Ice Hockey IIHF World Championships 2017

[intoronto 5,638]

Canada's team is just not at the quality it needs to be yikes.

 

I do not expect a three-peat. 

[NikolaB 432]

Only 1 day left 

[hckošice 14,822]

  TEAM SWITZERLAND 

 

 

Goaltenders:

• Leonardo Genoni (SC Bern),
• Jonas Hiller (EHC Biel),
• Niklas Schlegel (ZSC Lions Zürich)

Defencers:

• Raphael Diaz (EV Zug),
• Dominik Schlumpf (EV Zug),
• Philippe Furrer (HC Lugano),
• Joël Genazzi (Lausanne HC),
• Dean Kukan (Cleveland Monsters/USA/AHL),
• Romain Loeffel (Servette Geneva),
• Christian Marti (ZSC Lions Zürich),
• Ramon Untersander (SC Bern)

Forwards:

• Cody Almond (Servette Geneva),
• Andres Ambühl (HC Davos),
• Simon Bodenmann (SC Bern),
• Thomas Rüfenacht (SC Bern),
• Damien Brunner (HC Lugano),
• Gaetan Haas (EHC Biel),
• Denis Hollenstein (EHC Kloten),
• Vincent Praplan (EHC Kloten),
• Denis Malgin (Florida Panthers/USA/NHL),
• Tanner Richard (Syracuse Crunch/USA/AHL),
• Reto Schäppi (ZSC Lions Zürich),
• Pius Suter (ZSC Lions Zürich),
• Fabrice Herzog (ZSC Lions Zürich),
• Reto Suri (EV Zug)  

 

 

Belarus

Canada

Czech Republic

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Latvia

Norway

Russia

Slovakia

Slovenia

 

 

[hckošice 14,822]

  TEAM SWEDEN 

 

 

Goaltenders:

• Viktor Fasth (CSKA Moscow, RUS/KHL),
• Eddie Läck (Carolina Hurricanes/USA/NHL),
• Niklas Svedberg (Salavat Yulayev Ufa, RUS/KHL)

Defencers:

• Philip Holm (Växjö Lakers),
• Calle Rosén (Växjö Lakers),
• Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay Lightning/USA/NHL),
• Anton Stralman (Tampa Bay Lightning/USA/NHL),
• Jonas Brodin (Minnesota Wild/USA/NHL),
• Alexander Edler (Vancouver Canucks/CAN/NHL),
• Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Arizona Coyotes/USA/NHL),
• John Klingberg (Dallas Stars/USA/NHL)

Forwards:

• Elias Lindholm (Carolina Hurricanes/USA/NHL),
• Joakim Nordström (Carolina Hurricanes/USA/NHL),
• Victor Rask (Carolina Hurricanes/USA/NHL),
• Gabriel Landeskog (Colorado Avalanche/USA/NHL),
• Carl Söderberg (Colorado Avalanche/USA/NHL),
• Dennis Everberg (Växjö Lakers),
• Joel Lundqvist (Frölunda Indians),
• Joel Eriksson Ek (Minnesota Wild/USA/NHL),
• Carl Klingberg (EV Zug, SUI),
• Marcus Krüger (Chicago Blackhawks/USA/NHL),
• William Nylander (Toronto Maple Leafs/CAN/NHL),
• Linus Omark (Salavat Yulayev Ufa, RUS/KHL),
• Mario Kempe (Vityaz Podolsk, RUS/KHL),
• William Karlsson (Columbus Blue Jackets/USA/NHL)

 

 

Belarus

Canada

Czech Republic

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Latvia

Norway

Russia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Switzerland

 

 

[hckošice 14,822]

  TEAM ITALY 

 

 

Goaltenders:

• Andreas Bernard (Ässät Pori, FIN),
• Frederic Cloutier (Asiago Hockey),
• Gianluca Vallini (HC Gherdeina)

Defencers:

