NHL: Arizona Coyotes part ways with Adam Ruzicka after social media video
The NHL team Arizona Coyotes parted ways with attacker Adam Ruzicka. The Coyotes announced this on Friday evening (local time). Accordingly, they have asked the Slovakian attacker to terminate his contract unconditionally. The club did not provide any information about the reason and only wrote that they “will not be making any further comment at this time.”
A video of Ruzicka is currently circulating on social media. Among other things, a credit card and a line of white powder can be seen on a table. The 24-year-old Slovakian uploaded it to his stories on Instagram, but it can no longer be seen there.
The center was traded from the Calgary Flames to the Coyotes just a month ago, for whom he has played three times since then. For Calgary, Ruzicka previously played 114 times in the NHL in three years and scored 14 goals.
NHL: Goal and assist too few – Draisaitl’s Oilers lose
Despite a goal and an assist from Leon Draisaitl, the Edmonton Oilers suffered another setback. The German ice hockey star’s team lost the game in the North American professional league NHL against the Minnesota Wild 2:4 and is gradually having to look downwards again.
The Oilers, who won 16 games in a row from the end of December to the end of January, have now suffered five defeats in the last nine games and are in sixth place in the Western Conference – although no team in the NHL has currently played fewer games than Edmonton (54th). ).
Draisaitl scored his 28th goal of the season in the middle third of the power play to make it 1:1, and after preparatory work from the Cologne native, Zach Hyman shortened the score to 2:3 in the final period.
John-Jason Peterka, on the other hand, won 2-1 with the Buffalo Sabers at Columbus Blue Jackets, the runner-up world champion remained without a goal.
NBA: Clippers win in Memphis without Theis
The Los Angeles Clippers, the team of German basketball world champion Daniel Theis, have won an important victory in the fight for the playoffs in the NBA. The Clippers won on Friday (local time) at the Memphis Grizzlies with 101:95 (53:59). Theis also did not play in the second game after the All-Star break.
Kawhi Leonard scored 24 points for the Clippers, who, as in the loss against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the week, committed numerous turnovers, Leonard alone six and Paul George five. Terance Mann had his best performance of the season with 23 points and twelve rebounds. The Clippers are in third place in the Western Conference.
The Minnesota Timberwolves, who are leading in the West, lost to the Milwaukee Bucks 107:112 in the top game of the evening. Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo was the best player of the game with 33 points, 13 rebounds and five assists. Damian Lillard scored 21 points despite a poor shooting rate and missed a triple double by just one rebound.
The New Orleans Pelicans and Miami Heat had a heated exchange of blows. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, four players were ejected after an altercation, including Miami’s star player Jimmy Butler, who had scored 23 points by then. Some fans were also shown their seats. This was preceded by a foul by Miami’s Kevin Love on Zion Williamson. In the end, the Heat prevailed 106:95 and won their third game in a row.
2024-02-24 16:03:04
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