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lol Slovak team Boris Makoev, Elbrus Chatkoev, Mykola Bolotnyuk, Tamas Soos... this is probably the only sport withouth natralizing limits in our country ofc there Anastasiya Kuzmina in Biathlon or Erin Lawless and Kristi Toliver in womens basketball..but our wrestling is clearly in top..and it´s not like this sport has no traditions here or something, Jozef Lohyňa is still considered as a legend and iconic sportperson here, but nowadays it´s a easier way to engage a ready-made foreigners (like István Lévai or David Musulbes in 2008) than work with a local talent I guess, which is pretty sad though

Friendly Matches 30th April 2017 Mens Road to World Championships (EURO HOCKEY TOUR) The Euro Hockey Tour Finished today with the last day of the 4th stage the Czech Hockey Games in České Budějovice. Sweden lost to Finland 2-3 in the Nordic Derby. and host Czech Republic lost to Russia 3-4 After GWS. The Czech Republic won the Czech Hockey Games with 7 points, Finland finished second with 6 points, Russia 3rd with 3 points and Sweden 4th with 2 points. Euro Hockey Tour 2016/17 Final Standing: Russia won the prestigious trophy with a total amount of 27 Points, Their win was sure already after the 3rd stage the Sweden Hockey Games in February. 2nd Finished Czech Republic with 19 points, The Czechs had a great season this edition finished 2nd in two tournaments Karjala Cup and Sweden Hockey Games and winning the last stage Czech Hockey Games. Finland 3rd with 15 points, a logical standing since Finland was 3rd in 3 of the 4 tournaments. Sweden this year finished 4th out of the podium with 11 points from the 12 matches. Sweden won at least the 2nd stage the prestigios Channel One Cup in Russia (Former Izvestia Trophy). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Road to World Championships France - Belarus 3-1 Germany - Latvia 3-4 After OT

Rod Stewart btw do you know that his son Liam played for GB past week during the Ice Hockey Division I Group B World Championships ? http://wmib2017.iihf.com/en/news/liamstewart/

Mini cooper

Heeey with "only" 4 misses he would be 100% in the team, sometimes even higher rate than such Otčenáš or Kazár...

yes ofc they put "Slovakia" into too, they definitely love to make fun of us ...this is why in hockey matches we usually start brawl and beat them

Don´t even mention this movie Garbage to a slovakian it´s the second biggest thing how to upset us after mixing SVK/SLO you can not even realize how much big wave of hate rised here when the film was released..it wasnt even filmed in Slovakia at all http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4754744.stm

you know, Slovakia the country of the most beautiful womens, what can we do, it´s a fact

I understand, well if I was your guide, you can count that you´ll attend some local hockey match and definitely a trip to the Tatras including the amazing Ice cave If you are considering to visit SVK, there a lot things to watch even if the country is very small here some touristic picks http://slovakia.travel/en

In a second when I saw your first sentence I thougth you wrote I didn´t give points to Slovenia but Slovakia

Me ? yeah sure, but a professional guides would be a better choice I guess, they know more about places and everything..and at 2 I don´t have a high orientation sense, trust me I almost always lost, each time I was in the Tatras

