The Islanders got off to a good start in the Stanley Cup semi-finals, having won a landslide victory over Tampa (2:1). It is worth noting the excellent performance of goalkeeper Varlamov, who saved 30 shots out of 31. In the second meeting the Islanders again had to play away, where it was not possible to consolidate the advantage, having suffered a defeat with a score of 2:4. This time it turned out to be much harder to stop the opponent’s pressure. Returning to their home arena, the team had excellent chances once again to take the lead in the series, but this time luck was not on the side of “New York”. There were quite a lot of chances in the attack, although only one was realized, so the meeting ended with a minimal gap in favor of Lightning.
The Polish national team started in the final tournament of the European Championship for the fourth time in a row. The White Eagles made their debut in St. Petersburg with a match against Slovakia. Already in the 18th minute, Szczensny opened the scoring in this duel. However, the goalkeeper of the “white-red” scored the ball into his own goal. The Poles won back at the beginning of the second half, but after 12 minutes Krykhovyak saw a red card in front of him and left the team in the minority. Robert Lewandowski & Co. failed to keep the draw, which led to a defeat. It should be noted that such a result extended the team’s streak without wins to four matches in a row. Before this match, the guests had zero points and the last place in Group E. The situation is no better for the Polish squad in the selection for the World Championship in Qatar. After three rounds, the team is fourth after a draw with Hungary (3:3), a victory over Andorra (3:0) and a fiasco in a duel with England (1:2).
