After a shutout win against Lithuania the Hungarian national team team is back on the ice against Estonia tonight as they hope to pick up their second win of the tournament tonight. Zoltán Hetényi will start in goal.
The morning skate was declared optional on Friday. Eight palyers decided to go on the ice: forwards Vilmos Galló, János Hári, Krisztián Nagy, Péter Vincze, defencemen Balázs Gőz, Dániel Kiss and Bence Stipsicz, as well as goalie Zoltán Hetényi. They worked with assistant coach Tamás Sille, goalie coach Gary Clark and video coach Jukka Kontsas. Team leader Lajos Imre joined the group at the of the training as a special guest.
No major line-up changes are expected, but Zoltán Hetényi will start in goal instead of Miklós Rajna, who started the tournament with a shutout.
Estonia assistant coach Märt Eerme, who was an assitant for Miskolc last season talked with icehockey.hu about their upcoming game: “It will be a tough game for us, Hungary has a good team, we improved period by period today and I will try to use my knowledge of the Hungarian players and coaches.”
The game against Estonia will start at 18.00 tonight, Rich Chernomaz and his coaching staff have decided to go with the following lineup.
PROJECTED LINE-UP
Kóger, Sarauer, Sofron
Bartalis, Hári, Banham
Kovács, G.Nagy, J.Vas
Galló, K.Nagy, Benk
Vincze
M.Vas, Pozsgai
Gőz, Kiss
Szirányi, Stipsicz
Mestyán
Hetényi (Rajna)
THE HUNGARIAN SQUAD
Goalies (2): HETÉNYI Zoltán, RAJNA Miklós (Fehérvár AV19)
Defencemen (7): SZIRÁNYI Bence (Fehérvár AV19) KISS Dániel (UTE), MESTYÁN István, POZSGAI Tamás STIPSICZ Bence (MAC), GŐZ Balázs (DVTK) VAS Márton (Fassa, Seria A)
Forwards (13): BANHAM Frank, BARTALIS István, BENK András, KOVÁCS Csaba, KÓGER Dániel, NAGY Gergő, SARAUER Andrew, VINCZE Péter (Fehérvár AV19), NAGY Krisztián (MAC), SOFRON István (Klagenfürt, EBEL) HÁRI János (Leksand, Eliteserien), GALLÓ Vilmos (Linköpings SHL), VAS János (Slavia Praha, CZE2)
STAFF
Head coach: Rich Chernomaz
Coaches: Gergely Majoross, Péter Mayer, Tamás Sille, Viktor Tokaji
Video coach: Jukka Kontsas
Goalie coach: Gary Clark
SCHEDULE
2016. February 11th
Poland–Estonia 6-2
Hungary–Lithuania 4-0
2016. February 12th
14.30: Poland–Lithuania
19.30: Hungary–Estonia
2016. February 14th
14.30: Estonia–Lithuania
18.00: Hungary–Poland
Photo: Laszlo Mudra