Slovak Players Shine in Overseas NHL Games: Fehérváry and Pospíšil Stand Out, Ružička Watches from the Stands

On the night from Sunday to Monday, only 4 meetings took place in the overseas NHL. Slovak fans could look forward to being represented in the form of Martin Fehérváry and Martin Pospíšil, who introduced themselves in European times. On the contrary, from the position of a healthy substitute, Adam Ružička watched the Flames performance only from the stands.

news-item-description">On the night from Sunday to Monday, 8 games were played in the Canadian-American farm AHL. They all started on Sunday evening our time, but some did not finish until after midnight. In two of them, two Slovak hockey players were also introduced, in both cases wingers. The second duel after returning from the WC was played by the former captain of the junior national team, he also played the first ever Slovak in the Seattle Kraken organization.

The Washington Capitals welcomed an opponent from Los Angeles to their home Capital One Arena, who arrived in the capital of the United States of America with a streak of 4 losses. It was not possible to change even in the 5th game and the Capitals enjoyed a 4-3 victory. In the home team, the Slovakian full back started in the first defensive pair Martin Fehérváry, who went through the difficult end of II. thirds. During the last minute, he was attacked from behind by forward Alex Laferrier and had great difficulty getting up from the ice. However, the native of Bratislava was able to return to the meeting at the beginning of the last third and finally became the 2nd busiest player of his team with an ice time of 21 minutes and 28 seconds. Only John Carlson, the scorer of the winning goal, who decided the Capitals’ triumph with only 53 seconds before the end of the final period, had a longer stay. The Slovak defender was able to block a shot in the match and to add 4 distributed points. At the same time, he also sent a shooting attempt at goalkeeper Cam Talbot.

VIDEO – tackle on Martin Fehérváry (player with number 42):

Martin Fehérváry’s statistics:
+/- body: +1
shots on goal: 1
blocked shots: 1
bodysuits: 4
puku losses: 1
ice time: 28 substitutions / 21:28 minutes (of which 9 seconds in overpowering, 2:24 minutes in weakening)

The “Flames” from Calgary played their second game in two days when they faced the local Blackhawks at the United Center. Chicago had to count on the losses from the previous meeting, when the pair of Connor Bedard and Nick Foligno did not finish the match against the New Jersey Devils. The home team managed to cope even without their best player and defeated the Flames with a score of 4:3. Only 1 out of 2 Slovaks appeared in the guest jersey, and that’s it Martin Pospíšil, who traditionally started in the 2nd formation alongside Nazem Kadri and Connor Zary. In the second game in a row, the Slovak striker was able to distinguish himself with an assist, when he first helped to win the puck during the forecheck during the equalizer and then placed a shot from Noah Hanifin into the goal of Nazem Kadri. For Martin Pospíšil, it was the 9th Canadian point in 28 games. Adam Ružička he did not participate in the meeting due to a healthy substitute.

VIDEO – assistance of Martin Pospíšil (player with number 76):

Martin Pospíšil’s statistics:
assists: 1
canadian points: 1
+/- body: +1
shots on goal: 1
shots outside the goal: 1
bodysuits: 1
penalty minutes: 2
throw-ins: 0 % (0/1)
ice time: 15 substitutions / 10:52 minutes

2024-01-08 06:30:35
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