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Less than 24 hours remaining now before the first face-off of the 2018 Under 20 Top Division World Championship in Buffalo, USA. Here the schedule of Day 1 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship In Buffalo, , 26 December 2017 to 5 January 2018 Tuesday December 26th, 2017 - Preliminary Round Day 1 Schedule (GMT -5) Group A 16:00 Canada vs Finland (in Key Bank Center) 20:00 Denmark vs United States (in Key Bank Center) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rest Day: Slovakia Group B 12:00 Czech Republic vs Russia (in Key Bank Center) 14:00 Belarus vs Sweden (in Harborcenter) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rest Day: Switzerland *Tournament Format: The 10 teams are divided into two, five-team groups A and B in the Preliminary Round. After a single round-robin series in each group, the top four teams from each group advance to the Playoff Round (Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match, Final) while the fifth-placed team in each group moves to the Relegation Round. (Best of 3 Matches relegation series, the Losing team will be relegated to the next years Men´s Under 20 Division I Group A where they will replace Kazakhstan, promoted Nation from this years U20 Div I A tournament held earlier this month in France) The top four placed teams from the Preliminary will play a cross-over Quarterfinal game: 1A vs. 4B, 1B vs. 4A, 2A vs. 3B and 2B vs. 3A. The winner of each Quarterfinal moves onto the Semi-Finals. The winner of each Semi-Final game will move onto the Gold Medal Game, while the losers will play in the Bronze Medal Game. The quarter-final losers will be ranked 5th to 8th according to 1. their position in the group, 2. their preliminary-round record (1. points, 2. goal difference, 3. goals scored). Nations ranked from 1st to 9th will stay in top division also for the ext edition 2019.

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Silent Night and overall Beautiful christmas atmosphere in the KHL match between Slovan Bratislava and Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg

TEAM SLOVAKIA Goaltenders: Roman Durný (MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš), Dávid Hrenák (St. Cloud State University/NCAA ), Jakub Kostelný (HK Dukla Trenčín), Defencers: Martin Bodák (Kootenay Ice/WHL ), Martin Fehérváry (IK Oskarshamn ), Samuel Fereta (HC Slovan Bratislava), Tomáš Hedera (HC Slovan Bratislava), Michal Ivan (Acadie-Bathurst Titan /QMJHL ), Marek Korenčík (Lulea HF ), Dávid Matejovič (HK Nitra), Vojtech Zeleňák (Sparta Praha ), Forwards: Samuel Buček (Chicago Steel/USHL ), Viliam Čacho (HK Dukla Trenčín), Miloš Kelemen (HKM Zvolen), Filip Krivošík (Lempäälän Kisay ), Peter Kundrík (HK Poprad), Adam Liška (Kitchener Rangers/OHL ), Miloš Roman (Vancouver Giants/OHL ), Adam Ružička (Sarnia Sting/OHL ), Erik Smolka (HK Dukla Trenčín), Samuel Solenský (Johnstown Tomahawks/NAHL ), Marián Studenič (Hamilton Bulldogs/OHL ), Alex Tamáši (HC '05 iClinic Banská Bystrica),

Road to 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Exhibition Games 23rd. December 2017 Russia - Slovakia 3-2 After GWS

Slovakia Some mentionable names Lucia Hrivnák-Klocová (Athletics 1500m London 2012 finalist, 1500m European Championship Bronze medalist) Libor Charfreitag (Athletics, Hamer Throw 2007 World Championship bronze medalist, 2010 European Champion) Ján Lašák (Ice Hockey, 2002 world champion, Goaltender of the tournament) Jana Gereková (Biathlon, long time member of our National Team, 5th in the Sochi 2014 Mixed relay, and 7 times top 10 in World Cup races) Daniela Hantuchová (Tennis, 9 WTA tournaments winner, 5 GS doubles winner, Australian Open 2008 Singles semifinalist, Former WTA world number 5)

