Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Championship 2019

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14 hours ago, hckosice said:

  POWER RANKING

Edition 7

23rd May 2019 (Quarterfinals)

 

In our seventh Power Rankings of the 2019 Worlds, the Russians keep top spot after defeating the Americans in the quarter-finals. Canada sits second and the Czech Republic is third.

 

1		RUS	Should we name a city after Gusev or just an airport?
2		CAN	Paul Henderson wants Stone’s autograph
3		CZE	The good news is they won’t use Gretzky in the shootout
4		FIN	Manninen shoots the puck a lot better than Sakari Lindfors
5		SWE	The King is dead, but he still looks great in a suit
6		GER	During the second intermission, we ate too much bratwurst
7		USA	Our moms still think we’re great
8		SUI	Why does Tissot have to be so damn accurate? DEAD !!!
9		SVK	Switzerland? We’re here if you need to talk...
10		LAT	You look back and wonder: “What if we had more drums?”
11		DEN	GB, congrats, and we can’t wait to beat you 9-0 again
12		NOR	Cross-country skiing is more fun – even in May
13		GBR	Is Ben Bowns Bigger Than The Royal Baby?
14		ITA	As a team, we want to go eat gelato now
15		FRA	Voltaire stated: “3-0 is the worst lead in hockey”
16		AUT	The scandalous video also shows our PP going 2-for-22

 

 

Click here to check out the previous editions of the Power Rankings.

Edition 1 (Day -1)

Edition 2 (Day 3)

Edition 3 (Day 5)

Edition 4 (Day 7)

Edition 5 (Day 9)

Edition 6 (Preliminary Round Last Day)

The Power Rankings are for the enjoyment of IIHF.com readers, and reflect the progress of teams during the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. They are distinct from the official standings and IIHF World Ranking.

 

How the hell is Germany ahead of Switzerland? Switzerland is clearly the better team ...

[hckošice 15,811]

30 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

How the hell is Germany ahead of Switzerland? Switzerland is clearly the better team ...

 

More points from the preliminary round.

 

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The eliminated teams from the preliminary round plus the losing teams of the quarter-finals will be ranked following their positions in the groups preceding the quarter-final round.

The final ranking will follow the following procedure:
1. Higher position in the group,
2. Higher number of points,
3. Better goal difference,
4. Higher number of goals scored for,
5. Better seeding number

 

 

[hckošice 15,811]

Saturday May 25th, 2019 -

Semifinals Schedule (GMT +2)

  

Knockout Round

 

LIVESTREAM

 

Semifinals
Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)

 

Russia vs Finland
Period-by-Period:
May 25th 2019, h. 15:15, Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
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Canada vs Czech Republic
Period-by-Period:
May 25th 2019, h. 19:15, Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava

 

[Finnator123 299]

Let the games begin!  

[Finnator123 299]

Still scoreless after 40.... 

[Finnator123 299]

CAPTAIN MÖRKÖ MARKO ANTTILAAA!!!!! 

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WE ARE GOING FOR GOOLDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[hckošice 15,811]

2011 all over again ?

 

Congrats ! what a achievement for this team to keep the Super team scoreless

[Finnator123 299]

32 minutes ago, hckosice said:

2011 all over again ?

 

Congrats ! what a achievement for this team to keep the Super team scoreless

Oh yeah 

I wish that Slovakia could do the IIHFWorlds every year 

[hckošice 15,811]

5 minutes ago, Finnator123 said:

I wish that Slovakia could do the IIHFWorlds every year 

 

Sadly it´s not going to be any soon, because of small arenas capacities. we´ll need to build bigger arenas with around 12000-13000 capacities otherwise we will hardly organize any WCH tournament in the future