Slovaks in the NHL Hunt Slovaks! Pospíšil struggled to get up after a dirty tackle, Honzek with a hard blow to the head | Sports.sk

In the NHL abroad, 9 games were held at night from Tuesday to Wednesday, in which up to 6 Slovak hockey players appeared. This time, the defenders dominated the ice, but the Slovakian team in Calgary also felt the rigors of the best hockey league in the world, where both had to get up off the ice after a hard tackle.

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news-item-description">Calgary hockey players with Martin Pospíšil and Samuel Honzek won the NHL night game over Chicago 3: 1. Erik Černák, whose Tampa Bay beat Vancouver 4: 1, got the victory from Slovakia, as did a another Slovak defender, Martin Fehérváry. Washington defeated Vegas 4:2. The players of the New Jersey Devils in the line with Tomáš Tatar and Šimon Nemec, after two wins, came out empty handed when they lost on Carolina ice 2:4.

There is another appearance in the jersey of the “devils” behind them Simon Nemec a Thomas Tatarwhich this time was in a 2:4 loss against the Carolina Hurricanes. The Slovakian defender started in the third defensive pairing alongside youngster Seamus Casey and continued his previous performance from the meeting against Utah. He added a positive point to his statistics for staying on the ice during the team’s first goal and blocked one opponent’s shot. He spent more than 19 minutes on the ice. An experienced striker Thomas Tatar he played 13 minutes and 32 seconds, but it didn’t make a big difference in the statistics. So the New Jersey hockey players extended their mutual negative balance with the “Hurricanes” to 6 games already.

Statistics of Šimon Nemec:
+/- body: +1
views on the goal: 1
views outside the goal: 1
blocked views: 1
pucks received: 1
lost pucks: 1
ice age: 22 substitutes / 19:15 min (17s power play – 1:00 min in weakness)

Statistics of Tomáš Tatar:
views outside the goal: 2
lost pucks: 1
ice age: 20 substitutes / 13:32 minutes (44 power plays)

The Tampa Bay Lightning had a successful home start to the season when they defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 at Amalie Arena. He was absent in the home team’s defence Erik Černákwho stepped in alongside experienced Ryan McDonagh. The Košice native took part in his team’s second goal, when he started the action in the space behind the goal by passing the puck to McDonagh, who then entered the attacking area with his teammates. Brayden Point increased the home team’s lead with 2 goals with a shot from the right circle. The Slovakian defender finished the game with two extra points, put a shot on the goalkeeper Arturs Šilovs, added 2 blocked attempts and 1 point. He spent more than 17 minutes on the ice, while he traditionally performed tasks even in weak conditions. However, in the final period, he weakened his team after going on a strike, and a second before he returned to the ice, Conor Garland, the author of the only goal of the guests, used a power play.

VIDEO – goal action initiated by Erik Černák (number 81):

Statistics of Erik Černák:
+/- body: +2
views on the goal: 1
blocked views: 2
bodysuits: 1
penalty minutes: 2
ice age: 25 reps / 17:08 minutes (2:25 minutes in dilution)

He also had his second appearance in the new year Martin Fehérváry in the jersey of the Washington Capitals, who beat last year’s Stanley Cup winner, the Vegas Golden Knights, 4:2. After Slovakia’s teammate Matt Roy from the defensive pair was injured in the first meeting, he started this time with 32-year-old Dylan McIlrath. Like his partner from Tampa, i Martin Fehérváry guilty of unlawful interference for dangerous play with a high hockey stick. His hesitation was exploited by the visitors’ striker, Victor Olofsson, who sent the Slovakian representative off the bench for an extra-time penalty. His second hit was in the middle of the game, he couldn’t stop Jack Eichel from scoring in the final minute despite a sacrifice bunt. However, the Bratislava native fulfilled his defensive duties for most of the game, when he stopped 2 shots and gave up 5 points. He spent almost 20 minutes on the ice, while playing up to 4 minutes and 27 seconds in subs.

VIDEO – Martin Fehérváry conceding a goal (number 42):

Martin Fehérváry’s statistics:
blocked views: 2
bodysuits: 5
lost pucks: 2
penalty minutes: 2
ice age: 19 substitutes / 19:56 minutes (4:27 minutes in weakness)

The “Flames” hockey players won their fourth win of the season when they beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3:1 at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Slovakian forwards also appeared in the game Samuel Honzek a Martin Pospišildid not score this time, but they had a tough fight full of hard tackles. It was the ones that had the biggest impact, the more productive the pair was, that is Martin Pospišilwho had trouble getting off the ice after being intercepted by Tyler Bertuzzi. The new reinforcement of the “Hawks” tried to hit the Slovakian striker with a body, but the native of Zvolen managed to avoid this clash. However, Bertuzzi kept his left leg out in an attempt to make a deliberate stop Free Martin. He finished the last game and played 12 minutes and 44 seconds, recording 4 points and 2 shooting attempts. It was not easy for the recent debater, who also received a hard intervention, after which he had to be lifted from the surface of the ice. It happened after pressure from defender Connor Murphy. The 19-year-old striker still found confidence even in power-ups and briefly even when he was weak. He played almost 14 minutes in total, earning the least point for being on the ice for a goal allowed and getting 1 point according to advanced statistics, he was one of the weakest players in the home camp and he has to wait for the first point from Canada.

VIDEO – Tyler Bertuzzi’s tackle on Martin Pospíšil (number 76), who was struggling to get off the ice:

VIDEO – Connor Murphy hard tackle on Samuel Honzek (number 29):

Samuel Honzek Statistics:
+/- body: -1
bodysuits: 1
ice age: 17 substitutes / 13:48 min (1:38 min in power plays – 27 sv weaknesses)

Martin Pospíšil’s statistics:
views on the goal: 1
views outside the goal: 1
bodysuits: 4
lost pucks: 1
throw in: 46.2% (6/13)
ice age: 17 substitutions / 12:44 minutes