The Slovak U17s roll over Switzerland 6-1 and run the table at the 5 Nation U17 tournament in Fussen Germany. The Slovaks win the tournament after posting wins over USA, Germany, the Czech Republic, and the Swiss.
Switzerland took an early 1-0 lead, but Slovakia scored six unanswered goals by six different goal scorers: Fujerík, M. Hinďoš, M. Tvrdoň, Klinga, Vaško, and Romančík. An impressive ending to an impressive tournament by this collective.
Yes, very impressive. I consider it kinda interesting since this is the same team that managed to lose to the Hungarian U18 side and also at the tourney in SUI with two teams from both countries w elost most of the games and in the three games against the Czechs only won one. Who know what happened.....But anyway, congrats to the boys to a great tournament
Makes me even more disappointed that they´ll only get to play two games against the Germans instead of the U17 WHC and I certainly hope that at the 4 countries tourney (which I think is played in SVK this year) we won´t see the 3-14 scores against Russia again.
The U20´s meanwhile lost their 2nd (and last) game at the Tatra Cup, losing 1:3 to the Polish champion Cracovia Kraków, Mlynarovič scored the only goal assisted by Uhnák shorthanded. Martin Marinčin was named the best player of the game for teh U20 team. (Quiet deserved I´d say, as according to the federation´s website he managed to play two games at once But yeah, of course it was his older brother Vlado who played for Košice´s "defense". (can´t really call defense the players that are still uninjured pretending to play D in Košice, Tabaček is probably the only one who could get that honour)
The U16´s started the Vysegrad tournament with an 5:3 win over the U18 Hungarian side. SVK goals:10. Marko Daňo (penalty shot), 33. Andreas Štrauch (Hrehorčák), 50. Gríger (Hrehorčák, Štrauch), 53. Andreas Štrauch (Gríger, Hrehorčák), 55. Andreas Štrauch (Hrehorčák)
And today they lost to the Polish U18 side 5:6. SVK goals: Janček (Kucirko),Kucirko, Mendel (Janček, Šohajda),Janček (Marko, Mendel),Štrauch (Gríger)
I´m personally very disapointed by the loss to the Poles, as the Czech beat them 11:2 yesterday. The win over HUN isn´t that great either since they were missing some key players, Janos and I think Nemes as well, but a win is still a win. From the looks of it in the first game we had especially one line playing anbd in the second one an another line, so maybe if all our lines tried to play in a game simultaneously we might actually show something here or there.
And finally some notes:
Appareantly, Kamloops Blazers 18 year old Slovak forward Dalibor Bortňák has been invited to the Edmonton Oilers camp.
16 year old Tomáš Jurčo has already taken part in the St.John Sea Dogs practise and will play in their preseason game against Acadie-Bathurs Titan today. I´m not sure whetehr Puliš will suit up for Titan.
I don't like this tournament, or the idea of U16s playing against U18s. It is a no-win scenario for the Poles and Hungarians. Either they lose, or if they win they can say they beat children. I realize the top Hungarian talent wasn't there as the real Hungarian U18 team is apparently quite strong and capable of promotion this year. I would just prefer seeing top U16 versus top U16.
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re: Dalibor Bortnak
That is a strange one. Milan Kytnar I would believe, but Bortnak wasn't even drafted, and had a less impressive season than Andrej Kudrna.
I don't like this tournament, or the idea of U16s playing against U18s. It is a no-win scenario for the Poles and Hungarians. Either they lose, or if they win they can say they beat children. I realize the top Hungarian talent wasn't there as the real Hungarian U18 team is apparently quite strong and capable of promotion this year. I would just prefer seeing top U16 versus top U16.
That is a strange one. Milan Kytnar I would believe, but Bortnak wasn't even drafted, and had a less impressive season than Andrej Kudrna.
About the tournament, I don´t know what to think about it, however I seriously doubt that the Poles or Hungarians will say to themselves that they beat children, IMO while it is mostly 1992 players on the two teams, I counted 6 1993 born players for the Poles, I´m not sure about the Hungarians, but I think they´ve got a few while both our and the Czech team included only 94´ no younger players.
Most of the players from our U16 team should be playing in the U18 league next season (and the Czechs as well, although they have an U16 league now, I´d expect the NT players to be in the U18 league full time) and there it will be mostyl 1992 and 1993 borns (while the best 92´ and a few 93´ will already play the junior league of course), but still it will be mostly kids who are 1-2 years older than the U16 players. Actually, I believe taht the Hungarians do have quite a few players on this team that did play in SVK U18 last year and our 94´ players might meet actually play against them next year. If I remember right Richárd Hardi (1993) for example played for Ružinov U18 last year and he did quite well there. I´m not sure what will be with him next year as Ružinov was relegated, maybe Kiraly can tell us more...?
