Men's Ice Hockey Beat Covid-19 Tournament 2021

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Men's Ice Hockey Beat Covid-19 Tournament 2021

 

Ljubljana (SLO) - 15 May 2021 - 21 May 2021

 

 

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[hckošice 16,605]

Several teams from Division I Group A have agreed to play a tournament as a replacement of the canceled event due to the covid-19 pandemic. As you know, IIHF have cancelled all lower division Tournaments for the 2nd consecutive year.

 

Meanwhile Slovenia came with the idea to invite all other Division I A opponents and play a "unofficial" Division I A tournament which they decided to call : "Beat Covid-19" Tournament.

 

Majority of teams agreed, only and withdrew, so The host Slovenia invited and from Division I B.

 

All 6 Teams will play in a traditional Division I Group A format Round-Robin, Everyone playing everyone once.

 

The winner of the tournament however, will not qualify for the next year Top Division, and last team will not be relegated to Division I Group B neither.

[hckošice 16,605]

Saturday May 15th, 2021 -

Round-Robin Day 1 Schedule (GMT +2)

 

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Round-Robin
Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)

 

Slovenia vs Austria
Period-by-Period:
May 15th 2021, h. 16:30, Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana

 

Romania vs France
Period-by-Period:
May 15th 2021, h. 20:00, Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana

 

Poland vs Ukraine
Period-by-Period:
May 15th 2021, h. 22:45, Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana

 

 

[hckošice 16,605]

Change in the schedule

 

Due to the delay in the arrival of Ukrainian equipment, the match between Poland and Ukraine has been postponed to 22.45. The game will end around 1 AM

[hckošice 16,605]

Hard to believe This was 3 years when "La Marseillaise" was played last time after the french NT match (in 2018)

 

Today "les Bleus" finally managed to listen and sing their national anthem after the 3-2 win over

 

 

 

 

[hckošice 16,605]

10 hours ago, hckošice said:

Change in the schedule

 

Due to the delay in the arrival of Ukrainian equipment, the match between Poland and Ukraine has been postponed to 22.45. The game will end around 1 AM

And the match has been postponed again to an uncertain date. The equipment of team is apparently still somewhere in Frankfurt

 

https://www.hokej.net/pl/news,artykul,5,58309,mecz-polska-–-ukraina-w-innym-terminie-.html

[hckošice 16,605]

Saturday May 15th, 2021 -

Round-Robin Day 1 RESULTS (GMT +2)

 

Round-Robin
Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)

 

        Slovenia 3 - 1 Austria
Period-by-Period: 3-1, 0-0, 0-0
        May 15th 2021, h. 16:30, Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana

 

        Romania 2 - 3 France
Period-by-Period: 1-2, 1-0, 0-1
        May 15th 2021, h. 20:00, Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana

 

        Poland Postponed Ukraine
Period-by-Period:
        ???, h. ???, Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana

 

Round-Robin Provisional Standing After Day 1

 

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Slovenia	1	1(0)	0(0)	3	1	+2	3
France	1	1(0)	0(0)	3	2	+1	3
Poland	0	0(0)	0(0)	0	0	0	0
Ukraine	0	0(0)	0(0)	0	0	0	0
Romania	1	0(0)	1(0)	2	3	-1	0
Austria	1	0(0)	1(0)	1	3	-2	0

 

[dcro 10,211]

How do they plan to 'beat covid-19' with an ice hockey tournament?

[hckošice 16,605]

11 minutes ago, dcro said:

How do they plan to 'beat covid-19' with an ice hockey tournament?

covid-19 beat hockey last year cancelling all tournaments and this year the lower divisions were cancelled again. Teams from Division I A (Especially Slovenia) said a big: Enough is enough ! and decided to organize a replacement tournament using the same IIHF WCh rules (anthem only of winner of the match after the game etc..), format of 5 day matches round-robin and scheduling like a "normal" division I A tournament. Other teams accepted (remember, these teams are also preparing for August Olympic qualifiers, so they need matches like this) only Hungary and S. Korea sadly withdrew, so Poland and Ukraine from Division I B were invited to replace them and both agreed.

[Khadidja Aisha 29]

a good inciative, i am happy that the lower nation realice that thearewearstsomething.