The Norwegian hockey players scored the only goal in the test tournament in Copenhagen when they were outnumbered, losing (1:2) to the Austrian national team in the post-game shootout.
Veteran Tomas Raffles stood out for the Austrians, while Eskil Vold, a 20-year-old playing in the Finnish top league this season, scored for the Scandinavians.
The national team of Latvia will compete against the national team of Norway in the world championships on the afternoon of May 17.
Two days later, in front of their fans, the Latvians will test the Slovenian national team, which is playing in the elite division for the first time since 2017, in a test tournament in the Italian city of Bolzano on Friday torn to pieces (10:0) South Koreans.
Anže Kuralts and Tadej Čimžar each scored two effective shots for the Slovenians. Four (1+4) performance points were collected by another experienced forward Roks Tichar. Jakas Sturms (1+2) and veteran Žigas Pance (0+3) each scored three points.
The South Koreans have brought a relatively young team to this tournament.
Hockey national team games this week
| The date | The game | Result/Time |
|---|---|---|
| 08.02. | Slovakia – Germany | 2:3 PM (1:0; 0:1; 1:1; 0:0; 0:1) |
| 09.02. | Czech Republic – Sweden | 2:1 P (1:0; 0:0; 0:1; 1:0) |
| Eurotour | Switzerland – Finland | 5:6 PM (1:1; 4:2; 0:2; 0:0; 0:1) |
| Hungary – South Korea | 4:1 (2:0; 0:1; 2:0) | |
| Slovakia – Germany | 1:3 (0:0; 1:1; 0:2) | |
| Slovenia – Italy | 1:0 P (0:0; 0:0; 0:0; 1:0) | |
| 10.02. | South Korea – Slovenia | 0:10 (0:5; 0:1; 0:4) |
| Italy – Hungary | 3:0 (1:0; 1:0; 1:0) | |
| Austria – Norway | 2:1 PM (1:0; 0:1; 0:0; 0:0; 1:0) | |
| Denmark – France | 3:0 (0:0; 2:0; 1:0) | |
| Great Britain – Japan | 3:0 (2:0; 1:0; 0:0) | |
| Poland – Romania | 8:0 (3:0; 3:0; 2:0) | |
| 11.02. | Finland – Czech Republic | 13.00 |
| Eurotour | Sweden – Switzerland | 17.00 |
| Hungary – Slovenia | 14.00 | |
| Romania – Japan | 16.30 | |
| South Korea – Italy | 18.00 | |
| Poland – Great Britain | 21.00 | |
| 12.02. | Switzerland – Czech Republic | 13.00 |
| Eurotour | Sweden – Finland | 17.00 |
| Great Britain – Romania | 18.00 | |
| Japan – Poland | 19.30 |
Used sources:
https://www.eishockey.at/aktuelles-…
https://hokej.si/drugi-dan-turnirje…
