Bulgaria loses 82-0 in IIHF match

[Fghtr4jc]

No, I did not make a typo. I saw it on ESPN.com this morning. In a women's hockey Olympic-qualifying match in Europe, Slovakia beat Bulgaria 82-0, averaging a goal every 44 seconds.

I cannot imagine losing that badly. You would think they would have given a mercy rule at some point.

[puck_it]

you think the slovaks would have let up. after the first period...

[RangersCanesFan]

Not to mention, Bulgaria was also bombed in the same tournament,

41-0 by Italy
30-1 by Croatia
and
39-0 by Latvia.

In all seriousness, could the Bulgarian women even skate?

Also, what about personal pride? Someone starts running a score up like that against my team, I tell my players to take someone out.

Something about this doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

[Captain Slack]

Were they trying out a new style where you don't have a goalie? :crazy:

[Fghtr4jc]

0 shots on net....I mean, how is that even physically possible, even with wild shots, something has to get to the other side right?

[puck_it]

bulgaria had ZERO shots on goal, too.

[4DFan]

Actually sounds like the Bulgarian goalie was one of their more effective players. With 139 shots on goal, giving her 57 saves.

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=3577150

[Fernando da Silva]

Who scored that goal against Croatia?

Wow, this gives me a nice morale boost: think, Fernando, if you were a Bulgarian girl, you could play on their hockey NT