Hockey players of the two countries fought each other for the first time in 1933 at the World Championship in Prague, and if our current national team was more fortunate (more precisely: if not extremely unlucky) last year in Tampere, then this date
They could have met in the capital of the Czech Republic this year as well.
Unfortunately, a year ago in Finland, he unsuccessfully won the decisive match against Austria. Five times against the Hungarian national team, but in the end we were two points behind our neighbor's name, and one behind our name, so the two teams this year can only meet in a friendly match.
Photography: Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikova/AFP)/Finland Out
Twenty years ago, they also met in a friendly match. This was the eighth meeting between the players wearing the Hungarian jersey and the Canadian Maple Leaf, and the reason for this cautious wording is that the North American country rarely sends the best players of that age onto the ice.
Date after 66 years
After the aforementioned match in Prague in 1933, the two companies met again in 1936 at the Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and in 1938 at the World Cup in Prague.
Photography: AFP/AFP/2004 AFP
These six were not followed by another for 66 years. Then on February 3, 2004, a group wearing Canadian National Team jerseys visited Szekesfehervar, but as the most exciting part of the NHL regular season approached, none of the players came from North America, but rather from Europe. Then, a few weeks after the Fehervár match, a Canadian came to our country, traveling to the World Championships in Prague (and Ostrava) with the aim of defending his title. Five gold medalists from the previous year, and a total of 13 NHL stars. We gathered for a true celebration of hockey at the Papp László Sports Arena.
Photography: AFP/Luis Acosta (Photo by Luis Acosta/AFP)
The names of hockey players who played in the famous world tournament still mean a lot to fans of this sport. The three goaltenders include Jean-Sebastien Giguere of the Anaheim Ducks, Marc Dennis of the Columbus Blue Jackets, and Roberto Luongo of the Florida Panthers. The first of them became the best in the Stanley Cup Finals a year ago, where his team lost the series. Four defensemen, Jay Bouwmeester (Florida Panthers), Willie Mitchell and Nick Schultz (both Minnesota Wild), Derrick Morris (Phoenix Coyotes) represent the NHL on defense, while
Six classics in the attacking trio.
Daniel Priere and Jean-Pierre Dumont (both Buffalo Sabers), Danny Heatley (Atlanta Thrashers), Sean Horcoff (Edmonton Oilers), Justin Williams (Carolina Hurricanes), Rob Niedermayer (Anaheim Ducks). The last is the player who
Barely a year later, he moved to Hungary for a few weeks
(Because the North American Championship was “cancelled” that season), he took to the ice in a Ferencvaros jersey (along with his cousin Jason Strudwick) in the Hungarian Championship.
At the time, Rob Niedermayer could not have guessed that he would also play the OB I match in Budapest, under slightly different circumstances. He now arrives as a player on the Canadian national team preparing for the World Cup with his stylish teammates.