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016/2017 SWEDEN HV 71 JONKOPING 5th League Title ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HV71 Sweden’s number one Onerud scores overtime-winner in Game 7 The Swedish hockey league season got a fairy-tale ending when HV71 Jonkoping’s Simon Onerud tapped in Martin Thornberg’s assist about halfway through the first overtime period of Game 7 on home ice in Jonkoping to win the game against Brynas Gavle 2-1. Both are originally products of HV71’s junior program, and served as team captains during the playoffs. Onerud wore the C when Thornberg was sidelined in games five and six, having blocked a shot with his protective cup, and undergone a surgery. (The team’s regular season captain, Chris Abbott, suffered a neck injury in a practice during the team’s playoff run, and played only seven games). “Last Tuesday, I couldn’t even stand up,” Thornberg told Sportbladet. For HV71, getting Thornberg back in the lineup was a huge mental boost, and in the end, it was the determination of the 34-year-old second generation HV71 player, who also won the title with HV71 in 2004, 2008, and 2010, that was the difference in Game 7. He forced his way to the net in the first overtime period and sent a perfect backhand pass to Onerud who tapped the puck in. “It’s crazy, I have no words. This is my home town, my team, it’s Game 7, overtime, and I get to score the game-winner on home ice. It’s unreal, I can’t believe it’s true,” Onerud told C More. The championship-clinching goal was his tenth in the playoffs, most of all. Onerud was also named the winner of the Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy as the playoffs MVP. Liv, who died in the Yaroslavl plane accident in 2011, was the goaltender on HV71’s championship teams in 2004, 2008, and 2010. “To win the prize means so much to me not only because it is one of the finest individual prizes you can win but also because it’s named after Stefan who was also at his best when it matters the most,” Onerud said. While HV71 was the favourite to win the final, Brynas wasn’t a big underdog. HV71 finished second in the regular season, Brynas fifth, but the teams were separated by only five points (and had the same amount of regulation-time wins). In the post-season, though, HV71 advanced to the final having swept Farjestad in the first round, and dropping only one game to Malmo in the second round while Brynas had to play six games with Linkoping and then go the distance in its semi-final series against Frolunda, the 2016 champions. But Brynas had their opportunity to win the club’s 14th championship. Three of the games in the final went into overtime, with Brynas winning two of them. They also had a 3-2 lead in the series going home for Game 6, but couldn’t find the way to take the fourth win. Maybe the difference was goaltender Linus Soderstrom who played all 16 games and posted a respectable 92.17 save percentage (while illnesses forced Brynas to use two goalies). Maybe the pucks bounced HV71’s way when it most counted. Maybe HV71’s experience was the key. After all, their coach Johan Lindbom scored the overtime game-winner in 1995 when HV71 beat Brynas in Game 5 of the best-of-five final. “It was a close series but I think our best players were better than theirs and that we deserved to win,” Lindbom said. It was a team effort, said Martin Thornberg. “It feels like we’re all from here, whether you’re an American, a Canadian, a Finn, or born here in Jonkoping. We all worked hard for each other,” he said. There’s an old story about Wayne Gretzky’s Edmonton Oilers walking past the New York Islanders dressing room after the Stanley Cup final in 1983, and instead of a big party, they saw the Islanders nursing their numerous injuries, showing Gretzky the price one must pay for a championship. That was obvious also in Jonkoping. And when Thornberg received the Le Mat trophy to hoist it as Swedish champions, he did it together with Abbott, who was on the ice wearing a heavy neck brace. “It just felt right. He broke his neck and has been to every single practice to support us,” Thornberg said. And then there was a big party.

