Slovenia defeats Hungary in Bled

2019.02.07. 21:07 |
Hungary opened their tournament international break with a tough opponent in Slovenia. The national team had six players debuting in the national team as Hungary came up short against the host nation.

Jarmo Tolvanen and his coaching staff have decided to name Gergő Nagy the team captain with András Benk and István Terbócs as the two assistant captains. Miklós Rajna started in net with Bence Kiss serving as the backup goalie. Also dressing for the first time for the Hungarian national team will be forwards Donát Szita and Bálint Horváth along with defencemen Bence Szabó, Scott Macaulay, Nándor Fejes and Roland Kiss. Sitting out the first game of the tournament was Patrik Kiss, Ákos Mihály, Péter Vincze, Patrik Imre and Dávid Jászai.

In the opening minutes of the game Hungary kept the puck in the Slovenian end of the ice. The first really scoring chance came on the first power play that the home team had as Repe had a shot from the slot that Rajna saved. Minutes later Slovenia had two shots just outside of the crease, but Rajna was on top of the situation. Towards the middle of the period Hungary was pinned in their own end of the ice, however  they did not score. The first Hungary scoring chance came on the first Hungarian power play as Macaulay had a shot from the point that Kroselj had to save. As the period went on Hungary managed to take the puck into the Slovenian end a number of times. In the closing minutes of the period Slovenia scored on their second power play off of a shot by Sabolic.

The second period started off well for Hungary, after a mistake by the goalie behind the net Attila Pavuk centered the puck to Márk Miskolczi who shot the puck into the empty net. Slovenia looked dangerous on their first power play of the second period but did not score. Slovenia took back the lead when Urbas setup Rodman with a back door pass for the close shot. Hungary was not able to do much with their second power play of the game as Slovenia had more chances during the two minutes. Hungary started to press late in the period, Pavuk and Gergő Nagy combined for a 2 on 1 but where not able to put the puck past the goalie.

The third period started off with Rajna making a number of big saves. On the first Slovenian power play of the period Rajna made a point blank save to keep it a one goal game. After Hungary killed the penalty Becze had a shot on net that hit the goalie square in the mask. As the game reached the 50 minute mark the flow had become back and forth. Later in the period Hungary had a man advantage but was unable to create any real chances. Roland Kiss had long shot that caught the Slovenien goalie by surprise. Late in the game Slovenia came in on an odd man rush that ended with Jeglic scoring the third Slovenian goal. With less than a minute to go Hungary pulled their goalie for the extra attacker. In the end Slovenia added an empty goal in the end.


Hungarian Lineup
Miskolczi-Nagy-Pavuk
Németh-Benk-Szita
Odnoga-Horváth-Terbócs
Becze-Reisz-Sárpátki 

Szabó-Macaulay
Vokla-Láday
Garát-Fejes
Kiss R.-Szaller 

Rajna (Kiss B.)
scratched: Vincze, Mihály, Kiss P. Imre, Jászai 

Schedule:
Slovenia-HUNGARY 4-1
Feb. 8th 16:00: HUNGARY-Belarus
Feb. 9th 16:00: HUNGARY-Italy

Roster

Kiss Bence

G

DVTK Jegesmedvék

Rajna Miklós

G

MAC Újbuda

Fejes Nándor

D

MAC Újbuda

Garát Zsombor

D

MAC Újbuda

Imre Patrik

D

Fehérvári Titánok

Jászai Dávid

D

FTC-Telekom

Kiss Roland

D

Fehérvári Titánok

Láday Tamás

D

Fehérvár AV19

Macaulay Scott

D

MAC Újbuda

Szabó Bence

D

Fehérvári Titánok

Szaller Márk

D

UTE

Vokla Roland

D

MAC Újbuda

Becze Tihamér

F

SC Csíkszereda

Benk András

F

UTE

Horváth Bálint

F

Rögle BK (SWE)

Kiss Patrik

F

Fehérvári Titánok

Mihály Ákos

F

Fehérvári Titánok

Miskolczi Márk

F

DVTK Jegesmedvék

Nagy Gergő

F

FTC-Telekom

Németh Attila

F

DEAC

Odnoga Mátyás

F

MAC Újbuda

Pavuk Attila

F

FTC-Telekom

Reisz Áron

F

Fehérvár AV19

Sárpátki Tamás

F

Fehérvár AV19

Szita Donát

F

Fehérvár AV19

Terbócs István

F

MAC Újbuda

Vincze Péter

F

UTE


Staff

Jarmo Tolvanen

Head Coach

Majoross Gergely

Assistant Coach

Szilassy Zoltán

Assistant Coach

Farkas Tamás

Goalie Coach

Kiss Dávid

Video Coach

Dr. Majzik Ernő

Doctor

Sashalmi Tamás

Physio

Nagy József

Equipment Manager

Imre Lajos

Team Manager

Szilágyi Levente

Team Manager

Závodszky Szabolcs

Media Manager