hckošice 13,305 Posted May 23, 2016 Author #961 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Power Rankings Canada shines atop the world In our ninth and final Power Rankings, Canada finishes first after beating Finland 2-0 in the gold medal game. Host Russia is third. See you next year! 1. Canada: It's a Canadian team WINNING in May! 2. Finland: Who was that, Connor Kharlamov? 3. Russia: Moscow bronze: a cherished tradition 4. United States: We just got taken to the Bolshoi Ballet 5. Czech Republic: The Shootout by Franz Kafka 6. Sweden: As a team, we're good-looking and mild-mannered 7. Germany: Cologne. For teams that don't want to stink. 8. Denmark: In the Hans Christian Andersen version, we win gold 9. Slovakia: It's Peter Stastny's fault for not being 25 10. Norway: Roy, thank you for teaching polar bears how to behave 11. Switzerland: We're in the "Big Eleven" 12. Belarus: Kool & The Gang wrote "Celebration" about Stepanov 13. Latvia: What, no beaver jokes this year? 14. France: Paris. Well, duh...because it's Paris! 15. Hungary: Our newest wine is the 2017 Division I Tokay 16. Kazakhstan: We want a new format where we're always on the PP Previous editions: 6 May 8 May 10 May 12 May 14 May 17 May 19 May 21 May The Power Rankings are for the enjoyment of IIHF.com readers, and reflect the progress of teams during the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. They are distinct from the official standings and IIHF World Ranking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,305 Posted May 23, 2016 Author #962 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Perry joins TRIPLE GOLD CLUB Stanley Cup, Olympic gold, and WCh gold Canada’s Corey Perry is the 27th member of hockey’s most exclusive club. After winning a Stanley Cup with Anaheim in 2007, he was on Canada’s Olympic champion team in both 2010 and 2014. Now that he has captained a World Championship gold, he is a member of the Triple Gold Club. Canada now has ten such members, followed by Sweden with nine, Russia six, and Czech Republic two. Last year countryman Sidney Crosby was the 26th member after Canada’s win in Prague. Perry also won World Junior Championship gold in 2005 with Crosby. The 31-year-old Perry was presented with his TGC pin by IIHF President Rene Fasel just moments after stepping off the ice with a gold medal around his neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,305 Posted May 23, 2016 Author #963 Share Posted May 23, 2016 World Ranking 2016 Canada remains first Finland, USA move up in World Ranking With its 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship win Canada also defended first place in the 2016 IIHF Men’s World Ranking. Thanks to the gold-medal win Canada even extended its lead with 3495 points while Russia has 3380. Finland and the U.S. are third and fourth respectively now. Both moved up one spot at the expense of Sweden, which fell from third to fifth place after missing out on the semi-finals this year. The four following places remained the same with the Czech Republic (6th), Switzerland (7th), Slovakia (8th) and Belarus (9th). Germany, one of the hosts next year, moved up from 13th to 10th place after reaching the quarter-finals for the first time in five years followed by Norway, which remained in 11th place. Denmark also made a move forward after reaching the quarter-finals, from 15th to 13th place, while Latvia (12th), France (14th) and Slovenia (15th) dropped down. Kazakhstan, Austria, Italy, Hungary and Poland complete the top-20. Note: The groups for the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship are not determined yet and will be announced in the upcoming days following meetings with the stakeholders involved in the event that will take place 5 to 21 May 2017 in Cologne, Germany, and Paris, France. but at this moment the groups for 2017 IIHF WCh are: A- ( ? ) in Cologne, Germany B- ( ?) in Paris, France The Groups are determined by this key A- 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16 of the annual IIHF ranking B- 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15 of the annual IIHF ranking Both Host countries must be agreed, and this year we have an exception with both co-hosted countries, they will meet in the next days to determine the groups. France already announced that they wish to Have Canada in Paris and Germany want Russia in Cologne, if it happen the groups will be like in this post. here the new released world ranking as of May 22nd, 2016 2016 IIHF Men's World Ranking 1 Canada 3495 2 Russia 3380 3 Finland 3355 4 United States 3290 5 Sweden 3275 6 Czech Republic 3210 7 Switzerland 2910 8 Slovakia 2870 9 Belarus 2820 10 Germany 2815 11 Norway 2765 12 Latvia 2730 13 Denmark 2700 14 France 2655 15 Slovenia 2530 16 Kazakhstan 2470 17 Austria 2440 18 Italy 2345 19 Hungary 2325 20 Poland 2175 21 Japan 2140 22 Ukraine 2105 23 South Korea 2090 24 Great Britain 2020 25 Lithuania 1900 26 Croatia 1825 27 Netherlands 1825 28 Estonia 1755 29 Romania 1735 30 Spain 1550 31 Serbia 1520 32 Belgium 1300 33 Mexico 1290 34 Israel 1250 35 Iceland 1240 36 Australia 1160 37 China 1075 38 New Zealand 1000 39 Bulgaria 870 40 North Korea 825 41 Turkey 805 42 South Africa 795 43 Luxembourg 680 44 Georgia 635 45 Hong Kong 545 46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 390 47 United Arab Emirates 340 48 Ireland 65 49 Greece 60 50 Mongolia 50 IIHF Men's World Ranking as of 22 May 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George_D 884 Posted