The journey has come to an end

The Hungarian ice hockey team finished its participation at the World Championships. After 70 years of waiting, this team has tasted what is it like to play at the highest level. Unfortunately, all six matches were lost, and the team dropped out to the Division-1. Nevertheless, it was a fun ride. Ad the players deserve nothing but recognition.

The championship started out almost like a dream. We played a thrilling match against Slovakia, which is eighth team in the world ranking. Hungary was 13 seconds short of a minor miracle. Slovakia scored the go-ahead goal 13 seconds before the final horn. Now it is obvious that this was our best game, and best opportunity to get a point. Canada ran over us with a 9-0 victory, and The Belarus team also beat us 3-1(however, it was 1-1 five minutes before the end) at the final game of stage one.

After that, Hungary got to the second stage with Germany, Denmark, and Austria. Only one team could stay at this level from the Hungary-Denmark-Austria trio because Germany will host next year's championship, therefore they must stay in the top division. Again, we lost all three matches, and aside the last game against Germany, they were not even close games.

So, Hungary will continue in the Division 1 next year. But the team did not disappoint us. They fought hard against the faster, stronger, and overall better opponents. Also, the Hungarian crowd was amazing. They cheered for the team at an amazing voulme no matter what the scoreboard showed. After the game against Canada, Jason Spezza, an NHL veteran, asked a Hungarian player whether they could take home with them the Hungarian fans.

Viktor Tokaji, a Hungarian defenseman, said probably the best summary of the whole championship: "They(the other teams) now know where Hungary is."