About Bortnak, well I don´t know, I just noticed this in an other topic. Maybe the Oilers saw something interesting in him. Of course, he wasn´t drafted, he was just invited as a FA.
About the tournament, I don´t know what to think about it, however I seriously doubt that the Poles or Hungarians will say to themselves that they beat children, IMO while it is mostly 1992 players on the two teams, I counted 6 1993 born players for the Poles, I´m not sure about the Hungarians, but I think they´ve got a few while both our and the Czech team included only 94´ no younger players.
Eight players on this year’s Hungarian team were born in 1993. The rest were born in 1992.
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...Actually, I believe taht the Hungarians do have quite a few players on this team that did play in SVK U18 last year and our 94´ players might meet actually play against them next year. If I remember right Richárd Hardi (1993) for example played for Ružinov U18 last year and he did quite well there. I´m not sure what will be with him next year as Ružinov was relegated...
Three players from the Budapest Stars played a number of games for Nove Zamky last year: Richard Hardi, Benjamin Nemes and Attila Nemeth.
Richard Hardi and his brother Marton will be playing in Canada this year. Benjamin Nemes is already in Sweden. As far as I know, Attila Nemeth will be staying in Budapest to play with the Stars. I do not know if the Stars have a player sharing agreement with Nove Zamky this year.
The Visegrad tournament is now complete. Not including the very first game, the tournament was very close this year. For Slovakia, the team was led by Andreas Strauch (4 goals and an assist) and Peter Hrehorcak (5 assists). No player in the tournament scored more than 5 points - one Pole and one Hungarian also had 5 points.
Eight players on this year’s Hungarian team were born in 1993. The rest were born in 1992.
Thanks for the info, Kiraly. 8 btw is quite a lot in my opinion
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Three players from the Budapest Stars played a number of games for Nove Zamky last year: Richard Hardi, Benjamin Nemes and Attila Nemeth.
Richard Hardi and his brother Marton will be playing in Canada this year. Benjamin Nemes is already in Sweden. As far as I know, Attila Nemeth will be staying in Budapest to play with the Stars. I do not know if the Stars have a player sharing agreement with Nove Zamky this year.
The Visegrad tournament is now complete. Not including the very first game, the tournament was very close this year. For Slovakia, the team was led by Andreas Strauch (4 goals and an assist) and Peter Hrehorcak (5 assists). No player in the tournament scored more than 5 points - one Pole and one Hungarian also had 5 points.
It seems they also played for Ružinov Bratislava in the U18 Extraliga. Hardi and Nemes played around 20 games while Nemeth only 5.
About the tournament, I still don´t get that first game, wth were the Poles doing? It´s nice to see two of our boys tied for the scoring leaders, I guess it helped that they both play together in Poprad. The one thing I´m still disappointed about is that Torok and Koyš weren´t involved. I mean Torok was a PPG player in the U18 league last year while most of the 1994 borns still were playing U15 league and Koyš finished at the top of the U15 scoring with 19 and 35 more points than Hrehorčák and Štrauch respectively, who by the looks of it were our best players at the tourney. Neverthless our 95´ class seems to have some top talent.
And congrats to the Hungarian boys for the tournament victory.
Tomas Jurco had a goal and 8 shots!! in his QMJHL pre-season debut. He helped power his Saint John Sea Dogs to a 7-1 win over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan. Tomas played RW and wore jersey number 13. Marek Hrivik did not play in the Moncton Wildcats opener versus Cape Breton. The second game between the two teams was cancelled because of Hurricane Bill which is quickly approaching the Maritimes.
Tomas Jurco had a goal and 8 shots!! in his QMJHL pre-season debut. He helped power his Saint John Sea Dogs to a 7-1 win over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan. Tomas played RW and wore jersey number 13.
Yeah, though I think it was a very uneven game as Titan dressed a lot more rookies than St. John did, but still very nice
Btw speaking about him, appareantly he was making a tough desicion between the Slovakia U20 team and going to NA. Kinda makes me even more disappointed that he left to the Q, but still it is good to know that even the top players are considering the U20 team as a solid choice.
