We now have to look to the future and to the European prospects of the countries of the former Yugoslavia.

The attacker was disarmed. No Slovak was killed nor injured.

It could be a stick, it could be a skate, it could be a puck. I'm going to leave (mine) on as long as I'm playing hockey. I don't want to hurt my eyes.

It's getting better. It's not a big deal, but I want to make sure I am 100 percent when I come back.

I was trying to get as much pressure as I could, but I kind of slipped. I got lucky because the goal came between my legs and I just wanted to put it on net. The goalie wasn't ready for it, and it just went in.

Was that what it meant to be alive - moving from a brightly lit corridor into a darkened room at every step? Sometimes it felt that way.