What do you say after a loss like this? Frank would know!

Bulgaria gives up 139 shots on goal in 82-0 women's hockey loss (ESPN)


There's the "agony of defeat." And then there's this women's ice hockey score from the European Olympic pre-qualifying tournament: Slovakia 82, Bulgaria 0.

That's correct: eighty-two goals for Slovakia, none for Bulgaria.

The International Ice Hockey Federation confirmed the result, at the tournament in Liepaja, Latvia, set a record score for a women's IIHF-sanctioned event. It was not the all-time record for futility, however; that is still held by Thailand, which lost 92-0 to South Korea in the 1998 Asia-Oceania U18 Championship.

Slovakia, which won all four of its games at the tournament, outshot Bulgaria 139-0, scoring on 58.9 percent of their shots on goal. They averaged one goal every 44 seconds.

Bulgaria trailed 7-0 after 5 minutes, 19-0 after 10 and 31-0 at the end of the first period.

The drubbing capped a woeful showing for the Bulgarian women, who also lost 30-1 to Croatia and 41-0 to Italy in earlier games.



When I read this, I felt bad, not only because it is women's hockey, which shouldn't exist, but the fact that this team lost a game by 139 goals! This would cause some serious pyschological problems to anyone. This is more than just a kick in the ass. I am sure that some of us have been beaten pretty bad in an athletic competition, DHS vs Stang comes to mind, but not like this. Say a prayer for the Bulgarian National Women's Hockey Team, their pride is shot to shit!