“We didn’t expect such an onslaught.” The author of Kazakhstan's first goal at the 2025 World Cup spoke about the opening match against Sweden – Hockey

The Swedes showed their class, winning with a score of 8:1. In less than 24 hours the team will play against the Czech Republic.

Kazakhstan started the 2025 Youth Hockey World Cup with a wild defeat

The Kazakh youth team striker commented on the last match in an interview with the republican Internet portal Sports.kz.

— Arthur, were you nervous, after all, the first match was against the favorites?
— There was some jitters, we tried to play according to instructions, we probably didn’t expect such an onslaught from the first period, so we completely failed the first period.

— Was your goal nevertheless very important for the team?
“I’d like to mention my teammates, they gave me a good pass, all I had to do was hit the goal.”

— Tell me about the moment itself, you played to the end, scored, how did it happen?
“I saw the puck, I kept throwing it, I didn’t want to leave there, I thought I was going to score.”

– Not like that…