The Slovakian team beat the US team 3-2 in a shootout in the 1/4 final match of the Beijing Olympics.
Juraj Słafkowski (12th minute) and Marek Grivik (60th) scored goals as part of the winners, Peter Ceglarik scored the winning shot. The losers scored Nick Abruzzese (20th) and Sam Hentges (29th).
17-year-old Slafkowski scored his fifth goal at the Olympics, he became the best scorer of the tournament.
What is wrong with the Russian hockey team and what are its chances in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Olympics? The opponent of the team in the semifinals will be determined later. After the 1/4 finals, the teams will be distributed according to the rating at the group stage - the best team of the remaining teams will play with the worst, the second - with the third. Slovakia is in eighth place in the ranking.
Slovak hockey players reached the semi-finals of the Olympic Games for the second time in history. It first happened at the Vancouver Games in 2010. Then in the semi-finals they lost to Canada (2:3), and in the match for third place - to Finland (3:5).
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