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I can understand your feeling, I know that´s your favorite team. In other side I am happy for my Czech brothers and also for the small Slovak participation in the final, since 3 our guys (Gernát, Dravecký and Marcinko) plays for Třinec + in the Canadian team Kris Versteeg plays in our extraliga for Nitra, so at least some small SVK connections in the final of this prestigious tournament
 
But I agree, this was not one of the best Spengler Cups of history. Ufa sending literally their B team, TPS Turku is in the bottom of the Liiga this season, kinda disappointing cast this year. And yes the Canadian team is by far the strongest team here.

Yep, RUS win in OT/PSO and CAN win in Regulation Time is now the only way you´ll have to play the relegation round. Hopefully it won´t happen, this czech team is showing some heart and deserve to play for medals.
 
I agree, I can not believe our luck actually this year, this joke team had but you know, the groups are depending on the previous year results and since many surprises happened last year with CAN and SWE losing their QF to SUI and FIN. so this totally unbalanced this years groups and thanks all heavens it somehow helped us the most

welcome to the contest , your intro is
 
and your Character

while the noble dust of metals has done the medals
 


 
 

The story of the TAISC-2020 Torch
 

 

the host will be absent for 2-3 days
 
 

Simen Hegstad Krueger at PyeongChang 2018 Skiathlon is one hell of a comeback I remember

Sven Hannawald 2002

So... How many athletes have won all four hills in one calendar year? Kobayashi just completed that now.

What the hell! Popović made her first ever 2nd run in slalom with Bib 69.

Simen Hegstad Krueger at PyeongChang 2018 Skiathlon is one hell of a comeback I remember

Tour de Ski was something great and fun to watch during the first editions, it was something new and fans loved it. I´ll never forget the Lukáš Bauer era, I was excited about this months before it started.
 
Now it´s just one crap. I definitely lost any interest 2 seasons back and this year with the newest idea of a mass start final climb I am not going to watch it as well (not interested anymore). Wish FIS will remove this farce from the calendar soon.
 
winter sports are going the very wrong way last years I am affraid

Tour de Ski was something great and fun to watch during the first editions, it was something new and fans loved it. I´ll never forget the Lukáš Bauer era, I was excited about this months before it started.
 
Now it´s just one crap. I definitely lost any interest 2 seasons back and this year with the newest idea of a mass start final climb I am not going to watch it as well (not interested anymore). Wish FIS will remove this farce from the calendar soon.
 
winter sports are going the very wrong way last years I am affraid

Tour de Ski was something great and fun to watch during the first editions, it was something new and fans loved it. I´ll never forget the Lukáš Bauer era, I was excited about this months before it started.
 
Now it´s just one crap. I definitely lost any interest 2 seasons back and this year with the newest idea of a mass start final climb I am not going to watch it as well (not interested anymore). Wish FIS will remove this farce from the calendar soon.
 
winter sports are going the very wrong way last years I am affraid

Really ? I can not believe what I am reading here.
 
If any troll song will be entered in purpose to deliberately harm the TISC (A mark of this forum and OlympicIRL amazing idea) I would be really seriously disappointed and personally will never compete in TISC again

Lafreniere hurt, did not look good, could be the end of Canada if he's out the rest of the tournament 

Germany beat Czech Republic.
 
Insanely talented this team ! 17 years old Tim Stutzle, 17 years old Peterka, 17 years old Lukas Reichel and 18 years old Seider. already leading their team in the U20 category WCh. Impressive generation ! We wil hear a lot about these guys in the future. mark my words.

Interesting story about the goal winning scorer of yesterdays key game Daniel Vladimir Tkáč, the Pittsburgh native guy, both his parents were born in Slovakia but moved to the 2 years before his birth.  https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/wm20/news/16967/country-roads-take-me-home
 
@Olympian1010 another prove that Slovaks who move to America in majority resides in Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania

My Favourite Songs of 2019
 
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Here it is! My personal top 12 songs from 2019.
2019 was a decent year when it came to music. Beside the 12 songs I have chosen, I have also included some honourable mentions. 
Enjoy!
 
