Czech Republic Takes First Win In Ice Sledge Hockey

At the UBC Thunderbird Arena this morning it was a match-up between two winless teams as Korea faced off against the Czech Republic in their last preliminary game of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games. The Czech Republic seemed to use special teams to their advantage with the Czech Republic Ice Sledge Hockey forward Zdenek Krupicka scoring a shorthanded goal on their first shot at 2:29 of the first period.

The team’s performance showed that the Czech Republic really wanted to get their first win of the Paralympic Games. Czech athletes seemed to dominate play in the second period having generated all the offensive chances surrounding the Koreans in their zone and outshooting them ten to one in the period and 21 to seven overall. The offence pressure finally paid off with the Czech Republic forward Erik Fojtik having intercepted the Korean defensemen’s pass his own end and moved in all alone and put the puck past Choi with 3:42 left in the second period to make it 4:0.

The Czech Ice Sledge hockey team seemed to go on a goal-scoring frenzy registering four goals in today’s game, which is more than their previous two games against Japan and the U.S. having only scored one. The final score was 4:2, with the win putting the Czech team in fifth place at the 2010 Winter Paralympic tournament.

Watch the Ice Sledge Hockey games at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games as Videos on Demand on www.ParalympicSport.TV.