Day 3 at EYOF 2023
. Shock in Spittal brought Slovakia its first and extremely unexpected medal (Still pending confirmation from the organizing committee though).
.In fact, Girls Ice Hockey team shocked the top favorite of the tournament the unbeaten by a score of 4-2 (Obviously everything again directed, cooked and served by the Super talented phenom Nela Lopušanová) Tonight 2+2 in total already 11 points for 6 goals and 5 assists in 3 matches
According official IIHF rules we should be already the group winner, no matter of the last SUI-AUT match even if win in regulation Time
We would have 6 points just like FIN and SUI and in the mini-table counting only games between those three teams
we are 3 points and score 7-6
FIN is 3 points and score 4-4 and thus should finish 2nd and play for Bronze
SUI would be in that case at 3 points and score 4-5 and finish 3rd in the group...
BUT, we will have to wait for the confirmation from Organizing committee, the organizers have yet to clarify points in the technical manual, which is vaguely written.
. Slovak Boys Ice Hockey Team in other hand ended the complete flop in the preliminary round today by another brutal defeat, this time from in a match without defence 5-7. We were leading 3-1 but a nightmarish 2nd period changed the script of this match.
.The Boys finished the group pointless and will play only for 5th Place...
.Among the rest there not so much to mention, apart the 6th place of the Short-Track Mixed Relay (2nd in Final-B) led by Lea Popovičová once again (Photo 1)
.Adam Nováček (Photo 2) in Boys Slalom with BIB 33 finished at respectable 17th position as the best of our quartet
.Michal Adamov in great 13th and Alžbeta Garguláková (Photo 3) in 15th places were our best todays Biathlon results in the sprints
results Day 3 (Tuesday 24th January, 2023)