Ice Hockey
Lars Hagen
Thanks to the invaluable contribution made entirely from'' Press Office of the Italian League Ice Hockey (LIHG) whom we thank, we propose the presentation of the third round of the European competition Continental Cup
Wednesday 20 November 2013 16 minutes reading time
For the sixth time in its history Asiago will play the Continental Cup with the clear goal to qualify for the Superfinal of Rouen (France) scheduled for next January. To reach this goal will win the first set of this third round which will be played on home ice dell'Odegar (22-24 November) in a big weekend of ice hockey. One team will switch between the four participants. The formation of Veneto, which on this occasion will take the name of Great Moravia Asiago, will challenge the order Pavlodar dell'Ertis the Kazakhs, Russians and the British del Toros Neftekamsk the Nottingham Panthers. Three very demanding challenges that will give the exact value of dimensionedel Champions Italy'' s in charge. The formation Venetian try to improve in this edition of 2012 to the fourth place team Rouen.La Superfinal of Asiago is approaching this new European commitment with the credentials: A Itas is first in the Elite Cup, boasts the best offense in the strong championship of the trio Bentivoglio-Di Domenico-Ulmer, won the Super Cup and is fighting for the Italian Cup. Although there is some failure, the formation Venetian has shown that even in this season will be one of the pretenders to the title safe italiano.Ma going to quickly discover your opponents. The first dell'Asiago will face off against Ertis. Training is Kazakh debut ever in European competitions and is a little 'the mysterious object of this turn. The Ertis, champions of Kazakhstan, is currently under the command of his league, KVL, and looks like a small multinational company, with 17 foreigners, in which there are technical, physical strength and depth of the roster. There are two former Italian league: the Canadian Steve Dufresne (Pontefract season 2010/11) and the Finnish goalkeeper Tommi Nikkila (Val Pusteria season 2010/11). Commitment in the second program will be against the Russians at the Toros. For two consecutive years won the VH. L., Hokkeinaya Vysshaya Liga, the second Russian league in order of importance after the KH. L. I am currently in command of the national competition and training are presented with a very young and purely made up of players with experience of the Russian school but also in the KHL. The reinforcements are seen in connection with a Belarusian national, Kisly, and two strikers Latvian Mickevics and Saulietis.L 'last match will be against the rocky Nottingham currently has lingered in his league but with a few games in hand. The English team, which is celebrating 67 years of life in these days, has returned from a successful season in which he won all the trophies that you assign ice hockey in Great Britain. As in the English tradition of hockey also Nottingham consists mainly of players from the North American school of which many have already worn the jersey of some Italian teams. It should be noted the goalkeeper CraigKowalski (ex Valpellice), Finnish defender Tuukka Makela (formerly Val Pusteria), the fullback Eric Werner (ex Neumarkt) and strikers David Clarke (ex Alleghe), Lynn Loyns (formerly Val Pusteria) and Matt Ryan ( Former Milan).
The calendar third round Group D - Continental Cup: Friday, November 22 2013Ore 17 Nottingham Panthers - Toros NeftekamskOre 20:30 Asiago - Ertis Pavlodar
Saturday, November 23 2013Ore 17 Ertis Pavlodar - Nottingham PanthersOre 20:30 Toros Neftekamsk - Asiago
Sunday, November 24 2013Ore 17 Ertis Pavlodar - Toros NeftekamskOre 20:30 Asiago - Nottingham Panthers
All races will be broadcast live streaming on IDEALWEBTV (www.idealweb.tv) The other semifinal round of the Continental Cup takes place in Denmark, Vojens, "house" of Sønderjysk. The group E, in addition to the Danish champions, including Neman Grodno (Belarus), Stavanger Oilers (Norway) and Dunaujvaros Acelbikak (Hungary). Who wins the round flies in Rouen (France) for the "Super Final", scheduled for January 10 to 12, 2014.
