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Slovakia did it from 1994 to 1996.
 
1994 WCH program debut in Pool C
 

 
1995 Pool B
 

 
1996 Top Division debut
 

Pavol Regenda from Anaheim NHL/San Diego AHL is the 4th confirmed reinforcement of team from overseas

My moments since I began watching the Olympics, for Mexico, not that we win a lot of medals but at least since Sydney the haul is more 'decent' than before that edition.
 
- Mexican Soccer Team in London taking the gold unexpectedly, first and probably most important achievement for this sport like ever
 
- Soraya Jimenez weightlifting gold medal in Sydney, first for a mexican woman ever
 
- Maria Espinoza and Guillermo Perez taking gold medals in taekwondo at Beijing 2008
 
- Aida Roman & Mariana Avitia Silver & Bronze in Women's Archery in London 2012, first time 2 mexican women stood on the same podium
 
- And maybe an infamous moment, Sydney 2000 Men's 20 km walk, Mexico wining gold and bronze, Bernardo Segura wining, celebrating, but getting DQ and notified while he was having a call on national tv covering the games with the then selected as Mexico's next president 

Elite Hockey League Playoffs
 
Finals (Best-of-7 Series)
 
Game #4, Sunday, April 21st, 7.15 p.m. CET, Vålerenga vs Storhamar  2-4 (2-1, 0-2, 0-1)
 
Storhamar lead Series 3-1 and can clinch the title with the next win on Monday at home
 
Game #5 is scheduled for Tuesday, April 23rd, 7 p.m. CET, Storhamar vs Vålerenga

Looks like UAE bought every player of their roster. As one could expect, they are mainly Russians, some Croats.
Long live petroleum fields. 

Metal Ligaen Playoffs
 
Finals (Best-of-7 Series)
 
Game #5, Sunday, April 21st, 3 p.m. CET, SønderjyskE vs Esbjerg Energy  2-4 (0-1, 0-2, 2-1)
 
SønderjyskE lead Series 3-2
 
Game #6 is scheduled for Tuesday, April 23rd, 7.30 p.m. CET, Esbjerg Energy vs SønderjyskE

DEL Playoffs
 
Finals (Best-of-7 Series)
 
Game #3, Sunday, April 21st, 3 p.m. CET, Pinguins Bremerhaven vs Eisbären Berlin  1-2 2OT (0-1, 1-0, 0-0, 0-0, 0-1)
 
Eisbären Berlin lead Series 2-1
 
Game #4 is scheduled for Tuesday, April 23rd, 7.30 p.m. CET, Eisbären Berlin vs Pinguins Bremerhaven

Extraliga Playoffs
 
Finals (Best-of-7 Series)
 
Game #4, Sunday, April 21st, 5 p.m. CET, HC Ocelàři Třinec vs HC Dynamo Pardubice  2-6 (1-1, 0-2, 1-3)
 
Series is tied 2-2
 
Game #5 is scheduled for Wednesday, April 24th, 6 p.m. CET, HC Dynamo Pardubice vs HC Ocelàři Třinec

EIHL - Elite Ice Hockey League Playoffs
 
Final Four (Single Games on Neutral Site)
 
The Final
 
Sheffield Steelers (1) b. Belfast Giants (3)  3-1 (2-0, 0-1, 1-0)
 
 
The Sheffield Steelers are the EIHL Playoffs Champions 2024 

In the other 2 matches of this opening day
 
beat   7-5
 

 
and beat   11-4
 

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I know there were some efforts to bring diaspora Greeks together but I'm not sure what happened. I haven't heard about this in about 10 years. There were always some players with Greek origins in the NHL.
 
I just did some research and there still are:
23 yo Trevor Zegras of the Anaheim Ducks, born in New York to Greek parents
29 yo Andreas Athanasiou of the Chicago Blackhawks, born in Toronto to a Greek father and Guyanese mother
 
There's also Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning, who is a very successful player and already played for Canada so would not be eligible for Greece. However, his family does not even identify as Greek despite his surname and his father's side being from Florina (border town of  and , the town has a complicated history from the Greek Civil War which I will not bore you with).
 
Anyways I'm sure there are more Greeks from USA and Canada in lower levels of hockey who would be willing to play for the national team if needed. Hopefully an effort is made so we can be competitive.
 

