Dvorsky Continues To Shine For Upstart Slovakia At Olympics; Suter, Switzerland Go Down In Heartbreak Fashion
2023 first-round pick also heaps praises from St. Louis Blues coach after goal, assist in quarterfinal win over Germany; Swiss blow late two-goal lead, fall to Finland in OT
Video Transcript
Look, we don't know what's gonna happen with Slovakia here, but considering the gold medal and medal winners is sorta, kinda here reserved for what?
Canada, the United States, Finland, Sweden.
They're kinda dubbed as the Big Four.
but you gotta admit, watching and seeing what Slovakia has been doing in these Winter Olympics at the men's hockey tournament, it's pretty impressive, especially from a Blues perspective and a Blues fan watching Dalibor Dvorsk.
Another goal and an assist today to give him six points, three goals, three assists in the tournament, four games.
Goal and an assist today after Slovakia was able to handle Leon Draisaitl, Tim Sttzle, and the Germans rather handily, six to two.
And Slovakia has decided to join the party of the Final Four on Friday against an opponent yet to be determined.
Because as we make this video right now, the United States and Sweden are playing in a scoreless draw in the second period, so it's all gonna depend on what happens here.
but it's been a pretty impressive showing for Dvorsk so far.
Jim Montgomery talked about it.
See the comments down below.
if anything, it catapults a kid, it can galvanize him, it can For more than a- if anything, it shows what the kid can get done here on a world-- If you can do it on a world stage, you can get the job done in the NHL.
Maybe he comes back from this, no matter what happens, in the end with Slovakia, that, hey, maybe he's arrived.
We'll see.
But nonetheless, nevertheless, you've gotta be impressed with what you're seeing from Dalibor Dvorsk so far in these Winter Olympics, if you're a Blues fan.
tough go for Pius Suter, who had an assist today, on Nino Niederreiter's goal.
You thought there was gonna be an upset there as well, but the Swiss fell in overtime after blowing a late two to nothing lead and losing three to two to Finland in a tough way.
and Suter finishes the tournament, two goals and an assist in four games.
He will now head back to St. Louis, but nonetheless, the Swiss, with a pretty decent showing in these games, just happened to fall short in the quarterfinals.
Finland came up with a couple of goals in the last, what, five, six minutes to tie the game, and then Colorado's Artturi Lehkonen wins the game in overtime.
