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and win 3-2 on Penalty Shootout!

@hckošice you're almost there! just 1 more win...and then...

Extraliga Playoffs The Finals (Best-of-7 Series) Game #3 HKM Zvolen (3) - HC Košice (1) 1-3 (1-1, 0-1, 0-1) HC Košice lead series 3-0 Boxscore https://www.hockeyslovakia.sk/sk/stats/matches/904/tipos-extraliga/match/129464 Highlights

and going to OT after a 2-2 tie in regulation...

time for to hire a Russian coach? the current staff doesn't look the best in the world, I fear (despite the historical number of guys wrestling in the final block)...

Tomorrow's Schedule Extraliga Finals HKM Zvolen vs HC Košice (1), game #3 (6.30 p.m. CET) SHL Finals Växjö Lakers HC (1) vs Skellefteå AIK (2), game #3 (7.30 p.m. CET) NLA Finals EHC Biel-Bienne (2) vs Genève-Servette HC (1), game #4 (8 p.m. CET)

Liiga Playoffs The Finals (Best-of-7 Series) Game #1 Tappara Tampere (1) - Pelicans Lahti (4) 5-1 (1-0, 3-1, 1-0) Tappara lead Series 1-0 Boxscore https://liiga.fi/en/game/2023/48500/stats Highlights https://liiga.fi/en/videos/61095/ottelukooste:-tappara–pelicans

Extraliga The Finals (Best-of-7 Series) Game #2 HK Mountfield (4) - HC Oceláři Třinec (6) 1-2 OT (0-1, 1-0, 0-0, 0-1) Třinec lead series 2-0 Boxscore https://www.hokej.cz/zapas/2907020 Highlights Not available Full Game https://www.hokej.cz/tv/hokejka/video/20223342

I'd be very surprised if that doesn't happen...

afaik, the CONCACAF playoff is only among the women. the men already completed their qualification process in the 2022 continental tournament. and I can't find a single news about that being modified in due course (like it happened for the women's European pathway). I searched also in Spanish language among the Dominican websites and press and there's no news of them losing their quota place, therefore I assume no changes have been made in the men's division.

Finally! now we have the definitive location also for the Speedskating events at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. "After careful analyses, considering the characteristics of the two proposed solutions and the reflections that emerged in the last Control Room held last week in Rome, the Board of Directors of the Organizing Committee unanimously expressed itself in favor of the Fiera Rho project in Milan. Milan's proposal, entirely financed by private capital, has highlighted, in addition to the advantage of territorial continuity with the other competition sites in the ice world - with the exception of Curling - a significant and greater concreteness combined with a reduction in operating costs: among them, the logistical issues relating to the movement of athletes, National and International Federations' officials and referees; the costs of food and accommodation and those of a dedicated and detached workforce at the new venue; not to be forgotten, the income deriving from the multiple purchase of tickets: thanks to territorial continuity, the fan will actually be able to enjoy a greater number of competitions in the same city. On this occasion, the competition venue for the Speedskating discipline will exist only for the duration of the Olympic Games: a sustainable and innovative formula, which will allow Italy to be an example for the next editions of the Games, with a consequent strengthening of the binomial Sport and Olympic Movement. Based on the decision of the EB, the Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation will immediately start a collaboration with the International Skating Union (ISU) to carry out the project taking into consideration all the required technical requirements. Today's vote is the result of in-depth analysis of all available details of both bids (Milan and Turin). The decision taken today by the EB, following the indications that emerged from the Control Room, takes into account some fundamental elements: the technical needs of the Organizing Committee; the experience of athletes, officials and spectators; the very tight timing in which action must be taken; the legacy that the project will leave to the City of Milan." which legacy might have a temporary venue going to take years to be built and exist only for 2 weeks before being dismantled?

giustizia è fatta! comunque, ennesima colossale occasione persa...un oval permanente a Milano (magari accanto al Forum) sarebbe stato fondamentale per il futuro del pattinaggio velocità in Italia. ma i "montanari" di Baselga continuano a pensare che basti il loro piccolo mondo per contrastare le grandi potenze della disciplina...e allora, avanti così.

or maybe not... usually National events are not blocked either on the web nor on the satellite at 9 East. International events, instead, are normally geo-blocked (sometimes those held in HUN are not, however...it's quite a lottery).

NLA Playoffs The Finals (Best-of-7 Series) Game #3 Genève-Servette HC (1) - EHC Biel-Bienne (2) 1-2 (0-0, 0-1, 1-0, 0-1) Bienne lead Series 2-1 Boxscore https://www.sihf.ch/de/game-center/game/#/20231105000429 Highlights https://www.nationalleague.ch/game/20231105000429

meanwhile, Genève-Servette have tied the score in the Swiss League Finals, game #3 vs Bienne...now it's 1 apiece with less than 4 minutes remaining in regulation...

Tomorrow's Schedule Extraliga Finals HK Mountfield (4) - HC Oceláři Třinec (6), game #2 (5 p.m. CET) Liiga Finals Tappara Tampere (1) vs Pelicans Lahti (4), game #1 (5.30 p.m. CET)

DEL Playoffs The Finals (Best-of-7 Series) Game #3 EHC Red Bull Munich (1) - ERC Ingolstadt (2) 3-4 (2-2, 1-0, 0-2) Red Bull Munich lead series 2-1 Boxscore https://www.penny-del.org/event/ehc-red-bull-muenchen-erc-ingolstadt/14016 Highlights https://www.penny-del.org/video/ehc-red-bull-muenchen-erc-ingolstadt-highlights/21578

() ICE Hockey League Playoffs The Finals (Best-of-7 Series) Game #6 EC Red Bull Salzburg (2) - HC Bolzano/Bozen Südtirol Alperia (1) 3-4 (0-2, 2-2, 1-0) Series tied 3-3 Boxscore https://www.ice.hockey/en/stats-facts/gamestats?gameId=44a755df-f50f-4b08-a05d-129805eaa5fd&divisionId=12243 Highlights https://www.puls24.at/video/sport-icehl-ice-hockey-league/highlights-ice-hockey-league-salzburg-vs-bozen-spiel-6/v-cs02okbtny49

with 4 guys in the medal matches I think it has never happened before, especially in freestyle wrestling. however, 2 of them already lost their bronze medal match, even if I think the final seconds of Piroddu's match were at least controversial...he surely deserved more than he finally got (a bitter 5th place).