Also, Jurčo doesn´t speak English pretty much at all according to the Dogs fans. I don´t understand this, all these players dream about playing in NA one day and still they don´t even learn the basics of the language before they go there. I mean from my expereince English is one of the "easier" languages, it took mre less than a year to get a knock of it and to learn enough to talk to an English speaking person. Though of course education and sportsmen doesn´t mix much over here...
About Hrivik, he couldn´t have played since as long as I know he won´t arrive to Canada until the 28th of August, because he needs to take care about some school things.
About the tournament, I still don´t get that first game, wth were the Poles doing?
Looking back now that the tournament is over, I would guess that they were simply not prepared for the first game. They obviously settled down and played well against Hungary and Slovakia.
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It´s nice to see two of our boys tied for the scoring leaders, I guess it helped that they both play together in Poprad. The one thing I´m still disappointed about is that Torok and Koyš weren´t involved. I mean Torok was a PPG player in the U18 league last year while most of the 1994 borns still were playing U15 league and Koyš finished at the top of the U15 scoring with 19 and 35 more points than Hrehorčák and Štrauch respectively, who by the looks of it were our best players at the tourney. Neverthless our 95´ class seems to have some top talent.
And congrats to the Hungarian boys for the tournament victory.
Well hopefully we'll see Torok and Koys next year.
Also, Jurčo doesn´t speak English pretty much at all according to the Dogs fans. I don´t understand this, all these players dream about playing in NA one day and still they don´t even learn the basics of the language before they go there. I mean from my expereince English is one of the "easier" languages, it took mre less than a year to get a knock of it and to learn enough to talk to an English speaking person. Though of course education and sportsmen doesn´t mix much over here...
I would be cautious to comment on Jurco's English unless I heard it for myself. A lot of native English speakers can be overly critical because they've never attempted to learn another language themselves.
Also, a lot of Slovak players are in the QMJHL where French is more important (i.e. Adam Janosik of the Gatineau Olympiques).
I would be cautious to comment on Jurco's English unless I heard it for myself. A lot of native English speakers can be overly critical because they've never attempted to learn another language themselves.
Also, a lot of Slovak players are in the QMJHL where French is more important (i.e. Adam Janosik of the Gatineau Olympiques).
Maybe, but when someone says that his English vocabulary consist of around 3 words, I can imagine it. Besides, it is a well known fact that in the majority of cases the level of English between Slovaks leaving to the CHL is poor to nonexistent. Doesn´t get much better with the NHL players either in some cases.
As for French, well....I know that you´re a French Canadian, but if you believe that Slovak players in the Q actually learn French, then....IMO even Halák in Montreal said that he doesn´t speak French, because English is enough.
Here an interesting article about the two Kamloops Blazers Slovak forwards Dalibor Bortňák (18) and Matej Bene (17)
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Kamloops – Dalibor Bortnak remembers what it was like when he arrived in Kamloops a year ago.
For starters, the Kamloops Blazers’ sophomore Slovakian forward said Monday, there was the time change.
“Nine hours difference,” he said. “That was a big change.”
And then there was the language — that, he said, was the “biggest thing” — and coming into an entirely new situation.
“I wasn’t really scared because when I was 15 I went to the Czech Republic to play,” the 6-foot-4, 191-pound Bortnak said. “I had been two years away from home (when I arrived in Kamloops) so it wasn’t really hard for me.
“There was the language and new people and different style of hockey. Food was different but I really liked it.”
It is understandable, then, why Bortnak took some time adjusting and finding a level of consistency. He finished the season with 28 points, eight of them goals, in 68 games.
With all that behind him, the Blazers are hoping that Bortnak’s experiences will help make the transition at least a bit easier for Slovakian forward Matej Bene, 17, who is the WHL club’s newest import player.
Bortnak said he knew “maybe a little more” of our language than does the 6-foot-0, 166-pound Bene which is why the former’s services are needed for a chat with the latter.
Matej, who represented his country in the U-18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial tournament and then left for Kamloops with Bortnak, said he was “pretty nervous” about joining the Blazers.
“I didn’t know what was here,” he said, adding that, unlike Bortnak, this is the first time he has left home to play hockey.
Asked if he was excited to be here, Bene didn’t need an interpreter. He quickly smiled and nodded his head.
He said he spent the summer working hard in preparation for the Hlinka tournament and for joining the Blazers. That meant a lot of hard workouts that involved “running and skating.”
And when he got on the ice as the Blazers opened camp Friday, Bene found the biggest differences to be the “toughness and speed.”
There was, he said, “lots of contact . . . more than at home.”
So will he be able to play at this level?
“No problem,” he said, flashing another smile.