Really pleasant to see the Greek Ice Hockey back in the map
 
 

Bratislava host this week the Development Cup.
 
is returning to ice hockey @Makedonas @Ted
 
 

Dominik Černý s Hanou Burzalovou vybojovali ďalšie atletické miestenky do Paríža 2024

 
Slovensko má po majstrovstvách sveta miešaných chodeckých tímov v tureckom letovisku Antalya 16 miesteniek na olympijské hry v Paríži. O dve miesta do parížskej výpravy pre Slovensko sa postarali chodci Dominik Černý s Hanou Burzalovou v miešanej štafete na maratónskej trati. Okrem toho má Slovensko v tejto disciplíne nárok aj na dve náhradnícke miesta.
Snúbenci Černý s Burzalovou skončili v Antalyi celkovo na 21. mieste, v olympijskej kvalifikácii na 19., čo stačilo na zisk miestenky, ktorú získalo 22 dvojíc, pričom päť krajín s tímami v TOP 22 malo nárok na dve miestenky. Zverenci Romana Benčíka v banskobystrickej Dukle v Antalyi zlepšili aj vlastný slovenský rekord (3:11:17) z decembra minulého roku v Dubline na 3:05:38 h.
 
Obrovskú smolu mala druhá slovenská dvojica. Až do 40. kilometra kráčali Mária Katerinka Czaková s Miroslavom Úradníkom za olympijskou miestenkou, avšak po treťom napomínaní za štýl musela ísť 3-násobná olympionička na tri minúty do tzv. „penalty zone“. Dovtedy išlo duo Czaková – Úradník výborne, mimo kvalifikované dvojice vypadli z 13. miesta a skončili celkovo na 24. priečke (3:06:11 h).
 
Olympijské miestenky si v Antalyi vybojovali – po dve Španielsko, Austrália, Čína, Kolumbia a Japonsko, po jednej Taliansko, Mexiko, Brazília, Ukrajina, Francúzsko, Nemecko, India, Turecko, Slovensko, Poľsko, Kanada a Maďarsko.
 
POVEDALI PO PRETEKOCH: (zdroj: Slovenský atletický zväz)
 
Hana Burzalová: „Ťažko sa mi verí tomu, že sme sa kvalifikovali, kým nevidím naše umiestnenie oficiálne vo výsledkovej listine. Sama som mala počas pretekov z toho trochu chaos aj v súvislosti s odovzdávkami. Tie boli celkom neprehľadné, pretože sa nás tam nakopilo viac štafiet v jednom okamihu. Je to však úžasný pocit, keď si predstavím, kam sme sa dostali od prvej myšlienky, že by sme spoločne s Dominikom mohli ísť na olympiádu ako jeden tím. Už sa neviem dočkať chvíle, keď budeme stáť na štartovej čiare v Paríži. Mali sme stanovenú taktiku a tú sme v Antalyi dodržali. Spravili sme všetko pre to, aby sme sa počas pretekov cítili dobre. Nebol to z našej strany deň D, ale spoločne sme do toho dali všetky sily, čo sme v sebe mali.“
 
Dominik Černý: „Určite sme na začiatku pociťovali istú mieru nervozity, ale my sme sa obaja na preteky veľmi tešili. Skôr sme sa teda nemohli dočkať štartového výstrelu, aby sme to mohli rozbaliť. Teraz po skončení máme dobrý pocit z toho, že sme do pretekov dali všetko. Myslím si, že aj takticky sme to zvládli. Spätne však musím uznať, že to nebol úplne náš deň, preto sme radi, že sa to v konečnom dôsledku podarilo. Počas prestávok sme sa obaja celý čas hýbali. Vyklusávali sme, prezliekli sme sa do suchého, dopĺňali sme minerály, tekutiny, cukry, a potom už prišiel čas rozchodiť sa na ďalší úsek. Ubehlo to teda celkom rýchlo a nejaký útlm by zrejme neprospel. Výdajom energie je to teda pre každého člena štafety plnohodnotná vytrvalostná disciplína, prirovnal by som ju k tridsaťpäťke, nie k dvadsiatke a už vôbec nie k desiatke.“
 
Czaková s Úradníkom začali výborne. Šiesty tridsaťpäťkár z ME 2022 Úradník došiel do cieľa svojho úseku na 23. pozícii v rámci kvalifikácie. Skúsená odchovankyňa nitrianskej chôdze posunula štafetu na 19. priečku, ktorú zverenec Martina Pupiša vylepšil na treťom úseku ešte o štyri pozície. Finišmanka Czaková sa dokonca dostala na 12. miesto, lenže potom prišiel trest za porušenie chodeckého štýlu a trojminútová nútená zastávka.
 
„Žiaľ, rozhodcovia neodviedli dobrú robotu, lebo Marika mala oddychovať o kolo skôr. Nechápem, prečo ju do trestnej zóny neposlali, keď mali, ale až o kolo neskôr. Viacerí sme sa však zhodli, že technicky Miro s Marikou nešli tak zle, aby boli napomínaní červenými kartami,“ hneval sa Úradníkov osobný kouč Martin Pupiš.
 
