(source: SME.sk / Hej,ty)
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Slovak ice hockey team among the top eight
Slovak ice hockey team during their last match at the World Ice-Hockey Championship in Latvia in 2021. (source: TASR)
Slovakia ended eighth at the World Ice Hockey Championship in Riga, Latvia. Thursday's match against the US team was Slovakia's first time in the quarter-finals since 2013.
The revived Slovak dream of championship medals was abruptly ended in the first period of the match when the American team scored three goals and did not leave much room for the Slovak players to respond, the Sme daily reported.
