The Hungarians will play the I/A tournament in Bolzano on Saturday With the win, they returned to the top 16As the Canadiens, with three Stanley Cup winners and one of the biggest stars of our time, Connor Bedard, prepare for the World Cup finals in the Czech Republic starting Friday, MTI reports.
Photo: Photo: Sandor Çodai – Origo
The two teams met last year as well, with 14,756 spectators watching the match The visitors won 5-2. This time there were even more fans, 14,925 fans to be exact, in the MVM Dome, a record for domestic spectators.
Before the match, they welcomed members of the women's national team, who returned to the elite two weeks ago, as well as Bencih Shirani, Tamas Bozsegai, Daniel Koger, Gerjo Nagy and Balint Majosi, who retired from the national team.
According to the MTI report, Stanley Cup winner Colton Parayko took the lead with a powerful shot in the third minute, after which play continued in the Hungarian third. The home team has been able to test fellow NHL champion Jordan Binnington from time to time.
At the end of the first period, spectators can throw plush figures onto the ice, which will be given to sick children.
Photo: Photo: Sandor Çodai – Origo
At the start of the second half, the Hungarian team was forced to score in its own third, but the Canadians created only a few great chances in the first five or six minutes. At the beginning of the seventh minute, a cross slowed on Nelson's stick. The ball flowed in front of Biram, who passed into the empty net to double the visitors' lead. The Hungarian national team players moved noticeably tired, but they tried to take advantage of their one or two opportunities to jump, while the outside goalkeeper played with increasing superiority, and even before the second break, Bauer scored again. That last goal was actually scored by Dominik Horvath, who replaced Bales midway through the second half and did a lot of great work.
Photo: Photo: Sandor Soday – Origo / Photo: Sandor Soday – Origo
During the second intermission, Cougar and Gerjo Nagy performed a table tennis demonstration on the ice.
Even in the closing stages, Canada played with a huge advantage, but even though they had plenty of jumps and clear shooting positions, Dominik Horvat blocked everything. Meanwhile, two or three promising Hungarian jumps remained unused, and in the end, the visitors scored a goal by a man – indeed by Roland Farkas – and set the final score at 4-0.
