Ovechkin will not come to the World Cup. Question of the Day: Why Ovechkin won't come to play for the Russian national team
EDITORIAL ANSWER: Alexander Ovechkin and his Washington Capitals club dropped out of the Stanley Cup on the night of May 10-11, losing in the decisive match of the series to Pittsburgh.
Thus, three Washington players at once - defender Dmitry Orlov and forwards Evgeny Kuznetsov and Alexander Ovechkin were free for an invitation from the national team, where two vacancies were left especially for them in the application
The coaches of the Russian national team immediately contacted the Russian hockey players of "Washington" - all three agreed to urgently fly to Cologne and help the national team. However, Ovechkin warned that he was unlikely to be able to play in the first game of the playoffs, because he was injured in matches with Pittsburgh, and he could only play the last two games of the Stanley Cup series with the help of painkillers.
The national team headquarters decided that Ovechkin, in his current state, would not be able to help the national team, and it was better for him to focus on recovery. Orlov and Kuznetsov have been called up to the national team and should join the team on May 12th.
QUESTION: What kind of injury prevented Ovechkin?
EDITORIAL ANSWER: According to the first reports from Washington, Alexander suffered a groin injury in the previous match against Pittsburgh. In the last two matches, the club's doctors were able to use injections to ensure that he was able to go on the ice, but in the last match, Alexander still could not play at full strength. As a result, he finished the game with a utility indicator of minus 2, Washington lost 0:2, and .
QUESTION: How heavy is this loss for the national team?
EDITORIAL ANSWER: Since 2004, Ovechkin has taken part in the World Ice Hockey Championships 12 times as part of the Russian national team. Three times - in 2008, 2012 and 2014 - he won gold medals.
QUESTION: Who will replace Ovechkin in the national team?
EDITORIAL ANSWER: Most likely, instead of him, Kirill Kaprizov will be announced for the World Championship.
The match between the national teams of Russia and Denmark is from this opera. The beginning of the meeting, and the entire first period as a whole, turned out to be quite calm. The Russians, as expected, played the first number, and the Danes defended, and they did it successfully. Had a good moment Dadonova, but his shot from close range Sørensen beat off with a trap.
The second dvadtsatiminutka began with a lethal situation at the Danish gates. Andronov shot at Telegina, who had only to correctly adapt to the puck and deliver an accurate shot, but Ivan failed to do either one or the other. Wards Oleg Znarka pressed, and, in the end, their efforts were crowned with success. At the 35th minute Kiselevich received a pass from Panarina, threw from an average distance and opened the scoring. And here the Russians broke through. Literally fifteen seconds after the first goal, Plotnikov, being all alone at the gates of Sorensen, received a pass, outplayed the goalkeeper and sent the puck into the net. And a minute later, Gusev took advantage of the rebound from the goalkeeper and drove the projectile under the crossbar.
In the third period, nothing has changed significantly. The Russian team won with a score of 3:0 and topped the table of group A.
Znarok: he called Ovechkin to the national team even with an injury
The head coach of the Russian national team Oleg Znarok spoke about the victory over the Danes and explained why Alexander Ovechkin would not come to the 2017 World Cup.
Ovechkin will not come to the World Cup, Kuznetsov and Orlov will strengthen the national team
The captain of the Washington Capitals will not play in the 2017 World Hockey Championship for the Russian team. This was reported to the "Championship" in the press service of the national team.
Team Alexandra Ovechkina, Evgenia Kuznetsova and Dmitry Orlov The Washington Capitals lost 2-0 to the Pittsburgh Penguins at home in the Eastern Conference semifinal series decider and lost 3-4 in the series.
Ovechkin will not be able to help the national team at the World Cup due to a lower body injury. The headquarters of the national team contacted three Russian players of "Washington", and they all agreed. However, Ovechkin, in an interview with coaches, said that he always came to the national team at the first call and is ready to do it now, but does not want to let the team down, as he finished the playoffs on painkillers.
Two other Russians from Washington, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Dmitry Orlov, will soon join the national team.
“It’s a pity for Sasha, but Kuznetsov and Orlov are a serious reinforcement for the national team”
Kucherov feels sorry for Ovechkin, Tretiak hopes for the health of Orlov and Kuznetsov, Panarin is happy for Vasilevsky, and Dadonov has not forgotten English.
norwegian gambit
The match between the teams of the Czech Republic and Norway turned out to be much more stubborn. Both teams failed to open an account in 60 minutes of regular time. As expected, the Czechs were much closer to this, throwing their opponents three times, but a real wall grew in their goal in the face of Lars Haugena. The former goalkeeper of Dynamo Minsk rescued his partners in the most incredible situations, and for a long time the Czech forwards did not understand how to break through the goalkeeper who had caught courage.
