TAMMERFORS. Austria is not the only opponent for Tre Kronor tonight.
So is the ice.
It’s miserable late at night.
– That’s a little bit what’s this. But we have to adjust our game when we play the 20.20 game, says Sam Hallam, Tre Kronor’s national team captain.
Tonight at 19.20 Tre Kronor plays his second WC match and Austria is the opponent. The opponent is ranked 15th in the IIHF’s Top Nations list and on paper Tre Kronor should pull off a comfortable victory.
But the game of world hockey became tighter and the teams moved closer to each other in terms of play.
Tre Kronor, who is supposed to be the most skilful and pass-willing team this evening, also has a rule to contend with. The ice holds a good quality in the morning, but with each game played, it becomes more and more soft and soda-like. That will be a factor tonight, especially with two games already played before facing Tre Kronor.
“Set the tone for us”
Tre Kronor National Team captain Sam Hallam noticed the ice and said you have to adapt the game.
– The puck bounced up and went to us and we had easy puck drops. You set the tone for us, he said after the game against Germany, we have more in the passing game to get out of this team.
– Perhaps it is not easy to dare to make a number of changes in the game against us. We have to learn, and if you have to play a 20.20 (Finnish time) match, this is the right place. It’s the same for our opponents. The disc bounced and went to the edge. You have to adapt. I also want to say that the ice was terrible when we were training in the morning. It’s been a long time since we’ve been on such good ice, says the captain of the national team.
It doesn’t slip as well
Joseph Boumedienne is the Associate General Manager of Tre Kronor. It is aware that the disk drive may not be cooled to the proper temperature. Hot rubber doesn’t slip as well as it does when it’s cooled down.
The puck didn’t slide on the ice last Friday. Boumediene analyzes that it felt as though it was warm.
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