Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Championship 2018

[hckošice 15,825]

Road to IIHF World Championships

 

Exhibition Games

Monday April 9th, 2018

 

Lithuania (Div I B) - Latvia  3 - 2  After Overtime  *Played April 8th, 2018

Lithuania (Div I B) - Latvia  4 - 1

 

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Road to IIHF World Championships

 

Exhibition Games

Wednesday April 11th, 2018

 

Latvia - Finland  0 - 3

Italy (Div I A) - Austria  1 - 0

 

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Road to IIHF World Championships

 

Exhibition Games

Thursday April 12th, 2018

 

Latvia - Finland  0 - 5

Austria - Italy (Div I A)  4 - 3 After Penalty Shoot-Out

Denmark - Sweden  1 - 4

 

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Road to IIHF World Championships

 

Exhibition Games

Friday April 13th, 2018

 

France - Czech Republic  2 - 5

Switzerland - Belarus  3 - 2

 

[thepharoah 2,413]

will NHL players participate here ? 

[hckošice 15,825]

5 hours ago, thepharoah said:

will NHL players participate here ? 

 

Yes, the players from teams that did not qualified for the NHL play-offs, and their players were not sent to the play-offs of their respective AHL farm teams (mainly the young players with two-way contracts) are allowed.

 

The problem is how many of them will also confirm their participation and accept the invitation of their National Team coach.

 

For example for SVK, we have so far only 3 NHLers who confirmed their participation, Andrej Sekera, Tomáš Jurčo and Christián Jaroš. All others which clubs didn´t go through to the play-offs and were eligible refused the invitations for several reasons, Jaroslav Halák (end of contract and afraid of eventual injury which will complicate his new contract negotiations), Richard Pánik (expect the birth of their first child in May), or few others like Marián Gáborík (Injury), some others were sent by their teams to the AHL farm teams and others who play the play-offs are just not eligible until their team will be eliminated

 

but it´s the same practically for each team, meanwhile some super stars already confirmed heir participation like McDavid or Patrick Kane

[Finnator123 299]

4 hours ago, hckosice said:

 

Yes, the players from teams that did not qualified for the NHL play-offs, and their players were not sent to the play-offs of their respective AHL farm teams (mainly the young players with two-way contracts) are allowed.

 

The problem is how many of them will also confirm their participation and accept the invitation of their National Team coach.

 

For example for SVK, we have so far only 3 NHLers who confirmed their participation, Andrej Sekera, Tomáš Jurčo and Christián Jaroš. All others which clubs didn´t go through to the play-offs and were eligible refused the invitations for several reasons, Jaroslav Halák (end of contract and afraid of eventual injury which will complicate his new contract negotiations), Richard Pánik (expect the birth of their first child in May), or few others like Marián Gáborík (Injury), some others were sent by their teams to the AHL farm teams and others who play the play-offs are just not eligible until their team will be eliminated

 

but it´s the same practically for each team, meanwhile some super stars already confirmed heir participation like McDavid or Patrick Kane

 

 

Finland only has 4 guys from N-America so far. Goalis Husso & Säteri and Defensemen Pokka & Honka. This feels like 2014 all over again lol.  It was a miracle that we finished that tournament with the 4th place....

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Road to IIHF World Championships

 

Exhibition Games

Saturday April 14th, 2018

 

Germany - Slovakia  1 - 2  After Penalty Shoot-Outs

Norway - Russia  0 - 2

Denmark - Sweden  1 - 5

France - Czech Republic  2 - 6

 

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Road to IIHF World Championships

 

Exhibition Games

Sunday April 15th, 2018

 

Germany - Slovakia  1 - 4 

Norway - Russia  0 - 1

Switzerland - Belarus  2 - 1

 

[Agger 1,710]

On 14/4/2018 at 06:32, hckosice said:

 

Yes, the players from teams that did not qualified for the NHL play-offs, and their players were not sent to the play-offs of their respective AHL farm teams (mainly the young players with two-way contracts) are allowed.

 

The problem is how many of them will also confirm their participation and accept the invitation of their National Team coach.

 

For example for SVK, we have so far only 3 NHLers who confirmed their participation, Andrej Sekera, Tomáš Jurčo and Christián Jaroš. All others which clubs didn´t go through to the play-offs and were eligible refused the invitations for several reasons, Jaroslav Halák (end of contract and afraid of eventual injury which will complicate his new contract negotiations), Richard Pánik (expect the birth of their first child in May), or few others like Marián Gáborík (Injury), some others were sent by their teams to the AHL farm teams and others who play the play-offs are just not eligible until their team will be eliminated

 

but it´s the same practically for each team, meanwhile some super stars already confirmed heir participation like McDavid or Patrick Kane

 

 

Sweden is at 10 so far.