
With more goals than minutes in the game, Slovakia’s women’s ice hockey team claimed an amazing 82-0 victory over Bulgaria in Olympic qualifying. This margin of winning is a new record for a women’s International Ice Hockey Federation-sanctioned event.
Slovakia outshot the Bulgarians 139-0 during the 60-minute game, played in Latvia.
Janka Culikova led Slovakia with 10 goals, while Martina Velickova scored nine. Fourteen different players scored at least one goal.
Slovakia has beat Croatia, Latvia and Italy to advance to another qualifying group with Germany, Kazakhstan and France.
The winner will secure a spot at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.