Slovakia’s Juraj Slafkovsky adds name to Olympic history in loss to Sweden

It was Slovakia’s Juraj Slafkovsky who scored the first goal of the 2026 Olympics in Men’s Hockey. Since then, he has shown consistency, and that has led him to history.

On Saturday, it was confirmed that Slafkovsky became the 4th men’s hockey player to score 10 Olympic goals before the age of 22, per Luke Fox of SportsNet. Altogether, Slafkosvky has played in 10 games and scored ten goals.

The first player to do so was Bruce Mather at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.

However, the team fell 5-3 to Sweden in the preliminary rounds. As a result, Slovakia is 2-1 in the Group B standings.

Slafkovsky is a forward for the Montreal Canadiens. This year, he has played in 57 games, scored 21 goals, recorded 24 assists, and totaled 45 points.

Altogether, Slafkovsky has played in 257 NHL games with 63 goals, 93 assists, and 156 points. In 2024, he signed an eight-year contract extension with the Canadiens.

His first appearance at the Olympics came in 2022 in Beijing. He scored both goals in Slovakia’s opening game loss to Finland 6-2. At the same time, Slafkovsky, then aged 17, became the first player at that age to score an Olympic goal since Eddie Olczyk in 1984 in Sarajevo.

Altogether, he finished with seven goals as Slovakia went on to win the bronze medal. In the process, Slafkovsky was named the MVP of the tournament.

That same year, he suited up for the World Championships, where he scored three goals and recorded six assists, totaling nine points. Later on, he was selected by the Canadiens as the first overall pick in the 2022 NHL Draft.

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