Hungary took on Slovakia in the opening game of the womens 4 Nations tournament in preparation for the World championships.
Hungary scored first as Tifani Horváth found the loose puck and slipped past the goalie for the first goal in the opening minutes of the period. Hungary looked like the stronger team as minutes later Horváth set up Lili Pintér for a goal from the slat with a nice no look pass. Slovakia was able to get one back but eleven seconds later Andrea Kiss took a long pass and got in front of the to place a shot past the goalie to put Hungary back up by two. Slovakia capitalized on a power plain in the closing minutes of the first period to cut it to one.
In the second period the game got a bit sloppy as the penalty minutes started to stack up on both sides but neither team was able to capitalize on this. Hungary looked like the stronger team.
As the game went on Slovakia started visibly get weaker as Hungary got stronger and stronger. Fannni Gasparics made it 4-2 which ended up being the final score, as there was a scramble in front of the net and she lifted the puck past the goalie.
Coaches Corner“We started the game great we had the momentum the girls really impressed me, we were able to play with 4 lines, if we weren't, we were able to add a little bit to it when we needed to, it is always nice to beat slovakia in hockey” Tibor Marton
View from the ice“We started really strong, we slowed up a bit in the second period but we were able to keep our lead, I don't think we have ever had a team that was this strong and we were able to beat Slovakia. We knew in the third period that we can close this out for a win.” Andrea Kiss