Bratislava: HOCKEY NEWS

5. 5. 2011
Results: May 4
Group C
Austria – Norway 0:5 (0:3, 0:1, 0:1)
Goals: 7 E. Koivu, 10 M. Olimb, 11 Holos, 40 Spets,
50 Bastiansen
Penalties: 7:4, in addition P. Lakos ( AUT ) for 5 min
+ until the end of the match, power play goals: 0-2,
shorthanded goals: 0:0
Sweden – USA 6:2 (1:1, 3:0, 2:1)
Goals: 18. Berglund, 24. M. Kruger, 31. Sjögren,
36. Berglund, 57. J. Ericsson,
59. Petrasek - 19. Fowler, 51. Wheeler
Penalties: 6:2, power play goals: 1:1,
shorthanded goals: 0:0
SITA/Marián Peiger
Norway striker Morten Ask
We were very nervous before the game. We knew this
match would decide about our success at the tournament.
We started a bit disorganized, but later we were able to
force our will on the game. The Austrians have virtually
not created a single chance.
Group D
Goals: 2 Christensen, 29 Christensen, decisive
penalty: Christensen - 24 Cipulis, 36 J. Redlihs
Penalties: 5:7, power play goals: 1:1,
shorthanded goals: 0:0
Finland – Czech Republic 1:2 (0:0, 0:1, 1:1)
SITA/Ľudovít Vaniher
Goooly’s gossip
Both the goal areas had to be redone in the Kosice Steel Arena, as they were not properly placed. One of the goal areas was about 3 centimeters and the second about 7
centimeters to the right from the central axis of the ice. The mistake was made by the
Swiss company that placed the marking of the goal area below the ice of the arena.
Weather
14º C
3º C
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Denmark - Latvia 3-2 after a penalty
shootout (1:0, 1:2, 0:0 - 0:0, 1:0)
Denmark coach Per Bäckman
Such matches are not good for my health, today I
became ten years older. However, I am very happy that
we managed to win and advance. Ahead of us now are
three matches in which we have nothing to lose.
SITA/Ivan Fleischer
Sweden
USA
Norway
Austria
Goals: 60. Salmela - 25. M. Michalek, 43. Jagr
Penalties: 8:6, additionally Marek (CZE) for 10 min
for unsporting behavior, power play goals: 0:1,
shorthanded goals: 0:0
Czech Republic
Finland
Denmark
Latvia
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2
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Today’s matches What’s New?
Group E
Fans Can also Get “Last
Minute” Tickets
Group F
Bratislava, 20:15
Kosice, 20:15
Russia - Denmark
Switzerland - Norway
Relegation Group:
Bratislava, 16:15: Slovenia - Latvia
Košice, 16:15: Belarus - Austria
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If they have luck, ice hockey fans can obtain tickets to
IIHF World Championship matches in Bratislava and Kosice and just before the start of a match. One of the official partners of championship is offering these tickets
in fan zones in the vicinity of the Ondrej Nepela Elementary School in Bratislava and on Main Street in Kosice.
In the weekly draws in the Corgon beer campaign,
fans competed for hundreds of tickets for hockey
matches and other prizes. Winners can pick up the tickets for matches drawn as a prize in the contest in the
official Corgon FAN zones. In the event that winners fail
to collect their tickets until 30 minutes prior to a match,
visitors to Corgon FAN zones will be able to win the tickets as their “last minute” prize.
(SITA)
HOCKEY NEWS 5. 5. 2011 | BRATISLAVA
News from the Championship
ance does not guarantee him a place in the goal
for the next game. “Nabokov will be guarding the
net in the next match. I have confidence in this the
goalkeeper. If things do not go well, then there is
Konstantin. I will soon add Vasily Koshechkin to the
roster,” said Vyacheslav Bykov.
(SITA)
Germans had the Best
Start Since 1930
German hockey players are among the most pleasant surprises of the world championship in Slovakia. Uwe Krupp’s squad unexpectedly won the Agroup and for the first time since the 1930 World
Championship began the tournament with three
victories. Eighty-one years ago, the tournament
that was played in Chamonix, Berlin and Vienna,
and Germany gradually defeated Great Britain 4-2,
Hungary and Poland 4:1 4:1, in addition it added a
fourth win of 2-1 against Switzerland. In Bratislava,
they have so far won over Russia, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia.
(SITA)
Main Square in Bratislava
is Turned into a Square
of Champions
Mezin’s Goalkeeper Anti-Record
Andrei Mezin of the Belarus team has become a
goaltender with most defeats in the history of ice
hockey world championships. According to information from the official website of the IIHF, in the
match against France on Tuesday night the experienced goalkeeper already suffered his 26th defeat
at the world championships, surpassing the negative record of a pair of Finns, Juhani Lahtinen and
Jorma Valtonen.
(SITA)
French Squad Achieves
its Objective, it will not
Play for Survival
The national ice hockey team of France unexpectedly defeated Belarus 2-1 after extra time at their
world championship Group B match in Kosice and
advanced to the next phase of the tournament.
