Tatra Cup: Jaromír Jágr will come to Slovakia, see the cast
POPRAD. The 75th year of the second oldest hockey tournament in Europe – the Tatra Cup in Poprad (August 20-21) will once again take place with such an interesting international participation.
Vaasan Sport from the highest Finnish competition and the Czech extra-league team Rytíři Kladno will present themselves at the events, where the playing legend and club owner Jaromír Jágr will work.
In addition to the domestic HK Poprad, HC ’05 Banská Bystrica will also represent the highest Slovak competition. The venue of the tournament will be the Ice Stadium of the city of Poprad.
“This year we have decided to come even better teams so that our spectators can also enjoy big names and great hockey,” HK Poprad boss and tournament director Ľudovít Jurinyi told the official “chamois” website:
“We have been working on the composition of the participants since January, it was very difficult, because some of the contacted clubs got into the Champions League and therefore could not come. I am very pleased with the agreement with Kladno . ” cup.
The second participant is the Finnish Vaasan Sport, which comes from a country that is currently winning everything on the international stage. The last participant is Banská Bystrica, which is a very talented team. We will clarify the format of the tournament later, it will also be based on the field. “
Last year, the Italian club HC Pustertal Wölfe triumphed at the Tatra Cup, and the participant in the transnational ICE Hockey League won the final of the 74th year over MHK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš 3: 1.