Dvorsky Nets GWG, Assist In Olympic Debut For Slovakia In Upset Win
St. Louis Blues 2023 first-round pick helps fuel 4-1 win over Finland to open Milano Cortina Games; Broberg, Sweden open with scare against host Italy before pulling away
Video Transcript
Well, that was certainly a way to make your Olympic debut for Dalibor Dvorsky.
a goal and an assist, a game-winning goal, and an assist on the insurance goal as Slovakia opens the tournament.
First upset of the preliminary round goes in game one, knocking off one of the, as I called them, the big four, Finland, four to one.
And it's a great shot, net front presence, near side shot off of a shot from the point.
Loose puck, Dvorsky picks it up, beats Juuse Saros of the Nashville Predators on the short side, and gives Slovakia the lead, a lead that they would never relinquish again.
And here we are, we're off and running.
Dvorsky played eleven minutes and fourteen seconds in the game, was a plus one, and had two shots on goal.
Was the third line center for Slovakia in this game, and check out below from NHL Public Relations, "Became the youngest Slovakian player to score a goal in an Olympics that featured NHL players."
So quite a few firsts for Blues' twenty twenty-three first round pick, Dalibor Dvorsky, and Slovakia on the strength And Dvorsky was the- named the third star of the game.
On the strength, though, of number one star, Juraj Slafkovsky, from the Montreal Canadiens, who had two goals and an assist.
Those two combined, twenty-one and twenty, respectively.
Slovakia, off and running.
