an empty goal. Of course someone can be I was upset that in such a state I called it off, we could have played four to four. But I think in fair play it would do more players, “Hlava told reporters.
Fair play gestures of a similar team have been common in hockey lately, and Hlava did not hesitate to reach out to him as well. “Everyone smells the hockey stick and says it was on the edge. It depends on everyone. I think there are a lot of guys in the extra league and in hockey in general who would call it off. I wouldn’t make a big affair of it,” he said with 30 points for 13 goals and 17 assists from 50 matches, the third most productive player in Kladno this season. “I was hoping it would come back to us somehow. And maybe we’ll score a goal, we’ll defend it. I have to knock that it turned out well. I think if you go for the good, the good goes back to you.”
This is despite the fact that some teammates may not like it in their emotions during the match. “I’ve heard some swearing, but nothing specific. It’s about everyone’s attitude. It’s hard to judge. Someone told me there was contact, but I didn’t feel anything. I knew I stumbled, stumbled. “So I admitted it wasn’t a foul,” he added.
After the defeat of Zlín with Třinec 1: 3 and his full gain, Kladno lacks a single point so that the Rams don’t have a chance to overtake him. For them, every loss means a descent from the highest competition, where they have been operating continuously since 1980. But the Knights are still in real danger of averting their fall in the first league in a play-off with the winner of the first league.
“I think we will be a little sorry for the match in Zlín, when the last seconds decided. We could have gained some more points so that we can look at the floors above us. There are still five matches left, there are still points to collect. Until last minute, anything can happen. We will work. Miracles can happen, “said Hlava, who was still saddened by the loss on the ice of the last 2: 3 team last week. Thanks to it, the Rams have a better balance in mutual matches and still a theoretical hope for rescue.
Kladno did not score even on Tuesday, but still does not give up hope of moving higher. “We’re not packing. We’ll probably look at ourselves, at our performances. We’ll see what it looks like. We’ll see if it brings fruit. I think if we play the way we started playing this year, we’d be up to us.” it could smile happiness and it could turn out somehow, “said Hlava.
Kladno, on the other hand, lost another point to the third Pardubice, which did not pull their series of defeats for five matches. “They came with the idea that they would come at us. The important thing was that they didn’t bounce back to us at two goals or a bigger difference at the beginning. Maybe they were a little better at the beginning. We leveled it from the second period. “Then it occurred to me that after our 1: 1 equalizer, they eased a bit. We started to have more of the game,” he added to today’s match.