The first and only one who succeeded was the striker of Magnitogorsk Metallurg Jan Kovar. At the beginning of overtime, the Czechs fled to the counterattack 2 to 1. Yerzhabek led Pastrnak to a rendezvous with Haugen. The Boston forward failed to beat the goalkeeper, but managed to pick up the puck and give it to the oncoming Kovarzh. From the first time, he also failed to break through the goalkeeper, but Jan played on the rebound, and the puck literally crawled into the Norwegian gate. Thus, the Czech Republic won and came third in their group.
The French almost created a sensation again
In the main match of the day in the Paris group, the hosts of the tournament - the French team - hosted the Canadian team. And here are the wards Dave Henderson, who have already presented one sensation in the championship, having defeated the Finns, almost surprised the hockey community for the second time. The account, quite expectedly, was opened by the founders of hockey - did it Ryan O'Reilly. That's just further events began to develop not at all according to their plan. In the middle of the starting game segment Olivier Dame Malka leveled the position, and in the debut of the second period Damien Fleury and completely brought the Fifth Republic team forward. The French have successfully played too much.
The former goalkeeper of Dynamo Minsk rescued his partners in the most incredible situations, and for a long time the Czech forwards did not understand how to break through the goalkeeper who had caught courage.
The sensational score held almost until the second break, while Claude Giroud from transmission Chris Lee did not compare. At the beginning of the third period Mark-Eduard Vlasich, who recently arrived at the location of the Canadian team, upset for the third time Floriana Hardy. With this score, the game ended. Canada topped group B, but the French are only two points away from fourth place, which means that they still compete for the playoffs.
The implementation of the majority let Latvia down in the match with the Swedes
The national team of Latvia has managed to render worthy resistance to Swedes. Landeskog in the 10th minute he opened the scoring, and for a long time he kept in this form. Moreover, the Latvians had enough chances to equalize it. Team Bob Hartley twice had the advantage of 5 to 3, but could not realize it. At the beginning of the third period, the Swedish national team played in the minority for almost ten minutes, but Latvia had obvious problems with the extra play. Punished them Lindholm, who successfully played on finishing moves and put an end to the match. 2:0 - Sweden beat Latvia and thanks to this victory they moved up to the playoff zone, finishing fourth in group A.
Wards of Dave Henderson, who have already presented one sensation in the championship, defeating the Finns, hardly surprised the hockey community for the second time.
Henrik Lundqvist will strengthen the Swedish national team
New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist will take part in the 2017 Ice Hockey World Championship. This was reported on the official website of the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation.
The Rangers were eliminated from the Stanley Cup after being defeated by the Ottawa Senators in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. The Swedes, after three matches of the world championship, have four points in their assets and occupy fifth place in group A.
Lundqvist last competed at the World Championships in 2008. He is the 2006 Olympic champion and 2014 Olympic silver medalist.
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Draisaitl will play for the German national team, McDavid will not come to the World Cup
Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl will play for Germany at the 2017 Ice Hockey World Championship. It is reported by Yahoo Sports.
The German striker played 82 matches in the regular season, in which he scored 77 (29 + 48) points, becoming the eighth scorer in the league. In 13 playoff games, he scored 16 (6 + 10) points and reached the semifinals of the Western Conference with his team, where he lost to the Anaheim Ducks in seven games.
Another leader of "Edmonton" Connor McDavid will not help Team Canada on .
Also, New York Rangers quarterback Brady Shay and striker Kevin Hayes play for the USA team.
At the beginning of this week, it became completely clear that the three main Russian scorers in the NHL would not be able to help the national team at the World Championships in Denmark. Alexander Ovechkin's Washington and Nikita Kucherov's Tampa Bay will continue their campaign for the Stanley Cup in the conference semifinals, and Evgeni Malkin, after Pittsburgh's elimination from the playoffs, decided to take care of his own health. Sport24 explains why the absence of the three main stars will benefit the national team.
Alexander Ovechkin
To begin with, the captain of the Capitals should be congratulated and rejoiced for him. Everyone is well aware that Ovechkin has been waiting for a long 13 years to reach the conference finals, but only the hockey player himself knows how difficult this expectation was. Washington and its captain have had different seasons - in some they were considered the main favorites, in others they were considered as underdogs. But, regardless of expectations, everything always ended the same way - one of the NHL frontmen never went beyond the second round of the playoffs. And here it is, the long-awaited breakthrough! A breakthrough that Ovechkin, let's be objective, deserved.
newspaper columnist "Sport-Express" Alexey Shevchenko convinced that the solution is not to call Alexandra Ovechkina for the World Cup was right, as the striker could destroy the existing microclimate.