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Honourable Mentions:
 

@Wumo I can already tell you my 2019 Golden Raspberry Award for the worst piece I've heard so far goes to Venezuela.
 

the flag has arrived to Algiers from Copenhagen
 
 

I noticed that yesterday night all the matches were geo-blocked (on day #1 they weren't)...
 
but now in the archive they are free again (but there's no GER vs USA from last night)...
 
they're making quite a mess, I fear...

http://praguemonitor.com/2019/12/27/420-canadian-hockey-fans-take-chartered-train-ostrava-world-junior-express

The top 10 voted curiosities of the 2019 sports year ?
 
 
In the 10th minute of the Australian A-League football match between Central Coast Mariners and Perth Glory (1: 4), the goal post was broken after a nice header from Tomislav Mrcela. The player ended up in the net and broke the construction. The stadium employees were forced to bring another post from the training center, and it took a while to remove the wheels from the replacement construction, which was used exclusively for training.
 
 
The FA Cup 3rd round match between Blackpool and Arsenal (0: 3) had a bizarre foreplay. A home team fan chose an unconventional protest against the Blackpool owners as he sat down on the roof of the team bus that the “Gunners” players were supposed to leave for the match. He refused to get down in 40 minutes, so coach Unai Emery had to take a replacement bus to Bloomfield Road. Eventually the police got him out of the vehicle.
 
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The Russian footballer Pavel Mamaev scored seven goals in one match, the most in his career. however, he certainly did not expect to do it on prison soil. The 30-year-old midfielder was arrested in November 2018 and in April 2019 he got 17 months in Jail. Pavel achieved his goals careers pb during a a special Valentine's match six to six. Pavel Mamaev played one half in each of both team, which was made up of local prisoners. Pavel Mamaev altogether with his national team teammate Alexander Kokorin, who was also behind bars, provoked a battle and attacked government officials in Moscow under the influence of alcohol in October 2018
 
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Before the 2nd leg match of the Europa League Quarterfinal between Eintracht Frankfurt and Benfica Lisbon, two fans of the Portuguese team became viral. They decided to take a car trip to Germany to support their club, but arrived in the wrong Frankfurt. After a 16-hour journey, the pair found themselves on the other side of Germany in Frankfurt / Oder near the Polish border. One of them even introduced to the world a selfie, after arriving at the “destination”, poszing a victorious photo in front of a sign indicating the entrance to the (wrong) city.
 

 
Croatian football coach Branko Ivankovic had to bring with him a suitcase to take the paycheck. The Iranian league champion Persepolis Tehran planned to pay him the remaining $ 679 thousand dollars in cash. The Iranians could not pay their coach by bank transfer because of sanctions. It is however not known whether Branko Ivankovic really left Tehran with a suitcase full of money. 
 
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Midfielder of Algerian football team Haris Belkebla was excluded from the Algerian 2019 African Cup of Nations team after revealing his ass in the video. the Twenty-five-year-old showed his ass and posted the video on a social platform while his teammate Alexandre Oukidja played a video game. 
 
 
 
American basketball player D. J. Cooper has been caught in a very curious way of anti-doping rules violations. A former AS Monaco player provided a urine sample that revealed an unexpected fact. The test showed that Cooper is pregnant. However, this was not an anomaly, the 28-year-old quarterback swapped the sample  of his girlfriend. He was punished by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) for two years 
 
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The Television footage from the Vuelta and Espana 2019 came to the attention of the local police. During a live broadcast from stage eight, they uncovered a marijuana plantation. From the helicopter you could see the plants on the roof of one of the houses. The video was spreading rapidly over the internet and the Spanish police found about 40 marijuana plants on the roof.
 
  The start of the EURO 2020 qualification match between France and Albania had to be delayed by a few minutes after the organizers played the wrong anthem for the guests. The Albanians after realizing it´s the anthem of Andorra did not want to continue the matchs. However, Another faux pas came after the announcer at the stadium apologized for the mistake to all the “Armenian fans”. As soon as he realized it, he corrected himself. Then the right anthem was heard and the match actually could begin.  
  Russian hockey team Izhly Izhevsk invented a curious reward for his best match player. The club is based in the city, famous for producing the iconic AK-47 assault rifle, and this weapon was actually the reward for the local hockey player with the honor of the best player of the match. However, the team has only one piece available. The goalkeeper Saveľ Kononov was the first to receive this unusual prize.  

