A quartet of Slovak hockey players took part in the night NHL meetings. Adam Ružička has a historic night behind him, his teammate Martin Pospíšil presented himself for a change with a wonderful goal pass. Šimon Nemec set a new personal record.
news-item-description">In the night games of the overseas AHL, there was also a Slovak track from Saturday to Sunday, performed by 6 Slovak hockey players. Attacker Miloš Kelemen rejoiced at the accurate strike together with defender Patrik Koch, who assisted in the 4:0 victory. Canadian points were also scored by attackers Adam Sýkora and Marián Studenič, while Maxim Čajkovič and Samuel Kňažko did not fit into their team’s lineup.
The so-called the European game of the week in the NHL had a special flavor for Adam Ružička. Fans had the opportunity to watch in the lucrative evening time from 7:00 p.m. how the Slovakian striker set a new club record for the number of matches completed by a Slovak in the Canadian organization with 108 starts in the Calgary Flames jersey. He beat Ronald Petrovicky by 1 match. In the duel on the ice of the Philadelphia Flyers, Adam Ružička did not make a significant impact. He played almost 3 minutes in the duel in power plays, but he did not send even 1 shot on goal and currently he is waiting for another point in 4 matches. The aforementioned Ronald Petrovický should also be threatened in the club statistics in the future Martin Pospíšil, who started the 27th meeting in the “flames” jersey and scored the 8th Canadian point in it. The Slovak laid the foundation for the opening goal of the game when he skated to the abandoned puck near the left guard and in a fraction of a second before being hit by Scott Laughton, he was able to push Jonathan Huberdeau into a solo escape with a great pass. Before that, teammate Nazem Kadri was still slightly leaking the puck. The star player took advantage of the excellent work of the Slovak striker and scored. Martin Pospíšil was waiting for a point in 6 meetings, but his team was not happy about the point gain. Philadelphia won 3-2.
VIDEO – assistance of Martin Pospíšil (player with number 76):
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Martin Pospíšil’s statistics:
assists: 1
canadian points: 1
shots on goal: 1
bodysuits: 1
obtained buds: 1
+/- body: +1
throw-ins: 0 % (0/1)
ice time: 12 substitutions / 8:07 minutes
Statistics of Adam Ružička:
shots outside the goal: 1
blocked shots: 2
throw-ins: 66,7 % (2/3)
ice time: 11 substitutions / 8:26 minutes (of which 2:54 minutes in overtime)
The unpredictability of hockey was experienced firsthand by the Montreal Canadiens hockey players, who led the New York Rangers 3-0 in the middle of the meeting, but the duel finally came down to separate raids. The team from Manhattan was able to equalize and the fight was finally decided by Cole Caufield’s raids. He started with the author of the winning goal Juraj Slafkovský again in the first attacking formation with center Nick Suzuki. The Slovak did not win points, but he again showed several interesting moments in the match. Perhaps the most interesting was his soulful forechecking at the end of overtime, in which he won the puck and at the same time a power play. 12 seconds before the end of overtime, K’Andre Miller pulled the handbrake on the nascent chance and defended the Slovakian in an illegal manner. In the end, the Habs were happy with a two-point win, also thanks to the great performance of goalkeeper Sam Montembeault, who successfully covered 45 opponent shots and neutralized all 3 separate raids by Rangers stars Panarin, Zibanejad and Lafrenier.
VIDEO – great forechecking by Juraj Slafkovský (player with number 20), which forced Miller to foul and won a power play at the end of overtime:
VIDEO – unusual pass by Juraj Slafkovský (player with number 20) in front of his own goal with his hockey stick behind his back, thanks to which he did not let Trocheck to the stop:
A skillful play in the first period by Slafkovsky. Even when his stick got caught behind his back, he managed to find a way to make a crucial pass to his teammate. 4/4#GoHabsGo win 4-3 pic.twitter.com/w6bGNvlcCP
— Cédrick Blais-Turcotte (@cbturcotte17) January 7, 2024
Juraj Slafkovský’s statistics:
shots on goal: 1
shots outside the goal: 1
blocked shots: 1
bodysuits: 1
+/- body: -1
ice time: 21 substitutions / 19:25 minutes (of which 1:22 minutes in overtime)
After a month, the Hughes brothers repeated the joint measurement of forces. However, this time the duel between the Vancouver Canucks and the New Jersey Devils took place in the USA, and Devils forward Jack was missing due to an upper body injury. The captain of the Canadian team, Quinn Hughes, returned the loan to the brothers Jack and Luke. New Jersey won 6:5 in Vancouver a month ago, this time the Canucks succeeded on the ice of the Devils 6:4. Simon Nemec in the fight, he did not follow up on the previous match against Chicago, in which he recorded a 1+1 record and was silent on points. In the match, the Devils lost the German’s partner from the defensive pair, Jonas Siegenthaler, who broke his leg and will be out of the game for a long time. The burden of responsibility in the fight was taken over by the Slovak rookie, who spent 23 minutes and 32 seconds on the ice, setting a new personal record in the NHL. He was on the ice with 2 goals conceded and 2 goals scored.
Šimon Nemec’s statistics:
shots outside the goal: 1
blocked shots: 4
lost pucks: 1
ice time: 28 substitutions / 23:32 minutes (of which 1:18 minutes in power-ups; 1:06 minutes in weakenings)
The injury in the upper part did not allow him to start the game again to Erik Černák. The Slovak quarterback of the Tampa Bay Lightning missed the third duel of the Florida team and thus has not yet played in the new calendar year. The Florida team was not enough against the opponent from Boston and lost heavily 3:7.
2024-01-07 06:19:20
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