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ST. LOUIS BLUES STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS! Last place on January 3rd and now on top of the hockey world.

[hide] Preliminary RoundJune 7th - June 20th, 2019 24 Nations, 6 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group and 6 best 3rd ranked Teams among all Groups will qualify for the Round of 16 Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 7th 2019, h. 21:00 France 3 1 South Korea June 8th 2019, h. 21:00 Norway 2 0 Nigeria June 12th 2019, h. 15:00 Nigeria 1 1 South Korea June 12th 2019, h. 21:00 France 2 1 Norway June 17th 2019, h. 21:00 Nigeria 0 3 France June 17th 2019, h. 21:00 South Korea 1 1 Norway Group B Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 8th 2019, h. 15:00 Germany 3 1 China June 8th 2019, h. 18:00 Spain 3 0 South Africa June 12th 2019, h. 18:00 Germany 1 0 Spain June 13th 2019, h. 21:00 South Africa 0 2 China June 17th 2019, h. 18:00 South Africa 0 5 Germany June 17th 2019, h. 18:00 China 1 2 Spain Group C Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 9th 2019, h. 13:00 Australia 2 0 Italy June 9th 2019, h. 15:30 Brazil 4 0 Jamaica June 13th 2019, h. 18:00 Australia 1 0 Brazil June 14th 2019, h. 18:00 Jamaica 0 3 Italy June 18th 2019, h. 21:00 Jamaica 0 5 Australia June 18th 2019, h. 21:00 Italy 1 1 Brazil Group D Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 9th 2019, h. 18:00 England 2 0 Scotland June 10th 2019, h. 18:00 Argentina 0 3 Japan June 14th 2019, h. 15:00 Japan 2 1 Scotland June 14th 2019, h. 21:00 England 4 1 Argentina June 19th 2019, h. 21:00 Japan 1 2 England June 19th 2019, h. 21:00 Scotland 2 0 Argentina Group E Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 10th 2019, h. 21:00 Canada 4 0 Cameroon June 11th 2019, h. 15:00 New Zealand 0 2 Netherlands June 15th 2019, h. 15:00 Netherlands 3 0 Cameroon June 15th 2019, h. 21:00 Canada 1 0 New Zealand June 20th 2019, h. 18:00 Netherlands 1 1 Canada June 20th 2019, h. 18:00 Cameroon 0 1 New Zealand Group F Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 11th 2019, h. 18:00 Chile 0 3 Sweden June 11th 2019, h. 21:00 United States 7 0 Thailand June 16th 2019, h. 15:00 Sweden 5 0 Thailand June 16th 2019, h. 18:00 United States 5 0 Chile June 20th 2019, h. 21:00 Sweden 1 2 United States June 20th 2019, h. 21:00 Thailand 1 1 Chile [/hide]

[hide] Knockout RoundMay 10th - May 26th, 20198 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Bronze Medal Match Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 26th 2019 15:45 local Time (GMT+3) Russia 2 Czech Gold Medal Match Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 26th 2019 20:15 local Time (GMT+3) Canada 1 Finland [/hide]

[hide] Knockout RoundMay 23rd - May 26th, 2019 8 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 25th 2019, h. 15:15 Russia 1 Finland May 25th 2019, h. 19:15 Canada 1 Czech Republic [/hide]

[hide] Knockout RoundMay 23rd - May 26th, 2019 8 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 23rd 2019, h. 16:15 Canada 1 Switzerland May 23rd 2019, h. 16:15 Russia 3 United States May 23rd 2019, h. 20:15 Finland 1 Sweden May 23rd 2019, h. 20:15 Czech Republic 2 Germany [/hide]

