Following Belarus‘ failure to finish in the top four at the 2015 World Championships, Slovakia scooped up the ninth and final automatic qualification spot for the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, Korea, joining defending champions Canada, Finland, Sweden, Russia, the United States, Czechia, Switzerland and the host nation Korea.
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IHLC Preview – 2015 World Championship
With virtually every professional and international competition (besides the NHL playoffs) complete, the world’s best will assemble in Czechia for the 79th IIHF World Championship, looking to assert their hockey supremacy and punch their ticket to the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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🇸🇪 🇨🇿 Sweden Wins Euro Hockey Tour, Czechs Win Euro Hockey Challenge
With the conclusion of both the Euro Hockey Tour and Euro Hockey Challenge as the season winds down leading up to the World Championships in Czechia, the winners of both the four-nation Euro Hockey Tour and 12-nation Euro Hockey Challenge have been crowned for the 2014-15 season.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 3-1 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 10 Apr 2015
🇨🇿 Czechia 3-1 Slovakia 🇸🇰
Euro Hockey Challenge
Horácký Zimní Stadion, Jihlava 🇨🇿
Friday, 10 April 2015
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:46 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Zaťovič (Nakládal, Růžička)
07:34 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Simon (Radil, Mozík)
08:24 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Marcinko, holding
11:02 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Haščák, roughing
17:17 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Nagy, high sticking
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 3-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰 (SO) – 09 Apr 2015
🇨🇿 Czechia 3-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰 (SO)
Euro Hockey Challenge
Horácký Zimní Stadion, Jihlava 🇨🇿
Thursday, 09 April 2015
BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:58 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Vandas, interference
08:51 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Novotný, interference
11:17 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Krejčík, holding
12:40 – 🇸🇰 PP GOAL – Bartovič (Jaroš)
14:06 – 🇨🇿 EA GOAL – Kolář (Novotný)
19:57 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Graňák, hooking
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🇸🇰 Richard Lintner Retires To Begin Broadcasting Career
After a lengthy career that spanned the NHL, KHL and top leagues in Sweden, Finland, Switzerland and his native Slovakia, Slovak national team mainstay Richard Lintner today announced his retirement from his hometown club Dukla Trenčín, after spending parts of the last season transitioning to a career in broadcasting and marketing.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-1 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 04 Jan 2015
🇨🇦 Canada 5-1 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Junior Championship Semifinal
Air Canada Centre, Toronto 🇨🇦
Sunday, 04 January 2015
Canada has booked a date with Russia for the Gold medal tomorrow night after defeating a determined Slovak team 5-1 at the Air Canada Centre tonight.
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IHLC Features Prominently At 2015 Winter Classic
Former winners of the International Hockey Lineal Championship played a large role in the NHL’s marquee Winter Classic event, with Canadian IHLC holder Troy Brouwer scoring the winning goal with just 13 seconds remaining to propel the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-0 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 29 Dec 2014
🇺🇸 United States 3-0 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Centre Bell, Montréal 🇨🇦
Monday, 29 December 2014
With a surprisingly tough 3-0 win over Slovakia, the United States set itself up for a New Year’s Eve showdown with host Canada for first place in Group A.
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2015 Euro Hockey Challenge Schedule Confirmed
Due to the myriad of changes to this year’s Euro Hockey Tour, the Euro Hockey Challenge has been impacted as well, with only two legs in this year’s competition, rather than the usual three. The participants of the Euro Hockey Tour (Russia, Sweden, Finland, Czechia) will face off against four rising European squads (Germany, Switzerland, Slovakia and Norway) in a series of two-game challenges, giving the lower ranked squads the chance to compete against the top teams in Europe.
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🇪🇺 2016 World Cup “Euro All-Stars”: What If?
Amid reports of a European “All-Star” team making up a seventh team at the 2016 World Cup Of Hockey, which would be comprised of players from nations not already fielding full teams (Sweden, Finland, Russia and Czechia), much speculation has already begun about what that potential team would look like. Matt Larkin of The Hockey News took the speculation a step further, setting a full projected roster for 2016, which brings up a very unique and interesting looking squad.
