Servác Petrovský, Owen Sound Attack19.


Hockey enthusiasts in Atlantic Canada are set to experience thrilling men’s U20 international action this December as Team Slovakia and Team Germany face off in two separate exhibition games taking place in Moncton and Charlottetown. Building on the tremendous success of hosting the 2023 IIHF World Juniors in Moncton and Halifax, these matches will see Team Slovakia and Team Germany preparing for the 2025 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships, set to take place in Ottawa from Dec. 26 to Jan. 5.


Until , the sport sector was highly centralized, oriented on a unified, nationwide programme of sports. In 1990 the Act No.173/1990 was adopted by the Federal Assembly of Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, which replaced the Act No. 68/1956 on Organisation Physical Education. Also in 1990, the approved the Act on Physical Culture No. 198/1990.

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Servác Petrovský, Owen Sound (OHL)19.

During the past two seasons he worked as an assistant coach for Slovan Bratislava in the Kontinental Hockey League and of Craig Ramsey at the Slovak men’s national team.

“I spent two quality years with Coach Ramsey,” Petrovicky said in a statement.

These exhibition games provide a unique opportunity for fans to witness the rising stars of international junior hockey as Team Germany and Team Slovakia showcase their skills in preparation for the upcoming World Juniors. The events promise high-energy gameplay and are expected to draw large crowds, continuing the region's strong tradition of hosting premier hockey events.

After the incredible experience of hosting the 2023 World Juniors, Moncton is thrilled to welcome back world-class hockey to the city.

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There he will be replaced by Ivan Fenes while the U18 national team will be centralized for the first time as of the upcoming season.

Martin Strbak returns to Slovakia after having spent the past two years at the Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences in Vierumaki and hopes to bring new inputs from the land of the men’s and U20 world champions to his native country.


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The short history of independent Slovakia is one of a desire to move from mere within the Czechoslovak federation to sovereignty—a history of resistance to being called “the nation after the .” Although thwarted the Slovaks’ first vote for independence in 1939, was finally realized on January 1, 1993, slightly more than three years after the Velvet Revolution—the collapse of the communist regime that had controlled Czechoslovakia since 1948.

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Of course, the history of the Slovak nation began long before the creation of Czechoslovakia and even before the emergence of as a distinct language in the 19th century. From the 11th century, ruled what is now Slovakia, and the Slovaks’ ancestors were identified as inhabitants of Upper Hungary, or simply “the Highlands,” rather than by their Slavic language. Despite the Hungarians’ drive to Magyarize the multiethnic population of their kingdom, by the 19th century the Slovaks had created a heavily mythologized identity, linking themselves with the 9th-century Slavic kingdom of Great . Because they lacked a national , patron saints, and a native or , their national hero became the 18th-century outlaw Jánošík, sometimes called the Slovak .

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Only in 1918, when ended with on the losing side, did Slovakia materialize as a geopolitical unit—but within the new of Czechoslovakia. Although a critical stocktaking of the Czech-Slovak relationship shows more than harmony, there was one splendid moment when the two nations stood firmly together. This was in the summer of 1968, when the invaded Czechoslovakia and crushed the , the period during which a series of reforms were by leader , arguably the best-known Slovak in the world.

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Today Slovakia has become increasingly infiltrated by modern industrial , but it still offers breathtaking views of wine-growing valleys, picturesque castles, and historical cities. Its capital, , eccentrically located in the extreme southwest of the country, has been known by several different names—Pozsony in , Pressburg in German, and Prešporok in Slovak—and for three centuries served as the capital of Hungary. In , the second-largest Slovak city, there is an interesting between its distinguished history and the harsh recent past: streets run through the city center, while the former East Slovakian Iron and Steel Works stands as a monument of communist industrialization. More-authentic Slovak survives in the cities of the central highlands and in the country’s many villages.

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U20 MM-kisat 2003: USA voitti 7-2
U20 MM-kisat 2005: USA voitti 7-0
U20 MM-kisat 2008: USA voitti 5-1
U20 MM-kisat 2015: USA voitti 3-1
U20 MM 2023: Slovakia voitti 6-3

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With a strong emphasis on teamwork, discipline, and determination, Slovakia U20 competes against other national teams from around the world, aiming to showcase their potential and achieve success on the international stage.

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The Western dominate the of Slovakia. They consist of a system of three regions of east-west-trending ranges—Outer, Central, and Inner—separated by valleys and intermontane basins. Two large lowland areas north of the Hungarian border, the (called the Podunajská, or Danubian, Lowland in Slovakia) in the southwest and the Eastern Slovakian Lowland in the east, the Slovakian portion of the Inner Carpathian Depressions region.