Slovak Hockey Players in NHL and AHL: Game Results and Player Stats

On the night from Saturday to Sunday, 13 games were played in the Canadian-American NHL. Seven of them started on Saturday before midnight our time, the rest didn’t start until Sunday. Five Slovak hockey players presented themselves in four different duels. Two forwards and three defensive backs played. Two defenders rejoiced at the victory, but one of them did not finish due to injury.

news-item-description">In the rich program of the AHL, 8 Slovak hockey players took part in the game. Pavol Regenda, Maxim Čajkovič and Patrik Koch became the most visible. On the other hand, Martin Chromiak continues his lackluster performances and Samuel Kňažko was once again absent from Cleveland’s lineup.

Hockey players Calgary Flames recorded their third loss in a row, they were not enough against Detroit Red Wings on home ice. The result 0:5 was created despite the almost 2-fold advantage of coach Ryan Huska’s wards in the number of shooting attempts at the opponent’s goal. The legendary Patrick Kane scored the winning goal in the first part of the game. He also skated in the jersey of the Canadian team Martin Pospíšil, played roughly 13 minutes. At the end, he had 1 minus point for his participation, and gradually recorded up to 6 penalty minutes for 3 different suspensions. He was punished in each of the thirds, first for rudeness, then for tripping and finally for unsportsmanlike conduct. He contributed three attempts to the 38 shots on the opponent’s goal of his team, as he traditionally did, mainly through physical play. He gave away up to 7 points. At the same time, he lost the puck once and lost his only faceoff. After 39 meetings of the current season, the former player of HC Košice has a balance of 13 Canadian points for 4 accurate hits and 9 assists.

Martin Pospíšil’s statistics:
+/- body: -1
penalty minutes: 6
shots on goal: 3
bodysuits: 7
puku losses: 1
throw-ins: 0 % (0/1)
ice time: 22 substitutions / 12:56 minutes

After three wins in a row, the Tampa Bay Lightning players crashed, they were defeated by the new leader of the Eastern Conference. In the battle for the state of Florida, the visiting Panthers triumphed, but paradoxically they were the first to score. Subsequently, they launched a rarely seen cannonade and won 9:2. Kevin Stenlund scored the winning goal, but other hockey players starred. As many as four Canadian points were scored by Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Bennett, defender Brandon Montour and forward Carter Verhaeghe contributed three. He also started for the defeated “Lightnings”. Erik Černák, spent more than 15 minutes on the ice. Less than 2 of them came in numerical disadvantage of his team. At the end, he had a balance of one minus point for participation, he hit the opponent’s goal 2 times out of three attempts. He also took care of 5 points. He contributed to the statistics mainly with the number of penalty minutes, totaling up to 19 of them. At the end of the second part of the game, he was expelled for 2 minutes for rudeness, and at the beginning of the third for a foul. He received a 15-minute penalty for a fight with Jonah Gadjovich, both participating players were expelled for fistfights and unsportsmanlike conduct. 3 minutes later, another sharp confrontation between the opponents broke out on the ice, during which the referees handed out a total of 112 penalty minutes. The Slovak defender thus experienced an extremely charged meeting. After 45 games of the season, he has 8 Canadian points for 1 goal and 7 assists.

VIDEO – battle of Erik Černák (player with number 81):

Statistics of Erik Černák:
+/- body: -1
penalty minutes: 19
shots on goal: 2
shots outside the goal: 1
bodysuits: 5
ice time: 23 substitutions / 15:34 minutes (of which 1:48 minutes in weakness)

The teams currently unsuccessfully fighting for the playoffs met in Canada, specifically in French-speaking Quebec. The Montreal Canadiens welcomed the Washington Capitals at home. The team from the United States was more successful, the opponents split after the result 3:4. The decision was made by Belarusian forward Aleksei Protas. In the home team’s jersey, he also took part in accurate hits Juraj Slafkovský, extended his streak with at least one Canadian point to 8 meetings. This time it was a goal pass, during the Canadiens’ 3rd accurate shot, the native of Košice conjured up the primary assist for Nick Suzuki’s accurate shot. The former player of TPS Turku was extremely active in shooting, he sent up to 7 shots on the Capitals goal. One of his shots still went wide, and he was able to block 6 more. At the same time, he also scored 1 point. He managed all of this in an excellent 24 minutes of skating, while almost 4 of them were played on the power play. Juraj Slafkovský showed his hatred for losing with a furious gesture after the game, when the cameras caught him almost breaking the hockey stick against the goalpost. This moment reveals the intensity of his passion for the game and his unwillingness to accept defeat. The Slovak draft unit from 2022 has 30 Canadian points for 12 goals and 18 assists after 55 duels of the season. On the opposite side of the barricade stood a Slovak defender in Montreal Martin Fehérváry, however, he did not warm up on the ice surface for a long time. He already left the confrontation in the first part of the game, because he injured his lower body while trying to play the puck near the goalkeeper. So he skated for less than 2 minutes. More information about his absence and injury has not yet been published by his club, apparently they should be available only on Monday. The native of Bratislava has played 47 matches so far this season with a record of 2+10.

VIDEO – assistance of Juraj Slafkovský (player with number 20):

VIDEO – the moment when Juraj Slafkovský almost broke his hockey stick against the goalpost:

VIDEO – injury to Martin Fehérváry (player with number 42):

Juraj Slafkovský’s statistics:
assists: 1
canadian points: 1
shots on goal: 7
shots outside the goal: 1
blocked shots: 6
bodysuits: 1
ice time: 21 substitutions / 23:52 minutes (of which 3:43 minutes in overtime)

Martin Fehérváry’s statistics:
ice time: 2 shifts / 1:36 minutes

The New Jersey Devils and the Philadelphia Flyers played a special duel in the open air. In the so-called Winter Classics, they met at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, their fight was watched by more than 70,000 spectators directly at the stadium. In the shootout, the home Devils finally succeeded and beat the Flyers 6:3, thus ending the streak of the guests of five games with a gain of at least one point. The win, which was decided by Nathan Bastian in the final showdown, only helped New Jersey in the fight for the playoffs, which is for the team Simon the German always at hand. The Slovak defender played more than 21 minutes, scored less than 3 in the numerical superiority of his team. In the second part of the game, he was expelled for 2 minutes for holding a hockey stick, he threatened the opponent’s goal with one accurate shooting attempt. At the same time, he took care of 3 successful blocks of Flyers players’ shots. In 33 games in the NHL, the native of Liptovský Mikuláš scored 14 Canadian points for 2 goals and 12 assists.

Šimon Nemec’s statistics:
penalty minutes: 2
shots on goal: 1
blocked shots: 3
ice time: 26 substitutions / 21:23 minutes (of which 2:35 minutes in power-ups; 4 seconds in weakenings)

2024-02-18 06:29:59
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