Today's Games so far... DEL Finals EHC Red Bull Munich (1) vs ERC Ingolstadt (2) 3-2 after the 2nd Period NLA Finals Genève-Servette HC (1) vs EHC Biel-Bienne (2) 0-1 after 35 mins () ICE Hockey League Finals EC Red Bull Salzburg (2) vs HC Bolzano/Bozen Südtirol Alperia (1) 2-4 after the 2nd Period

Extraliga The Finals (Best-of-7 Series) Game #1 HK Mountfield (4) - HC Oceláři Třinec (6) 2-4 (0-0, 0-1, 2-3) Třinec lead series 1-0 Boxscore https://www.hokej.cz/zapas/2907019 Highlights Not available anymore Full Game https://www.hokej.cz/tv/hokejka/video/20223334

Karate 1 Serie A Stage #3 ( Richmond-Vancouver) the Champions women's Individual Kata: Nakaji Hisami women's Team Kata: Hong Kong men's Individual Kata: Rey Chinen men's Team Kata: Kuwait women's Individual Kumite -50kg: Ema Sgardelli -55kg: Hana Furumoto-Deshaies -61kg: Ericka Gabriela Luque Sanchez -68kg: Ayumi Yatoji +68kg: Yuzuki Sawae men's Individual Kumite -60kg: Hiromu Hashimoto -67kg: Morteza Nemati -75kg: Oussama Zaid -84kg: Falleh Midoune +84kg: Athanasios Nikopoulos Full Results https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/karate1resultados-2023-karate-1-series-a-richmond-vancouver-001.pdf

new World Cup stage... last week, Lima hosted the Pistol and Rifle specialists here's a full recap of what happened... Men's Individual 10m Air Pistol Gold: Damir Mikec Silver: Zhang Bowen Bronze: Ismail Keles Final Ranking and Results https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=17839 Women's Individual 10m Air Pistol Gold: Jiang Ranxin Silver: Klaudia Bres Bronze: Zhao Nan Final Ranking and Results https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=17840 Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle Gold: Hungary 2 (Eszter Denes & Zalan Pekler) Silver: France 1 (Oceanne Muller & Brian Baudoin) Bronze: Poland 1 (Aneta Stankiewicz & Tomasz Bartnik) Final Ranking and Results https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=17844 Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol Gold: Serbia (Zorana Arunovic & Damir Mikec) Silver: China 1 (Jiang Ranxin & Zhang Bowen) Bronze: China 2 (Zhao Nan & Hu Kai) Final Ranking and Results https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=17845 Men's Individual 10m Air Rifle Gold: Zalan Pekler Silver: Naoya Okada Bronze: Jiri Privratsky Final Ranking and Results https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=17865 Women's Individual 10m Air Rifle Gold: Wang Zhilin Silver: Eszter Meszaros Bronze: Jeanette Hegg Duestad Final Ranking and Results https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=17864 Women's Individual 25m Pistol Gold: Feng Sixuan Silver: Anastasiia Nimets Bronze: Zhao Nan Final Ranking and Results https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=17874 Men's Individual 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Gold: Clement Bessaguet Silver: Matej Rampula Bronze: Ruslan Lunev Final Ranking and Results https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=17885 Women's Individual 50m 3-Position Rifle Gold: Xia Siyu Silver: Shi Mengyao Bronze: Jeanette Hegg Duestad Final Ranking and Results https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=17888 Men's Individual 50m 3-Position Rifle Gold: Jiri Privratsky Silver: Istvan Peni Bronze: Petr Nymbursky Final Ranking and Results https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=17884

last day of the Spring Nationals 3 more qualifying times for Fukuoka Simona Quadarella (4.05.83, women's 400m Free, 3rd pass and 4th title for her, top swimmer of the championships for sure) Benedetta Pilato (30.08, women's 50m Breast, 29.84 in the morning heats) Margherita Panziera (2.08.12, women's 200m Back) the last champions: Nicolò Martinenghi (26.90, men's 50m Breast, Simone Cerasuolo was second in 26.96) Alberto Razzetti (4.14.37, men's 400m IM) Gregorio Paltrinieri (14.49.02, men's 1500m) Viola Scotto Di Carlo (26.22, women's 50m Fly) in the end, it was a very modest championship with only 15 individual cards (12 swimmers) for Fukuoka and many clockings way below the expectations, especially by those athletes who were supposed to show an improvement in order to earn a ticket for Japan (we already knew that the top stars weren't going to show their best shape, that's not the problem in April). only very good news, 2 or 3 juniors showing some stuff (especially the 16 year young Sara Curtis, capable of winning the title in the women's 50m Free and Alessandro Ragaini, also 16 years young, who looks to be the next good to great freestyle middle distance specialist among our boys).

it might be a bit harsh, but I'm looking at too many results being close (when not better) to the old scores, those we know very well how they've been made. and I'm seeing also too many improvements by huge, huge margin...and not by naturally growing youngsters... if this is the weightlifting "new deal", I'm better and turn my head the other side...