The executive committee of the SZĽH has finally decided: Will players from the KHL be able to represent Slovakia? – Športky.sk

Slovak goalkeeper Patrik Rybár before the match for bronze Source: SITA/AP/Matt Slocum BRATISLAVA – The Slovak Ice Hockey Association did not ban players who work in Russia and the Kontinental Hockey League from representing. Thursday’s Executive Committee decided on it and informed its decision in a short statement. “The Executive Committee of the SZĽH and the Slovak Ice Hockey Association will always respect international agreements and the current laws of the Slovak Republic. We believe that the players who are currently playing in Russia do not violate both international agreements and our laws. We will therefore rely on the Olympic Charter, according to for which sport should be a tool of unification. Attacks and hostility towards athletes are unacceptable, just as any war 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,” the statement said . Photo gallery (2) Source: TASR/Jakub Kotian Slovakia did not join the countries that decided to take such a step after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. For example, France, Sweden, Finland and the Czech Republic have approved the ban on representing players working in the KHL. We have seven hockey players in the KHL In the current season, seven Slovak hockey players are active 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). Author: © Zoznam Source: TASR