While Bortnak will serve as Bene’s translator, at least in the short term, the two aren’t billeted together. Bortnak spent last season with veteran winger Shayne Wiebe and this season is with Wiebe and centre C.J. Stretch.
“He really helped me,” Bortnak said of Wiebe. “He drove me everywhere I needed to go and showed me everything.”
Bene, meanwhile, is living with Tyler Shattock in the home of Linda and Tom Havers.
“He’s getting better. His English is coming along pretty well,” said Shattock who, with that impish grin of his, added, “I’m teaching him all the important words.”
Bene and Shattock both were on Team Orange for Sunday and Monday scrimmages. In fact, the two played together a bit on Sunday.
“I thought we played pretty well together,” Shattock said. “He’s a skilled guy. He should score some goals for us.”
If that happens, Bene won’t need an interpreter to explain the noise coming from the crowd.
Meanwhile the Sharks draft pick Marek Viedenský is back to the Prince Geogre Cougars and is helping out their new Czech import Jaroslav Vlach. Video of interview with Marek here.
And an older one about Richard Panik adjusting to life in NA here.
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TECUMSEH -- It’s been a long wait for both Richard Panik and the Windsor Spitfires.
Fourteen months after the Spitfires made Panik the 10th pick overall in the 2008 European Import Draft, the slick winger from Slovakia has arrived in town.
“I’m very excited to come and play,” the six-foot-two, 203-pound Panik said.
Both Panik and the Spitfires had hopes he might join the team for its Memorial Cup run in 2008-09.
“I was thinking about it, but I had a contract,” the 18-year-old Panik said of a deal with Trinec in the Czech Republic.
Last year proved to be a season with more downs than ups for Panik.
He bounced from Trinec to second division Havirov and to the Trinec junior team.
In 34 games with the three teams, he had 13 goals and 11 assists.
Once considered a sure first-round pick for this year’s NHL Draft, he slipped to the second round where Tampa Bay grabbed him with the 52nd pick overall.
But the selection finally opened the door for pro hockey for Panik and a chance to come to North America.
“As soon as the contract was finalized, I wanted to come and play for the Spitfires,” Panik said.
Spitfires general manager Warren Rychel wanted to get Panik into town well before the start of training camp later this month.
“He gets a head start and that’s what we wanted,” Rychel said. “He gets a chance to get climatized to the food and the time change.
“He gets his gear and a chance to see the other guys.”
Panik got to skate with some of his new teammates in a weekly pickup game at Tecumseh Arena.
“It’s only shinny, but he’s got a really good shot and good hands,” Spitfires overage goalie Josh Unice said of Panik.
This isn’t Panik’s first trip to the area.
He played in the Riverside bantam tournament a few years ago and earned MVP honours and at least one landmark stood out for him.
“We were coming across the border and he saw the casino sign and said, ‘I remember that,’” Spitfires European consultant Mike Kokavec said.
Kokavec is one of many people trying to help Panik get settling in comfortably as soon as possible.
“Everyone is taking care of me,” Panik said. “Everything is perfect.”
While many fans might expect Panik to fill the void left by the departure of Andrei Loktionov, Rychel said the two play different styles.
“He’s a different player,” Rychel said of Panik.
“He’s more a power forward. He’s more of a straight-line player. He’s a shooter where Loktionov was more a playmaker, but he’ll fit right in.”
Looking back now that the tournament is over, I would guess that they were simply not prepared for the first game. They obviously settled down and played well against Hungary and Slovakia.
Well hopefully we'll see Torok and Koys next year.
I guess that´s it.
Well, I believe that they will both be playing next year, though I hope they gonna play with the U16 team sooner than next season.
Maybe, but when someone says that his English vocabulary consist of around 3 words....
No need to run around in circles. I was quite clear when I said I don't trust what "someone" says. It is ok though, you don't know what I'm talking about because you don't know what it is like here.
I also think it is reckless to conclude Slovaks come to NA with poorer English than other nationalities, unless you have some proof for this.
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IMO even Halák in Montreal said that he doesn´t speak French, because English is enough.
Halak is a very poor example. He played for the only American team in the QMJHL, and now he is the backup goaltender on Montreal. Again you are not from here so you don't read the almost daily criticisms that Saku Koivu received for being a Montreal captain who was not able to speak French. Funny enough, the other great example cited of a European captain in the province is Peter Stastny, and his French is/was excellent.
No need to run around in circles. I was quite clear when I said I don't trust what "someone" says. It is ok though, you don't know what I'm talking about because you don't know what it is like here.
