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Slovakia's women's ice hockey pummels Bulgaria 82-0

by master_jim2008 | September 9, 2008 at 12:29 pm

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So much for Bulgaria's hockey abilities. I have heard of some high scoring games, but that's just beyond terrible.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) -- With more goals than minutes in the game, Slovakia's women's ice hockey team claimed an amazing 82-0 victory over Bulgaria in Olympic qualifying.

Slovakia outshot the Bulgarians 139-0 during the 60-minute game, played in Latvia. The margin of victory is a record for a women's International Ice Hockey Federation-sanctioned event.

"We took it as training," Slovakia coach Miroslav Karafiat said after Saturday's game.

Janka Culikova led Slovakia with 10 goals, while Martina Velickova scored nine. Fourteen different players scored at least one goal.

Slovakia, which also beat Croatia, Latvia and Italy, advanced to another qualifying group with Germany, Kazakhstan and France. The winner will secure a spot at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

Bulgaria was eliminated after scoring one goal and conceding 192 in the tournament.

The Slovakian men's team clinched its biggest ever victory against the Bulgarians 14 years ago when they won 20-0.

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rpshen

at 12:45 on September 9th, 2008

ouch! that's just brutal. i'm surprised there weren't any fights.

Vinny

at 13:36 on September 9th, 2008

Has the Bulgarian coach still got a job?

JeffHuang

at 12:40 on September 10th, 2008

82-0 is unbelievable. The goalie can't make any saves?

master_jim2008

at 12:45 on September 10th, 2008

I guess the goalie was just the worst, and I don't know if the coach still has a job, and I'm not sure about the fights. and yeah, that's brutal rpshen

Brandon Lindquist (not verified)

at 16:51 on September 14th, 2008

Holy Crap,

82 goals? really? That goalie for Bulgaria was probably sleeping for the whole game I mean litterally sleeping. How can you score 82 goals. That is just unreal!

Veselin Bonev

at 07:13 on September 18th, 2008

I dont know who are the couch of our team. But Hockey is forgotten sport here. We have not a normal skating-rink in Bulgaria. The situation are .. ( censored) :(