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

[hckošice 14,822]

FINAL QUALIFYING ROUND

 

Round-Robin
August 29th - September 1st, 2024
12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the Men´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2026

 

Group D

Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)

 

Kazakhstan   5 - 2  Hungary
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 2-2, 2-0
August 29th 2024, h. 14:00, Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava

 

Slovakia   2 - 1  Austria
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 2-1, 0-0
August 29th 2024, h. 18:00, Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava

 

Kazakhstan   2 - 1  Austria
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-0, 1-1
August 30th 2024, h. 14:00, Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava

 

Hungary   3 - 7  Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 0-2, 2-4
August 30th 2024, h. 18:00, Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava

 

Austria   PSO4 - 3  Hungary
Period-by-Period: 0-3, 1-0, 2-0, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 1-0
September 1st 2024, h. 14:00, Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava

 

Slovakia   3 - 1  Kazakhstan
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 1-1, 0-0
September 1st 2024, h. 18:00, Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava

 

Group D Final Standing

 

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Slovakia	3	3(0)	0(0)	12	5	+7	9
Kazakhstan	3	2(0)	1(0)	8	6	+2	6
Austria	3	1(1)	2(0)	6	7	-1	2
Hungary	3	0(0)	3(1)	8	16	-8	1

The following Nation have qualified for the Men´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2026

• Slovakia

Edited September 1 by hckošice

[hckošice 14,822]

FINAL QUALIFYING ROUND

 

Round-Robin
August 29th - September 1st, 2024
12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the Men´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2026

 

Group E

Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3)

 

France   7 - 2  Ukraine
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 3-0, 2-2
August 29th 2024, h. 16:00, Arena Riga, Riga

 

Latvia   4 - 2  Slovenia
Period-by-Period: 2-1, 2-1, 0-0
August 29th 2024, h. 20:00, Arena Riga, Riga

 

France   5 - 1  Slovenia
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 0-1, 3-0
August 30th 2024, h. 16:00, Arena Riga, Riga

 

Ukraine   1 - 5  Latvia
Period-by-Period: 0-2, 0-3, 1-0
August 30th 2024, h. 20:00, Arena Riga, Riga

 

Slovenia   6 - 2  Ukraine
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 1-2, 3-0
September 1st 2024, h. 13:00, Arena Riga, Riga

 

Latvia   5 - 2  France
Period-by-Period: 2-1, 3-0, 0-1
September 1st 2024, h. 17:00, Arena Riga, Riga

 

Group E Final Standing

 

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Latvia	3	3(0)	0(0)	14	5	+9	9
France	3	2(0)	1(0)	14	8	+6	6
Slovenia	3	1(0)	2(0)	9	11	-2	3
Ukraine	3	0(0)	3(0)	5	18	-13	0

The following Nation have qualified for the Men´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2026

• Latvia

Edited September 1 by hckošice

[hckošice 14,822]

FINAL QUALIFYING ROUND

 

Round-Robin
August 29th - September 1st, 2024
12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the Men´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2026

 

Group F

Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)

 

Norway   4 - 2  Japan
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 3-0, 1-1
August 29th 2024, h. 15:30, Aalborg Arena, Aalborg

 

Denmark   3 - 1  Great Britain
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 0-0, 2-0
August 29th 2024, h. 19:30, Aalborg Arena, Aalborg

 

Norway   6 - 2  Great Britain
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 3-0, 1-2
August 30th 2024, h. 15:30, Aalborg Arena, Aalborg

 

Japan   2 - 3OT  Denmark
Period-by-Period: 1-2, 1-0, 0-0, Overtime: 0-1
August 30th 2024, h. 19:30, Aalborg Arena, Aalborg

 

Great Britain   3 - 2  Japan
Period-by-Period: 3-0, 0-2, 0-0
September 1st 2024, h. 12:30, Aalborg Arena, Aalborg

 

Denmark   4 - 1  Norway
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 2-0, 2-0
September 1st 2024, h. 16:30, Aalborg Arena, Aalborg

 

Group F Final Standing

 

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Denmark	3	3(1)	0(0)	10	4	+6	8
Norway	3	2(0)	1(0)	11	8	+3	6
Great Britain	3	1(0)	2(0)	6	11	-5	3
Japan	3	0(0)	3(1)	6	10	-4	1

The following Nation have qualified for the Men´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2026

• Denmark

Edited September 1 by hckošice

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[hckošice 14,822]

Team Slovakia

 

Goaltenders:

 

Denis Godla (Slovan Bratislava)
Samuel Hlavaj (Iowa Wild, AHL, )
Stanislav Škorvánek (Mountfield Hradec Králové, )

 

Defencers:

 

Peter Čerešňák (Dynamo Pardubice, )
Martin Fehérváry (Washington Capitals, NHL, )
Mário Grman (Admiral Vladivostok, KHL, )
Martin Gernát (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, KHL, )
Michal Ivan (Bílí Tygři Liberec, )
Samuel Kňažko (Cleveland Monsters, AHL, )
Patrik Koch (HC Utah, NHL, )
Šimon Nemec (New Jersey Devils, NHL, )

 

Forwards:

 

