14 teams, with Sisak (CRO) as a newcomer. 39 rounds in regular season. First five teams goes directly into playoffs while teams placed 6th to 11th will play "play-in" and winners of these three matchups advance into quarters. According to croatian media, Shaone Morrisonn (500 NHL games) will be senior advisor for Sisak. He played in Croatia and for Croatia, while married for croatian girl ..read more

Mike Keenan has been trying to build his team for the Olympics in the Host Nation in Italia for a couple of years now! There have been many games watched and evaluated. And many more will come I'm sure!Developing players(youngsters) is all well and good and seems the Italians are making head way in that area. Recently at the 4 Nations Tournament they beat Slovenia(home of Anze Kopitar)5-0 at the U16 on 09 November,2023! But the question begs to be asked should Keenan and Associate coach Mike... Read more ..read more

16 points in 12 games in Slovakia, leads his team in scoring. I think he's going to get an offer from a better league for next season ..read more

Some interesting players joining extraliga: Knot and McCoshen to Liberec. Aaltonen, Järvinen, Skalicky and Pyrochta to Boleslav. Kaut to Pardubice. Kangasniemi and Zetterberg to Karlovy. Moses to Brno. Panik to Trinec. Hlavaj to Plzen. Mozik, Irving and Lajunen to Sparta. Claireaux to Vitkovice. Tamasi and Bartosak to Mountfield. I assume Sparta Praha is the favorites for the title. Mod, stick this thread ..read more

According to IIHF, Slovakia has only 9230 registered players. Czech republic more than 100 000 ! Belarus increased their number from 1308 to 7255! We, the Slovak fans, should be happy, that we have such good national team ..read more

I really did not know where to put this one but here. Not even hockey is safe now. Kid was probably sightseeing and Poland is well....Poland Russia demands answers from Poland on sports star’s arrest Moscow has condemned the arrest of 20-year-old hockey player Maksim Sergeyev on suspicion of “espionage” www.rt.com I guess they don't make them like they use to ..read more

Just to clarify this is not yet another negative thread pondering the sad future of Slovak hockey. Kind of the contrary. 2015 could turn out to be a bit of a historic year for Slovak hockey. We have already had our juniors winning a medal at the WJC as unlikely as that possibility might have seemed to many of us, we will have the WC played in neighboring Czech republic, where it will not only be decided wheher Slovakia gets a direct spot at the 2018 Olympics, but where it also will be... Read more ..read more

Hello. Looking for some clarity on this as I can’t find anything on line in English. I know that Humenne won the Slovak 2nd league playoff championship. Does that automatically mean that they go up to the top league? Or are there other factors in play such as arena size, ownership, etc… Thanks, any info Is appreciated ..read more

Which teams are going to be in the league next season? Bratislava Capitals will return. Orli Znojmo are apparently a question mark, allegedly the club has an argument with the city of Znojmo. Dornbirn has lost its main sponsor and is lacking the fundings, so they have turned to Feldkirch (who have been trying to be admitted to the league for years) for a joint bid. A desperate attempt at short notice, it hasn't been worked out yet how this idea is supposed to actually work... Read more ..read more

With end of CHL regular season I thought it would be good to put all prospects agenda (not national teams related) to separate thread. We can discuss here prospects and their playing in clubs not only in NA, but in Europe also. So here are finished CHL regular season stats. I'll add playoff stats when it is ended. 11/12 season: post 83 OHL skaters Name | Position | Club | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | YoB ... Read more ..read more