Slovan Bratislava's hockey players won the opening round of the top Slovak league on Nitra's ice, 4:2. The duel was accompanied by the return of Samuel Buček to the environment where he had played during the previous three seasons. The twenty-seven-year-old national team winger took the ice in the opponent's jersey and scored the decisive goal. STVR (Spravy) ↗
Home fans booed Buček as he came onto the ice. After the match, however, he thanked them for the support he had received in the past. His return had a distinct edge also because in the previous season he had played for Nitra, which won the championship title. SITA ↗
Before the start of the match, Slovan's players did not take part in the ceremonial raising of Nitra's championship flag. They remained in the locker room during the ceremony. Slovan Bratislava player Andrej Surový stated that, in his view, the team should not have been part of the home club's celebrations. sme.sk ↗
Eighteen-year-old Tomáš Chrenko also joined Nitra's lineup. He flew in on the morning of the match from the New York Rangers rookie camp, where he had been alongside another Nitra academy product, Adam Sýkora, and still took the ice in the season opener.
The opening round brought Slovan a victory on the ice of the reigning champion. The further course of the season will show how both teams cope with expectations after their contrasting starts to the competition. Pravda ↗
Slovan beat Nitra 4:2 as Buček decided his charged return
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Ráno sa vrátil z New Yorku a večer už hral proti Slovanu. Chrenko: Som rád, že som tam bol
sport.sk
| 10:46 16.09.
Bučeka pri návrate do Nitry vypískali, rozhodujúci moment však patril jemu. Po zápase fanúšikom ďakoval
STVR (Spravy)
| 10:04 16.09.
Slovan zostal počas osláv Nitry v šatni. Nemali sme tam čo robiť, vraví Surový
sme.sk
| 14:27 16.09.
VIDEO Samuela Bučeka v Nitre vypískali, ale aj tak ďakoval. Vyvesenie vlajky? Zamrzelo ma, že ma nezavolali
sport.sk
| 09:45 16.09.
Slovan ukončil spoluprácu s Oforim: Nenaplnil očakávania
teraz.sk
| 14:06 16.09.
Kmotrík ho chcel do Slovana a ponúkal mu veľké peniaze. Stoch prezradil, prečo prestup odmietol
zurnal.pravda.sk
| 13:45 16.09.
Na Bučeka v Nitre bučali, aj tak strelil víťazný gól Slovana. Doma prehrali aj Poprad - VIDEO a Banská Bystrica
SITA
| 07:56 16.09.
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