Hockey World Championship 2025: Austrian media feedback after winning over Slovakia
Stockholm. Despite the improved performance compared to the first period in the match with Austria at the World Championship 2025, Slovak hockey players gained only a point when they lost to 2: 3 after separate raids.
« We believe that we can defeat the Slovaks again after many years. To achieve this, we have to show another very good performance, » said the Swiss coach of the Austrian national team Roger Bader on Sunday. He referred to the last Austrian victory over Slovakia at the World Championship in 2013, coincidentally, also after the raids (2: 1).
« They will quickly attack us, but this time they have no NHL player in the tournament, » he added.
Finally happiness for Austria
« Finally a little luck for Austria, » wrote the Austrian daily Kurier after the match. When it seemed that Michal Krištof fooled the goalkeeper David Kickert and scored a goal in the uncovered gate, the goalkeeper pulled his stick and tripped the Slovak player. Despite the subsequent consultation of the referees, the raid did not repeat.
« I tried to get to the side where he stuck me. Then my hand, probably like a counterweight, got into his direction and he fell. There was no intention, » explains the goalie hero of the Austrians.
The eligibility of Slovak protests also reflects the post -match report of the popular sports portal Laola1.at, where the author admits Kicert’s happiness: « The disputed defense intervention in the raids secured Bader’s men’s victory. »
At the same time, the portal did not forget to praise the 31-year-old goalkeeper Salzburg, who scored 31 successful interventions and released only two shots behind his back, representing a 94 % success rate.
« This performance will give us a lot of confidence in the next matches. I am glad that working with the goalie coach in Salzburg has shown itself, » said a native of the Lower Austria country, which borders on Slovakia.
Winning over Slovakia is amazing
« After the matches against Finland and Sweden, we probably deserved it, » said Vinzenz Rohrer for ORF. « Maybe we have achieved this victory with a little luck that we needed. Winning over Slovakia despite not completely flawless performance is amazing, » stressed his offensive colleague Lukas Haudum for ORF.
Video: Match the match Slovakia – Austria at the World Championship in Hockey 2025
In a good mood, the interviews also continued the defender of Klafgenfurt Clemens Unterweger: « If we look at the overall course of the match, we must be happy. »
They are like a family
« It was simply no normal raids. It was a Moves (from engraving, the moves of the world’s extratred class. We followed the performance against Sweden. That Slovakia would later improve.
« There is a great mood every year in the team. The players have become friends despite being competitors. But it has never been as apparent as this year. It is one real family, » he added.
The NHL scouts also came
The ORF web portal noticed that even several NHL scouts did not miss the match in the Avia Arena. Among them was the Swedish legend Nicklas Lidström, who is Vice President of Hockey Operations Detroit Red Wings.
ORF assumes that his journey to the stadium was mainly motivated by the presence of Marc Kasper, striker Red Wings and the biggest star of the Austrian national team.
However, the Austrian media, like players, do not yet think about the chances of advancement to the playoffs. Despite the excellent performance, the main goal is to keep in the elite category. That is why the Austrians’ attention is primarily focused on weekend matches against France and Slovenia.
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