May 23, 2016 #964 Share Posted May 23, 2016 USA took their lesson from "Red machine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,305 Posted May 24, 2016 Author #965 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Groups for World Championships 2017 named. and it´s absolutely the oposite of which everyone (including me) expected Group A (Cologne, GER) Group B (Paris, FRA) top 4 of each group will qualify for Quarterfinals. Last team of each group will be relegated to Division I A 2018. (Denmark is automatically saved and can´t be relagated, as host of 2018 world championships) which means if Denmark finish 8th of their group, the 7th team of the group A will be relagated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnator123 292 Posted May 24, 2016 #966 Share Posted May 24, 2016 On 23.5.2016 at 08:01, hckosice said: World Ranking 2016 Canada remains first Finland, USA move up in World Ranking With its 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship win Canada also defended first place in the 2016 IIHF Men’s World Ranking. Thanks to the gold-medal win Canada even extended its lead with 3495 points while Russia has 3380. Finland and the U.S. are third and fourth respectively now. Both moved up one spot at the expense of Sweden, which fell from third to fifth place after missing out on the semi-finals this year. The four following places remained the same with the Czech Republic (6th), Switzerland (7th), Slovakia (8th) and Belarus (9th). Germany, one of the hosts next year, moved up from 13th to 10th place after reaching the quarter-finals for the first time in five years followed by Norway, which remained in 11th place. Denmark also made a move forward after reaching the quarter-finals, from 15th to 13th place, while Latvia (12th), France (14th) and Slovenia (15th) dropped down. Kazakhstan, Austria, Italy, Hungary and Poland complete the top-20. Note: The groups for the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship are not determined yet and will be announced in the upcoming days following meetings with the stakeholders involved in the event that will take place 5 to 21 May 2017 in Cologne, Germany, and Paris, France. but at this moment the groups for 2017 IIHF WCh are: A- ( ? ) in Cologne, Germany B- ( ?) in Paris, France The Groups are determined by this key A- 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16 of the annual IIHF ranking B- 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15 of the annual IIHF ranking Both Host countries must be agreed, and this year we have an exception with both co-hosted countries, they will meet in the next days to determine the groups. France already announced that they wish to Have Canada in Paris and Germany want Russia in Cologne, if it happen the groups will be like in this post. here the new released world ranking as of May 22nd, 2016 2016 IIHF Men's World Ranking 1 Canada 3495 2 Russia 3380 3 Finland 3355 4 United States 3290 5 Sweden 3275 6 Czech Republic 3210 7 Switzerland 2910 8 Slovakia 2870 9 Belarus 2820 10 Germany 2815 11 Norway 2765 12 Latvia 2730 13 Denmark 2700 14 France 2655 15 Slovenia 2530 16 Kazakhstan 2470 17 Austria 2440 18 Italy 2345 19 Hungary 2325 20 Poland 2175 21 Japan 2140 22 Ukraine 2105 23 South Korea 2090 24 Great Britain 2020 25 Lithuania 1900 26 Croatia 1825 27 Netherlands 1825 28 Estonia 1755 29 Romania 1735 30 Spain 1550 31 Serbia 1520 32 Belgium 1300 33 Mexico 1290 34 Israel 1250 35 Iceland 1240 36 Australia 1160 37 China 1075 38 New Zealand 1000 39 Bulgaria 870 40 North Korea 825 41 Turkey 805 42 South Africa 795 43 Luxembourg 680 44 Georgia 635 45 Hong Kong 545 46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 390 47 United Arab Emirates 340 48 Ireland 65 49 Greece 60 50 Mongolia 50 IIHF Men's World Ranking as of 22 May 2016. Why Team Finland is ranked 3rd and Russia 2nd? I'm still wondering... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,305 Posted May 24, 2016 Author #967 Share Posted May 24, 2016 3 minutes ago, Finnator123 said: Why Team Finland is ranked 3rd and Russia 2nd? I'm still wondering... here are the explanations about IIHF world ranking. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-ranking/ in fact they use the last 4 world championships + last olympics. they count 25% of points of 2013 WCh, 50% of points of 2014 WCH, 75% of points of 2015 WCH and 100% of points of 2016 WCh + 100% of olympics Sochi 2014 tournament. so thats why Russia is still ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,362 Posted May 24, 2016 #968 Share Posted May 24, 2016 They should rank the Asian countries who solely compete in the Challenge Cup of Asia... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnator123 292 Posted May 24, 2016 #969 Share Posted May 24, 2016 6 minutes ago, hckosice said: here are the explanations about IIHF world ranking. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-ranking/ in fact they use the last 4 world championships + last olympics. they count 25% of points of 2013 WCh, 50% of points of 2014 WCH, 75% of points of 2015 WCH and 100% of points of 2016 WCh + 100% of olympics Sochi 2014 tournament. so thats why Russia is still ahead. That's seems rather stupid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihamiha 124 Posted May 24, 2016 #970 Share Posted May 24, 2016 pretty good draw for our guys.we can play with norway,belarus and france Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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