Ice Hockey Discussion | Qualification to Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Road to Milano Cortina 2026

[hckošice 15,520]

Yeah, do not mess with Slovak referee 

 

The ref seriously forced USA’s Will McLaughlin to apologize to Germany’s Sascha Pitaev 😂😭 #HlinkaGretzky pic.twitter.com/YDJszrtjnw

— BarDown (@BarDown) August 13, 2025

[phelps 8,285]

48 minutes ago, hckošice said:

 won the prestigious annual U18 summer tournament

the Hlinka Gretzky Cup 2025 in  and  

 

 

Group  

 

 -   5-3

 -   6-2

 -   1-9

 -   1-4

 -   3-4 After OT

 -   0-5

 

1. CAN 9

2. FIN 4

............

3. CZE 3

............

4. SUI 2

 

 

Group  

 

 -   0-10

 -   3-6

 -   5-3

 -   1-0

 -   8-1

 -   0-7

 

1. SWE 9

2. USA 6

............

3. SVK 3

............

4. GER 0

 

 

Semifinals

 

 -   3-4 After PSO

 -   6-5 After OT

 

7th Place Match

 

 -   5-2

 

5th Place Match

 

 -   5-2

 

Bronze Medal Match

 

 -   3-0

 

Gold Medal Match

 

 -   3-5

watched a few games...it was so refreshing in such a hot & humid climate as we have here in Milan 

[Topicmaster1010 5,349]

U.S. Men’s Olympic Orientation Camp Roster

 

Goaltenders: Joey Daccord, Connor Hellebuyck, Jake Oettinger, Jeremy Swayman

 

Defensemen: Brock Faber, Adam Fox, Luke Hughes, Quinn Hughes, Noah Hanifin, Seth Jones, Jackson LaCombe, Charlie McAvoy, Ryan McDonagh, Brett Pesce, Neal Pionk, Jake Sanderson, Brady Skjei, Jaccob Slavin, Alex Vlasic, Zach Werenski

 

Forwards: Matt Boldy, Cole Caufield, Logan Cooley, Kyle Connor, Jack Eichel, Conor Garland, Jake Guentzel, Jack Hughes, Patrick Kane, Clayton Keller, Matthew Knies, Chris Kreider, Dylan Larkin, Auston Matthews, J.T. Miller, Frank Nazar, Brock Nelson, Shane Pinto, Jason Robertson, Bryan Rust, Tage Thompson, Brady Tkachuk, Vincent Trocheck, Alex Tuch

Edited August 20 by Topicmaster1010

[phelps 8,285]

 

  

 

I mean, great news, but also very sad that he was alchool addicted (I didn't know)

 

@hckošice

[hckošice 15,520]

2 hours ago, phelps said:

 

  

 

I mean, great news, but also very sad that he was alchool addicted (I didn't know)

 

@hckošice

Sincerely I do believe plenty of NHLers are either alcohol or drugs addicts

 

When hearing slovak players and alcohol always came to my mind Richard Pánik and his " I play for the coyotes "  like even the cops in Arizona have no clue what hockey is

 

 

anyway respect to Gaborik 

Edited August 29 by hckošice

[phelps 8,285]

22 hours ago, hckošice said:

When hearing slovak players and alcohol always came to my mind Richard Pánik and his " I play for the coyotes "  like even the cops in Arizona have no clue what hockey is

I remember that! 

[copravolley 498]

On 8/16/2025 at 8:09 PM, hckošice said:

 

Do you know the lineups for these friendlies and was this Slovakia's first squad? The results shock me, but we also minimal lost some days ago to Japan twice Maybe the naturalizations are starting to work? Becouse I see few new names from the USA and Canada in our lineup.

 

https://italia.hockey/calendar/?level=750

Edited September 4 by copravolley

[hckošice 15,520]

14 hours ago, copravolley said:

Do you know the lineups for these friendlies and was this Slovakia's first squad? The results shock me, but we also minimal lost some days ago to Japan twice Maybe the naturalizations are starting to work? Becouse I see few new names from the USA and Canada in our lineup.

 

https://italia.hockey/calendar/?level=750

Pretty much half of the team are NT regulars, yes. Sure some of the main big names were not there.

 

Not surprised by the results though.

 

I do actually expect the same rapid rise also for your men´s team before the games. I just hope you will manage to keep it and gain from this success also after the Olympics

[copravolley 498]

2 hours ago, hckošice said:

Pretty much half of the team are NT regulars, yes. Sure some of the main big names were not there.

 

Not surprised by the results though.

 

I do actually expect the same rapid rise also for your men´s team before the games. I just hope you will manage to keep it and gain from this success also after the Olympics

In men`s it was a much more difficult and there is probably not enough time to do that. After 2006 and the Turin Olympic, unfortunately, there was no qualitative change, whether for women or men.

[intoronto 6,408]

Anze Kopitar, Slovenia's greatest hockey player ever, will retire after the upcoming NHL season.