Quarterfinal Pairing:   - - - -

Tuesday January 7th, 2025   Preliminary Round Last Day Results   Group A Eastern European Time (GMT +2)   Japan   4 - 5OT  Sweden Period-by-Period: 1-1, 3-2, 0-1, Overtime: 0-1 January 7th 2025 h. 13:30, Vantaa Trio Arena, Vantaa   United States   5 - 0  Finland Period-by-Period: 1-0, 3-0, 1-0 January 7th 2025 h. 17:00, Vantaa Trio Arena, Vantaa   Group A Final Standing   Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. United States 3 3(0) 0(0) 14 0 +14 9 Sweden 3 2(2) 1(0) 7 8 -1 4 Finland 3 1(0) 2(1) 5 9 -4 4 Japan 3 0(0) 3(1) 6 15 -9 1     Group B Eastern European Time (GMT +2) 1 Switzerland   5 - 3  Slovakia Period-by-Period: 0-0, 3-1, 2-2 January 7th 2025 h. 10:00, Vantaa Trio Arena, Vantaa   Czechia   0 - 5  Canada Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-1, 0-3 January 7th 2025 h. 20:30, Vantaa Trio Arena, Vantaa a Group B Final Standing   Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Canada 3 3(0) 0(0) 16 3 +13 9 Czechia 3 2(1) 1(0) 8 9 -1 5 Switzerland 3 1(0) 2(1) 7 10 -3 4 Slovakia 3 0(0) 3(0) 8 17 -9 0   Nations Qualified for the Quarterfinals   Canada Czech Republic Finland Japan Slovakia Sweden Switzerland United States

Wednesday January 8th, 2025 - Round-Robin Day 3 Schedule (GMT +1)   12:30  Norway vs Austria 16:00  Italy vs Hungary 19:30  Germany vs France

Tuesday January 7th, 2025 - Round-Robin Day 2 Results (GMT +1)   12:30  Netherlands  2 - 5  Romania 16:00  Lithuania  6 - 1  Great Britain 19:30  Croatia  7 - 4  China   Provisional Standing After Day 2:   1.    6 ------------------ 2.   6 3.   3 4.   3 5.   0 ------------------ 6.   0

They'll be missed, as it is a fun time to look back on the year. Honestly, it just seems like forum participation has dropped off a bit for the time being.

This is a great idea, but considering the low interest this year, I don't think we will have another edition of this award.

It might be easier if, at the conclusion of this year's awards, @vinipereira asks for volunteers to track possible nominations, and then splits them into small groups for each category, so that interested users only have to follow one, two or possibly three categories for the first round instead of making nominations in each one. All users would remain eligible to vote in the second round. 

I will try to vote in next round, it is always so hard to find nominees in all categories.

The penalty for changing the license is 1-2 years depending on the federation and whether Russia agrees or not. In the case of Russia and Kazakhstan, these consents are very often given, so such a change is easier.

Honnestly a little surprised at how few winter sports Russian athletes changed citizenship.