Junior Steelers won the Tournament in honor of Ján Šterbák!
Great competition of junior hockey was held from Friday until Sunday in Steel arena – Košice stadium of Ladislav Troják. Under the lead of the head organizer Ľubomír Hvozdovič, director of the Elementary School at Považská Street in Košice, and under the auspice of HC Košice, we held the 3rd year of the Tournament in honor of Ján Šterbák. The event was opened and closed by the wife of Ján Šterbák, Mrs. Eleonóra Šterbáková, son Marcel Šterbák and the president of HC Košice Július Lang, or the Executive director of HC Košice Rastislav Rusič and the Sports Manager Pavol Zůbek.
The tourneament was won by the home team of six graders under the lead of two coaches Faith – Róbert Orság, the second place belong to Trenčín, and the bronze position goes to Nitra.
First day results:
Poprad - Košice 2:3 (best players Pitka/Faith)
Žilina - Trenčín 4:3 ((Tomašek/Mišák)
Nitra – Székesfehérvár 4:2 (Sobotka/Hajdu)
Slovan – Poprad 1:2 (Šatan/Pitka)
Košice – Žilina 4:2 (Bodnár/Latková)
Trenčín - Nitra 2:1 (Radivojevič/Sobotka)
Székesfehérvár - Slovan 0:5 (Szakáll/Červenka)
Day 2:
Košice – Székesfehérvár 4:1 (Faith, Vén)
Slovan - Nitra 5:2 (Fabuš, Valent)
Poprad – Trenčín 0:3 (Martinko, Fursten)
Székesfehérvár – Žilina 3:8 (Lencsés, Lašš)
Nitra – Košice 2:3sn (Ács, Kiss)
Trenčín – Slovan 0:2 (Kukučka, Kubovič)
Žilina – Poprad 4:7 (Harvánek, Božoň).
Day 3 (Sunday):
Žilina – Slovan 3:2 (Kašša, Haroník)
Poprad – Nitra 2:3 (Bukovič, Pindják)
Trenčín – Székesfehérvár 6:0 (Mišinec, Nyikos)
Slovan – Košice 1:5 (Schmidt, Liščinský)
Nitra – Žilina 6:5 (koyš, Szatmár)
Székesfehérvár – Poprad 0:2 (Cser-Palkovics, Semančík)
Košice – Trenčín 2:3 (Laciak, Pokorný)
Final order: 1. HC Košice, 2. Dukla Trenčín 3. MMHK Nitra, 4. HK ŠKP Poprad, 5. MSHKM Žilina, 6. HC Slovan Bratislava 7. Székesfehérvár (HU)
Individual prizes:
Best players of the tournament: Tobias Faith (HC Košice)
Best shooting: Andrej Tomašek (MSHKM Žilina, 10 goals
Best goalman: Ivana Latková (MSHKM Žilina)
Glory to the victor, honor to vanquished! It was another great tournament and let us thank to all who participated in this athletic event.