Stage 15 in Font Romeu (FRA) December 23rd, 2017 Slopestyle Mens (3/7) 1. Oscar Wester 94.60, 2. Ferdinand Dahl 93.40 and 3. Oystein Braaten 93.00 Full Results HERE Video Highlights Slopestyle Womens (3/7) 1. Tess Ledeux 93.60, 2. Jennie-Lee Burmansson 84.20 and 3. Tiril Sjaastad Christiansen 82.40 Full Results HERE Video Highlights

Road to 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Exhibition Games 22nd. December 2017 Czech Republic - Finland 2-4 Canada - Switzerland 8-1 United States - Sweden 3-1

TEAM CANADA Goaltenders: Ann-Renée Desbiens (La Malbaie, Que./University of Wisconsin, WCHA), Geneviève Lacasse (Kingston, Ont./Calgary, CWHL), Shannon Szabados (Edmonton, Alberta) Defencers: Renata Fast (Burlington, Ont./Toronto, CWHL), Laura Fortino (Hamilton, Ont./Markham, CWHL), Brigette Lacquette (Mallard, Man./Calgary, CWHL), Jocelyne Larocque (Ste. Anne, Man./Markham, CWHL), Meaghan Mikkelson (St. Albert, Alta./Calgary, CWHL), Lauriane Rougeau (Beaconsfield, Que./Montreal, CWHL) Forwards: Meghan Agosta (Ruthven, Ont.), Bailey Bram (Ste. Anne, Man./Calgary, CWHL), Emily Clark (Saskatoon, Sask./University of Wisconsin, WCHA), Mélodie Daoust (Valleyfield, Que./Montreal, CWHL), Haley Irwin (Thunder Bay, Ont./Calgary, CWHL), Brianne Jenner (Oakville, Ont./Calgary, CWHL), Rebecca Johnston (Sudbury, Ont./Calgary, CWHL) Sarah Nurse (Hamilton, Ont./University of Wisconsin, WCHA), Marie-Philip Poulin (Beauceville, Que./Montreal, CWHL), Jillian Saulnier (Halifax/Calgary, CWHL), Natalie Spooner (Scarborough, Ont./Toronto, CWHL), Laura Stacey (Kleinburg, Ont./Markham, CWHL), Blayre Turnbull (Stellarton, N.S./Calgary, CWHL), Jennifer Wakefield (Pickering, Ont./Linköping HC, )

and here it is Slovak Athlete of the year 2017 1st. Peter Sagan (Road Cycling) 3rd time world champion in a row, reach this year also the 100 professional wins. Slovak Athlete of the year for the 3rd time 2nd. Petra Vlhová (Alpine Skiing) Team Event world championship silver medalist, 4th in slalom WCh, 8th in Giant Slalom WCh, 10th in Overall world cup standing and 5t in Slalom world cup standing, won the last seasons slalom world cup final in Aspen, this season won the World Cup slalom in Levi and in the next 2 races finished 2 times second 3rd Veronika Velez-Zuzulová (Alpine Skiing) Team Event world Championship silver medalist, last season in the World Cup finished 5 times on podium, won the World Cup slalom in Zagreb. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Ján Volko (Athletics) 60m Indoor European silver medalist, U23 European 200m champion, World Championships 200m semifinalist. 5th Magdaléna Rybáriková (Tennis) Best careers season, from 453rd place in WTA she jumped during last season to the top 20. Wimbledon´s Grand Slam singles semifinalist, Lienz WTA finalist and winner of 4 ITF tournaments in 2017 6th Marek Hamšík (Football) Last season he passed the milestone of 100 National Team caps, This season in Napoli he reached the 115 scored goals mark. He was the leader of our team in the great pursuit for the World Cup qualifiers play-offs, unfortunately even with all his work we missed the play-offs just because we were the 9th runner-up 7th Alexander Slafkovský (Canoe Slalom) 2017 European Champion from Tacen in Slovenia, 2017 World Championships silver medalist from Pau in France in C1 category, finished 3rd overall in the last season World Cup, 2017 World ranking C1 leader. World Champion in C1 teams for 7th time in a row. 8th Peter Hámor (Mountaineering) in May 2017 he became the first ever Slovak to climb and complete all 14 Himalayan eight-thousanders summits 9th Peter Gelle/Adam Botek (Canoe Sprint) the 2017 World Championships K2-1000m silver medalists 10th Ladislav Škantár/Peter Škantár (Canoe Slalom) 2017 World Championships silver medalists and Teams C2 bronze medalists, C2 2017 world ranking winners Special Award: Anastasiya Kuzmina (Biathlon) Her successes this season (2 World cup wins, 4 world cup podiums, and World Cup Overall standing leader) happened just after the closing of the nominations, so she couldn´t be nominated for this edition, but the organizers decided to reward her with this special prize Hall of Fame entry: Jozef Pribilinec (Athletics) 1988 Olympic Champion in 20km Race Walk in the colors of former Czechoslovakia Paralympic Athlete of the year 2017: Henrieta Farkašová with her guide Natália Šubrtová (Alpine Skiing) in 2017 she won 4 gold and 1 silver medal at world championships, she won 5 World cup races.