• Daniel Glira (HC Bolzano),
• Alexander Egger (HC Bolzano),
• Luca Zanatta (Red Ice Martigny, SUI),
• Thomas Larkin (Adler Mannheim, GER),
• Armin Helfer (Pustertal Bruneck),
• Armin Hofer (Pustertal Bruneck),
• Stefano Marchetti (Asiago Hockey),
• Enrico Miglioranzi (Asiago Hockey)

Forwards:

• Anton Bernard (HC Bolzano),
• Marco Insam (HC Bolzano),
• Luca Frigo (HC Bolzano),
• Markus Gander (HC Bolzano),
• Daniel Frank (HC Bolzano),
• Michele Marchetti (HC Bolzano),
• Giovanni Morini (HC Lugano, SUI),
• Raphael Andergassen (Pustertal Bruneck),
• Alex Lambacher (Hannover Indians, GER),
• Diego Kostner (HC Ambri-Piotta, SUI),
• Simon Kostner (Ritten Sport),
• Tommaso Traversa (Ritten Sport),
• Tommaso Goi (HCB Ticino Rockets, SUI),
• Giulio Scandella (Asiago Hockey)

 

 

Belarus

Canada

Czech Republic

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Latvia

Norway

Russia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Sweden

Switzerland

 

[hckošice 14,822]

  TEAM UNITED STATES 

 

 

Goaltenders:

• Connor Hellebuyck (Winnipeg Jets/CAN/NHL),
• Jimmy Howard (Detroit Red Wings/NHL),
• Cal Petersen (University of Notre Dame/NCAA)

Defencers:

• Jacob Trouba (Winnipeg Jets/CAN/NHL),
• Danny DeKeyser (Detroit Red Wings/NHL),
• Connor Murphy (Arizona Coyotes/NHL),
• Daniel Brickley (Minnesota State University/NCAA),
• Noah Hanifin (Carolina Hurricanes/NHL),
• Charlie McAvoy (Boston Bruins/NHL),
• Trevor van Riemsdyk (Chicago Blackhawks/NHL)

Forwards:

• Nick Bjugstad (Florida Panthers/NHL),
• J.T. Compher (Colorado Avalanche/NHL),
• Andrew Copp (Winnipeg Jets/CAN/NHL),
• Christian Dvorak (Arizona Coyotes/NHL),
• Dylan Larkin (Detroit Red Wings/NHL),
• Anders Lee (New York Islanders/NHL),
• Brock Nelson (New York Islanders/NHL),
• Jordan Greenway (Boston University/NCAA),
• Clayton Keller (Arizona Coyotes/NHL),
• Anders Bjork (University of Notre Dame/NCAA),
• Jack Eichel (Buffalo Sabres/NHL),
• Johnny Gaudreau (Calgary Flames/CAN/NHL),
• Nick Schmaltz (Chicago Blackhawks/NHL)

 

 

Belarus

Canada

Czech Republic

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Italy

Latvia

Norway

Russia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Sweden

Switzerland

 

 

[hckošice 14,822]

38 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Canada's team is just not at the quality it needs to be yikes.

 

I do not expect a three-peat. 

 

Still one of the strongest squads here, maybe only behind Sweden who send to Cologne a truly impressive team. but I personally still rank this Canada team very high in this competition, ofc it´s not the Sochi 2014 or Vancouver 2010 hammer squads, but still very strong and a medal is highly probable.

 

Other to notes, Russia and Czech Republic also with a extremely strong and balanced teams definitely teams to watch, then traditionally Finland and USA rejuvenated by still extremely packed rosters.

[phelps 7,670]

7 hours ago, hckosice said:

to @phelps

I know you have Slovak public television, and you use it to watch hockey, so here the official final STV schedule for the preliminary round of the world championships,

don´t know if the Italian TV will broadcast many games from this WCh, but if not, so you can then follow some matches in our TV 

 

Friday 5th May

16:00  Sweden vs Russia  STV2 Live

18:55  Finland vs Belarus  STV2 (1 hour shortened replay)

20:00  Czech Republic vs Canada  STV1  Live

23:45  USA vs Germany  STV2  Full Replay

 

Saturday 6th May

12:00  Latvia vs Denmark  STV2 Live

14:45  Slovenia vs Switzerland STV2  (1 hour shortened replay)

