Tag: Canada
Czech List Presents Awards To Top Players At Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup
By Radoslav Vavřina, Lead Writer, The Czech List The 2014 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup is over and it’s been a great tourney that concluded just two days ago with Canada repeating gold for seventh consecutive time. Remarkably, Canadians won all of their games by a margin of four or more goals, only allowing the puck to […]
Canada, Czechs Square Off In Final On Day Of Hlinka’s Passing
By Radoslav Vavřina, Lead Writer, The Czech List BŘECLAV, CZE – In just a couple of hours, it will all be over. A memorable week that is one of the pinnacles of every season of junior hockey will reach its conclusion and either Canada or Czech Republic will be hoisting the cup following the final game. […]
Czechs, Canadians Advance To Ivan Hlinka Final
By Radoslav Vavřina, Lead Writer, The Czech List BŘECLAV, CZE – Semifinal day is in the books and it’s been a wild one from a 11-5 game between Canada and United States to a 176 penalty minutes given out in fifth place game. After all, Canada was joined by the Czechs as finalists following a team […]
Semifinal Day Has Canada Up Against USA, Czechs Facing Sweden To Determine Final Matchup
By Radoslav Vavřina, Lead Writer, The Czech List BŘECLAV, CZE – Friday is here and with it come the two semifinal games to determine who will face who in the gold medal game and who will battle for the bronze. While Canada and USA square off in Piešťany, Slovakia, Czechs host Sweden west of the border. […]
Under-20 National Team Finds It Difficult To Score, Beats Canada
UNDER-20 NATIONAL TEAM Article written by David Motloch The Czech Under-20 national team traveled overseas to play four tough games in just six days. Led by coaches Miroslav Přerost and Jiří Juřík, the Czechs, however, struggled. In the opening game, they were shut out by Team Russia, losing by the score of 5-0. Just one […]
Day 3: Sweden, USA Advance To Semifinals, Czechs Destroy Russia
By Radoslav Vavřina, Lead Writer, The Czech List BŘECLAV, CZE – Concluding the group stage of the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, Day 3 had loads of action in store for the fans, especially the Břeclav part of it. While Piešťany saw Swedes and Canadians dominate their respective opponents once again, the four teams west of the […]
Day 3: USA, Finland, Switzerland, Sweden Battle For 2 Semifinal Spots
By Radoslav Vavřina, Lead Writer, The Czech List BŘECLAV, CZE – On day three of the 2014 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in Břeclav, Czech Republic, and Piešťany, Slovakia, four teams battle for semifinals while the other four just need to get their last opponents out of the way before going to semis. There’s only one spot […]
Day 2: Canada, Czechs Secure Semifinals, US Defeat Russia
By Radoslav Vavřina, Lead Writer, The Czech List BŘECLAV, CZE – Another day of Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, another day of top-quality junior hockey. So far two teams managed to claim spots in the semifinals, Czechs doing so by beating Finland 4-3 and Canada dominating Sweden 5-1. On the other hand, two teams found out they […]
Day 2: US Face Russia, Czechs Host Finland, Canada Meets Swedes
By Radoslav Vavřina, Lead Writer, The Czech List BŘECLAV, CZE – Day two of the 2014 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup in Břeclav, Czech Republic, and Piešťany, Slovakia, is just about to begin. At 2:00 local time, the puck will be dropped between Team Canada and Sweden, 3:30 is scheduled start for the USA-Russia game and the […]
Day One: Czechs Beat USA, Canada Defeats Switzerland
By Radoslav Vavřina, Lead Writer, The Czech List BŘECLAV, CZE – Day one of the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament is over and it’s been quite an opener with the last game capping things off with true roughness and effort all over the ice. While the Czechs would emerge as winners over Americans, the other North American […]