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You Can’t Sleep on the Slovaks



After Slovakia opened up their 2024 IIHF World Juniors with an utter steamrolling over last year’s runner-ups… a video was in order. Whether it was Adam Gajan’s solid goaltending, Filip Mesar’s high-pace play, or Servac Petrovsky’s goal scoring prowess… there’s a lot to cover in tonight’s video.

#WorldJuniors | #Slovakia | #Hockey

Video Credit

https://www.youtube.com/@UC9t-1z5eKCl43eSuAarJRkw
https://www.youtube.com/@UC–i2rV5NCxiEIPefr3l-zQ

Photo Credit

IIHF – https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2024/wm20/gallery

Special thanks to @EliteProspectsHockey for their stats and database for making research for these projects possible.

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20 Comments

  1. WTF…Czechia does not exist. It's an artificial name. They are Czech republics. As the only country in the world, they cannot call themselves a republic without the ending. Czechia never existed as a name.

  2. after 1st it was probably mainly captain Sykora who talked to the boys, as he said it in slovak interview that he has to lead with example and has to talk some speach because we have to play better

  3. Great video! I just wanted to give a little heads up on how Radivojevic's name should be pronounced.. imagine there was 'ch' at the end, and pronounce like that.

  4. Wow. Thanx for nice analysis of our team ❤ game against Switzerland was though tho. Greetings from Slovakia 🎉

  5. i was at their quarterfinal game last year and i spent the full 15-minute intermission before overtime in the brace position in my seat. i’m not surprised to see them doing so well in group play this year, especially with gajan returning

  6. Slovakia has had a massive turnaround in their development system. They went from having basically no players in the NHL 5 years ago, to having two players taken first and second in the draft in 2022.

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