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https://www.newsweek.com/dmitry-medvedev-russia-arm-north-korea-south-korea-lethal-aid-ukraine-1795489

Today's Schedule Extraliga Finals Mountfield HK (4) vs HC Oceláři Třinec (6), game #5 (5 p.m. CET)

not surprised after Medvedev and Lavrov's last week's words...

Metalligaen Regular Season Final Standings 1.Aalborg Pirates, 94 Pts 2.Herning IK, 93 Pts 3.Odense Bulldogs, 86 Pts Full Ranking https://www.eurohockey.com/league/144-metal-ligaen.html Individual Stats RS Best Scorer: / Phil Marinaccio (Herning IK), 52 Pts RS Best Goal Scorer: Otto Nieminen (Odense Bulldogs), 25 Goals RS Best Goaltender by GAA: George Sørensen (Aalborg Pirates), 1.91 GAA (48 games played) RS Best Goaltender by SVS%: Lukas Horak (Herlev IC Eagles), 93.25% (47 games played) Metalligaen Playoffs Quarterfinals Recap (Best-of-7 Series) Aalborg Pirates (1) - Rungsted Seier Capital (8) 4-3 (2-11; 4-0; 4-2; 3-0; 0-2; 2-4; 5-2) Herning IK (2) - Frederikshavn White Hawks (7) 4-2 (4-1; 3-4; 3-0; 1-5; 2-3; 0-5) Odense Bulldogs (3) - Herlev Eagles (6) 2-4 (4-2; 1-4; 3-4 OT; 3-6; 4-2; 3-4) SønderjyskE (4) - Esbjerg Energy (5) 2-4 (1-2 OT; 6-3; 0-1; 2-3 OT; 2-1; 1-2) Metalligaen Playoffs Semifinals Recap (Best-of-7 Series) Aalborg Pirates (1) - Herlev Eagles (6) 4-0 (4-2; 3-1; 3-2 2OT; 5-1) Herning IK (2) - Esbjerg Energy (5) 4-3 (10-5; 5-4; 1-2; 3-0; 2-3 OT; 1-2; 5-2) Metalligaen Playoffs 3rd Place Series (Best-of-3 Series) Esbjerg Energy (5) - Herlev Eagles (6) 0-2 (5-8; 2-3) Metalligaen Playoffs The Finals (Best-of-7 Series) Aalborg Pirates (1) - Herning IK (2) 4-2 (6-0; 4-3 OT; 2-3 OT; 6-2; 1-2; 3-2) Aalborg Pirates are Danish Champions 2022/2023!

NLA Playoffs The Finals (Best-of-7 Series) Game #6 EHC Biel-Bienne (2) - Genève-Servette HC (1) 4-2 (0-1, 2-0, 2-1) Series tied 3-2 Boxscore https://www.sihf.ch/de/game-center/game/#/20231105000432 Highlights https://www.nationalleague.ch/game/20231105000432

Liiga Playoffs The Finals (Best-of-7 Series) Game #4 Pelicans Lahti (4) - Tappara Tampere (1) 1-3 (0-1, 0-1, 1-1) Tappara lead Series 3-1 Boxscore https://liiga.fi/en/game/2023/48503/stats Highlights https://liiga.fi/en/videos/61105/ottelukooste:-pelicans–tappara

Discovery+ / Eurosport Player has it all (at least, here in Italy...but I think it's a whole European thing).

Today's Schedule Liiga Finals Pelicans Lahti (4) vs Tappara Tampere (1), game #4 (5.30 p.m. CET) Metalligaen Finals Herning Blue Fox (2) vs Aalborg Pirates (1), game #6 (7.30 p.m. CET) NLA Finals EHC Biel Bienne (2) vs Genève-Servette HC (1), game #6 (8 p.m. CET)