Stage 13 in Madonna di Campiglio (ITA) December 22nd, 2017 Slalom Mens (3/12) 1. Marcel Hirscher 1:39.79, 2. Luca Aerni 1:39.83 and 3. Henrik Kristoffersen 1:39.84 Full Results HERE Video Highlights

Cancelled dwonhill from Val d‘Isère (FRA) to be rescheduled in Cortina d‘Ampezzo (ITA) This is to inform you that the cancelled ladies' Audi FIS Ski World Cup downhill from Val d‘Isère (FRA) will be rescheduled in Cortina d‘Ampezzo (ITA) on 19th January 2018 with the following programme: Official arrival, Tuesday, 16.01.2018 Downhill training, Wednesday and Thursday Downhill (Val d’Isère), Friday 19.01.2018 (10:15 CET) Downhill, Saturday, 20.01.2018 (11:00 CET) Super-G, Sunday, 21.01.2018 (11:45)

Slovak Athlete of the year 2017 ongoing. The top 3 among teams: 1st. Mixed Alpine Skiing Team (Velez-Zuzulová/Vlhová/Jančová/An. Žampa/Falát/Ad. Žampa) World Championships Silver Medalist --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd. National Mens Footbal Under 21 Team (5th at the U21 EURO and very unlucky result in the last group match between Italy and Germany denied them from the semifinals qualification) 3rd. Mens Canoe Slalom C1 Team (Martikán/Beňuš/Slafkovský) 7th time World Champions in a row and now go to the individual competition