France will thus remain among the elite sixteen
teams already on the fourth championship in a
row and it is taking with it one point into second
phase of the tournament for its defeat after extra
time by Switzerland. France has defeated Belarus
for the first time at a top-level international event.
SITA/Nina Bednáriková
It needed to four attempts to do so. The players of
the currently 15th team in world rankings were
excited after the game. They enjoyed it very much
also as they were leaving the Steel Arena, as some
thirty of their fans sang to their glory in front of the
team bus.
(SITA)
Bykov Continues to
Trust Nabokov
Russian national team coach Vyacheslav Bykov
still regard Yevgeny Nabokov as the number one
goaltender of his squad “Zborna” for the world
championship. Nabokov’s performance so far was
not entirely in line with his wishes and he vacated
the ice in Tuesday’s match against Slovakia to be
replaced by Konstantin Barulin in the 32nd minute.
The hero the matches for the Gagarin Cup did not
concede a single goal until the end of the match
and greatly contributed to an important victory of
the Russians. However, even this good perform-
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World news
Intervention in Libya
is not Intended
to Kill Gaddafi
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International forces are bombing strategic positions and are trying to weaken but not kill Libyan
leader Muammar Gaddafi. French Foreign Minister
Alain Juppe said this on Wednesday. “Our goal is
not to kill Gaddafi,” Juppe told the news channel
France 24, calling the death of the leader’s son in a
recent air strike “collateral damage”. “We are attacking military targets in Tripoli with the aim to weaken Gaddafi’s regime, which has been fighting hard
against a rebellion recognized by France,” he said.
He said the attacks will continue until the “military
capabilities of Gaddafi’s forces are neutralized “. He
also expressed hope that the operation will not last
for more than a few weeks, months at most. The
Bratislava’s Main Square [Hlavne Namestie], was
turned into a square of champions. A symbiosis of
sporting competitions, and fan enthusiasm is expressed not only by national flags of all participating teams, but also a symbolic hockey bench. During the coming days, the square of champions will
be decorated by daily photographs showing the
hockey atmosphere in the Slovak capital.
(SITA)
Hockey Report
Pavelec Likes Slovak Girls,
the Czechs at Dinner
Tuesday’s program of the Czech national ice
hockey team the world championship in Bratislava included a common dinner in a Steak
House near their hotel. Coach Alois Hadamczik decided to take his team to the restaurant.
“I wanted to change the environment. Meals
at the hotel were not among the best, even
though it has slightly improved. The choice
for breakfast was far better,” complained Hadamczik for the server iDnes.cz. During their
free time, the Czech ice hockey players go for
a walk to the center of Bratislava or to shopping malls. Outside the hotel, they wander in
small groups. The Czech hockey players also
take note of the Slovak girls. “I do not want to
spoil it for myself in the Czech Republic, but
in Slovakia it is just incredible,” said goalie Ondrej Pavelec.
(SITA)
armed conflict between the forces of Libyan leader
Muammar Gaddafi and anti-government rebels has
claimed at least 10,000 casualties so far.
(SITA)
AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau
European Commission Proposed
Restoring Border Controls in
Exceptional Circumstances
The executive of the European Union has proposed on Wednesday a resumption of border
controls in exceptional cases, although the development of “a borderless continent” is viewed as a
major achievement of the European Union. The
European Commission has made the proposal
after France and Italy insisted on revising the
Schengen system, based on which people in the
EU can seamlessly travel across internal borders of
Europe. However, this applies not only EU citizens
but also to illegal migrants. After a surge of thousands of migrants from North Africa, who illegally
entered Italy and are then moving across Europe,
European Commissioner for Internal Affairs Cecilia
Malmström said that “it will probably be necessary
to consider limited reintroduction of internal border controls.”
(SITA)
Cultural Activities
! The biggest festival of the year for florists, gardeners or flower decorators starts in Incheba
exhibition ground. Last year’s Flora hosted 150
exhibitors from Slovakia, Germany, Italy, Poland,
Hungary, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Australia and France. More than 50,000 visitors saw
their exhibits. The program of the 16th annual
competition includes a contest for the most
beautiful exposition, demonstration of new
trends in flower arranging and tying by Slovak
and foreign arrangers, a seminar on greenery
and technical lectures in the exhibition area.
! The Ballet of the Slovak National Theatre will
present the most famous classical ballet, Swan
Lake. Against a background of Tchaikovsky’s
wonderful music, a love story unfolds of the
Swan Princess and a young prince, who is trying
to break her curse. Undoubtedly the most popular scene is the dance of swans and the Black
Swan solo. The performance starts at 19:00 at
the new building of the Slovak National Theatre
at Pribinova Ulica Street.
! The American band Kamelot will perform at the
Majestic Music Club at Karpatska Ulica Street at
20:00. The band will be accompanied on tour
by the band Evergrey (SWE), Amaranthe (SWE)
and Sons Of Seasons (GER). However, Kamelot
will be on tour without its frontman Roy Khan,
who has health problems. Instead of him comes
the frontman of the Italian power metal band
Rhapsody of Fire Fabio Lione. Tickets can be
purchased through www.ticketportal.sk.