Växjö Lakers HC are Swedish Champions! For the fourth time, Växjö Lakers are Swedish champions. The Smålanders scored the first match ball at home via a 3-0 victory, of which the last two goals came in empty nets. A key sequence in the gold match was when Emil Larmi threw himself straight and saved a direct shot with his right hand. Skellefteå was beaten to win in Vidare Arena and the visitors started well. Skellefteå was 12-3 in shots on goal in the first period, thanks in part to two power plays. They put a lot of pucks on goal and had several chances. Oscar Möller had the very best opportunity. After a pass through the castle, the Skellefteå captain fired a direct shot, but as so many times before, Emil Larmi made a spectacular save. The Växjö goalkeeper dropped his stick, threw himself like a soccer goalkeeper and saved the puck with the inside of the shot. Växjö had three chances in five against four in the second period. Although there was no goal in that form of play, it contributed to Växjö moving the game forward in the middle act. With six seconds left until the break, Robert Rosén made it 1-0, after a delicious pass from Martin Lundberg. Växjö then made a good third period and Skellefteå had few clear scoring chances. Many Skellefteå shots were covered by Växjö players and as soon as the puck reached the goal, Emil Larmi stood in the way. With just over three minutes left, Skellefteå took out the goalkeeper and then Victor Stjernborg was able to score 2-0 and Ludvig Nilsson then made it 3-0. Said about the match - "Fantastic. A lovely bunch, lovely management staff. Great team to work with", said Växjö's head coach Jörgen Jönsson to C More. - "I don't know what to say. I love these matches and how we play together", said Växjö goalkeeper Emil Larmi to C More. - "It is our structure, our system. We know it has worked in the past and we are good at getting the group to fully buy into it. It was decisive today as well. Incredibly nice", said Växjö's Robert Rosén, who has participated in all four of Växjö's golds. - "In this group, I think something happened before match seven against Luleå. Then we had a meeting and came together as a group. Then we have Emil Larmi in goal", said Martin Lundberg, who celebrated his fifth SM gold. - "It feels terribly boring. We were determined to turn the series around. We did everything we could and it is only to congratulate Växjö Lakers", said Skellefteå's team captain Oscar Möller. Quick facts recap - Växjö took their fourth SM gold after 4-1 in matches. They have won in 2015, 2018, 2021 and 2023. - Robert Rosén scored the match-deciding goal both when Växjö knocked out Luleå in the quarter-finals and Frölunda in the semi-finals. Now he scored the match-deciding 1-0 goal in Växjö's golden match. - Martin Lundberg was responsible for the preparation for the lead goal and it was his second point in this final series. - Emil Larmi kept his fourth shutout in the playoffs when he saved 20 shots. - The best goal scorer of the playoffs is Oscar Möller (Skellefteå) with 7 goals. - Emil Larmi (Växjö) was awarded as the playoffs' most valuable player, the Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy.

SHL The Finals (Best-of-7 Series) Game #5 Växjö Lakers HC (1) - Skellefteå AIK (2) 3-0 (0-0, 1-0, 2-0) Växjö Lakers HC win Series 4-1 Boxscore https://www.shl.se/game-center/qcv-34epWLiAN/qbT-5I5tQVeoK/?state=post-game&active-tab=stats Highlights https://www.shl.se/single-video/video|staylive|217374

Fjordkraft-ligaen Regular Season Final Standings 1.Stavanger Oilers, 99 Pts 2.Storhamar Ishockey, 95 Pts 3.Vålerenga IF, 94 Pts Full Ranking https://www.hockey.no/live/Standings?date=24.04.2023 Individual Stats RS Best Scorer: John-Nicholas Piccinich (Stjernen Hockey), 65 Pts RS Best Goal Scorer: / Austin Edward Cangelosi (Stjernen Hockey), 31 Goals RS Best Goaltender by GAA: Henrik Klemetsen Holm (Sparta Sarpsborg), 1.80 GAA (38 games played) RS Best Goaltender by SVS%: Tobias Normann (Stavanger Oilers), 92.4% (31 games played) Fjordkraft-ligaen Playoffs Quarterfinals Recap (Best-of-7 Series) Stavanger Oilers (1) - Lillehammer IK (7) 4-0 (11-1; 4-1; 13-0; 8-1) Storhamar Ishockey (2) - Manglerud Star (8) 4-0 (6-0; 8-0; 5-0; 12-1) Vålerenga IF (3) - IF Frisk Asker (6) 4-0 (5-2; 3-2; 6-2; 6-4) Stjernen Hockey (4) - Sparta Sarpsborg (5) 0-4 (1-2 OT; 3-4; 1-5; 3-4) Fjordkraft-ligaen Playoffs Semifinals Recap (Best-of-7 Series) Stavanger Oilers (1) - Sparta Sarpsborg (5) 4-0 (2-0; 3-0; 2-1; 5-4) Storhamar Ishockey (2) - Vålerenga IF (3) 4-2 (3-1; 1-2; 2-1; 3-6; 3-0; 2-1) Fjordkraft-ligaen Playoffs The Finals (Best-of-7 Series) Stavanger Oilers (1) - Storhamar Ishockey (2) 4-3 (0-3; 2-3 OT; 5-4 OT; 3-1; 1-4; 3-0; 3-0) Stavanger Oilers are Norwegian Champions for the 9th time, the 2nd in a row

