He has no pair in the league, unstoppable demolished myths: Grandpa, this is for you (conversation) – SME

Nitra. Assistant coach Ivan Švarný threw one puck into the audience after the match. The other kept the traditional ritual celebrating the dressing room. During the ovations he moved it Branislav Mezei – And he chose the player of the match.

« It was incredible what this unstoppable horse was showing, » the captain was enthusiastic, and a winning puck rewarded the golden boy of Nitra hockey. He put it on the chain and the cabin was happy.

Samuel Buček (26) you stole the stage perfectly. Until then, he did not have an ideal series, from 22 shots he scored only one goal, twice hit the pole. He kept the best performance throughout the season for the seventh match of the semifinals.

On Tuesday as a real leader, he picked up the flag of Nitra. To win 7: 4 he scored the first goal, he recorded the next two and again demolished the myth that he was only a single player. From the attack, he was greatly returning to defense, and he was greatly picked up by the Zilina people.

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A moment of 26 minutes, when he was in the score 2: 0 in a sprint with a stick at the ice to put the puck in the last minute in the tutorial, the puck will remain iconic.

“It was just happiness,” he didn’t make a star of himself Samuel Buček – Well, he played exactly. His performance yesterday had international parameters. He confirmed that he has long been the best Slovak hockey player in the extraleague.

It is still true that when he plays in Nitra playoffs, he always comes to the finals. So far, he has always taken the gold skate for the most useful player of the knockout.

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You have recently talked about the inner belief that if Nitra would do what it has on the ice will advance to the final. She did it. What do you say about it?

From the first bull we all tried and wanted. We are where we wanted to be. However, our work is not over yet. I firmly believe that we will use all the energy we still have and get a common goal.

It was just you picked up the flag and even greatly befilled. Did you say that in the seventh match you need to take even more?

We played everything and I wanted to. Especially because of the deceased grandfather. He died before the second match of the series, it was a shock to me. I firmly believe that he saw it and I pleased him, the family too.

I repeat, I really wanted. From the first minute I tried to pull the boys. I knew that if everyone would do their robot, we would be successful.

There are eight pucks for eight victories on the Nitra playoffs. The last one after the seventh match with Žilina (7: 4) Samuel Buček. (Source: Jakub Kania)

You may not expect the seventh match to bring up to eleven goals …

No. Personally, I thought it would be a match of two goals. Hockey However, it also brings such situations, so it is beautiful. Everyone expected it to be even and one goals, but suddenly they scored a lot. If after the second period it was not 4: 1, less would fall. Žilina had to open it, everything was played.

Arena after the goal to 5: 1 did Mexican waves. When Žilina quickly reduced to 5: 3, did you not doubt the procedure?

When we collected twice, I accentuated the boys on the inverter, let’s go back to our hockey. Let us not release anything, play from secure defense and forward, skate, attack and that Žilina will have to open it one way or another. That also happened and we scored a sixth goal.

In the fifth match you had up to eleven shots and twice hit the pole. You didn’t fall, did you stay calm?

Of course. I am inwardly sure that everything is happening for something. Goals and points are a reward, a superstructure for the work the player does.

In particular, it is primarily necessary to return, ride, do small things for the team, to clot, block missiles, be beneficial to the team. When you do this, goals will come. This should be the basis of any hockey player who is not doing well. Everything has to endure with honest drudgery. Then he falls there, calmly with a stop or from gates.

This is the law of approval. Sometimes you don’t put a million chances to the empty gate. You can also have six hundred shots, but if it doesn’t work, it’s not possible. Then you have to catch the little things and help the team.

So far, Samuel Buček (in the middle) has turned each of the three playoffs into the final participation and gold skates for the most useful player of the knockout. (Source: Jakub Kania)

How did you think in your great defensive intervention from 26 minutes? Have you had a long idea that you fit the ice? We are almost unusual to see you in such a situation.

I first found myself on the blue line, sometimes I’m on the side. We exchanged with Alex Cotton. The puck jumped, the ice betrayed us, Žilina put pressure on us. I turned, put my head between my legs and hoped. When I saw that at the last moment he was throwing the puck on the forehand, I thought I’d fit my stick and move.

I was lucky to hit the puck. I would say it was just happiness.

Goalkeeper Libor Kašík took you after the amazing back. What did he tell you?

He encouraged me, said « great, Samo ». It also added energy to the inverter. It could have been a turning point, but there were more.

A newcomer from Žilina was a nice revival of the league, right?

She had its strength and many excellent hockey players. The series was balanced, the details decided. In many matches it fell out of nowhere, then again, but that’s hockey. We wanted it more and we followed it.

I think we had more energy in the seventh match. We were helped by the advantage of the home environment and the sixth player, fans. Pardon, seventh, because the sixth is the cushion.

SZĽH elected David Okoličány’s best Nitran semifinal series. In the season he also went through guest in Nové Zámky. The fact that even such a player can get up in the playoffs is a teammate?

We have well -decisive formations, everyone has a role. The « eye » is aware of his conscious, driving, trying. He does everything we can to win. I am very glad that the series came out, he pulled us. I firmly believe that it will be presented in the final with the same hockey.

In the final you have Košice. Is he even stronger than Žilina?

I admit I don’t know. I didn’t watch their matches. We focus on ourselves and our best hockey. I firmly believe that when we play as a team, compact and well, we can be successful.

I am lucky to say that in six seasons in Nitra I am going to the fourth final. It needs to be appreciated.

« Porridge » as a young boy at the age of 22 caught the title of Zlín and then waited for the final for ten years. It needs to be appreciated. I believe that everyone is aware of it and approaching it as they should. We’re going to play to the fullest. For what we have on the front jersey, not at the back.