Rysavy, 17, scored his team’s third and final goal in a 3-1 victory over Germany to open the tournament in Frisco, Texas, and it was a doozy indeed
The Warriors’ sixth overall pick in the 2020 CHL Import Draft would take a one-timer pass from David Moravec and absolutely hammer a shot past German goaltender Nikita Quapp, with his goal coming with 9:36 gone in the third.
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“David Moravec did a really great job on the blue line," Rysavy told Lucas Akroyd from www.iihf.com in describing the goal. "He made a nice move against the defence and there was a lot of space between them. He just passed it and I shot and scored a goal."
Rysavy would finish the contest with six shots on net.
Rysavy didn't play for the Warriors in the East Division Hub due to the WHL's blanket ban on import players coming over this season due to the ongoing pandemic. He would have been joined by fellow Czech sniper Martin Lang, 19, as the teams two imports in a regular campaign.
The Czech Republic is back on the ice on Wednesday when they take on Finland.
Team Canada and Warriors defenceman Denton Mateychuk are in action Tuesday night for their first contest of the tournament when they take on Sweden. They follow with preliminary round games against Latvia on Wednesday, Switzerland on Friday and Belarus on Saturday to close out the round robin.