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NEWS
(Sep. 8, 2004) - Canada 5
Slovakia 0 - Slovakia bows out of
the tournament with a 5-0 loss to the heavily favoured Team Canada. Martin
Brodeur posted the first ever shutout for a Canadian team in international play.
Canada moves on to face the Czech Republic and Slovakia goes home. (Sep. 5, 2004) - Russia 5
Slovakia 2 - The "Marian
Connection" of Marian Gaborik and Marian Hossa finally got on the board for the
Slovaks, but it wasn't enough, as five different players scored to lead Team
Russia to a 5-2 win. Alexander Ovechkin showed the world what he's all
about as he scored one of the goals. Rounding out the Russian scoring was
Alexei Yashin, Pavel Datsyuk, Sergei Samsonov and Alex Kovalev. The win
clinches the 2nd seed in the North American division for Russia, while Slovakia
ends up in the basement position with an 0-3 record. Russia will play the
U.S.A. and Slovakia will get Team Canada in the quarterfinals. (Sep. 3, 2004) - U.S.A. 3
Slovakia 1 - The defending World
Cup Champions finally started to play like it, scoring twice in the first and
getting the game winner late in the third. Rick Di Pietro played instead
of Robert Esche, and no less than five new faces cracked the lineup as the
Americans beat Slovakia 3-1. Jason Blake scored the winning goal and Bill
Guerin gave the U.S. some insurance. The Slovaks are now in the same
position the Americans were just 24 hours ago, now with an 0-2 record. The
U.S. will now wait and see how the rest of the round robin goes to see who they
will face in the quarterfinals. (Sep. 1, 2004) - Canada 5
Slovakia 1 - Joe Thornton started
the scoring for Canada, and Martin St. Louis continued his heroics with another
goal and an assist. Ryan Smyth scored twice and Simon Gagne also got one
for Canada. Martin Cibak broke Martin Brodeur's heart and the shutout bid
in the third period, but it didn't matter as Canada cruised to victory. (Aug. 29, 2004) - Team Slovakia
played their final World Cup
exhibition game vs Team Russia at the Corel Centre in Ottawa. It was the
final game of a three game exhibition series in Canada's Capital. The game
ended as a scoreless tie, as both teams appeared to simply play out the string
in anticipation of the real tournament (at least we hope).
(Aug.
28, 2004) - Team Slovakia built an
early 2-0 lead against Team Canada, as Canada's Wade Redden allowed his Ottawa
Senators team mate Marian Hossa to break in on Martin Brodeur and score.
Vladimir Orsagh also scored for Slovakia, but Canada would come back with 2
goals of their own. Vincent Lecavlier scored his second goal in as many
games, and Jarome Iginla batted in his own rebound, as both teams skated to a
2-2 tie. Peter Bondra would leave this game with a broken wrist.
(Aug. 22, 2004) - Daniel Sedin
and NHL teammate Markus Naslund scored as
Sweden blanked Slovakia 2-0 on Sunday in a warmup for the World Cup.
Mikael Tellqvist, who recently re-signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs, earned
the shutout. He stopped 17 shots. Sedin's twin brother Henrik, who also
plays with the Vancouver Canucks, and Henrik Zetterberg of the Detroit Red Wings
set up the first goal 2:24 in. |