working hard to defend my title from last year, may the best man win

[hide] Preliminary RoundMay 10th - May 21st, 2018 16 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 10th 2019, h. 16:15 Finland 1 Canada May 10th 2019, h. 20:15 United States 5 Slovakia May 11th 2019, h. 12:15 Denmark 2 France May 11th 2019, h. 16:15 Germany 4 Great Britain May 11th 2019, h. 20:15 Slovakia 3 Finland May 12th 2019, h. 12:15 United States 8 France May 12th 2019, h. 16:15 Denmark 1 Germany May 12th 2019, h. 20:15 Great Britain 9 Canada May 13th 2019, h. 16:15 United States 2 Finland May 13th 2019, h. 20:15 Slovakia 4 Canada May 14th 2019, h. 16:15 Great Britain 4 Denmark May 14th 2019, h. 20:15 Germany 2 France May 15th 2019, h. 16:15 United States 10 Great Britain May 15th 2019, h. 20:15 Germany 1 Slovakia May 16th 2019, h. 16:15 Canada 7 France May 16th 2019, h. 20:15 Finland 4 Denmark May 17th 2019, h. 16:15 France 3 Slovakia May 17th 2019, h. 20:15 Finland 7 Great Britain May 18th 2019, h. 12:15 Denmark 7 United States May 18th 2019, h. 16:15 Canada 5 Germany May 18th 2019, h. 20:15 Great Britain 6 Slovakia May 19th 2019, h. 16:15 Germany 7 United States May 19th 2019, h. 20:15 France 6 Finland May 20th 2019, h. 16:15 France 3 Great Britain May 20th 2019, h. 20:15 Canada 6 Denmark May 21st 2019, h. 12:15 Finland 5 Germany May 21st 2019, h. 16:15 Slovakia 2 Denmark May 21st 2019, h. 20:15 Canada 2 United States Group B Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 10th 2019, h. 16:15 Russia 7 Norway May 10th 2019, h. 20:15 Czech Republic 2 Sweden May 11th 2019, h. 12:15 Switzerland 4 Italy May 11th 2019, h. 16:15 Latvia 1 Austria May 11th 2019, h. 20:15 Norway 4 Czech Republic May 12th 2019, h. 12:15 Russia 9 Austria May 12th 2019, h. 16:15 Italy 9 Sweden May 12th 2019, h. 20:15 Latvia 1 Switzerland May 13th 2019, h. 16:15 Russia 3 Czech Republic May 13th 2019, h. 20:15 Norway 7 Sweden May 14th 2019, h. 16:15 Italy 3 Latvia May 14th 2019, h. 20:15 Switzerland 2 Austria May 15th 2019, h. 16:15 Switzerland 2 Norway May 15th 2019, h. 20:15 Russia 12 Italy May 16th 2019, h. 16:15 Sweden 8 Austria May 16th 2019, h. 20:15 Czech Republic 4 Latvia May 17th 2019, h. 16:15 Austria 2 Norway May 17th 2019, h. 20:15 Czech Republic 7 Italy May 18th 2019, h. 12:15 Latvia 8 Russia May 18th 2019, h. 16:15 Italy 1 Norway May 18th 2019, h. 20:15 Sweden 2 Switzerland May 19th 2019, h. 16:15 Austria 5 Czech Republic May 19th 2019, h. 20:15 Switzerland 4 Russia May 20th 2019, h. 16:15 Sweden 5 Latvia May 20th 2019, h. 20:15 Austria 1 Italy May 21st 2019, h. 12:15 Czech Republic 1 Switzerland May 21st 2019, h. 16:15 Norway 1 Latvia May 21st 2019, h. 20:15 Sweden 1 Russia [/hide]

for Canada, John Tavares, Mark Stone, and Matt Murray also committed to the tournament. NHLers for so far: Goalies: Carter Hart (Philadelphia Flyers), Matt Murray (Pittsburgh Penguins), MacKenzie Blackwood (New Jersey Devils) Forwards: John Tavares (Toronto Maple Leafs), Mark Stone (Vegas Golden Knights), Sean Couturier (Philadelphia Flyers), Anthony Mantha (Detroit Red Wings), Tyler Bertuzzi (Detroit Red Wings)

Johnny Gaudreau, Derek Ryan, and Noah Hanifin (all on the Calgary Flames) are all confirmed for the USA. NHLers for so far: Goalies: Cory Schneider (New Jersey Devils), Thatcher Demko (Vancouver Canucks), Cayden Primeau (Montreal Canadiens) Defence: Ryan Suter (Minnesota Wild), Brady Skjei (New York Rangers), Quinn Hughes (Vancouver Canucks), Noah Hanifin (Calgary Flames), Alec Martinez (Los Angeles Kings) Forwards: Patrick Kane (Chicago Blackhawks), Johnny Gaudreau (Calgary Flames), Jack Eichel (Buffalo Sabres), James van Riemsdyk (Philadelphia Flyers), Dylan Larkin (Detroit Red Wings), Clayton Keller (Arizona Coyotes), Alex DeBrincat (Chicago Blackhawks), Derek Ryan (Calgary Flames), Luke Glendening (Detroit Red Wings), Colin White (Ottawa Senators), Frank Vatrano (Florida Panthers)

With Calgary out, this marks the first time in history that both #1 seeds have been eliminated in the 1st round. What a crazy playoffs it's been!

Tampa Bay becomes the first Presidents Trophy winners to be swept in the 1st round!

except Washington lost both their games in overtime and had an all-star goalie in Holtby to turn to in game 3. Tampa's clearly been outplayed the last 5 periods and is already using their all-star goalie. Then again, it is the playoffs and anything can happen!

[hide] Knockout RoundApril 11th - April 14th, 20198 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Bronze Medal Match Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 April 13th 2019 16:00 local Time (GMT+3) Russia 4 Canada Gold Medal Match Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 April 13th 2019 20:00 local Time (GMT+3) United States 3 Finland [/hide]

[hide] Knockout RoundApril 11th - April 14th, 20198 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 April 13th 2019, h. TBD United States 7 Russia April 13th 2019, h. TBD Canada 4 Finland [/hide]

[hide] Knockout RoundApril 11th - April 14th, 20198 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 April 11th 2019, h. TBD United States 10 Japan April 11th 2019, h. TBD Russia 2 Switzerland April 11th 2019, h. 19:30 Finland 4 Czech Republic April 11th 2019, h. TBD Canada 8 Germany [/hide]

