Ice Hockey IIHF World Championships 2017

[hckošice 16,630]

Mens

 

Under 18 Division I Group A World Championships 2017 in Bled (SLO)

Day 4 (11th April 2017)

GMT +2

 

13:00  Kazakhstan vs Denmark  4-3 After OT

16:30  Germany vs Hungary  10-0

20:00  France vs Norway  3-2

 

[hckošice 16,630]

Womens

 

Division I Group B World Championships 2017 in Katowice (POL)

Day 3 (11th April 2017)

GMT +2

 

13:00  Slovakia vs China  2-1

16:30  Latvia vs Kazakhstan  1-2

20:00  Poland vs Italy  1-3

 

[hckošice 16,630]

Womens

 

Division I Group B World Championships 2017 in Katowice (POL)

Day 4 Schedule (12th April 2017)

GMT +2

 

13:00  Kazakhstan vs Slovakia 

16:30  Italy vs China 

20:00  Latvia vs Poland

 

Livestream

 

[hckošice 16,630]

Womens

 

Division I Group B World Championships 2017 in Katowice (POL)

Day 4 (12th April 2017)

GMT +2

 

13:00  Kazakhstan vs Slovakia  4-2

16:30  Italy vs China  1-2 After GWS

20:00  Latvia vs Poland  5-4

 

[hckošice 16,630]

Tomorrow start the Under 18 mens world Championships top division in Slovakia, Everything is prepared and ready in Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves to host the best U18 world players under the Tatras.

10 Nations are divided in 2 preliminary groups         and in Group A played in Poprad and         and   in group B in Spišská Nová Ves.

 

Good luck boys ! Enjoy your home tournament.

The expectations are high, and last few weeks the promo actions are rising in whole country, all SVK matches will be ofc broadcasted live in the public channel. this is gonna be a huge moment for the guys, it´s only the second time in history Slovakia host the U18 worlds.

 

 

 

Mens

 

Division III World Championships 2017 in Sofia (BUL)

Day 3 Schedule (13th April 2017)

GMT +3

 

Preliminary Round Last Day

 

Group A

10:00  Bulgaria vs Bosnia and Herzegovina  5-0 Forfeited

16:30  Chinese Taipei vs Hong Kong

*Bulgaria is already qualified for the knockout phase as group winner, Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong will play in a direct macth for the second semifinals spot.

 

Group B

13:00  Georgia vs United Arab Emirates

20:00  South Africa vs Luxembourg

*Luxembourg with 6 points is very very close to win the group and move to the semifinals from 1st place, even a lose to South Africa might be likely enough, Georgia and South Africa both with 3 points will fight for the qualification as well, with Georgia in a better starting position since they have better H2H with RSA. UAE has also still very slim theoretical chance, but very unlikely to happen.  they need to beat Georgia by a very sci-fi score difference and at same time Luxembourg to destroy South Africa also ba very high margin.

 

Livestream

 

 

 

Mens

 

Under 18 Top Division World Championships 2017 in Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves (SVK)

Day 1 Schedule (13th April 2017)

GMT +2

 

Group A in Poprad

15:30  Latvia vs Canada 

19:30  Slovakia vs Finland

 

Group B in Spišská Nová Ves

15:30  Belarus vs United States

19:30  Russia vs Sweden

 

*Tournament Format: 10 Nations are divided into two, five-team groups in the Preliminary Round.

After a single round-robin series in each group, the top four teams from each group advance to the Playoff Round (Quarterfinals - a cross-over Quarterfinal games: 1A vs. 4B, 1B vs. 4A, 2A vs. 3B and 2B vs. 3A , Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match, Gold Medal Match) while the fifth-placed team in each group moves to the Relegation Round. in a best-of-three Relegation Round series. The third game is only played if needed. The winner of the series plays again at the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship, while loser is relegated to Division I Group A.

 

Livestream

 

 

Mens

 

Under 18 Division I Group A World Championships 2017 in Bled (SLO)

Day 5 Schedule (13th April 2017)

GMT +2

 

Last Day

 

13:00  Norway vs Hungary

16:30  Kazakhstan vs France

20:00  Denmark vs Germany

*In fact everything important is already known before this last round. France is the tournament winner and can already celebrate their first ever historic promotion to U18 World Championship top division. Also Hungary is already the official relegated team to U18 Division IB next year. the only remaining questions are who will win the other 2 medals, all other 4 teams are still in the game for silver and bronze.

