DEL Playoffs   Quarterfinals Results (Best-of-7 Series)   ERC Ingolstadt (1) b. Nürnberg Ice Tigers (8)  4-2 (5-4 OT; 3-1; 5-6 OT; 2-3 OT; 5-3; 6-0)   Eisbären Berlin (2) b. Straubing Tigers (7)  4-1 (5-1; 4-2; 1-2; 4-3 2OT; 4-1)   Kölner Haie (6) b. Pinguins Bremerhaven (3)  4-2 (5-0; 5-2; 3-2 OT; 2-5; 3-4; 3-1)   Adler Mannheim (4) b. EHC Red Bull München (5)  4-2 (2-1 OT; 2-5; 2-5; 2-0; 4-3 2OT; 2-1)

Add 1 strong pair from Russia and Cizeron, who will return with a new partner and this medal isn`t so certain. They will definitely have to refer to their life form from 2023, and so far, they have been recording worse results every year.

NLA Playoffs   Semifinals Pairings (Best-of-7 Series)   Lausanne HC (1) b. HC Fribourg-Gottèron (6)   ZSC Lions Zürich (2) b. HC Davos (5)

NLA Playoffs   Quarterfinals Results (Best-of-7 Series)   Lausanne HC (1) b. SC Langnau Tigers (8)  4-3 (4-3; 3-4 OT; 4-2; 2-3; 4-1; 2-3; 6-2)   ZSC Lions Zürich (2) b. EHC Kloten (7)  4-1 (5-1; 5-0; 1-0; 1-2; 5-2)   HC Fribourg-Gottèron (6) b. SC Bern (3)  4-3 (4-3 2OT; 3-0; 2-3; 2-1; 2-3 OT; 3-4 OT; 4-1)   HC Davos (5) b. EV Zug (4)  4-0 (2-1; 5-1; 4-0; 5-2)

LIIGA Playoffs   Quarterfinals Pairings (Best-of-7 Series)   Lukko Rauma (1) vs Sport Vaasa (11)   Ilves Tampere (2) vs Tappara Tampere (9)   KalPa Kuopio (3) vs Ässät Pori (7)   HIFK Helsinki (4) vs SaiPa Lappeenranta (5)

First, they lost the medal in the short dance, where their performance were also the worst in the season,   Second, since they had a good free dance, with which they won silver and bronze at the World Championships in previous years (with the result from 2023 it would be another silver today), why experiment and invent something new? You don't change what works well - better is the enemy of good,   The facts are that the Italian pair achieved a worse result at the World Championships than at the European Championships and generally had a weak season, and assuming the return of strong Russians, to win a medal they will need to score around 216-217 points, or maybe more.

LIIGA Playoffs   1st Round Results (Best-of-5 Series)   SaiPa Lappeenranta (5) b. TPS Turku (12)  3-2 (1-2; 2-6; 3-0; 2-1; 3-2 OT)   Sport Vaasa (11) b. KooKoo Kouvola (6)  3-1 (3-1; 0-3; 2-1; 4-2)   Ässät Pori (7) b. HPK Hämeenlinna (10)  3-0 (3-2; 2-1 OT; 5-1)   Tappara Tampere (9) b. K-Espoo (8)  3-2 (0-1; 6-1; 2-5; 2-1; 4-3 OT)

That dance crap, which is a sport of robbery, this year confirmed that it is a mafia. The Italians have dared so much by presenting a programme very different from the classical standards (and I don't like it) and the judges are harshly and rightly beating them up. Fabbri and Guignard have already announced that they will return to classic programmes next year (and magically they will be back on the podium). A discipline decided at the table.     Do you want bet something?

Extraliga Playoffs   Semifinals Pairings (Best-of-7 Series)   HC Sparta Prague (1) vs HC Kometa Brno (4)   Mountfield HK (2) vs HC Dynamo Pardubice (3)

Men's curling WCh started today in Canada All matches on CurlingTV (or on a russian social network... )