Tag Archives: Slovakia

2019 World Championship Schedule Released

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The IIHF has released the full schedule for the 2019 World Championship in Bratislava and Košice, Slovakia, with defending champions Sweden opening the tournament against the Czechs, while hosts Slovakia open the tournament against the United States.
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2019 World Junior Championship Schedule Released

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The schedule for the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia has been released, with host nations and defending champions Canada opening the tournament on Boxing Day against Denmark, and facing Russia in their New Year’s tilt to end the group round.
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🇸🇰 Marián Hossa Confirms Hockey Career Is Over

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Marián Hossa, sidelined for the entire 2017-18 NHL season due to a skin disorder, confirmed today to a Slovakian newspaper that his hockey career was over, and he will formally retire once his current contract expires in 2020.
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IHLC Preview – 2018 World Championship

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The finish of the international hockey calendar is set to begin on 4 May in Copenhagen and Herning, Denmark, with the top sixteen hockey countries in the world meeting to compete at the 2018 IIHF World Championship.
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🇫🇮 Finland Wins 2018 Euro Hockey Tour & Challenge

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For just the second time in history, the same nation has captured both the Euro Hockey Tour and Euro Hockey Challenge titles, with Finland today edging out Sweden to lock up the 2017-18 Tour, becoming the second team after Czechia in 2012 to achieve the double.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇷 France 3-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 28 Apr 2018

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🇫🇷 France 3-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰
Euro Hockey Challenge
Easton Aréna, Piešťany 🇸🇰
Saturday, 28 April 2018

BOXSCORE
1st Period
08:08 – 🇸🇰 GOAL – Ďaloga (Bakoš)
15:48 – 🇫🇷 GOAL – Rech (Lampérier)
17:58 – 🇫🇷 PEN – Treille, hooking
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇰 Slovakia 4-0 France 🇫🇷 – 27 Apr 2018

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🇸🇰 Slovakia 4-0 France 🇫🇷
Euro Hockey Challenge
Nitra Aréna, Nitra 🇸🇰
Friday, 27 April 2018

BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:34 – 🇫🇷 PEN – Chakiachvili, hooking
05:38 – 🇸🇰 GOAL – Haščák (Mikúš, Sekera)
09:58 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Marcinko, slashing
18:40 – 🇫🇷 PEN – Manavian, interference
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🇰🇷 South Korea Becomes First New Men’s IHLC Contender In 15 Years

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In an international hockey world that seldom sees new nations emerge to contend for the International Hockey Lineal Championship, Slovakia’s IHLC win over Latvia today confirmed their next opponent will be South Korea (Korea Republic), making the Koreans the first new team in 15 years to contend for the IHLC.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇰 Slovakia 4-1 Latvia 🇱🇻 – 21 Apr 2018

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🇸🇰 Slovakia 4-1 Latvia 🇱🇻
Euro Hockey Challenge
Zimný štadión mesta Poprad, Poprad 🇸🇰
Saturday, 21 April 2018

BOXSCORE
1st Period
08:25 – 🇸🇰 GOAL – Fehérváry (Graňák, Paulovič)
14:52 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Svitana, tripping
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇰 Slovakia 4-1 Latvia 🇱🇻 – 20 Apr 2018

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🇸🇰 Slovakia 4-1 Latvia 🇱🇻
Euro Hockey Challenge
Zimný štadión Michalovce, Michalovce 🇸🇰
Friday, 20 April 2018

BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:50 – 🇱🇻 PEN – Jevpalovs, hooking
07:02 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Hovorka, boarding
07:48 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Bondra, high sticking
14:13 – 🇸🇰 GOAL – Bakoš (Miklík, Hovorka)
16:37 – 🇱🇻 PEN – Ševčenko, interference
17:42 – 🇱🇻 PEN – Balinskis, high sticking
18:43 – 🇸🇰 PP GOAL – Miklík (Kudrna, Čajkovský)
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇰 Slovakia 4-1 Germany 🇩🇪 – 15 Apr 2018

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🇸🇰 Slovakia 4-1 Germany 🇩🇪
Euro Hockey Challenge
EnergieVerbund Arena, Dresden 🇩🇪
Sunday, 15 April 2018

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:40 – 🇩🇪 GOAL – Müller (Pietta, Wagner)
09:56 – 🇩🇪 PEN – Höfflin, roughing
13:22 – 🇸🇰 GOAL – Šimun (Ďaloga, Nagy)
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇰 Slovakia 2-1 Germany 🇩🇪 (SO) – 14 Apr 2018

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🇸🇰 Slovakia 2-1 Germany 🇩🇪 (SO)
Euro Hockey Challenge
Eisstadion Weisswasser, Weisswasser 🇩🇪
Saturday, 14 April 2018

BOXSCORE
1st Period
14:09 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Čajkovský, elbowing
18:54 – 🇩🇪 PEN – Uvira, cross checking
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🇫🇷 France Clinches Final Spot In 2019 World Women’s Championships

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France’s women’s hockey team has made history in the Alps commune of Vaujany, as they became the tenth and final team to clinch a spot at the 2019 IIHF Women’s World Championship, becoming the first team to join the Top Division since the tournament expanded to ten teams in 2017.
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IHLC 2017 In Review – Junior

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The International Hockey Lineal Championship stayed with Team USA for the majority of 2017, with the 2017 World Junior champions holding the IHLC for eight of a possible twelve games in 2017, including carrying the title into the medal round of the current 2018 tournament.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 30 Dec 2017

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🇫🇮 Finland 5-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🇺🇸
Saturday, 30 December 2017

Aleksi Heponiemi got the third-period winner as Finland temporarily passed the U.S. for second place in Group A with a hard-working 5-2 win over Slovakia.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇰 Slovakia 3-2 United States 🇺🇸 – 28 Dec 2017

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🇸🇰 Slovakia 3-2 United States 🇺🇸
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🇺🇸
Thursday, 28 December 2017

Slovakia’s Samuel Buček put on a one-man show to score the winning goal at 17:52 of the third to give his nation an unexpected 3-2 win over the U.S.
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🇰🇷 2018 Men’s Olympic Hockey Schedule Released

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The IIHF today released the schedule for the men’s tournament at the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, with the tournament beginning on Wednesday, 14 February, while both hosts Korea and defending champions Canada begin the tournament the following day.
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🇸🇰 Ján Lašák Announces Retirement From Bílí Tygři Liberec

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Netminder Ján Lašák, a mainstay in the net for Slovakia for nearly two decades, announced his retirement from pro hockey, instead opting to help overhaul a Slovak Hockey Association heading in a new direction under the leadership of former teammate and national team GM Miroslav Šatan.
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