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| Martina Rašková Veličková | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | (1989-02-17)17 February 1989 (age 36) | ||
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb; 9 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | ŽHK Šarišanka Prešov SC Reinach Damen HC Spišská Nová Ves HK Pantera Minsk HC Slovan Bratislava MHK Martin OSC Eisladies Berlin HC Slavia Praha | ||
| National team |  Slovakia | ||
| Playing career | 2002–2018 | ||
Martina Rašková Veličková (born 17 February 1989), is a Slovak women'sice hockeyforward, most recently ofŽHK Šarišanka Prešov in the 2017–18 season of theSlovak Women's Extraliiga. She served ascaptain of theSlovak national team in thewomen's ice hockey tournament at the2010 Olympic Winter Games inVancouver.[1]
Veličková, along with fellow Slovak national team membersZuzana Tomčíková, andIveta Karafiátová played on boys' teams until Slovak league rules prevented them from continuing with those teams once they turned 16. All three continued their careers by playing hockey inSaskatchewan for head coachBarrett Kropf atCaronport High School in 2004.[2] Karafiátová, Tomčíková, and Veličková played for the Caronport Lady Cougars but Karafiátová and Tomčíková also played on the boys team.
She was part of the Slovak roster that defeatedBulgaria by an82–0 score in September 2008 in the Olympic Pre-Qualification tournament inLatvia. In the win, she accumulated 17 points.[3]
In 2009, she competed in the2009 IIHF World Women's Championship Division I, which was played inGraz, Austria. She was part of the Slovak team that qualified for the top division of the 2011 World Women's Championships.
At the2011 IIHF Women's World Championships, Slovakia playedKazakhstan in a best of three relegation series. In the second game, Veličková beatDaria Obydennova for the only goal in theshootout as Slovakia won the relegation series.[4]
She played forSlovakia in the2010 Olympics. It was the first time that Slovakia competed in women's ice hockey outside of Europe.[5] Of note, she was the captain of the Slovak national team at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games. Her first Olympic women's ice hockey game came on February 13, 2010 againstCanada. Slovakia lost the game by an 18-0 mark. Her first Olympic points came on February 20, 2010. Veličková assisted on both goals in a 4-2 loss toRussia.[6] She would finish with three assists in the Olympic tournament as Slovakia finished in eighth place.
| Year | GP | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- |
| 2010 Vancouver Olympics | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