Today's Schedule SHL Finals Växjö Lakers HC (1) vs Skellefteå AIK (2), game #5 (7.30 p.m. CET)

DEL Playoffs The Finals (Best-of-7 Series) Game #5 EHC Red Bull Munich (1) - ERC Ingolstadt (2) 3-1 (1-1, 0-0, 2-0) Red Bull Munich win series 4-1 Boxscore https://www.penny-del.org/event/ehc-red-bull-muenchen-erc-ingolstadt/14031 Highlights https://www.penny-del.org/video/ehc-red-bull-muenchen-erc-ingolstadt-highlights/21590

Extraliga Playoffs The Finals (Best-of-7 Series) Game #5 HC Košice(1) - HKM Zvolen (3) 3-0 (0-0, 1-0, 2-0) HC Košice (1) win series 4-1 Boxscore https://www.hockeyslovakia.sk/sk/stats/matches/904/tipos-extraliga/match/129466 Highlights

Extraliga The Finals (Best-of-7 Series) Game #4 HC Oceláři Třinec (6) - HK Mountfield (4) 1-2 OT (0-1, 1-0, 0-0, 0-1) Třinec lead series 3-1 Boxscore https://www.hokej.cz/zapas/2907022 Highlights Not available Full Game https://www.hokej.cz/tv/hokejka/video/20223379

how could it be clean, if there are still scores better than the old proven doped records? (and if the usual suspects are still way ahead of the rest of the field, even after coming back from years of suspension?) I just can't believe that basically no Western European country (with some exception from this lucky generation of Italy) can develop a single weightlifter capable of medalling at least at Continental level on the male side (among the women at least we have also some French and British girls doing well). and despite that, it still remains a fascinating sport with quite a good number of very exciting competitions...

fun fact...all 3 of Today's games are potential Title clinching matches so, let's get ready to party!

Today's Schedule DEL Finals EC Red Bull Munich (1) vs ERC Ingolstadt (2), game #5 (2 p.m. CET) Extraliga Finals HC Oceláři Třinec (6) vs Mountfield HK (4), game #4 (5 p.m. CET) Extraliga Finals HC Košice (1) vs HKM Zvolen (3), game #5 (6 p.m. CET)

NLA Playoffs The Finals (Best-of-7 Series) Game #5 Genève-Servette HC (1) - EHC Biel-Bienne (2) 7-1 (0-0, 4-0, 3-1) Servette lead Series 3-2 Boxscore https://www.sihf.ch/de/game-center/game/#/20231105000431 Highlights https://www.nationalleague.ch/game/20231105000431

finally, Servette are leading 3-0 midway through the 2nd period against Bienne in game #5 of the Swiss NLA Finals. the game is Live for free here (in Italian) with NO VPN needed... https://www.teleticino.ch/diretta

Extraliga The Finals (Best-of-7 Series) Game #3 HC Oceláři Třinec (6) - HK Mountfield (4) 1-0 (0-0, 1-0, 0-0) Třinec lead series 3-0 Boxscore https://www.hokej.cz/zapas/2907021 Highlights Not available Full Game https://www.hokej.cz/tv/hokejka/video/20223370

Liiga Playoffs The Finals (Best-of-7 Series) Game #3 Tappara Tampere (1) - Pelicans Lahti (4) 1-4 (0-1, 0-1, 1-2) Tappara lead Series 2-1 Boxscore https://liiga.fi/en/game/2023/48502/stats Highlights https://liiga.fi/en/videos/61103/ottelukooste:-tappara–pelicans

SHL The Finals (Best-of-7 Series) Game #4 Skellefteå AIK (2) - Växjö Lakers HC (1) 1-4 (0-2, 1-1, 0-1) Växjö lead series 3-1 Boxscore https://www.shl.se/game-center/qcv-34epb933t/qbT-5I5tQVeoK/?state=post-game&active-tab=stats Highlights https://www.shl.se/single-video/video|staylive|217670

since last year, when they took over the direct tv production of their events (and use a cusumized player and no longer the old "external" one).

really disappointing result for the Italian women's team pursuit...with those girls, I expected a lot more. good second place for the men without Ganna and Milan.