Hockey
Fasel: “I have no doubt that Ovechkin will catch up with Gretzky”
The head of the KHL refereeing committee and honorary president of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), Rene Fasel, said that Russian Washington forward Alexander Ovechkin will definitely break Wayne Gretzky’s record.
The NHL record for most goals scored belongs to Canadian Gretzky (894), Ovechkin is 26 goals behind this figure. The Russian is completing his recovery from a broken fibula suffered on November 18 at the end of the game against Utah (6:2).
— You head the KHL referee-expert committee. What do you think about the work of a referee in the league? I assume you are aware that representatives of some clubs are, to put it mildly, unhappy with the current state of affairs.
“I can only advise these people to try to go out on the ice and judge for themselves. This is a joke, of course. But seriously, as a former judge, I can say that referees are treated the same everywhere. Perhaps with the exception of the NHL, NBA and other North American leagues: things are a little different there. But in Europe you can take football, you can take hockey, be it in Switzerland, Germany, Sweden or the Czech Republic – everywhere the referees are under fire. It’s practically part of hockey culture. Which is not very good, but nothing can be done about it.
But believe me: when I was president of the IIHF, I paid great attention to refereeing and I can say that the referees have made great progress. As for the referees in the KHL, they are at the level. They skate great, take the right position, make good decisions. You have a video viewing system. Yes, no one is immune from mistakes, sometimes strange decisions happen. But you know, players also sometimes miss on empty goals, and goalkeepers miss ridiculous goals. The same thing can happen with the referee. And if we are ready to understand the player or goalkeeper, then we must understand the referee. In the KHL, referees need a little more support. I see the conditions in which they have to work, how many nine-hour flights they make. It is very difficult to be in their place. We need to make sure that referees get a little more respect than they currently do.
— Will Ovechkin be able to break Gretzky’s record this season?
– Let’s see how quickly Alexander returns to the ice. I can’t say that I’m sure about the current season, but I have no doubt that Ovechkin will catch up with Gretzky,” Rossiyskaya Gazeta quotes Fasel as saying.
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At the end of game day of the NHL regular season, Carolina defeated the New York Rangers to become the sole leader in the East and sit two points ahead of Detroit with 7 wins in 10 games.
Among other results, we also note Buffalo’s improbable 9 straight wins. Blades, St. It defeated St. Louis and snapped such a long winning streak for the first time since 2018. There are only two points in the top 3 of the league.
Florida won an important victory. The champions were stronger than Washington and were slowly rising to the top of the Atlantic Division.
In the West, Edmonton handed Winnipeg its sixth straight loss, and Oilers goaltender Calvin Picard made 41 saves. Connor McDavid extended his point streak to 13 games.
In the California derby, San Jose beat Anaheim 5:4 and forward McClean Celebrini scored three points to extend their streak of points to eight matches.
Regular season in NHL
Ottawa – columbus 1:4
Florida -Washington 5:3
Caroline – New York Rangers 3:2 in overtime
winnipeg – Edmonton 1:3
St.Louis – buffalo 2:4
colorado -Los Angeles 5:2
Utah – Nashville 3:4
calgary – Boston 2:1 in overtime
Vegas- Minnesota 2:5
Anaheim- San José 4:5
Seattle – vancouver 2:3 in shootouts
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Hockey
Junior World Hockey Championship. Great comeback from the USA, 9 goals and hat-trick from Canada
Another day of play in the elite league of the World Junior Hockey Championship has ended.
The USA team beat Slovakia with a score of 6:5, with big problems. The host team of the tournament lost 0:2 and 1:3 but managed to come back and win.
Forward Tomas Hrenko scored a double for the Slovaks, scoring three goals in the last match. And the Americans have a double thank you to James Hagens.
USA and Sweden are leaders in the group with 9 points.
In the other group, Canada beat Denmark 9-1, while forward Gavin McKenna is expected to score a hat-trick and become number 1 in the 2026 draft.
In another match, the Czech Republic defeated Finland 2:1 in overtime.
Junior Hockey World Championship U-20. Group A
Slovakia – America 5:6 (2:0, 2:4, 1:2)
Discs: 08:53 Pitka – 1:0, 11:15 Khrenko – 2:0, 21:50 Spellasy – 2:1, 26:46 Belushko – 3:1, 38:33 McBorrow – 3:2, 31:00 Riker – 3:3, 34:44 Svrchek – 4:3, 39:15 Hagens – 4:4, 40:18 Hagens – 4:5, 44:34 Zellers – 4:6, 58:06 Khrenko – 5:6
Goalkeepers: Pradel – Hale
Group B
Finland – czech republic 1:2 (extension) (0:1, 0:0, 1:0, 0:1)
Goals: 01:52 Kubiesa (Galvas) – 0:1, 59:10 Hemming – 1:1, in extra time 03:39 Jiracek (Sikora, Chinar) – 1:2
Goalkeepers: Rimpinen – Orsulyak
Canada – Denmark 9:1 (3:0, 2:1, 4:0)
Washers: 03:17 McKenna – 1:0, 08:36 Coates – 2:0, 10:03 Parek – 3:0, 20:28 Cliveau – 3:1, 26:11 Martone – 4:1, 35:03 McKenna – 5:1, 44:11 Misa – 6:1, 45:45 McKenna – 7:1, 54:16 Aitcheson – 8:1, 54:40 Martone – 9:1
Goalkeepers: George – Tijen
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Another match day has started in the elite league of the U-20 World Junior Hockey Championship.
The Swedish team, one of the favorites, beat Germany with a score of 8:1. This was the team’s third victory after matches against Slovakia and Switzerland.
Swedish leaders Frondell and Björk scored a double each.
Sweden is leading the group with 9 points.
The German team is still scoreless and in last place in the group.
Junior Hockey World Championship U-20. Group A
Germany – Swedish 1:8 (1:1, 0:4, 0:3)
Discs: 01:45 Frondell (Frey, Eklund) – 0:1, 07:04 Poole (Shafer) – 1:1, 21:03 Bjork (Erqvist) – 1:2, 29:11 Berglund (Salin, Carell) – 1:3, 35:26 Bjork (Salin, Danielsson) – 1:4, 39:29 Erqvist – 1:5, 45:34 Frondell (Frey) – 1:6, 57:25 Danielsson – 1:7, 59:59 Pettersson – 1:8
Goalkeepers: Willard – Liv
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