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SLOVAK NATIONAL SPORT

THE HISTORY OF ICE

HOCKEY

• The origin of ice hockey is unknown

• Egyptians, Greeks,Romans,Irish and Scots

• Canadian J. G. A. Creighton – modern ice hockey

RULES OF ICE HOCKEY• Ice hockey rink

• 2 backs, 3 attackers and one goalkeeper per side

• to score goals by shooting a hard vulcanized rubber disc, the puck, into the opponent's goal net

PENALTIES

• high-sticking

• too many players on the ice

• delay of game

• hooking or cross-checking.

Hockeyequipment

Slovak results from Ice Hockey World

Championships• 2000 - 2nd place• 2001 - 7th place• 2002 - 1st place• 2003 - 3rd place• 2004 - 4th place• 2005 - 5th place• 2006 - 8th place• 2007 - 6th place• 2008 - 13th place• IIHF - 6th place

Our winnig goal in the match against Russia

OUR WINNING Göteborg

2002

Famous Slovak hockey players

• a lot of high-quality hockey players

• famous clubs in NHL

• good positions in the world hockey rank

The best Slovak attackers

The best Slovak attackers

Žigmund PÁLFFYSKALICA

Marián GÁBORÍKMINNESOTA WILD

The best Slovak attackers

Pavol DEMITRAMINNESOTA WILD

Miroslav ŠATANNEW YORK ISLANDERS

The best Slovak backs

Zdeno CHÁRA

BOSTON BRUINS

Andrej

MESZÁROŠOTTAWA

SENATORS

Ľubomír

VIŠŇOVSKÝLOS ANGELES

The best Slovak goalkeepers

Ján LAŠÁKPARDUBICE

Peter BUDAJ COLORADO AVALANCHE

Richard ZEDNÍKFLORIDA PANTHERS

Zedník’s disastrous accident

Ice hockey in Slovakia• Many competitions

for every age group

• A lot of clubs

• Leagues for adults, for juniors and for children, too

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