I also think it is reckless to conclude Slovaks come to NA with poorer English than other nationalities, unless you have some proof for this.
Halak is a very poor example. He played for the only American team in the QMJHL, and now he is the backup goaltender on Montreal. Again you are not from here so you don't read the almost daily criticisms that Saku Koivu received for being a Montreal captain who was not able to speak French. Funny enough, the other great example cited of a European captain in the province is Peter Stastny, and his French is/was excellent.
Well, if nothing else, I´ve got ears and although the general level of English between the majority of Slovak players is not as bad as between the Russians, the Swedes do speak it better in general than our guys do. Not that exceptions don´t exist, but this is a fact.
In fact, none of the players that go to the CHL or NA make any secrets that they don´t know much about the language.
I might not know how it is over there, but I know exactly how it is over here with the education of languages. It is very poor in general. Of course ti varies from school to school and from teacher to teacher. It´s absolutely horrible in basic schools, of course it usually gets better with high schools, however since the hockey players aren´t of the brightest bread (of course there are exceptions), the schools they go to ain´t that great and they usually finish 2 maximally 3 years of it before coming over. If all you do to learn a language is sitting in the language classes over here you won´t learn the language at least on an intermediate level. IMO I know people who have learned a language over here for like 12 years and they still aren´t able to put together one sentence.
As for French, I don´t understand how Halak is different, IMO the kids in the Q might be in the French speaking parts even shorter than Halak in Montreal, very often just one year and in general 2-3 years. After that they are either be picked by an NHL team and face it what´s the chance that it will be Montreal? Very minimal, so learning English makes more sense or they are gonna go back to Europe and if they don´t play in CZE/SVK, but in SWE,FIN,GER,SUI or wherever else English will be of a greater use to them there as well. I can´t remember any Slovak player in the Q recently who´d speak French, even the one who actually was picked by the Habs (Mikus) spoke English when he played in the Q.
I can´t remember any Slovak player in the Q recently who´d speak French, even the one who actually was picked by the Habs (Mikus) spoke English when he played in the Q.
Stanislav Lascek learned French and can still speak it today. I know there must be others but I cannot say which for sure.
Stanislav Lascek learned French and can still speak it today. I know there must be others but I cannot say which for sure.
There might be some, but there is definitely way less of them than those who are going just by English. Lascek btw, might still know French, however he isn´t playing hockey next season as far as I know.
There might be some, but there is definitely way less of them than those who are going just by English. Lascek btw, might still know French, however he isn´t playing hockey next season as far as I know.
I must invite you to Quebec one of these years. There is a very nice Slovak restaurant in Montreal that makes the best palacinky, and you don't have to know French to be served.
Another two games, two more goals for Tomas Jurco. On Saturday he scored the winning goal and added an assists in the Seadogs' 6-3 win over Cape Breton. On Sunday night Tomas extended his goal scoring streak to three goals in his first three QMJHL pre-season games.
Another player with two goals on the weekend was Tomas Hricina who scored in both of the Regina Pats losses. Andrej Kudrna had an assist for the Vancouver Giants on Sunday.
Another two games, two more goals for Tomas Jurco. On Saturday he scored the winning goal and added an assists in the Seadogs' 6-3 win over Cape Breton. On Sunday night Tomas extended his goal scoring streak to three goals in his first three QMJHL pre-season games.
Another player with two goals on the weekend was Tomas Hricina who scored in both of the Regina Pats losses. Andrej Kudrna had an assist for the Vancouver Giants on Sunday.
I certainly hope that Jurčo will continue to play at that pace during the season as well.
In another CHL news, Kamloops Blazers forward Dalibor Bortňák suffered a spleen injury and might be out as much as 8 weeks and will also miss the Oilers rookie camp where he was invited, while his teammate Matej Bene has a groin injury.
The Slovakia U20 team has played a preseason game against Nitra last week, which they lost 0-4 as well as the exhibition game against "Topoľčany" during the Stanley Cup celebrations which they lost 8-10.
The line-up is from the Nitra game, however I think it was pretty much the same in Topoľčany, except that 1991 born Slovan goalie Tomáš Pék was in net for the 2nd part of the game. Interesting to see two 1992 forwards with the team- Cingel and Šimčák. Also Rais is back with the U20 team, I´m not surewhether this means that he´ll play the season with them or with Nitra.
I must invite you to Quebec one of these years. There is a very nice Slovak restaurant in Montreal that makes the best palacinky, and you don't have to know French to be served.
what is the restaurant called? i would like to check it out next time i am in montreal
what is the restaurant called? i would like to check it out next time i am in montreal
Bistro Europa on rue Sherbrooke Ouest.