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MEN'S DIVISION I GROUP B WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Great night for Britain GB storms past Japan, returns to Div. IA Japan - Great Britain 0-4 Great Britain erased the pain of two last-day defeats in recent years to overpower Japan 4-0 and claim gold in front of an ecstatic Belfast crowd. In an arena overlooking the shipyard that built the Titanic, Great Britain ensured that its World Championship heartache would go on no longer. A crushing 4-0 victory over Japan earned gold for the host nation and secured promotion to Division IA after four seasons. For many of the players it was a case of third time lucky. In Eindhoven in 2015, and again in Zagreb 12 months ago, Britain had been within minutes of promotion only to fall at the final hurdle. This time, there was no mistake. "It feels like we've got an identity again," said jubilant head coach Pete Russell. "We played a bit different from the way GB played in the past, we were pretty aggressive, we don't sit back. Our identity now is as a proactive team. "We've earned the right to play at the next level, now we need to stay there. But this is a young team and we have a lot of players who are here for a long time to come." Aided by a couple of early GB penalties, Japan took the early initiative and home hearts were in mouths as a shot dinged off Ben Bowns’ post. But the Japanese suffered a big blow midway through the opening stanza when Hiroki Ueno limped out of the game after taking a hit in front of the benches. Ueno, part of Japan’s free-scoring first line, was replaced by Masahito Nishiwaki, but some of the chemistry that had powered the team’s speedy offence was diluted and Britain began to take control of the game. The breakthrough came late in the first period as Japan ran into penalty trouble of its own. GB earned a 5-on-3 advantage and Robert Dowd cashed in with the opening goal. Ben O’Connor saw a slap shot come back to him and passed to Robert Farmer on the goal line. Farmer then picked out Dowd in front of the net and the Sheffield Steeler sent the crowd into raptures with his fourth goal of the tournament. And Dowd was involved again as the host nation doubled its lead on another power play in the 25th minute. His shot from the top of the circle took a touch from Brendan Brooks and went through the five-hole. Japan thought it had a lifeline in the 28th minute when Kenta Takagi put the puck in the net, only for the on-ice officials to call no goal because the net was off its moorings. After a long look at the video, that verdict was upheld, much to Takagi’s disgust. Seconds later, Japan trailed by three. Colin Shields, one of the heroes of the tournament for GB, fired in a shot from the point and Matt Myers threw up a huge screen to redirect the puck beyond Fukufuji. The Belfast crowd, which included Rod Stewart, in town to watch his son Liam, went wild. Shields, who also won the forward of the tournament prize, was one of those who had missed out in the past two years. He attributed this victory to solid teamwork. "We learned from our mistakes of the last two years and this year we really came together," he said. "Tonight was our best game, we played a full 60 minutes. Everybody made a contribution, all four lines, all the defence, Ben Bowns with a shut-out. It was a team effort from top to bottom and we can be really proud of the job we've done here." Then Myers grabbed his second of the night, finishing off an odd-man rush after a superb David Phillips pass sent Evan Mosey off to the races. With a 4-0 lead, the home crowd started the party 20 minutes ahead of schedule. "We knew that Japan was a good team, full of goals, and they are flying machines," Myers said. "We knew it was going to be tough but once we got that first one we just kept rolling and finished that job." That confidence was justified. Japan struggled to get its pacey offence into the game, managing just 10 shots on goal through 40 minutes, an astonishing turnaround from the devastating attacking play Takahito Suzuki’s team had produced in its first four games. The loss of Ueno clearly hurt the Japanese, but the home defence deserves credit for the way it denied the opposition the chance to turn over the puck as freely as it had in previous games. Aside from a spell early in the third period, Britain kept Japan at arm’s length, and when called upon Bowns was alert between the piping to deny Makuru Furuhashi on a power play chance or kick away a dangerous effort from Takagi. The Cardiff Devils goalie made 20 saves for a well-deserved shut-out. "I thought we were unbelievable defensively," he said. "We've been great all week but tonight we went to another level. To play a team like Japan and only allow two shots in the first period is just incredible. For me it was a fairly easy night because we all played so well." Lithuania - Croatia 3-1 Bronze for Lithuania Comeback win seals third place Lithuania claimed bronze for the fourth season running after recovering from 0-1 down to beat Croatia in its final game of its 2017 Div IB campaign. Lithuania claimed a bronze medal for the fourth Division IB campaign in a row as goals from Mindaugas Kieras, Edgar Protcenko and Ugnius Cizas delivered a 3-1 win over Croatia. The result was also Lithuania's first victory over Croatia in four attempts, underlining the steady progress made by the Baltic nation. For head coach Bernd Haake, the tournament lived up to expectations. "We're going home with a medal, so this is a success for us," he said. "We knew before we came that Japan and Britain were the real candidates for the gold medal and for us it was about staying ahead of the rest. "It was our discipline and our hard work at camp that got us here." Both teams had hopes of a podium finish ahead of the game, but the Baltic nation had the advantage, needing just one point to guarantee third place. Croatia required a victory in regulation and a favourable result in the Estonia – Netherlands game that would follow if it was to reach the podium. After losing on Friday, both teams were eager to end the week on a high. Lithuania’s loss to promotion-chasing Japan followed the formbook, but Croatia’s 3-4 reverse against Estonia was an unhappy surprise for a team looking to secure its first medal since 2014. The team also lost David Brine in that game after the Cardiff Devils forward took a big hit. Croatia made the brighter start, and was almost presented with a goal when Lithuania’s goalie produced a sloppy clearance from behind the net and set up Mislav Blagus with a look at an empty net; Kieras got back to spare his goaltender’s blushes with a vital interception on that occasion, but could do nothing as Matija Milicic opened the scoring in the 11th minute with a goal on the wraparound. "This was a hard game for us," Haake added. "We deserved it, but the stats show each team had 26 shots on goal. Croatia certainly had its chances but our young goalie, Artur Pavliukov, saved us." Kieras, though, is renowned as the warrior of Lithuanian hockey and he wasn’t about to allow a medal chance to slip away easily. In the 16th minute he came up with the equaliser, collecting a Darius Pliskauskis feed in the deep slot and flipping a wrist shot over Vilim Rosandic’s shoulder. A tied game, and bronze was heading to Vilnius. The Lithuanians tightened their grip on a medal in the second period when Protcenko made it 2-1 in the 25th minute. His slap shot from the top of the circle went through traffic to beat Rosandic. Croatia’s goalie pulled off a spectacular diving stop early in the third. Seemingly stranded behind the net, he hurled himself back on to the crease to deny Emilijus Krakauskas when a goal seemed certain. But he had no answers seconds later when Cizas got Lithuania’s third. Arnoldas Bosas stripped Luka Jarcov of the puck on the blue line and dropped a pass onto Cizas’ stick for a close range finish. Croatia made one last push, pulling Rosandic for a late power play, but Lithuania successfully closed out the game. Lithuania received its bronze medals right after the lunchtime game, enabling the team to make an afternoon flight back home. And, according to Haake, the future is bright. "We know we are only looking at one more season for our veterans, they will retire after 2018, so we're looking to our young guys to step up," he said. "It's not just the goalie, we had some young defencemen who did well for us here. Now it's their turn to push Lithuanian hockey forward. It's our future, and it's a new generation emerging." Croatia, with one win from its five games, could yet be embroiled in a three-way tie at the foot of the table if the Dutch get the better of Estonia on Saturday afternoon. However, Enio Saccilotto’s team is unlikely to be pushed into last place thanks to its convincing 6-2 victory over the Dutch earlier in the competition. Estonia - Netherlands 4-3 Estonia sends the Dutch down Netherlands battle in vain, finish winless The Netherlands came close to pulling off a sensational escape from relegation, but Estonia had enough to edge its second win of the tournament and take fourth. The Netherlands battled hard to pull off an against-all-odds escape, but Estonia did enough to secure its Division IB status. Going into the game, the Dutch knew that it would take a three-goal victory to edge ahead of Estonia in a tie at the foot of the table. Twice, they moved two goals in front, but the men in orange were never able to generate the advantage that would have kept them in the division. And when Robert Rooba completed his hat-trick in the 54th minute to make it 4-3 for the Estonians, his country’s survival was all but assured. Captain Kevin Bruijsten said: "We really battled hard and we really gave it our all but in the end it just wasn't enough. With the team we have right now we did a pretty decent job. Everyone knows we're missing 14 guys, this isn't the same team we'd usually have, but we can't just dwell on the negatives. "I'm proud of the guys for the way they battled to the end, and for a second I even thought we might pull it off." There was plenty to give the Baltic team cause for concern early in the meeting. The Netherlands shrugged off Friday's painful 0-14 loss to GB and showed plenty of enterprise in the first period. Two quick goals late in that session breathed life into the impossible dream. Young forward Guus van Nes got the opener when Nardo Nagtzaam’s pass sent the Junior Bruin clear of the Estonian defence. The 20-year-old showed great composure, getting up close before beating Villem-Henrik Koitmaa to make it 1-0 in the 16th minute. Van Nes and the other Dutch youngsters got the thumbs-up from their captain for their efforts this week. "They've stepped up and it's good for them," Bruijsten said. "This is the future for Dutch hockey and it's good to get some experience and a taste of what the higher level is like." Ninety seconds later it was 2-0, and the Netherlands was in with a real chance of salvation. Sloppy play in the corner from Estonia’s Marko Kettunen presented Raymond van der Schuit with the puck and his pass found Jeffrey Melissant on the doorstep. But the Dutch defence has struggled throughout this competition, and when Estonia got a power play the Baltic nation took advantage to halve the deficit. Aleksandr Ossipov’s shot was padded away and Rooba showed great reactions to smash home the rebound and tighten Estonia’s grip on its status. The second period saw Bruijsten put the Netherlands 3-1 in front after Nagtzaam went round the back and fed Steve Mason for a shot. Koitmaa blocked the first attempt but Bruijsten claimed the rebound and, with half the game left, the Dutch were right back in contention. Again, though, it was a tantalising vision of safety. Estonia, so sluggish in the early exchanges, awoke to the danger at last and began to step up its offence. Rooba struck again as the middle stanza came to a close, exchanging passes with captain Lauri Lahesalu before launching a wrist shot from the top of the circle. The Dutch, visibly tiring, finally folded in the third. A last-ditch clearance from Rick van Haren took the puck off Fabian Schotel’s goal line early on before Petrov tied the game on 47 minutes. Andrei Makrov shaped to shoot, deceiving the goalie, then slipped a pass to Aleksandr Petrov in the centre. Petrov made no mistake and the Dutch dream was almost over. Fittingly, it was Rooba, probably Estonia’s liveliest player in the competition, who wrapped it up with his hat-trick goal late on. "By the end we were running almost two lines and especially on the special teams we had a couple of guys who clocked a lot of minutes," Bruijsten added. Estonia had something to celebrate as back-to-back 4-3 wins lifted it to fourth in the table. But before the formalities could be completed, the hooter sparked a bout of fisticuffs in front of the Dutch bench as the teams' frustration bubbled over. Four players, Ossipov and Rooba from Estonia, Joey Oosterveld and Thomas Roosendaal from the Netherlands, were handed 25-minute penalties for fighting.