The protagonists speaking: Renato Tessari, sports director Asiago, and Michele Strazzabosco, defender, its sixth European experience with the shirt of yellow and red.
Renato Tessari is the executive that better than anyone else can describe what it takes to make an immediate commitment to better manage and trying as that of a group of Continental Cup "A group of Continental Cup will not allow you a lot of thinking, do not by chance , or you are there or come home, without much justification. every single mistake you pay a very high price in the'' economy of every single game and then in'' arc'' s entire group. Simply put distractions are not allowed " . The team still has a'' Vicenza enviable experience in the international event. "'' The experience counts, even for what concerns the management of commitments at the national level. I do not find it hard to say that we used the league to fine-tune our roster and the condition of the players. Personally if we had been in a state of ranking very different from what I read now I would not care much, because our preparation was based on that commitment. " This is demonstrated by the fact that coach John Park still has many varied situations'' s internal roster to its disposal. "We tried disalvaguardare the condition and health of each player'' because the goal was to get to this commitment with the roster at 100%, reasoning that the level will undoubtedly be higher than the league, as evidenced by the need to use 4 blocks instead of the canonical 3 we see a jousting match in the Italian championship. "level we said, for this will be important to start with the right foot. "Without doubt," continues the executive Asiago "esordiremo against the Kazakh team but this does not mean that we will be facing an easy opponent, already beaten at the start. Would not underestimate even the Nottingham team that has often played the Continental Cup and that knows how to handle certain situations. They have 12 foreigners, play a hockey-style "british", very close to the North American market, then they too will be faced with due caution without dubbio.L'' Asiago has now racked up many appearances at the Continental Cup '' and this year, as on other occasions, seems determined to lead the way. Which do you think is the right recipe to do all this. "Like I said'' the experience counts a lot, you can put away from many pitfalls that you can find on your way, "said Tessari" you have to get in shape at every appointment, roster deep and well established, but despite this all could not even bastare.Abbiamo already played a round Final and we saw and felt as can rise the level and quality of the game, I would say of every single game. L'' episode has its own weight and physical condition has a'' importance crazy. So we've done everything we can to get the best, planning day to day, but we do not know if it will do, even if we know that we will try, fighting for every hard and giving 100% to every change. Without a shadow of doubt. "
One of the great veterans of this dell'Asiago 2013/14 season is without a doubt Michele Strazzabosco, which will have its sixth personal adventure at European level with the top of Italy'' s samples. The backbone of the training Veneto, defensively, has clear ideas about the tournament that will face: "I will not say whether the Asiago favorite part or not. I know for certain that Russians and Kazakhs will be of such a level that we could not grant any distraction. It would be fatal. "" We know that we expect a completely different pace compared to our league and the first 20 minutes with the Kazakhs, from experience, will be a tough test to see what we can combine throughout the tournament. The goal is clear. Get as far as possible and then the medals to be won Superfinal. The Asiago is equipped and has already demonstrated what we do in these events. We also have the tools and knowledge to handle a tournament such as the Continental Cup "" As a group, "continues the expert player Asiago" we have seen that we can change the face of the games because we focus on the end result that is then what counts. Same thing will be Continental. We have to think about doing well in the first two races. then what will be, although a little 'luck in these cases never hurts. We should certainly focus exclusively on our findings, without expecting anything from the rest of the other races, and then the goal will be achieved. This year, I want to clarify, our best game came against the Ritten in the house when we came back from 1-3 to 4-3. Thats an example from which to direct our efforts and although the pace of the races that lie ahead, as already mentioned, will be far different from every point of view. know that we must stand together for this great European effort in which the company has also made significant efforts to get to build a level of education. Certainly the challenge with the Kazakhs will tell us which way to turn already for both our skill that for what concerns our luck.'m confident even if the true bench provaassoluto will be against the Russians at the Toros, but we are aware of this. What can I say? We have all the tools to get to the bottom. The important thing, however, as natural it is, is able to use it well and at the right point. Changes after return, action after action. "
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