Capitals hockey players celebrate a goal Source: SITA/AP/Jeff Chiu WASHINGTON – The overseas NHL club Washington Capitals is reportedly waiting to move from the capital of the United States to Northern Virginia. The team, which also includes Slovak defender Martin Fehérváry, should move from Washington DC to nearby Alexandria. It is in this city that … Read more
Management of the hockey club St. Louis Blues are no longer interested in Czech forward Jakub Vrána. According to the renowned website The Athletic, the Blues placed the 27-year-old hockey player on the list of free agents and offered him to other clubs in the NHL. Vrána, who won the Stanley Cup with Washington in … Read more
Marián Studenič (photo: X/Coachella Valley Firebirds) Although he did not play in the evening game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Seattle Kraken called up Slovakian forward Marián Studenič from Coachella Valley from the lower AHL on Saturday. Studenič was called up a day after the NHL’s youngest team placed forward Andre Burakovsky on the … Read more
Šimon Nemec (photo: X/NHL) Šimon Nemec is currently living a dream in the first team of the New Jersey Devils, and his participation in the upcoming World Junior Championships seems less likely. However, the young defender believes that Slovakia can achieve success even without him or Juraj Slafkovský. “Of course he has, he has an … Read more
The day after the return of the “defeated” team from the cabin to the ice and its subsequent victory, the NHL experienced another curious moment. Detroit hockey player Lucas Raymond injured himself in the face with a high stick, but the referees almost punished his opponent Will Cuyle. Only after a review of the unusual … Read more
Peter Repčík (photo: Journal Express/Ghyslain Bergeron) How did the Slovak youngsters in the junior CHL do on the night from Saturday to Sunday? We recommend: Pekarčík experienced a successful return to action: He extended his streak OHL Slovaks did not score in the OHL. Martin Mišiak and Ondrej Molnár scored a minus point in Erie’s … Read more
Nicklas Backstrom (photo: Instagram/Washington Capitals) The Washington Capitals team announced on Wednesday that veteran forward Nicklas Bäckström will take an indefinite leave of absence from hockey due to health reasons. The 35-year-old Swede recorded one assist in the first eight games of the season. In the last one, he only started in January because of … Read more
KHL’s Offer to NHL Teams for Preseason Matches Declined In a surprising turn of events, the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) expressed interest in arranging preseason matches between their teams and the NHL teams. One of the teams they specifically targeted was the Washington Capitals, which may not come as a shock considering their captain, Alexander … Read more
On Wednesday, Carl Hagelin announced that he is ending his NHL career and putting his skates on the shelf. This after eleven seasons in the world’s best hockey league. Hagelin, who won Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2016 and 2017, has not played since suffering an injury to his left eye in March … Read more
Alex Galchenyuk (photo: nhl.com) The Arizona Coyotes placed forward Alex Galchenyuk on the unconditional waiver list with the goal of terminating his contract. The move comes just 12 days after signing a one-year, two-way contract worth $775,000 at the NHL level and $225,000 at the minor league level. The club wrote in the announcement that … Read more