Martina Veličková
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Martina Rašková Veličková | |||
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Born |
Prešov, Czechoslovakia | 17 February 1989||
Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb; 9 st 2 lb) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for |
HC Slovan Bratislava HC Slavia Praha | ||
National team |
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Playing career | 2002–2018 |
Martina Rašková Veličková (born 17 February 1989), is a Slovak women’s ice hockey forward, most recently of in the 2017–18 season of the . She served as captain of the Slovak national team in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.[1]
Playing career[]
Veličková, along with fellow Slovak national team members Zuzana Tomčíková, and Iveta Karafiátová played on boys' teams until Slovak league rules prevented them from continuing with those teams once they turned 16. All three continued their careers by playing hockey in Saskatchewan for head coach at Caronport High School in 2004.[2] Karafiátová, Tomčíková, and Veličková played for the Caronport Lady Cougars but Karafiátová and Tomčíková also played on the boys team.
She was part of the Slovak roster that defeated Bulgaria by an 82-0 score in September 2008 in the Olympic Pre-Qualification tournament in Latvia. In the win, she accumulated 17 points.[3]
In 2009, she competed in the 2009 IIHF World Women’s Championship Division I, which was played in Graz, Austria. She was part of the Slovak team that qualified for the top division of the 2011 World Women's Championships.
At the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championships, Slovakia played Kazakhstan in a best of three relegation series. In the second game, Veličková beat for the only goal in the shootout as Slovakia won the relegation series.[4]
Vancouver Winter Games[]
She played for Slovakia in the 2010 Olympics. It was the first time that Slovakia competed in women's ice hockey outside of Europe.[5] Of note, she was the captain of the Slovak national team at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games. Her first Olympic women's ice hockey game came on February 13, 2010 against Canada. Slovakia lost the game by an 18-0 mark. Her first Olympic points came on February 20, 2010. Veličková assisted on both goals in a 4-2 loss to Russia.[6] She would finish with three assists in the Olympic tournament as Slovakia finished in eighth place.
Career stats[]
Winter Olympics[]
Year | GP | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- |
2010 Vancouver Olympics | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 November 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ https://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/166/IHW166907_74_4_0.pdf[permanent dead link]
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
- Martina Veličková at Olympedia
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ice hockey players of Slovakia
- Sportspeople from Prešov
- Slovak women's ice hockey forwards
- Universiade medalists in ice hockey
- Universiade bronze medalists for Slovakia
- Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade
- Slovak ice hockey biography stubs