Ice Hockey Tournament at Lillehammer 1994 Sweden, 1994 Olympic Champions In the first ever finals shootout won its first ever Olympic gold The Men´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 1994 took place from 12th to 27th February 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway. The matches were held at Lillehammer´s Hakon Hall and at Fjelhallen in Gjovik. 12 Nations participated in this tournament. Sweden won its first ever Ice Hockey Olympic Gold medal, becoming the sixth nation to reach the Olympic Ice Hockey glory. Canada retained the silver medals from Albertville 1992 and Finland won the Bronze medals. The top 11 nations from the 1993 IIHF world championships qualified directly to the tournament. To determine the last 12th spot there was a International Qualification tournament played in Sheffield, GBR. Originally there were 4 nations supposed to take part in this qualification, Poland, Latvia, Japan and the host Great Britain. But few weeks before the start the International Ice Hockey federation added to this tournament also Slovakia. Since 1st January 1993 Czechoslovakia was dismissed and 2 new countries gained their respective independences, The Czech Republic and Slovakia. This became also a great problem in the IIHF program, since Czech Republic got the honors to become the successors country of Czechoslovakia in Ice Hockey structures, they were immediately put in the world championships top divisions programs and so also directly qualified for the Olympic tournament, but Slovakia had less reasons to enjoy, The country was send only to the lowest Ice Hockey world Championship division and so they also lost any chances to fight for the Olympics. This absolute injustice raised an unprecedented lobbying and represives not only in the country and in the IIHF but also in the UN, were the Slovaks were also lobbyin with their delegation led by the President of the country and many worldwidely well known hockey players. One month before the qualification the pressure reached the result, IIHF and IOC agreed to allow Slovakia to start in the Olympic qualification tournament, but the placement in the lowest World Championships program unfortunately remained as it was. Meanwhile the country succeeded to qualify for the top division in the shortest possible time. but this is another topic... However The invited team won this Qualification tournament, proving that they belonged there, and Slovakia triumphed in its very first ever international event. The 12 nations were divided into 2 preliminary groups A and B, the top 4 from both pools advanced to the quarterfinals, played in a cross-over system. The remaining nations played the Consolation round to determine 9th-12th places. Finland played in Lillehammer in a great form and the team that won next year the first ever world championship title, dominated the group in a great way, winning all 5 games and qualifying to the knockout round from 1st place with the max amount of 10 points. Germany, Czech Republic and Russia (Successor of the former USSR in Ice Hockey program) accompanied them all earned 6 points, a mini-table tie break formula from their respective matches had to decide the ranking. The surprising victory of Germany over Russia 4-2 was the main point that Germany qualified from second place. Finland experienced a great tournament, losing only 1 match in the semifinals, but managed to recover and grab the bronze beating Russia 4-0 in the 3rd place match The Group B saw another incredible fairytale and the Slovak hockey uprising continued, the underestimated and undesired team shocked the whole hockey planet finishing unbeaten and winning the Group B. Especially the win 3-1 over Canada was considered as a huge achievement and the world finally started to take us seriously. Canada advanced from second place, Sweden from 3rd and the United States from 4th. Italy and France failed down to the consolation round. In the Quarterfinals, Finland over USA and Sweden over Germany won easily, but the next two matches were real jewels of the Olympic history. Canada beat Czech Republic in a great match 3-2 and Russia ended the fairy tale of Slovakia in another epic match 4-3 after Over Time in the very last 10th minute of the added time by the unforgettable goal of Vinogradov. Despite the huge disappointement in the team, Slovakia as a total newby left a great impression and became the favorit team of local fans, 3 of Slovakia players topped even the tournaments final scoring ranking. Žigmund Pálffy with 3+7 won the overal scoring table and Miroslav Šatan was the best goal scorer of the tourney, the young 19 year old prospect scored 9 goals, including two hattricks to Italy and France. The legendary Peter Šťastný who ended his career in tha national team of his native country, was the captain of the team (Flag bearer of Slovakia at the Opening Ceremony) and 3rd overall scorer of the tournament with a 5+4 record. The still unbeaten Finland entered the semifinal against Canada as one of the real contenders for gold, their play and performances during the tournament were highly valuated, but even this was not enough for the Suomis to beat Canada, The Maple Leafs won 5-3 t reach again the Olympic final and secure second medal in a row. In the other semifinal Sweden defeated Russia 4-3 and qualified for the gold medal match. Finland at least finished their fantastic tournament by the deserved medal, winning bronze after a clear 4-0 win over Russia. 2 Minutes before the end of the final, Canada was leading 2-1 and close to the so long time expected gold, but Sweden in the penultimate minute managed to tie the game and send the final to the over time. That finished scoreless. So for the first time in the Olympics, we needed the shootout lottery to determine the Olympic champions. and it was necessary to have 7 series to know the outcome, when Peter Forsberg beat Corey Hirsch by a memorable goal and than Paul Kariya seen his attempt stopped by Tommy Salo, Sweden became for the first time ever Olympic Ice Hockey champions. The Historic goal of Peter Forsberg in the 7th Shootout serie against Corey Hirsch that brought the Olympic triumph to the "Tre Kronor" Slovakia enterd its first ever Olympic tournament with a team composed mainly of players from its own national championship, but what a players it was. Led by Peter Šťastný and Žigmund Pálffy, the team introduced to the world another future great stars like Šatan or Haščák, Petrovický, Švehla and others. The historic day came the 13th February 1994 and the first ever match at the Olympics, and the debut was against nothing else then Sweden, the future champions, Slovakia managed to won its first ever point at world level, reaching a draw 4-4. Another tie came two days later a 3-3 with USA. The first win came against Italy, 10-4. And then came the big day and the perfect match against Canada, we won 3-1 and already reached the quarterfinals, in the last match the team defeated France 6-2 and even shockingly topped the group. But in the quarterfinal came the disappointment. The loss with Russia in a epic game 3-4 in the Overtimes last minute. In the next game the team defeated Germany 6-5 after OT in the 5-8th semifinals to reach the 5th place game which ended in the worst performance in the whole tournament and a high loss to the former federal partner from Czech Republic 1-7. Anyway, the 6th final place was a incredible result and an absolutely superb debut for a country that had to play 1 month later the lowest World Championship division program...but once again that´s another topic. The best surprise of the tournament were definitely the performances of Slovakia, Peter Šťastný and Žigmund Pálffy in Lillehammer led a Team from World Championships "C" pool, that started its hockey "uprising" against this injustice, Final Ranking: 1. Sweden 2. Canada 3. Finland 4. Russia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Czech Republic 6. Slovakia 7. Germany 8. United States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9. Italy 10. France 11. Norway 12. Austria Final shootouts of the Final Sweden - Canada Some highlights from Lillehammer tournament (Czech TV recap)

