Gala evening Hockey player of the year on August 20 2025 participated in all the sound names! Annual The poll of the Slovak Ice Hockey Association (SZĽH) was dominated by Juraj Slafkovský for the third time. At the same time, as last year, he took the award for the best attacker at the gala evening. With two awards, Martin Fehérváry also left.
In addition to the triumph among the defenders, he became the second best Slovak hockey player for the past season. Prize for Milan Bartovič took over the best coachwho in the premiere year as the head coach led the Žilina hockey players in the first year after returning to the extraleague to the bronze medals. The Hall of Fame of Slovak Hockey has also grown in the gala evening. The legendary defender Zdeno Chára and long -time methodology Pavol Siroťák entered it.
The post of the best goalkeeper was defended by Samuel Hlavaj, This time before Jaroslav Janus, the most useful player players of the last season of the highest Slovak competition, which led Košice to the title. Dalibor Dvorský, the second time, was awarded among the youngsters under 20. The best hockey player has become talented for the second time Nela Lopušanová.
He was also at the gala evening! The star of Slafkovsky’s dinner on the stage was shifted by hand and award Legendary hockey player Jozef Golonkawho talked about the present and also remembered in our interview.
He thinks the valuation was very fair. But what does it say about today’s hockey youth? “Today there are other conditions, today there is only money. We talked at that time, and our parents took us to the stadium to win to make our parents happy, then to other fans, so we had full stadiums. So the money didn’t play a role. Today the time has changed, the rules have changed, hockey is faster, it is more modern, has lighter equipment, so there are more opportunities for attackers and defenders to get a good result. Of course, physical condition was good in the past, “Golonka said.
“For example, we trained three times a day in that preparatory period, today there are matches that are less time on Thus, the conditions have also changed and the conditions in the NHL, where there are high prices, has changed, so it has expanded the NHL, so it is hunger for each playerthat could strengthen the NHL. Because there are few players, “he added.
Which woman is a symbol of an elegant lady for him? What honors does he have? You can find out in the video interview at the beginning of the article!
