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

Story Highlights

* Slovakia outshot Bulgaria 139-0 in the 60-minute game
* Bulgaria was eliminated after scoring one goal and giving up 192

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.

With a score like that I'd be calling for a "package check" if you catch my drift.

"Just one thing I can't understand how she looks like a woman but talks like a man oh my Lola..."

Da Worfster

Oh my goodness!

I wonder what the goalies' GAA's looked like after the game? You'd think some more shots would have just hit them as they stood in the net.

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From ESPN:
Bulgaria trailed 7-0 after 5 minutes, 19-0 after 10 and 31-0 at the end of the first period.

The drubbing capped a woeful showing for the Bulgarian women, who also lost 30-1 to Croatia and 41-0 to Italy in earlier games.

So much for sportsmanship. I hope the Bulgarians spit on the Slovaks.

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Originally posted by Breeze147:
So much for sportsmanship. I hope the Bulgarians spit on the Slovaks.

What's so unsporting about that? If the team cannot cope at that level then they shouldn't be there - or at least, shouldn't be suprised when a much better team pummels them 82-0
V

Maybe it wasn't a good idea to pull the goalie in the first period after all?