Czechs beat Slovenia in hard-won game

The Czechs improved their standings at the Ice Hockey World Championship with a hard-won 4:2 victory against Slovenia on Friday night. Slovenia turned in a strong performance and the game was undecided until the third period when Zbynek Michalek took advantage of a power play and Jiri Novotny scored an insurance goal to clinch the badly-needed victory. The Czechs have so far given a lacklustre performance at the Ice Hockey World Championships and Zbynek Michalek said after the game that despite the win he was far from happy with the results.