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🇸🇰 Miroslav Hlinka: 1972-2014
As reported by SME, former Slovakian national team forward Miroslav Hlinka, a member of the stalwart team that shocked the world with a Gold Medal performance at the 2002 World Championships, has died of suicide at the age of 42.
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2015 World Championship Schedule Released
The IIHF has released a new microsite for the 2015 World Championship in Prague and Ostrava, Czechia, iihfworlds2015.com, and with it released the full schedule for the World Championship in May.
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2015 World Championship Groups Announced
Some more details on the 2015 Worlds in Prague and Ostrava have been released – the all-important groupings! The teams break down as follows (current IIHF rankings in parentheses):
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IHLC Team Profiles – 🇸🇰 Slovakia (Men’s)
🇸🇰 SLOVAKIA (SVK) Men’s National Ice Hockey Team (1993-)
51 wins, 12 reigns, 60 games with IHLC – ranked 8th
IHLC last held 28 April 2018
Established out of the division of Czechoslovakia in 1992, the Slovak team was forced into Group C as a new squad in the World Championship stage. However, a chance exhibition game against France in 1993 led to Slovakia’s first IHLC win. Shockingly though, Slovakia managed to hold on to the IHLC for half a year, winning 18 straight (including wins over Canada, Russia and the United States) in their first ever reign, virtually unheard of in the modern era for emerging teams. Slovakia has continued to surprise, winning the 2002 World Championship and medalling at the 2022 Olympics, remarkably cracking the top ten in IHLC rankings in just over twenty years.
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IHLC Team Profiles – 🇸🇰 Slovakia (Women’s)
🇸🇰 SLOVAKIA (SVK) Women’s National Ice Hockey Team (1995-)
The Slovak squad played in their first International Hockey Lineal Championship tilt at the 2010 Olympics, where they were crushed 18-0 by Canada, tied for the largest defeat in the history of Team Canada. While now in Division 1B, they will surely look to their male counterparts for inspiration in acting as spoilers on the world stage, en route to championship play, and potentially an IHLC title.
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IHLC Team Profiles – 🇸🇰 Slovakia (Junior)
🇸🇰 SLOVAKIA (SVK) Men’s Junior National Ice Hockey Team (1993-)
7 wins, 3 reigns, 7 games with IHLC – ranked 8th
IHLC last held 30 December 2017
Slovakia quickly joined the Top Division of the World Championship after separating from Czechia during the 1993 World Championship, earning Bronze in just their fourth tournament in 1999. They won a second bronze in 2015 on the backs of a stunning goaltending performance from Denis Godla, have never been relegated since their promotion in 1996, and continue to always play the role of spoiler on the world stage, looking to make a larger impact in the coming years.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 6-0 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 02 Jan 2014
🇸🇪 Sweden 6-0 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
Malmö Arena, Malmö 🇸🇪
Thursday, 02 January 2014
Let the good times roll. Sweden topped Slovakia 6-0 on Thursday, making the semi-finals versus Russia. Filip Forsberg and Elias Lindholm had four points apiece.
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 6-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 20 May 2012
🇷🇺 Russia 6-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Sunday, 20 May 2012
It’s just like old times: Russia is back on top of the hockey world. Unbeaten from wire to wire, Russia got a dominating performance from its NHL superstars to defeat underdog Slovakia 6-2 in Sunday’s Gold medal game at Hartwall Areena.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇰 Slovakia 3-1 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 19 May 2012
🇸🇰 Slovakia 3-1 Czechia 🇨🇿
World Championship Semifinal
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Saturday, 19 May 2012
Miroslav Šatan’s second goal of the game, a beautiful short-handed marker early in the third, broke a 1-1 tie and led Slovakia to a 3-1 victory over the Czech Republic to give his team a place in the Gold medal game tomorrow.
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