(Source: International Ice Hockey Federation) SKOPJE - It was just before Christmas when FYR Macedonia's national team stepped out on the ice for its first pair of international exhibition games. The two matches between the country's men's national team against neighbouring Bulgaria's U20 national team, played at the new Hockey Arena Boris Trajkovski in the capital city of Skopje on 20th and 21st December, saw the two evenly matched sides record a shootout victory each. The international debut follows recent attempts to push forward the development of the game in the southernmost former Yugoslav state which became independent in 1993. In mid-November this year, the Skopje Ice...
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