16:00  Slovakia vs Italy  STV1 Live

21:00  Germany vs Sweden  STV2 Live (the coverage will start from 2nd period because of our football league match )

23:45  Slovakia vs Italy  STV2 Full Replay

01:15  Belarus vs Czech Republic  STV2 Full Replay

03:35  Norway vs France  STV2  Full Replay

 

Sunday 7th May

12:00  Italy vs Russia  STV2 Live

14:45  Slovenia vs Canada  STV2 (1 hour Shortened replay)

16:00  USA vs Denmark  STV2 Live

18:55  Finland vs France STV2 (1 hour Shortened replay)

20:00  Slovakia vs Latvia  STV1 Live

23:50  Slovakia vs Latvia  STV2 Full Replay

01:20  Norway - Switzerland STV2 Full Replay

 

Monday 8th May

16:00  Germany vs Russia  STV2 Live

18:55  Belarus vs Canada  STV2 (1 hour shortened Replay)

20:00  USA vs Sweden  STV2 Live

23:40  Finland vs Czech Republic  STV2 Full Replay

 

Tuesday 9th May

16:00  Italy vs Latvia  STV2 Live

18:55  Slovenia vs Norway  STV2 (1 hour shortened replay)

20:00  Slovakia vs Denmark  STV1 Live

23:40  Slovakia vs Denmark  STV2 Full Replay

01:10  Switzerland vs France  STV2 Full Replay

 

Wednesday 10th May

16:00  Switzerland vs Belarus  STV2 Live

18:55  USA vs Italy  STV2 (1 hour shortened replay)

20:00  Slovakia vs Germany  STV1 Live

00:00  Slovakia vs Germany  STV2 Full Replay

01:45  Finland vs Slovenia  STV2  Full Replay

 

Thursday 11th May

16:00  Russia vs Denmark  STV2 Live

18:55  Czech Republic vs Norway  STV2 (1 hour shortened replay)

00:15  France vs Canada  STV2 Full Replay

01:45  Sweden vs Latvia  STV2 Full Replay

 

Friday 12th May

16:00  Czech Republic vs Slovenia  STV2 Live

18:55  Sweden vs Italy  STV2 (1 hour shortened replay)

20:10  Denmark vs Germany  STV2 Live

23:40  France vs Belarus  STV2  Full Replay

 

Saturday 13th May

12:00  Latvia vs USA  STV2 Live

14:45  Norway vs Finland  STV2 (1 hour shortened replay)

16:00  Slovakia vs Russia  STV1 Live

21:00  Canada vs Switzerland  STV2 Live (again the coverage will start from 2nd period because of our football league match )

23:40  Slovakia vs Russia  STV2  Full Replay

01:10  Slovenia vs Belarus  STV2  Full Replay

03:30  Italy vs Germany  STV2  Full Replay

 

Sunday 14th May

16:00  Slovakia s USA  STV1  Live

20:00  Denmark vs Sweden  STV2 Live

23:40  Slovakia vs USA  STV2 Full Replay

01:10  Finland vs Switzerland  STV2 Full Replay

 

Monday 15th May

16:00  Canada vs Norway  STV2 Live

18:55  Denmark vs Italy  STV2 (1 hour shortened replay)

20:10  Russia vs Latvia  STV2 Live

23:40  France vs Slovenia  STV2 Full Replay

 

Tuesday 16th May

12:00  Slovakia vs Sweden  STV1 Live

14:35  Belarus vs Norway  STV2 (1 hour shortened replay)

16:00  Russia vs USA  STV2 Live

18:55  Czech Republic vs Switzerland  (1 hour shortened replay)

20:10  Canada vs Finland  STV2 Live

23:40  Slovakia vs Sweden STV2 Full Replay

01:10  Germany vs Latvia  STV2 Full Replay

 

 

 

 

Thanks, my friend!

yeah, between Slovak and Czech Tv I can watch basically every match on tv*...

in Italy, TV rights have been taken by Fox Sports (pay-tv...which I also have on my lineup, by the way), but they will broadcast only the games of the Italian National Team and semifinals + finals...so, God bless Czech and Slovak Tv stations...

