Hockey
The Czechs grossly violated the rules of the World Cup. Another provocation against Russia
But no one is going to punish hockey players for a political action. All principles apply only to Russians.
Our team does not take part in the World Ice Hockey Championship in Finland, but they still remember it almost every day. This time the Czechs excelled. Their fans decided that the ice palace tribune is a great place for political statements.
However, the perpetrators are unlikely to be punished. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has again shown its weakness and inconsistency in the role of the controlling body.
It looks like another provocation against Russia will remain unnoticed…
“Only the flags of participating countries”
The IIHF is always careful to emphasize its apolitical nature. In words, the organization expressed support for Ukraine, but forbade the display of the country’s flag during matches.
“During the tournament, only the flags of the participating countries are allowed,” iDNES quotes the words from the official statement of the IIHF.
But fans of the Czech national team have found a way around the ban. During the match with the Norwegians (4:1) they showed their creativity to the world. Instead of the blue and yellow flag, the fans displayed a white banner divided in half by a horizontal line. At the top was written “blue”, at the bottom – “yellow”, and in the middle – the word “imagine”. Thus, the flag did not break any rules.
In addition, the fans made an attack towards Russia. On the sides of an imaginary Ukrainian flag, they hung banners with references to the Prague Spring in 1968, when Soviet tanks entered the Czech capital to stop a coup d’état. Provocation in its purest form!
Where is the logic?
So, political flags were hung out at the Ice Hockey World Championship. The situation is very clear. But, of course, one should not expect any sanctions against the Czechs. As you may have guessed, this is different.
Here, in all its glory, the incomprehensible attitude of the IIHF to world events is manifested. The organization tries to appear apolitical, but excludes the teams of Russia and Belarus from the competition. Then he forbids the demonstration of the Ukrainian flag, but quietly skips actions in the spirit of the one that the Czechs staged. In the end, there is no fundamental difference between a flag and an imaginary flag. Both are quite political statements. Yes, and with specific historical dates.
Sports officials are well aware of the trends of the time. Their selective apoliticality shows that, in fact, there are no rules for a long time. Decisions are made intuitively, perhaps on the basis of image considerations, rather than official prescriptions. Alas, it seems that this reality is with us for a long time.
Source: Sportbox
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The NHL returned after the Christmas break and several derbies took place on the first day of play.
New York Islanders beat the Rangers with a score of 2:0 on their home ice, extending their streak to five and taking second place in their league behind Carolina.
Another battle between neighbors Florida and Tampa Bay ended 4:2 in favor of the Lightning. Both teams in the Atlantic Group are in the top 4.
Maple won the Canadian derby between Toronto and Ottawa 7:5, while forward Auston Matthews scored three points. That’s right, Toronto is still second to last in the East.
In the west, Calgary won its derby against Edmonton 3-2, but Oilers captain Connor McDavid scored in 12 straight games.
Among other results, we highlight San Jose’s victory over Vancouver 6:3 thanks to McClean Celebrini’s 20th goal of the season, as well as table leaders Colorado’s hard-fought victory over Vegas 6:5 in the penalty shootout.
Regular season in NHL
New York Islanders – New York Rangers 2:0
buffalo -Boston 4:1
toronto -Ottawa 7:5
in florida – Tampa Bay 2:4
New Jersey – washington 3:4 in overtime
Caroline -Detroit 5:2
winnipeg – Minnesota 3:4 in overtime
St.Louis -Nashville 3:2
Dallas – Chicago 3:4 in shootouts
Los Angeles -Anaheim 6:1
calgary -Edmonton 3:2
Vancouver – San José 3:6
Vegas- colorado 5:6 in shootouts
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Hockey
Junior World Hockey Championship. Victories for USA and Czech Republic, overtime for Canada and Latvia
The second day of competitions in the elite league of the U-20 World Youth Hockey Championship has ended.
After Slovakia’s victory against Germany in Group A, the host Americans took to the ice and defeated the Swiss team with a score of 2:1. The third goal of the tournament came from forward Will Zellers.
USA has two wins and first place in the group.
However, there was almost a sensation in group B. The Canadian team put the finishing touches on Latvia in overtime and won 2:1. It is interesting that Latvia unexpectedly beat Klenov a year ago but could not repeat this success.
For Canada, we highlight two points from forward Gavin McKenna, the likely first pick of the 2026 draft.
In another match, the Czech Republic defeated Denmark 7-2.
Junior Hockey World Championship U-20. Group A
America – Switzerland 2:1 (0:0, 2:1, 0:0)
Goals: 21:12 Ziemer (Hagens, Horcoff) – 1:0, 32:34 Sansonnens – 1:1, 34:40 Zellers (McKinney) – 2:1
Goalkeepers: Kempf – Kirsch
Group B
Latvia – Canada 1:2 (extension) (0:0, 0:1, 1:0, 0:1)
Discs: 22:22 Resni (McKenna, Brinicke) – 0:1, 58:02 Berzalns (Sartsh, Dilevka) – 1:1, in overtime 00:44 Hage (McKenna) – 1:2
Goalkeepers: Maurins – Ivankovic
Denmark – czech republic 2:7 (1:2, 1:3, 0:2)
Discs: 02:56 Cynar – 0:1, 05:53 Petersen -1:1, 11:57 Kubiesa – 1:2, 21:45 Nestrasil – 1:3, 24:39 Larsen – 2:3, 31:20 Jiricek – 2:4, 35:01 Hosh – 2:5, 45:41 Galvas – 2:6, 46:39 Zemlychka – 2:7
Goalkeepers: Vilde – Marik
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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
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