Slovenia is also a perennial contender in alpine skiing, has qualified twice for the FIFA World Cup, and made it to the quarterfinals in men's ice hockey in the 2014 Olympics (with Adze Kopitar is the only NHL player). Not bad for a country of 2 million.
Yale's women's ice hockey goaltender is Slovenian and one of the tops in the NCAA. She used to play with the men's juniors because they did not have a women's team. It's just so flipping wild that Pog, Roglic, Mahoric, Mezgec, plus Jan Tratnik and Jan Polanc are all from there.
