Robert Calabre It was announced some time ago that Poland would… Elite World ChampionshipHe will not attack, but defend, and will select players for the team with that in mind.
So it became clear that he would focus on players who are active on defense and can play without the puck. For all this, he also needed strong defenders.
Last minute passport. Full-time employees were fired
The decision to summon the goalkeeper to participate in the World Cup was not made until Tuesday Thomas FauciK., who had been waiting for Polish citizenship for several months. The issue was resolved at the last minute. Thus, he was excluded from the team Maciej Miarca.
As for the defenders, the Slovakian coach decided to delete: Casper Macias, Oscar Jaskiewicz, and Marcin Horselski.
The biggest surprise among the attackers is the lack of experience Aaron ChmielewskiWhich is usually played in the Czech Ekstraklasa. However, the 32-year-old has struggled with injury this season and was not 100% ready to fight in such an important tournament.
He won’t go to the World Cup either Damian Cabeca, which has been plagued by bad luck in recent years. Kabeka has not played in the World Series in recent years. From the championship in Nottinghamas Poland won promotion to the elite, was ruled out due to injury.
The fate of Chmelevsky and Kapika was shared by: Filip Starzyński, Igor Smal, and Damian Tyczynski.
Poland will play in the Elite World Championship in the second group in which it will play its matches Ostrava. White and Red’s rivals will be: Slovakia, Latvia, USA, France, Germany, Kazakhstan and Sweden.
The first match between the White and Reds teams will be held on May 11 at 11:00 GMT 16.20.The opponent will be Latvia, the bronze medalist in the last world championship.
Polish national team participating in the World Elite Ice Hockey Championship
Goalkeepers: John Murray (GKS Katowice), David Zabolotny (EHC Freiburg/Germany), Tomasz Vucek (GKS Tychy).
Defenders: Pawel Dronia (Ravnsborg Towerstars/Germany), Bartosz Sciorra, Mateusz Bryk (all GKS Tisci), Camil Gurny, Arkadiusz Kostic, Patrik Wojda, Marcin Kolosz (all GKH GKS Jastrzebie), Maciej Kroczek, Jakub Wanacki (all All GKS Katowice).
Attackers: Kamil Waliga (HC Ocelari Trzenek/Czech Republic), Pawel Zygmunt (HC Litvinov/Czech Republic), Krzysztof Macias (Prince Albert Raiders, WHL/Canada), Filip Komorski, Alan Cicharczyk (both GKS Tisci), Dominik Pasch , Maciej Urbanović (both JKH GKS Jastrzębie), Patryk Wronka (PZU Podhale Nowy Targ), Patryk Krężołek (Zagłębie Sosnowiec), Bartosz Fraszko, Mateusz Michalski, Grzegorz Pasiut (all GKS Katowice) and Krystian Dziubiński (Re-Plast Uni a Oświęcim) .
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