 

Livestream

 

[Pavlo 149]

if our girls played with Italy like they did with KAZ and LAT....but miracle is still possible ;p

[hckošice 16,630]

MEN'S UNDER 18

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

2017

 

 

 

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Group A

Latvia 1 - 4 Canada
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 0-2, 0-1
April 13th 2017, h. 15:30, Poprad Arena, Poprad

 

Canada wins opener

Solid outing leads to 4-1 win over Latvia

 

Canada scored the first goal of this year's U18 on a penalty shot, controlled the second and third periods, and skated to an impressive win over Latvia.

 

Although the first period ended 1-1, Canada outshot the Latvians 54-19 overall and controlled the last 40 minutes. Niklavs Rauza was stellar in goal for the Latvians. 

 

"We just needed to regroup after the first and listen to our coaches," defenceman Ty Smith said. "We came out much stronger in the second."

 

"The Canadians broke our game plan," Rauza said. "It felt good that I played well, but a win would have been like heaven."

 

The Canadians lost the bronze-medal game last year while Latvia finished ninth, and although both teams might have different aspirations this year, it's fair to say both hope to improve.

 

"In the exhibition games we had some slow starts, but today we really brought our game," said defenceman Jett Woo, at 16 the youngest player on Canada. "We kept pounding in the second and third, and we're really proud about the way we ended the game."

 

Latvia continues its schedule tomorrow against Switzerland while Canada has a day off before playing Slovakia on Saturday night in what should be a marquee game here in Poprad.

 

Stylianos Mattheos opened the scoring at 11:50 on a penalty shot. He was tripped by Daniels Berzins on a clear path to the goal. Mattheos made a quick leg kick and a nice deke on Niklavs Rauza before roofing a forehand over the goalie's glove.

 

"I was trying to get my glove on it," Rauza said, "but when he scored, I thought to myself, 'Wow, that's fast hands.'"

 

The Latvians tied the game late in the period, though. Ian Scott couldn't handle a Deniss Smirnovs slapper, and Rihards Paskausks was right there to knock in the rebound.

 

The Canadians overwhelmed their opponents in the second, outshooting them 25-6 and scoring the only two goals. They got an early power-play marker on a great three-way passing play between Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Mackenzie Entwistle, and Maxime Comtois.

 

Comtois, the only Canadian on last year's team, finished the play with a quick shot at 3:36.

 

Isaac Ratcliffe made it 3-1 five minutes later. He claimed a loose puck off a faceoff and snapped a hard shot past Rauza.

 

Entwistle added to the tally midway through the third on a nice tip-in.  

 

[hckošice 16,630]

MEN'S UNDER 18

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

2017

 

 

 

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Group B

 

Belarus 0 - 7 United States
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 0-5, 0-2
April 13th 2016, h. 15:30, Arena Spisska Nova Ves, Spisska Nova Ves

 

 

USA starts off strong

Penalty-free Belarus no match in 7-0 loss

 

The United States, gold medallists in six of the last eight WM18 events and bronze medallists last year, started off with an impressive win today.

 

Belarus did not incur a single penalty all game, becoming the first team in tournament history to go penalty free for 60 minutes.

 

Oliver Wahlstrom had two goals for the winners while Grant Mismash and Michael Pastujov had a goal and an assist. Joel Farabee chipped in with two assists.

 

The Americans had a slow start, incurring the only three penalties of the opening period and failing to score, but by the second they got their legs and their momentum. 

 

Pastujov opened the scoring early in the second and two other goals followed soon after. Sean Dhooghe got a short-handed marker later and Wahlstrom capped a five-goal period with his second.

 

Shots favoured the Americans, 51-17, and only the fine play of goalie Andrei Grishenko prevented the score from being worse.

 

Belarus turns around and plays the Czechs tomorrow while the Americans have a day off before facing the Russians on Saturday night in what should be a thrilling game.

 

 

 

[hckošice 16,630]

ROAD TO MEN'S

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

2017

 

 

 

DAYS

-22

 

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

22 Days to Go, Time to introduce another participating Team of the 2017 World Championships,

today its the turn of Belarus,

The Belarusians have never finished higher than 6th place at the IIHF world Championships,

and will look to improve on their 12th-place finish in 2017.

 

 

BELARUS

 

[hckošice 16,630]

what a fantastic atmosphere in the absolutely full arena. What a moment it must be for the guys to play the world champs at home, the moment when they entered to the rink was just exceptional