Release from 07.02.2020

Hungary starts with victory in Olympic pre-qualification

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Thanks to a hattrick from EC Red Bull Salzburg legionary János Hári, the Hungarian national team started successful in the final round of the pre-qualification for the 2022 Olympics. The Hungarian national team, with seven players from Hydro Fehérvár AV19, defeated Estonia with 4:1.

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In the first of three pre-qualifying games for the 2022 Olympics, Hungary celebrated a clear 4:1 victory over Estonia. Man of the game was János Hári.

The success over Estonia was only the first of three steps to advance to the next qualifying round. On Saturday, Romania is waiting in the second group game, on Sunday Great Britain. Only the winner of the group advances to the next round.

Players from Erste Bank Eishockey Liga score at victory of Slovenia
In Slovenia’s 12:2 opening win over Lithuania, with Miha Zajc (HC TWK Innsbruck “Die Haie”) and Ken Ograjensek (Moser Medical Graz99ers) two more players of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga scored. The other opponents in the pre-qualification of Slovenia are Croatia and Japan.

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