“Before the third period of the match with Denmark, we were informed that Alexander Ovechkin would not come to Cologne. There is an injury or not - he made a completely correct and reasonable decision. He simply cannot help our team in such form and with such a game.
Because of him, it would have been necessary not only to change one or two links, but in general to rebuild the entire squad. Where would they put Ovechkin? Only in the third link to Evgeny Kuznetsov. But then the playing time for the first two triples would have been reduced.
Kuznetsov will replace Vladimir Tkachev, who does not shine at his first world championship. If only the hockey player himself was not upset and continued to work further. Him in Korea to bear the brunt. Dmitry Orlov will noticeably strengthen the defense, although there are no complaints about it yet. It is also important that both Kuznetsov and Orlov will not destroy the team. A good microclimate is a plus for this team,” Shevchenko is convinced.
Due to health issues. But his partners in the Capitals - and - will soon join the national team. "SE" explains why the coaching staff made the right decision.
Mikhail ZISLIS
Don't wait for Ovechkin. His “Washington” once again flew out of the Stanley Cup, but for the first time in his career, Alexander will not come to the World Championship. The official reason is an injury from which the hockey player had to spend his last matches against Pittsburgh on injections. But even if Alexander the Great were completely healthy, his call to Cologne would be a mockery of himself and common sense. What happened tonight in the US capital was one of the main tragedies in the career of the Russian super-forward.
In years past, when the Capitals were eliminated from the playoffs despite Ovechkin's best efforts, one could recall the old adage "there's always a next time." Now the Russian has missed, if not the last chance to win something at the level, then the penultimate one for sure. You would not wish to be in Ovechkin's place now even for a mortal enemy. A new attempt to take a swing at the Stanley Cup is merged into the sand. And who knows if this "last time" will be? In the offseason, the current "Washington" objective reasons- a salary cap, new contracts and an expansion draft in favor - can turn into a completely different, much lower level team.
Age seems to play a role as well. Fluttering like before on the ice and crushing everything that moves, not forgetting to score packs of goals, it’s getting harder for Alexander. You can't argue against physiology. You don't have to be a sage to understand what's going on in Ovechkin's heart. The words on duty in this situation about devastation and disappointment do not convey even a tenth of what he feels now. Will he help the team in this position? Indeed, in addition to good physical shape and desire, emotions are needed. From them, after a dramatic defeat, scorched earth was left.
Wednesday. Washington. “Washington” – “Pittsburgh” – 0:2. Emotions of Alexander OVECHKIN. Photo AFP
Ovechkin always broke into the national team at the first call and in any condition, for example, with a crack in his leg, as was the case in 2013. - his coach, and he will not look for similar reasons for refusal. The coaching staff of the national team made the best choice in this situation - they showed sympathy and did not finish off Ovechkin. I am sure that now such a decision will be accepted by the public with one hundred percent understanding.
If Ovi were in Cologne, all attention would be on the Washington striker, from the media to the fans. You can try to hastily try to return the player to the comfort zone even in such conditions. But is it worth it? Last year served as an excellent example that a good idea is not always implemented in practice. Ovechkin tried hard, but there was little use for him in Moscow.
And the national team coaches would have to reformat the team from top to bottom. And this is at a time when almost everything in her is perfect. As a result, Ovechkin himself and the national team would have suffered. The head coach of “Washington”, answering questions from reporters after the seventh game, asked to leave his leader alone. This specialist is well aware of what is happening at the moment with his most star player.
Surely now it’s not easy for Ovechkin’s young partners in the club - and. But they are still young, they have to sign new contracts in the summer, and the future for them still seems quite cloudless. Restoring emotions should be much easier for them. In addition, unlike Ovechkin, they did not make mistakes in the playoffs, which can be called fatal. Moreover, Orlov and Kuznetsov were among the top four or five Washington players in the Stanley Cup.
And, no matter how seditious it may sound, both are now more needed for the national team than Ovechkin. The defense and the central axis still raise questions, so their invitation is justified from a sporting point of view. Whereas with the left edges - Ovechkin's position - everything is in order in the national team, even taking into account the injury.
I have no doubt that if Kuznetsov and Orlov do not experience health problems, then they will go to Germany on the very first plane. As for Ovechkin, I recall the case with the famous American sniper. At one time, he also scored a bunch of goals, but he won his first Stanley Cup only at the age of 34. Alexander has two full seasons left to reach this mark. Maybe we will see another "last time" performed by Ovechkin?