Marek Hrivík (Leksands IF, )
Miloš Kelemen (HC Utah, NHL, )
Róbert Lantoši (Bílí Tygři Liberec, )
Adam Liška (Severstal Cherepovets, KHL, )
Lukáš Cingel (HC Kometa Brno, )
Kristián Pospíšil (HC Kometa Brno, )
Martin Pospíšil (Calgary Flames, NHL, )
Miloš Roman (HC Oceláři Třinec, )
Libor Hudáček (HC Oceláři Třinec, )
Pavol Regenda (Anaheim Ducks, NHL, )
Marián Studenič (Färjestad BK, )
Matúš Sukeľ (HC Verva Litvínov, )
Adam Sýkora (Hartford Wolf Pack, AHL, )
Tomáš Tatar (New Jersey Devils, NHL, )

[vovanA 169]

1 hour ago, hckošice said:

Team Slovakia

 

Goaltenders:

 

Denis Godla (Slovan Bratislava)
Samuel Hlavaj (Iowa Wild, AHL, )
Stanislav Škorvánek (Mountfield Hradec Králové, )

 

Defencers:

 

Peter Čerešňák (Dynamo Pardubice, )
Martin Fehérváry (Washington Capitals, NHL, )
Mário Grman (Admiral Vladivostok, KHL, )
Martin Gernát (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, KHL, )
Michal Ivan (Bílí Tygři Liberec, )
Samuel Kňažko (Cleveland Monsters, AHL, )
Patrik Koch (HC Utah, NHL, )
Šimon Nemec (New Jersey Devils, NHL, )

 

Forwards:

 

Marek Hrivík (Leksands IF, )
Miloš Kelemen (HC Utah, NHL, )
Róbert Lantoši (Bílí Tygři Liberec, )
Adam Liška (Severstal Cherepovets, KHL, )
Lukáš Cingel (HC Kometa Brno, )
Kristián Pospíšil (HC Kometa Brno, )
Martin Pospíšil (Calgary Flames, NHL, )
Miloš Roman (HC Oceláři Třinec, )
Libor Hudáček (HC Oceláři Třinec, )
Pavol Regenda (Anaheim Ducks, NHL, )
Marián Studenič (Färjestad BK, )
Matúš Sukeľ (HC Verva Litvínov, )
Adam Sýkora (Hartford Wolf Pack, AHL, )
Tomáš Tatar (New Jersey Devils, NHL, )

 

what do people think of KHL players in Slovakian team? there were none of them at last two World championships

[heywoodu 15,135]

1 hour ago, hckošice said:

Miloš Kelemen (HC Utah, NHL, )

I had never heard of HC Utah (and I am at least familiar with NHL names), but now I see those were the Arizona Coyotes  

 

Kind of, you know, those US sports and their absolute cans of worms when it comes to teams changing cities and names but kind of remaining the same franchise or not or whatever  

[JoshMartini007 2,536]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

I had never heard of HC Utah (and I am at least familiar with NHL names), but now I see those were the Arizona Coyotes  

 

Kind of, you know, those US sports and their absolute cans of worms when it comes to teams changing cities and names but kind of remaining the same franchise or not or whatever  

Sport teams are like companies in North America. Here they moved their headquarters and are in the middle of rebranding.

[hckošice 14,822]

3 hours ago, vovanA said:

 

what do people think of KHL players in Slovakian team? there were none of them at last two World championships

Extremely divided opinion.

 

Public:

 

Some take it as a fact and justify it under the point that a lot is at stake (not qualifying for the Olympics in hockey = unimaginable national tragedy) so we need the best available regardless where they are gaining their bread,

Some (Pro-Kremlin/Pro-Current governement) are super excited,

Some (Anti-Kremlin/Anti-our current governement and traditional hockey fans) are sad - some of them have even black screen avatars... but at the end will still watch and cheer, because missing the Olympics with such generation we currently have would be a huge waste and would not be fair...

Some (Anti-Kremlin/Anti-our current Governement and casual hockey/sport fans) are shocked and disapprove to the point of considering = calling in medias to boycot the team and the tournament.

 

Players:

 

Several players expressed that they do not want to play in the national team as long as there are players from the KHL (there are names we are missing in this roster without more special informations added why, like Cehlárik, Slafkovský, Černák...),

Some were some were begged on knees by the coach staff for this tournament (Like Martin Pospíšil, Feherváry or Lantoši... especially Pospíšil last days called he will not play if the KHLers will really be invited... only last night came statement of hime and his brother who is also in the team that they will both came and play for the country... as there is a lot at stake

"We did not change our oppinion, but we want to help Slovakia to be at the Olympics... and play there"

https://sport.aktuality.sk/hokej/clanok/martin-pospisil-sa-rozhodol-bude-reprezentovat-slovensko-2024081819450673443.

 

All in all, It is bad. I am seriously worried and afraid, ...no..., I am convinced that now two "camps" will be formed within the team, the pro and anti and seriously, I can´t even imagine how it can work in a TEAM.

 

I am really afraid. Normally, such roster even without Slaf, Černák, Cehlárik and others missing would very likely win this group, but, who knows what will happen now...

[vovanA 169]

3 hours ago, heywoodu said:

I had never heard of HC Utah (and I am at least familiar with NHL names), but now I see those were the Arizona Coyotes  

 

Kind of, you know, those US sports and their absolute cans of worms when it comes to teams changing cities and names but kind of remaining the same franchise or not or whatever  

OMG, can't believe there's a North American team whose name doesn't consist of a toponymy and a random plural noun