Story by
Watching Olympics difficult for injured Bruins forward, who was dropped from Czech roster
- Story by
- Watching Olympics difficult for injured Bruins forward, who was dropped from Czech roster
Pavel Zacha said he didn’t watch much of pool play of the men’s Olympics hockey tournament.
The Bruins forward was supposed to be a key player for the Team Czechia before a late January injury knocked him out of the Olympics.
Advertisement
“That was one of the most frustrating things, especially when it’s something you were looking forward to. It was really hard,” Zacha said after Bruins practice on Wednesday . “It’s hard watching the games, knowing I can’t be there to experience it.”
Zacha initially thought he’d be O.K. to return
“I thought right away I’m going to be going, because right away in got better,” he said. “Then it was stagnant and started to get worse. For three days it was good then it started to get better. After a week and a half I knew it wasn’t going to happen.”
Bruins coach Marco Sturm , who has played for and coached the German national team, was sympathetic.
Advertisement
“Timing is everything. Unfortunately timing was not on his side,” Sturm said. “For Pav, it was very unfortunate, you only have those opportunities once in a while. He was really bummed. I feel for him. I think he’s just happy he’s feeling better now.”
Zacha was embracing the silver lining now.
““On the other hand it was good that I had some time to come back,” he said. “For our season, it’s going to be good for me to have some rest.”
More Bruins content
Read the original article on MassLive . Add MassLive as a Preferred Source by clicking here .