MEN'S DIVISION I GROUP B WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round-Robin DAY 5 Lithuania 3 - 1 Croatia Period-by-Period: 1-1, 1-0, 1-0 April 29th 2017, h. 12:30, SSE Arena, Belfast HIGHLIGHTS Estonia 4 - 3 Netherlands Period-by-Period: 1-2, 1-1, 2-0 April 29th 2017, h. 16:00, SSE Arena, Belfast HIGHLIGHTS Japan 0 - 4 Great Britain Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-3, 0-0 April 29th 2017, h. 19:30, SSE Arena, Belfast HIGHLIGHTS Round-Robin Final Standing Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Great Britain 5 5(0) 0(0) 32 5 +27 15 Japan 5 4(0) 1(0) 22 11 +11 12 Lithuania 5 3(0) 2(0) 18 12 +6 9 Estonia 5 2(0) 3(0) 11 20 -9 6 Croatia 5 1(0) 4(0) 14 17 -3 3 Netherlands 5 0(0) 5(0) 6 38 -32 0 Great Britain won the home tournament with perfect 5-0 record. Best offensive (32 Goals in) and best defensive (5 Goals against) were the keys of the dominant success, Team GB will be now promoted to the Division I Group A next year and will replace Ukraine relegated from this years home Div IA tournament which finished yesterday in Kyiv. Silver for Japan, 12 points for 4 wins and 1 lose, unfrtunately for the Japanese the most crucial tonight against the hosts means Japan will have to stay in Div I B also for another year. Expected bronze for Lithuania. Clearly the best team behind the top 2 (GBR and JPN) won all others 3 games and collected 9 points during the tournament to win bronze medal. Estonia finished 4th with 6 points thanks 2 regulation time wins against Croatia and Netherlands. The Estonians were in big troubles during their last match for the maintain but succeeded to score 2 goals in the very last period to bet the Dutch and remains in Div IB also for next edition. 5th Place go to Croatia with 3 points. The Croatians managed to win one match but the most important against Netherlands and avoid relegation. Japan, Lithuania, Estonia and Croatia will be part of the Mens Division I Group B World Championships also next year 2018. Last 6th place is for the Netherlands. Unfortunately a decimated and inexperienced young dutch squad lost all 5 matches and finished pointless resulting in the sad fact of the relegation to the next years Division II Group A where they will replace Romania promoted team from this years Div IIA tournament played in Romanian Galati a couple of weeks ago.