The top 10 voted curiosities of the 2019 sports year ?
 
 
In the 10th minute of the Australian A-League football match between Central Coast Mariners and Perth Glory (1: 4), the goal post was broken after a nice header from Tomislav Mrcela. The player ended up in the net and broke the construction. The stadium employees were forced to bring another post from the training center, and it took a while to remove the wheels from the replacement construction, which was used exclusively for training.
 
 
The FA Cup 3rd round match between Blackpool and Arsenal (0: 3) had a bizarre foreplay. A home team fan chose an unconventional protest against the Blackpool owners as he sat down on the roof of the team bus that the “Gunners” players were supposed to leave for the match. He refused to get down in 40 minutes, so coach Unai Emery had to take a replacement bus to Bloomfield Road. Eventually the police got him out of the vehicle.
 
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The Russian footballer Pavel Mamaev scored seven goals in one match, the most in his career. however, he certainly did not expect to do it on prison soil. The 30-year-old midfielder was arrested in November 2018 and in April 2019 he got 17 months in Jail. Pavel achieved his goals careers pb during a a special Valentine's match six to six. Pavel Mamaev played one half in each of both team, which was made up of local prisoners. Pavel Mamaev altogether with his national team teammate Alexander Kokorin, who was also behind bars, provoked a battle and attacked government officials in Moscow under the influence of alcohol in October 2018
 
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Before the 2nd leg match of the Europa League Quarterfinal between Eintracht Frankfurt and Benfica Lisbon, two fans of the Portuguese team became viral. They decided to take a car trip to Germany to support their club, but arrived in the wrong Frankfurt. After a 16-hour journey, the pair found themselves on the other side of Germany in Frankfurt / Oder near the Polish border. One of them even introduced to the world a selfie, after arriving at the “destination”, poszing a victorious photo in front of a sign indicating the entrance to the (wrong) city.
 

 
Croatian football coach Branko Ivankovic had to bring with him a suitcase to take the paycheck. The Iranian league champion Persepolis Tehran planned to pay him the remaining $ 679 thousand dollars in cash. The Iranians could not pay their coach by bank transfer because of sanctions. It is however not known whether Branko Ivankovic really left Tehran with a suitcase full of money. 
 
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Midfielder of Algerian football team Haris Belkebla was excluded from the Algerian 2019 African Cup of Nations team after revealing his ass in the video. the Twenty-five-year-old showed his ass and posted the video on a social platform while his teammate Alexandre Oukidja played a video game. 
 
 
 
American basketball player D. J. Cooper has been caught in a very curious way of anti-doping rules violations. A former AS Monaco player provided a urine sample that revealed an unexpected fact. The test showed that Cooper is pregnant. However, this was not an anomaly, the 28-year-old quarterback swapped the sample  of his girlfriend. He was punished by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) for two years 
 
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The Television footage from the Vuelta and Espana 2019 came to the attention of the local police. During a live broadcast from stage eight, they uncovered a marijuana plantation. From the helicopter you could see the plants on the roof of one of the houses. The video was spreading rapidly over the internet and the Spanish police found about 40 marijuana plants on the roof.
 
  The start of the EURO 2020 qualification match between France and Albania had to be delayed by a few minutes after the organizers played the wrong anthem for the guests. The Albanians after realizing it´s the anthem of Andorra did not want to continue the matchs. However, Another faux pas came after the announcer at the stadium apologized for the mistake to all the “Armenian fans”. As soon as he realized it, he corrected himself. Then the right anthem was heard and the match actually could begin.  
  Russian hockey team Izhly Izhevsk invented a curious reward for his best match player. The club is based in the city, famous for producing the iconic AK-47 assault rifle, and this weapon was actually the reward for the local hockey player with the honor of the best player of the match. However, the team has only one piece available. The goalkeeper Saveľ Kononov was the first to receive this unusual prize.