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babylon 5 crakcNovember 03, 2004
Litvinov Karjala
It was actually looking pretty good for Znojmo yesterday. Rucinsky and Elias were given game misconducts late in the second, and at the 48 minute mark, Orli were still ahead by one with Havlat's second goal of the evening.
Then Litvinov scored four goals in about six minutes, one of which may have been batted in with a high stick, but was allowed to stand. The end of the game was ugly too, with five players getting misconducts with no time left.
In more damaging news to Znojmo, Karel Rachunek has decided to transfer to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Russian Super League, effective after the upcoming national break. For a team whose defense wasn't particularly outstanding to begin with, this is a big blow. Team officials say they will work hard to replace him, but with so many players already having European contracts, it will be difficult.
Speaking of the national break, the Czechs have finally announced their roster for the Karjala Cup. While the Russians have apparently loaded up with all their superstar talent and the Finns went almost the exact opposite by naming their best young prospects, both Sweden and the Czech Republic have taken sort of a middling approach. The Czech roster:
Goalies: Tomáš Duba, Adam Svoboda
Defense: Radim Bičánek, Miroslav Blaťák, Radek Hamr, Jan Hejda, Martin Hlavačka (replacing Martin Škoula), Rostislav Klesla, Karel Pilař, Marek Židlický
Forwards: Martin Chabada, Rostislav Olesz, David Výborný, Petr Průcha, Aleš Hemský, Martin Erat, Jaroslav Balaštík, Václav Nedorost, Václav Prospal, Radek Dvořák, Pavel Rosa, Jaroslav Hlinka, Zbyněk Irgl
Prospal and Dvorak are playing in the 1.liga, not the extraliga, which must have had something to do with their selection.
Posted by jz at November 3, 2004 01:03 PM