Stage 13 in Innichen-San Candido (ITA) December 22nd, 2017 Ski Cross Mens (5/11) 1. Marc Bischofberger , 2. Viktor Andersson and 3. Alex Fiva Full Results HERE Video Highlights Ski Cross Womens (5/11) 1. Sandra Naeslund , 2. Marielle Berger Sabbatel and 3. Georgia Simmerling Full Results HERE Video Highlights

Stage 13 in Cervinia (ITA) December 22nd, 2017 Snowboard Cross Mens (5/12) 1. Omar Visintin , 2. Pierre Vaultier and 3. Alex Pullin Full Results HERE Video Highlights Snowboard Cross Womens (5/12) 1. Michela Moioli , 2. Nelly Loenne Loccoz and 3. Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau Full Results HERE Video Highlights

Cancelled Alpine combined from St. Moritz (SUI) to be rescheduled in Lenzerheide (SUI) This is to inform you that the cancelled ladies' Audi FIS Ski World Cup Alpine combined from St. Moritz (SUI) will be rescheduled in Lenzerheide (SUI) on 26th January 2018, with the following start times: Super-G at 10:00 CET / Slalom at 13.00 CET.

Stage 14 in Thaiwoo (CHN) December 22nd, 2017 Moguls Mens (3/11) 1. Mikael Kingsbury 85.94, 2. Dmitriy Reikherd 84.92 and 3. Matt Graham 82.96 Full Results HERE Video Highlights Moguls Womens (3/11) 1. Yulia Galysheva 80.88, 2. Jaelin Kauf 80.08 and 3. Andi Naude 80.03 Full Results HERE Video Highlights

Stage 12 in Secret Garden (CHN) December 22nd, 2017 Halfpipe Mens (3/6) 1. Thomas Krief 90.00, 2. Joel Gisler 86.60 and 3. Robin Briguet 78.20 Full Results HERE Video Highlights Halfpipe Womens (3/6) 1. Zhang Kexin 88.80, 2. Yurie Watabe 86.20 and 3. Valeriya Demidova 82.20 Full Results HERE Video Highlights

Road to 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Exhibition Games 21st. December 2017 Belarus - Slovakia 1-4

Road to 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Exhibition Games 20th. December 2017 Finland - Switzerland 4-2 Canada - Czech Republic 9-0 Russia - Denmark 5-2 (+ 1-0 in a special added Overtime) United States - Belarus 14-0

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