Wolrd Championship

Slovak hockey reprezentation teamwon in their first match on WC in A-group. They played against Hungary and won 4:3. It was a challenging match, because the result was settled in the last 13.second of the match. The final goal was scored by captain ¼uboš Barteèko. Michal Handzuš a player from the Slovak team sad : „Our beginning of the game was very good. With other goals we could break down the resistance of the rival team, but we just let him at peace and thats not a good tactics against a weak team. Slovak hockey reprezentation lost in their second match in A-group. The match took place in Switzerlandm against Belorussia. Result of the match is 1:2 for Belorussia after penalty shots. Belorussia hockey team has a very good goalman, but their attacks weren´t active. They had more dangerous opportunities as had our team. Canada and Russia are proceeding throught this WC withouth any problems. These two teams are candidates for the title. Russians are defending their title, they had achieved last year. Swiss hockey team won against Germany 3:2 in overtime. They are playing in B-group. They have now 5 points.