Servítku pred ústa si nedával ani Czakovej tréner. „To, čo rozhodcovia predviedli, je neskutočné,“ krútil hlavou Matej Spišiak. „Marike nemám čo vyčítať. Bola pripravená perfektne, predviedla dve výborné desiatky, pričom druhú vyslovene vypúšťala, lebo nechcela riskovať, čo nebolo nutné. Mrzí nás to, ako to dopadlo, lebo by to bolo špičkové umiestenie podporené výborným výkonom.“
 
Článok prevzatý z SOŠV.sk
 

EIHL - Elite Ice Hockey League Playoffs
 
Final Four Schedule (Single Games on Neutral Site)
 
Semifinals
 
Sheffield Steelers (1) b Guilford Flames (5)  6-3 (1-0, 0-1, 5-2)
 
Belfast Giants (3) b. Cardiff Devils (2)  2-1 OT (0-0, 1-0, 0-1, 1-0)
 
Bronze Medal Playoff Match
 
Cardiff Devils (2) b. Guilford Flames (5)  7-5 (1-1, 4-1, 2-3)
 
The Final
 
Sheffield Steelers (1) vs Belfast Giants (3), Sunday, April 21st @ 6 p.m. CET in Nottingham

Extraliga Playoffs
 
Finals (Best-of-7 Series)
 
Game #3, Saturday, April 20th, 5 p.m. CET, HC Ocelàři Třinec vs HC Dynamo Pardubice  4-3 (2-1, 1-1, 1-1)
 
Třinec lead Series 2-1
 
Game #4 is scheduled for Today, Sunday, April 21st, 5 p.m. CET, HC Ocelàři Třinec vs HC Dynamo Pardubice

NLA Playoffs
 
Finals (Best-of-7 Series)
 
Game #3, Saturday, April 20th, 8 p.m. CET, ZSC Lions Zürich vs Lausanne HC  4-2 (1-1, 2-1, 1-0)
 
ZSC Lions Zürich lead Series 2-1
 
Game #4 is scheduled for next Tuesday, April 23rd, 8 p.m. CET, Lausanne HC vs ZSC Lions Zürich

Liiga Playoffs
 
Finals (Best-of-7 Series)
 
Game #1: Saturday, April 20th, 4 p.m. CET, Tappara vs Pelicans  3-1 (2-0, 0-0, 1-1)
 
Tappara lead Series 1-0
 
Game #2 is scheduled for Tomorrow, Monday, April 22nd, 5.30 p.m. CET, Pelicans vs Tappara

Shooting and Canoe Slalom are 2 sports which have in common one important factor, they mainly depend on luck.
 
In shooting especially the Shotgun events are just unpredictable, It is just impossible to make any predictions or locks in this sport, sure Zuzana just like Danka Barteková in Skeet can certainly be considered as contenders, but not as predicted medals, before Tokyo I was certain will medal in mixed trap as our pair was 3 years winning races left and right and then ended 4th at the Olympics losing to unknown american pair in  the bronze game...
 
Same for Canoe Slalom, We can win 4 golds just like we can fail to qualify to the final in all 4 events. This sport requires many factors to fall into place at the same time, current form, health, track setting, weather and wind conditions during the run and especially luck on the water

Tipos Extraliga Final
 
Game 2:
 
HK Spišská Nová Ves (3) - HK Nitra (8)  2-5  (0:3, 0:1, 2:1)
 
Series Standing 0-2
 
Highlights
 

SHL Playoffs
 
Finals (Best-of-7 Series)
 
Game #1: Saturday, April 20th, 3.15 p.m. CET, Skellefteå vs Rögle  1-0 (0-0, 0-0, 1-0)
 
Skellefteå lead Series 1-0
 
Game #2 is scheduled for Monday, April 22nd, 7.30 p.m. CET, Skellefteå vs Rögle

Update. Doctors have discovered that his condition is acute pancreatitis. It was severe at first (hence him being taken on an ambulance in extreme pain) but his condition got better after time. Today, that all changed, he got worse again and was taken into another wing of the hospital. He’s expected to stay there for about a couple of weeks, maybe even longer. Really hoping he can get well soon, it’s heartbreaking to see him in his current state 

Round-Robin Final Standing   Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Germany 5 5(1) 0(0) 25 11 +14 14 Ukraine 5 4(0) 1(1) 18 10 +8 13 Austria 5 3(1) 2(0) 21 14 +7 8 Hungary 5 2(0) 3(1) 21 25 -4 7 Denmark 5 1(0) 4(0) 10 20 -10 3 Japan 5 0(0) 5(0) 11 26 -15 0 The following Nation has qualified for the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2025
 
Germany  
The following Nations have qualified for the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2025
 
Austria Denmark Hungary Ukraine  
The following Nation has been relegated to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group B World Championship 2025
 
Japan