Hockey
Junior World Hockey Championship. The match day started with the striker’s hat-trick
The second day of matches in the elite league of the U-20 World Youth Hockey Championship has started.
The Slovak team, which tried to score points in the match against Sweden yesterday, defeated the German team 4-1, and forward Tomas Hrenko also scored a hat-trick.
The player could be selected in the first or second round of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft.
An important success for the Slovaks, who defeated the group’s biggest rival in the fight for survival.
World Hockey Championship U-20. Group A
Slovakia – Germany 4:1 (2:0, 1:0, 1:1)
Discs: 10:33 Khrenko (German) – 1:0, 19:12 Khrenko (German, Straka) – 2:0, 32:23 Khrenko (Svrchek, Radivojevic) – 3:0, 51:09 Vilgoft – 3:1, 59:07 Belushko – 4:1
Goalkeepers: Pradel – Villard
Source: Sport UA
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