Friendly Matches 29th April 2017 Mens Road to World Championships (EURO HOCKEY TOUR) The Czech Hockey Games, last 4th stage of the prestigious Euro Hockey Tour continued today with its 2nd day. Finland won against Russia by a football score 1-0, and the Host Czech Republic defeated Sweden in a no defence match 8-4. The Czech Republic is the official winner of the home tournament with 6 points and can not be overtaken anymore, 2nd Finland has 3 points but worse H2H match with CZE (2:3), 3rd Sweden has 2 points and Russia 4th with 1 single point. In the Overall cumulative Standing, before tomorrows last match Day: Russia is already official winner they have now 25 points, 2nd Czech Republic has 18 points and is assured to finish second. There will be only a fight for 3rd place between the Nordic countries, Finland actually 3rd with 12 points and Sweden 4th with 11 points. Tomorrow last day of the Euro Hockey Tour and the Czech Hockey Games with matches Sweden vs Finland and Czech Republic vs Russia. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Road to World Championships Russia "B" - Slovenia 5-3 Norway - Slovakia 0-3 So our team will travel to Cologne with a winning mood. A nice win in the last preparation match tonight in Hamar against the host Norway, Nice shutout for the Goalie Július Hudáček, Very pleasant defensive performance, this will be very important at worlds, in other side our offensive play is still quite bad, low shooting efficiency, we really need some million occasions to score a goal, at least Michel Miklík who had a amazing season in Finland, looks still in a promising good shape, scoring in both matches he played yesterday and today. Here quick 1 minute goals highlights of todays last test match before the WCh

Ok. so once again Congrats and @uk12points for the win, and for the great job here. Superb organization. Very very good job. Congrats buddy ! Congrats to all medalists. It was another exiting TISC, already looking forward for the next edition in Tunisia. Thanks to you all who voted for I appreciate it a lot, I´was very touched, the biggest thanks go to Serbia, who saved our medal streaks in this contest so see you next time and hopefully also with participation

youre welcome, Very happy for your medal At least something positive for our delegation here, presented something from our music abroad and to know that you listen it even out of the contest it´s great, that means I did a good job. so well done hckosice then

Congrats Serbia

Medal Srbija lijepa zemlja !!! @dareza @DaniSRB

Congrats what a home win

a true battle for the maintain

we must attract some czech users...