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2014 Winter Olympics Rosters – Slovakia

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Here is the roster for Slovakia for the Winter Olympics in Sochi:

Teams play in the National Hockey League (NHL) unless otherwise stated.

KEY: Player Name, Team, History At Olympics

FORWARDS

Milan Bartovic, HC Slovan Bratislava (KHL) (1st appearance)
Michal Handzus, Chicago Blackhawks (3rd appearance – 9GP 4G 3A 6PIM)
Marcel Hossa, Dinamo Riga (KHL) (3rd appearance – 13GP 0G 1A 0PIM)
Marián Hossa, Chicago Blackhawks (4th appearance – 15GP 12G 13A 10PIM)
Tomas Jurco, Detroit Red Wings (1st appearance)
Tomas Kopecký, Florida Panthers (2nd appearance – 7GP 1G 0A 2PIM)
Tomas Marcinko, HC Košice (Tipsport Extraliga) (1st appearance)
Michel Miklik, HC Slovan Bratislava (KHL) (1st appearance)
Richard Pánik, Tampa Bay Lightning (1st appearance)
Branko Radivojevic, HC Slovan Bratislava (KHL) (2nd appearance – 7GP 0G 0A 6PIM)
Tomas Surovy, HC Dinamo Minsk (KHL) (2nd appearance – 6GP 0G 1A 2PIM)
Tomas Tatar, Detroit Red Wings (1st appearance)
Tomas Zaborsky, Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL) (1st appearance)
Peter Ölvecký, HC Slovan Bratislava (KHL) (1st appearance)

DEFENSEMEN

Ivan Baranka, Avangard Omsk (KHL) (2nd appearance – 2GP 0G 1A 0PIM)
Zdeno Chára, Boston Bruins (3rd appearance – 13GP 1G 4A 8PIM)
Dominik Granak, HC Dynamo Moscow (KHL) (1st appearance)
Martin Marincin, Edmonton Oilers (1st appearance)
Andrej Meszaros, Philadelphia Flyers (3rd appearance – 13GP 0G 2A 8PIM)
Andrej Sekera, Carolina Hurricanes (2nd appearance – 7GP 1G 0A 0PIM)
Michal Sersen, HC Slovan Bratislava (KHL) (1st appearance)
Lubomir Visnovsky, New York Islanders (5th appearance – 19GP 4G 4A 2PIM)

GOALIES

Peter Budaj, Montreal Canadiens (3rd appearance – 3GP .924 SV% 2.01GAA)
Jaroslav Halak, St. Louis Blues (2nd appearance – 7GP .911SV% 2.41GAA)
Ján Laco, HC Donbass Donetsk (KHL) (1st appearance)

*replaces Marián Gáborík, Columbus Blue Jackets 0n the roster due to injury

Chicago Blackhawks

Analyzing The Chicago Blackhawks

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The Chicago Blackhawks have had one of the best starts to not just an NHL season, but any sport. In their first 19 games, the Blackhawks have a record of 16-0-3.  That’s 16 wins, and 3 losses all via the way of a shootout. They have not lost a single game in regulation thus far. Just three years off since their Stanley Cup victory, Chicago look poised to enter this year’s playoffs as the number one seed in the Western Conference, already amassing an 8 point advantage over the second placed Anaheim Ducks. The reason they have had such an amazing start is no coincedence. it all starts with their goaltending.

Corey Crawford, through the 11 games he has started, as a GAA of 1.5, and his back-up, Ray Emery has started 8 games with a GAA of 2.08 for a combined GAA of 1.79. When you’re conceding less than two goals a game, you should be at least winning more games than you are losing, especially when your opponents have only 34 goals past your goalies.

Patrick Kane on the other hand, is leading the way on offense, with 24 points in 19 games. Being helped along by the usual suspects of Marian Hossa (9G, 6A), Jonathan Toews (7G, 8A) and Patrick Sharp (4G, 11A), Chicago have a 4th best 3.1 goals per game, and with star defensemen Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook starting to find form, it seems that the streak could last a lot longer in Chi-Town.