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The gap between his teeth has widened. You can see that immediately when you chat with Roman Cervenka in the mixed zone of the Arena in Riga. The wound is still relatively fresh, the nose only slightly swollen. What happened?
In a preparatory game against Austria a few days before the start of the World Cup, the Czech captain was thrown into the gang. “It was the hardest checkup from behind I’ve had in my career,” says Cervenka, “for the first time I broke my nose and lost a tooth.”
The aftermath? there isn’t. In the first few days after that, Cervenka still wears a helmet with a visor, but not anymore here at the World Cup. It is the tenth world championship for the NL top scorer, his anniversary. He is the oldest Czech player and behind ex-Ambri star Dominik Kubalik (eleven points) the second best scorer with seven points in five games.
At 37 years old, the Lakers captain is still a strong contender for his younger teammates. “But I don’t get that for free,” he emphasizes, “I sacrifice a lot for it. I believe in myself because I know what I’m doing for it. And it also takes mental strength.”
Cervenka is not primarily proud of his achievement, “although I can still help the team,” he says with a hint of mischief, but of the team’s. Being nominated for an award by the Alliance of European Hockey Clubs was not on the Czech radar at all.
He is one of five candidates for the “Warrior Award”. An award for a deserving player who combines exceptional team spirit, commitment and a high level of skill in his career. “My focus is only on this World Cup.” And then the Swiss national team.
| team | SP | TD | pt | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8th | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| team | SP | TD | pt | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8th | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source : Blick
I’m Emma Jack, a news website author at 24 News Reporters. I have been in the industry for over five years and it has been an incredible journey so far. I specialize in sports reporting and am highly knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in this field.
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