Three Slovak NHL Players Shine in Thursday Night’s Game: Tomáš Tatar, Juraj Slafkovský, and Adam Ružička

Three Slovaks appeared in the Canadian-American NHL on the night from Wednesday to Thursday. Tomáš Tatar made his competitive debut for Colorado, Juraj Slafkovský played against his rival from Toronto. Adam Ružička also played, his Calgary hosted Winnipeg.

news-item-description">Three Slovak hockey players scored on Thursday night in the six-game program of the overseas NHL.

Slovak young striker Juraj Slafkovský scored the first Canadian point of the season immediately in the first meeting. He assisted on his team’s second goal against Toronto, but the Canadiens ended up losing to the Maple Leafs 5-6 after separate runs. The Slovak draft unit also registered 2 plus points. The native of Košice spent about 15 minutes on the ice surface.

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

Juraj Slafkovský’s statistics:
assists: 1
canadian points: 1
+/- body: +2
shots on goal: 1
shots outside the goal: 3
bodysuits: 3
puck gains: 2
puku losses: 1
ice time: 20 substitutions / 15:25 minutes (1:28 in overtime)

For the first time in the new season, the Slovak striker also played competitively Adam Ružička. After good preparation, he appeared again only in Calgary’s fourth attack, but he contributed to the victory. Just like his Slovak colleague from Montreal, the native of Bratislava scored a Canadian point for an assist in the opening match. He had a success rate of 50% on throw-ins and also played 2 power play minutes.

VIDEO – assistance of Adam Ružička (player with number 63):

Statistics of Adam Ružička:
assists: 1
canadian points: 1
shots outside the goal: 1
throw-in success: 55,6 % (5 z 9)
ice time: 18 substitutions / 10:52 minutes (1:51 in overtime)

The most experienced Slovak forward in the NHL Tomas Tatar he did not experience the most ideal preparation for the new season, in the first duel in the Colorado jersey he was included in the third attacking formation. On the ice surface in Los Angeles, the “avalanche” did well and won 5:2, finally the Slovak attacker also contributed points. He managed to pass to his former teammate from New Jersey, Miles Wood, for an empty net goal at the very end. Surprisingly, the native of Ilava did not even spend a full 10 minutes on the ice.

VIDEO – assistance of Tomáš Tatar (player with number 90):

Tomáš Tatar’s statistics:
assists: 1
canadian points: 1 +/-
body: +1
blocked shots: 2
bodysuits: 1
puku losses: 1
ice time: 14 substitutions / 9:55 minutes (1:06 in weakness)

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2023-10-12 05:40:32
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