On a different note, I heard Mário Bližnák (Vancouver Canucks), Marek Viedenský (San Jose Sharks), and Juraj Mikúš (Los Angeles Kings) received NHL camp invites. There of course will be others to follow.
Richard Panik took part in the Windsor Spitfire scrimmage in Leamington and picked up an assist. He makes his OHL pre-season debut on Thursday versus the Sarnia Sting.
Not to make this thread the Tomas Jurco watch, but it can't be helped unless he stops scoring. He had another goal and an assist tonight. He has scored in every pre-season game he has played in, and has six points in four games.
So, I did some research and here is the list of Slovak players invited to rookie camps/tourneys and their shedule.
Traverse City Prospects Tournament September 6th- September 10th
[b]F Tomáš Tatar[] (Hkm Zvolen) Detroit Red Wings 2009 2nd round 60th overall
6.9.2009 Detroit- Atlanta
7.9.2009 Detroit- Carolina
9.9.2009 Detroit- NY Rangers
10.9.2009 Detroit- ??
Oilers/Canucks/U of A Golden Bears Tournament
C Milan Kytnár (Saskatoon Blades/WHL) Edmonton Oilers 2007 5th round 127th overall
C Mário Bližnák (Manitoba Moose/AHL) Vancouver Canucks 2005 7th round 205th overall
9.9.2009 U of A Golden Bears-Canucks
10.9.2009Oilers-Canucks
11.9.2009 U of A Golden Bears- Oilers
[b]LA Kings Rookie camp September 6th- September 10th[/] F Juraj Mikúš (Hk 36 Skalica) signed by the LA Kings as an UFA
Tampa Bay Lightning Rookie Camp, September 8th- September 11th:
G Jaroslav Janus (Erie Otters/OHL) drafted in 2009, 6th round, 162th overall
D Vladimír Mihálik (Norfolk Admirals/AHL) drafted in 2005.1st round, 30th overall
F Richard Pánik (Windsor Spitfires/OHL) drafted in 2009, 2nd roud, 52nd overall
Also, since the new hockey season is approaching I´ve put together a list of all Slovak players in the CHL here (sorry if I forgot someone):
Position/Name/CHL team/DOB/Age/2008-2009 team QMJHL
F Tomáš Jurčo Saint John Sea Dogs 28.12.1992 16 HC Košice Jr.
D Adam Jánošík Gatineau Olympiques 07.09.1992 17 HC Bíli Tigři Liberec U17/Jr. (CZE)
F Radovan Puliš Acadie Bathurst-Titan 17.09.1991 17 Acadie Bathurst-Titan
F Marek Hrivík Moncton Wildcats 28.08.1991 18 HK Orange 20
WHL
F Dalibor Bortňák Kamloops Blazers 17.02.1991 18 Kamloops Blazers
F Matej Bene Kamloops Blazers 11.04.1991 17 Hk Nitra Jr.
F Marek Viedenský Prince George Cougars 18.08.1990 19 PG Cougars
F Milan Kytnár Saskatoon Blades 19.05.1989 20 Saskatoon Blades*
F Tomáš Hričina Regina Pats 31.05.1990 19 Regina Pats
F Andrej Kudrna Vancouver Giants 11.05.1991 18 Vancouver Giants
OHL
F Richard Pánik Windsor Spitfires 07.02.1991 18 HC Oceláři Třínec (CZE)
F Miroslav Preisinger Sarnia Sting 03.02.1991 18 Sarnia Sting
G Jaroslav Janus Erie Otters 21.09.1989 19 Erie Otters**
*might play for Oilers AHL affiliate Springfield Falcons
**might play in the ECHL
And finally, since the Extraliga season starts next Friday, here is the most recent roster for HK Orange 20 (Slovakia U20) and I suppose a roser very similar roster to this will start against Liptovský Mikuláš on Sept. 11th:
Position/Name/DOB/2008-2009 team
G Marek Čiliak 02.04.1990 19 HC Kometa Brno Jr. (CZE Jr.)
G Matej Kristin 24.01.1990 19 Hkm Zvolen Jr.
D Matúš Rais 21.11.1990 18 Hk Nitra*
D Henrich Jaborník 18.02.1991 18 HK 36 Skalica U18/Jr.
D Michal Šiška 30.03.1990 19 Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
D Ivan Jankovič 15.05.1990 19 HK 36 Skalica Jr.
