Will he allow the start of representatives playing in Russia? SZľH decided – True

The Slovak Ice Hockey Association (SZĽH) did not ban players who work in Russia and the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) from representing. Thursday’s Executive Committee decided on it. Pravda, TASR 08.09.2022 17:37 Photo: SZĽH/Andrej Galica Samuel Buček in SR jersey at the 2021 German Cup. We believe that the players who are currently playing in Russia do not violate both international agreements and our laws. So we will rely on the Olympic Charter, according to which sport should be a tool of unification. Attacks and hostility towards athletes are unacceptable, just as any warlike conflict is unacceptable. For this reason, we will continue to select players for the national team according to their current form and not the league in which they operate.” As we reported on Thursday, according to information from the daily L’Equipe, the French Hockey Federation (FHF) recently decided to ban players who are active in the KHL. The French are thus the fourth country that decided to take such a step after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The ban on representing players active in the KHL has already been approved in Sweden, Finland and the Czech Republic. SZľH will allow players from the KHL to represent. That’s all right? Yes, the players are not to blame 71.9% It’s a shame and embarrassment 25.1% I don’t care at all 3.0% In the current season, seven Slovak hockey players are playing in the KHL. Bronze medalists from the Beijing Olympics – goalkeeper Patrik Rybár (Spartak Moscow), defender Michal Čajkovský (Sibir Novosibirsk) and forward Michal Krištof (Admiral Vladivostok). In addition to them, goalkeeper Adam Húska (Torpedo Nizhniy Novgorod), defender Christián Jaroš (Avangard Omsk) and forwards Samuel Buček (Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk) and Adam Liška (Severstaľ Čerepovec). Read more Losing the national team jersey? It doesn’t matter. Rubles are increasingly important