 

*however I hope for all those people who don't see those wonderful tv stations that IIHF will offer the Free Live Streaming once again, as it happened in 2015 and 2016...

[hckošice 14,822]

ROAD TO MEN'S

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

2017

 

 

 

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Seeking survival

New-look Italy turns to local talent

 

Back in the top tier for the first time since 2014, Italy brings a new look to Cologne. But Stefan Mair's young team faces a battle to survive this year.

 

When Italy was relegated from the Elite Pool in 2014, 10 of its players were dual-nationals. Today, the roster has a far stronger Italian accent as the squadra azzurra puts its faith in local talent. Back at the top level, the team faces a battle against relegation – but can point to progress towards forging a new Italian identity. This season’s roster draws heavily on the Italian teams involved in the Alps League and HC Bolzano, Italy’s representative in the Austrian EBEL.

 

Goal

 

Andreas Bernard has held down the #1 spot at Finnish team Assat Pori for the past two seasons, gaining valuable experience of life in the Liiga and cementing his status as Italy’s first choice between the piping. He’s backed up by the experienced Frederic Cloutier, 35, a Quebec-born goalie playing in Italy since 2007. Youngster Gianluca Vallini rounds out the trio.

 

Defence

 

Thomas Larkin, born in London to an American father, might look like the kind of imported Italian that the team is keen to stop relying upon. In reality, though, he moved to his mother’s homeland as a young child and learned his hockey in Varese before hitting the US College circuit. Two seasons in the KHL with Medvescak Zagreb came to an end in the spring and Larkin, 26, moved on to Adler Mannheim of the DEL. Elsewhere on the blue line, there’s plenty of experience. Armin Helfer, 36, will be involved in his 16th World Championship campaign and was part of Italy’s roster at the Turin Olympics. Bolzano’s Alexander Egger, a versatile player who has also been seen playing as centre, is back for his 10th campaign.

 

Forward

 

Italy has a young forward line in this competition, with only Giulio Scandella (33) topping the 30 mark. Like Helfer, he played Olympic hockey in Turin in 2006. The absence of Joachim Ramoser, the country’s leading goalscorer in Poland last year, is a miss. Players like Luca Frigo, Raphael Andergassen and Tommaso Traversa are among the players who have won a place on the national team since Italy’s last top-flight adventure in 2014. Anton Bernard, another player with Bolzano connections, has worn the ‘C’ for his country since 2015. The two Kostners, Diego and Simon, are not brothers. Diego, 24, is the son of Thomas, currently head coach of Italy U20s; Simon, 26, plays for his father Erwin’s Ritten Sport team in the Alps League.

 

Coaching

 

Stefan Mair, previously head coach at Schwenninger Wild Wings of the DEL, has been in the job since 2014, combining his international responsibilities with a role as head coach of Swiss second-tier team Hockey Thurgau. In that time he’s overseen the rebuilding of the country’s roster, giving greater opportunities to young players emerging from the national program and clinching a top-tier return with a second-placed finish in Katowice 12 months ago. This will be his first attempt at coaching in the Elite Pool.

 

Projected results

 

Like any newly-promoted team, Italy’s first task is to remain in the top flight. The nation was once a fixture at this level, enjoying an unbroken run from 1992-2002, but it last avoided relegation back in 2007 and has been up and down ever since. Italy’s hopes of stepping off that elevator this time are hampered by the fact that Denmark – the next lowest seed in Cologne – cannot be relegated before it hosts next year’s championship, upping the pressure on Mair’s men. The May 9 meeting with Latvia and the concluding group stage game against the Danes on May 15 will be crucial for the team’s survival prospects, while the experience of facing the likes of Russia, Sweden and the USA will be a fantastic opportunity for Italy’s younger players to test themselves at a whole new level.

 

 

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[Gianlu33 4,552]

I'm ready to watch my frist Ice Hockey WC ever  I try to read some rules, I hope to find out something