D Tomáš Devečka 17.12.1990 18 MHK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš/Jr.
D Richard Vojsovič 26.11.1990 18 HK ŠKP Poprad/Jr.
D Martin Marinčin 18.02.1990 17 HC Košice Jr./U18
D Peter Slimák 20.08.1990 19 HC Košice/U20
F Jakub Gašparovič 26.02.1990 19 Dukla Trenčín Jr./Hk Orange 20
F Libor Hudáček 07.11.1990 18 Spišská Nová Ves (SVK-1)
F Andrej Šťastný 24.01.1991 18 Dukla Trenčín Jr./U18
F Martin Uhnák 23.01.1990 19 HK Orange 20
F Maroš Grošaft 15.02.1990 19 HK Orange 20
F Martin Bakoš 18.04.1990 19 HC Slovan Bratislava/Jr.
F Marek Lisoň 15.11.1990 18 HC Slovan Bratislava
F Ján Sýkora 14.09.1990 18 HC 05 Banská Bystrica Jr./HK Orange 20
F Samuel Mlynarovič 23.05.1990 19 HK ŠKP Poprad/U20/HK Orange 20
F Dominik Šimčák 05.05.1992 17 HC Košice Jr./U18
F Lukáš Cingel 10.06.1992 17 Mshk Žilina U20/U18
F Juraj Petro 12.10.1991 17 HC 05 Banská Bystrica/U20/U18
*might play for HC K CERO Nitra.
Age is according to how old the players will be at season´s start.
Last edited by slovakiasnextone: 09-03-2009 at 03:22 AM.
So, I did some research and here is the list of Slovak players invited to rookie camps/tourneys and their shedule. I couldn´t find anything on the Bolts, so I´ll add those once there is something out about it.
Traverse City Prospects Tournament September 6th- September 10th
[b]F Tomáš Tatar[] (Hkm Zvolen) Detroit Red Wings 2009 2nd round 60th overall
6.9.2009 Detroit- Atlanta
7.9.2009 Detroit- Carolina
9.9.2009 Detroit- NY Rangers
10.9.2009 Detroit- ??
Oilers/Canucks/U of A Golden Bears Tournament
C Milan Kytnár (Saskatoon Blades/WHL) Edmonton Oilers 2007 5th round 127th overall
C Mário Bližnák (Manitoba Moose/AHL) Vancouver Canucks 2005 7th round 205th overall
9.9.2009 U of A Golden Bears-Canucks
10.9.2009Oilers-Canucks
11.9.2009 U of A Golden Bears- Oilers
[b]LA Kings Rookie camp September 6th- September 10th[/] F Juraj Mikúš (Hk 36 Skalica) signed by the LA Kings as an UFA
Also, since the new hockey season is approaching I´ve put together a list of all Slovak players in the CHL here (sorry if I forgot someone):
Position/Name/CHL team/DOB/Age/2008-2009 team QMJHL
F Tomáš Jurčo Saint John Sea Dogs 28.12.1992 16 HC Košice Jr.
D Adam Jánošík Gatineau Olympiques 07.09.1992 17 HC Bíli Tigři Liberec U17/Jr. (CZE)
F Radovan Puliš Acadie Bathurst-Titan 17.09.1991 17 Acadie Bathurst-Titan
F Marek Hrivík Moncton Wildcats 28.08.1991 18 HK Orange 20
WHL
F Dalibor Bortňák Kamloops Blazers 17.02.1991 18 Kamloops Blazers
F Matej Bene Kamloops Blazers 11.04.1991 17 Hk Nitra Jr.
F Marek Viedenský Prince George Cougars 18.08.1990 19 PG Cougars
F Milan Kytnár Saskatoon Blades 19.05.1989 20 Saskatoon Blades*
F Tomáš Hričina Regina Pats 31.05.1990 19 Regina Pats
F Andrej Kudrna Vancouver Giants 11.05.1991 18 Vancouver Giants
OHL
F Richard Pánik Windsor Spitfires 07.02.1991 18 HC Oceláři Třínec (CZE)
F Miroslav Preisinger Sarnia Sting 03.02.1991 18 Sarnia Sting
G Jaroslav Janus Erie Otters 21.09.1989 19 Erie Otters**
*might play for Oilers AHL affiliate Springfield Falcons
**might play in the ECHL
And finally, since the Extraliga season starts next Friday, here is the most recent roster for HK Orange 20 (Slovakia U20) and I suppose a roser very similar roster to this will start against Liptovský Mikuláš on Sept. 11th:
Position/Name/DOB/2008-2009 team
G Marek Čiliak 02.04.1990 19 HC Kometa Brno Jr. (CZE Jr.)
