5. Day at the Hockey World Championship: The Hungarian national team surprised Kazakhstan
BRATISLAVA. The name of János Háry is synonymous with boom and exaggeration in the Hungarian cultural environment.
The character of this ordinary soldier boasts of various literary, music and film works with his extraordinary experiences: as he got into captivity Napoleon, he climbed to such a high mountain that the sun burned his hair or conquered the seven -headed dragon.
The story of the Hungarian hockey player János Hári in a match with Kazakhstan at MS in hockey 2025 It sounds equally incredible – it is not even a pinch of exaggeration.
The 33-year-old wingman scored in the fifth World Championship Day after 15 seconds of the game and recorded two assists. Such a balance in one match has not been a Hungarian player since 1939.
Thanks to his performance, Hungary won over Kazakhstan 4: 2.
Kazakh funeral, Hungarian joy
The Hungarian national team won the match at the World Championship in regular time after nine years.
Gergely Majoross’s men showed a nice modern hockey, based on organized defense and excellent attack.
Video: Hungary’s Match – Kazakhstan Match
They were able to surprise Kazakh twice at the beginning of the third. After an excellent entry into the match, they also started the third period, when after 14 seconds Vilmos Gallo adjusted to 3: 1. Subsequently, Péter Vincze added the fourth goal of the Hungarians.
« There is silence in Herning as at the Kazakh funeral, » a television commentator noted. The enthusiastic chanting of Hungarian fans was clearly heard in the background.
When Hungary in 2008 at the World Championship I won the Division after the 1970s participation in the elite championship, they called the success « miracle in Sapporo ».
Since then, the Hungarian national team has been among the best four times, but in the previous three cases it has not been able to stay among the elite.
However, winning over Kazakhstan gives the Hungarians hope for rescue.
« Before the game we did not raise the players that this duel is crucial. Two years ago in Tampere we made this mistake and just tied our feet, » said assistant coach David Kiss.
Crosby as a harament
After three rounds, three teams with 100 % balance are in the championship. Canadians and Germans joined the home Swedes on Tuesday.
Canada coped with the French 5: 0. He stood for the first time at this tournament in the goal of Canada Jordan Binnington, who booked his first net account in the national team. Demolled 15 shots.
The Canadians have had a goalkeeper in all three matches. « We trust all the goalkeepers. We play hard in front of them, block missiles to face as little shots as possible, » Adam Fanttili said after the match.
In the match was scored by the captain of the Canadian national team Sidney Crosby. With four Canadian points, he has the same balance as Hungarian Hára.
Just destroying the ice!
The Germans conquered Norwegians 5: 2, a great reinforcement for their team was the Ottawa Senators Tim Stützle.
A 23-year-old contributed to winning his team with two assists. His participation in the championship was not sure, and he finally weighed the fact that he could play with his friends Lukas Reichel and Moritz Seider.
Reichel, however, did not finish the match, in the second period he came out of the ice after a hard hit suspected of injury shoulder.
This third lasted unusually almost 24 minutes by the way.
Less than four minutes before the end of the first act, a large piece of ice broke off at the ice rink and a huge hole was created. On her bottom was already seen a concrete substrate.
Given that there was not much time left by the end of the third, the teams went to the cabins for a break. After that, they first played the remaining time from the first period, then replaced the parties and continued the game.
However, even in the middle of this act, ice problems were restored and players had to wait for a long minute.
« I’ve never experienced anything like that, » Stützle said in an interview with Pro7.
During the forced pause, German fans chanted on the grandstand: « Ihr Macht Nur Das Eis Kaputt! » (You’re just destroying ice!) Usually this shout expresses dissatisfaction with the game, but this time it was true.
Other expeditions have already complained about ice quality in Herning. The Multifunctional Hall Jyske Bank Boxen hosted the hockey championship in 2018, and there were several handball championships, or even the European swimming championship in a short pool.
Wild 103 seconds
Latvia played 0: 1 in the match with Slovenia, but eventually won with an overview 5: 2.
The meeting had to be entertained by the uninterested viewers, especially the 103-second section, in which the Latvians scored two goals and won 3: 1, the Slovenians lowered to 3: 2, but the Latvians scored another goal. This happened in the middle of the second period, from 32:02 to 33:45. «
« It was quite wild, » said Kristians Rubins, who scored a goal and assistance in the match. For the defender Pilsen these were the first Canadian points in the tournament.
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