G Matej Kristin 24.01.1990 19 Hkm Zvolen Jr.
D Matúš Rais 21.11.1990 18 Hk Nitra*
D Henrich Jaborník 18.02.1991 18 HK 36 Skalica U18/Jr.
D Michal Šiška 30.03.1990 19 Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
D Ivan Jankovič 15.05.1990 19 HK 36 Skalica Jr.
D Tomáš Devečka 17.12.1990 18 MHK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš/Jr.
D Richard Vojsovič 26.11.1990 18 HK ŠKP Poprad/Jr.
D Martin Marinčin 18.02.1990 17 HC Košice Jr./U18
D Peter Slimák 20.08.1990 19 HC Košice/U20
F Jakub Gašparovič 26.02.1990 19 Dukla Trenčín Jr./Hk Orange 20
F Libor Hudáček 07.11.1990 18 Spišská Nová Ves (SVK-1)
F Andrej Šťastný 24.01.1991 18 Dukla Trenčín Jr./U18
F Martin Uhnák 23.01.1990 19 HK Orange 20
F Maroš Grošaft 15.02.1990 19 HK Orange 20
F Martin Bakoš 18.04.1990 19 HC Slovan Bratislava/Jr.
F Marek Lisoň 15.11.1990 18 HC Slovan Bratislava
F Ján Sýkora 14.09.1990 18 HC 05 Banská Bystrica Jr./HK Orange 20
F Samuel Mlynarovič 23.05.1990 19 HK ŠKP Poprad/U20/HK Orange 20
F Dominik Šimčák 05.05.1992 17 HC Košice Jr./U18
F Lukáš Cingel 10.06.1992 17 Mshk Žilina U20/U18
F Juraj Petro 12.10.1991 17 HC 05 Banská Bystrica/U20/U18
*might play for HC K CERO Nitra.
Age is according to how old the players will be at season´s start.
thanks for this great post. and please report back with the scores
thanks for this great post. and please report back with the scores
I agree, thanks for the great summary SlovakiaForever.
Tomas Jurco was finally held pointless tonight, ending his four game goal and point scoring streaks in the QMJHL pre-season. Also last night, Matej Bene set up Jake Trask's first period powerplay goal in Kamloops' 6-3 loss to Chilliwack.
Wow. What a start for Richard Panik. With Sarnia holding a 2-0 lead, Richard Panik crashed the net thirty-eight seconds into the second period and allowed Austin Watson to put in the easy rebound; point number one. Later on in the second period, Riso put in the rebound of a Cam Fowler shot on the PP to tie the game; point number two. The Sarnia Sting regained the lead late in the second period.
No problem, Panik to the rescue. Getting the puck right off the draw, Panik circled the Sarnia net and waited for help. He found Michael Whaley alone out front who put the puck past the Sarnia goaltender; point number three. Then came the goal of goals, something which will get some attention this week. Panik allowed the shot off the end boards to go through his legs, put his stick behind his body and flipped the puck past the Sarnia goaltender; point number four. What a goal!
2+2 in his OHL pre-season debut, player of the game, and highlite worthy goal. A fine start for Riso!
Wow. What a start for Richard Panik. With Sarnia holding a 2-0 lead, Richard Panik crashed the net thirty-eight seconds into the second period and allowed Austin Watson to put in the easy rebound; point number one. Later on in the second period, Riso put in the rebound of a Cam Fowler shot on the PP to tie the game; point number two. The Sarnia Sting regained the lead late in the second period.
No problem, Panik to the rescue. Getting the puck right off the draw, Panik circled the Sarnia net and waited for help. He found Michael Whaley alone out front who put the puck past the Sarnia goaltender; point number three. Then came the goal of goals, something which will get some attention this week. Panik allowed the shot off the end boards to go through his legs, put his stick behind his body and flipped the puck past the Sarnia goaltender; point number four. What a goal!
2+2 in his OHL pre-season debut, player of the game, and highlite worthy goal. A fine start for Riso!
thanks a lot for the recap. I have read about his great start but I had no idea how he did it. lets hope he can do this in competitive games too. he had a difficult season last year and this year could be a big one for him if he stays healthy. He will be the main reason for me to follow OHL a little more this season.
But yeah, of course it was his older brother Vlado who played for Košice´s "defense". (can´t really call defense the players that are still uninjured pretending to play D in Košice, Tabaček is probably the only one who could get that honour)