[hide] Preliminary RoundApril 4th - April 9th, 201910 Nations, 2 Groups, all five Teams from Group A and 1st, 2nd and 3rd Teams from Group B will qualify for Quarterfinals Group A Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 April 4th 2019, h. 16:00 Switzerland 4 Canada April 4th 2019, h. 19:30 Finland 3 United States April 5th 2019, h. 19:30 Russia 2 Switzerland April 6th 2019, h. 16:00 Russia 1 Finland April 6th 2019, h. 19:30 United States 1 Canada April 7th 2019, h. 19:30 Switzerland 5 United States April 8th 2019, h. 16:00 Finland 2 Switzerland April 8th 2019, h. 19:30 Canada 4 Russia April 9th 2019, h. 16:00 United States 4 Russia April 9th 2019, h. 19:30 Canada 3 Finland Group B Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 April 4th 2019, h. 12:30 Germany 3 Sweden April 4th 2019, h. 18:00 France 3 Japan April 5th 2019, h. 16:00 Czech Republic 2 France April 6th 2019, h. 12:30 Sweden 2 Czech Republic April 6th 2019, h. 18:00 Japan 1 Germany April 7th 2019, h. 16:00 France 5 Sweden April 8th 2019, h. 12:30 Japan 2 Czech Republic April 8th 2019, h. 18:00 Germany 3 France April 9th 2019, h. 12:30 Sweden 2 Japan April 9th 2019, h. 18:00 Czech Republic 1 Germany [/hide]

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Mixed Relay 2x6km + 2.7.5km Day 1 March 7th, 2019 Austria Czech Republic France x Germany Italy x Norway x Russia Slovakia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United States Any Other Nation Women's 7.5km Sprint Day 2 March 8th, 2019 Marketa Davidova Kaisa Makarainen x Anais Chevalier Laura Dahlmeier Denise Herrmann Franziska Hildebrand Any other German Athlete Dorothea Wierer Lisa Vittozzi x Marte Olsbu Roeiseland x Tiril Eckhoff Anastasiya Kuzmina Paulina Fialkova Hanna Oeberg Any Other Athlete Men's 10km Sprint Day 3 March 9th, 2019 Simon Eder Julian Eberhard Simon Desthieux Antonin Guigonnat Martin Fourcade x Quentin Fillon Maillet Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Any Other German Athlete Lukas Hofer Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete Alexander Loginov x Any Other Athlete Women's 10km Pursuit Day 4 March 10th, 2019 Iryna Kryuko Kaisa Makarainen x Anais Chevalier Laura Dahlmeier Denise Herrmann Franziska Hildebrand Any other German Athlete Dorothea Wierer x Lisa Vittozzi x Marte Olsbu Roeiseland Monika Hojnisz Anastasiya Kuzmina Paulina Fialkova Hanna Oeberg Any Other Athlete Men's 12.5km Pursuit Day 4 March 10th, 2019 Simon Eder Simon Desthieux Antonin Guigonnat Martin Fourcade Quentin Fillon Maillet x Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Any Other German Athlete Lukas Hofer Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete Alexander Loginov x Benjamin Weger Any Other Athlete Women's 15km Individual Day 5 March 12th, 2019 Kaisa Makarainen Anais Chevalier Laura Dahlmeier Franziska Preuss Franziska Hildebrand x Dorothea Wierer Lisa Vittozzi x Marte Olsbu Roeiseland Monika Hojnisz Any Russian Athlete Anastasiya Kuzmina Paulina Fialkova Hanna Oeberg Yuliia Dzhima Any Other Athlete x Men's 20km Individual Day 6 March 13th, 2019 Simon Eder Simon Desthieux Antonin Guigonnat Martin Fourcade Quentin Fillon Maillet Erik Lesser Arnd Peiffer Any Other German Athlete Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete x Alexander Loginov x Any Other Russian Athlete Any Other Athlete Mixed Single Relay 6km + 7.5km Day 7 March 14th, 2019 Austria x Czech Republic France Germany Italy x Norway x Russia Slovakia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United States Any Other Nation Women's 4x6km Relay Day 8 March 16th, 2019 Austria Belarus Czech Republic France x Germany x Italy x Norway Poland Russia Slovakia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Any Other Nation Men's 4x7.5km Relay Day 8 March 16th, 2019 Austria Belgium Czech Republic France x Germany x Italy Norway x Russia Slovakia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Any Other Nation Women's 12.5km Mass Start Day 9 March 17th, 2019 Iryna Kryuko Kaisa Makarainen Laura Dahlmeier x Franziska Preuss Franziska Hildebrand Any other German Athlete Dorothea Wierer Lisa Vittozzi Marte Olsbu Roeiseland Monika Hojnisz Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht Anastasiya Kuzmina Paulina Fialkova x Hanna Oeberg x Any Other Athlete Men's 15km Mass Start Day 9 March 17th, 2019 Julian Eberhard Simon Eder Simon Desthieux Antonin Guigonnat Martin Fourcade x Quentin Fillon Maillet x Erik Lesser Arnd Peiffer Any Other German Athlete Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete Alexander Loginov Any Other Russian Athlete Any Other Athlete [/hide]

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Cross-Country Skiing Men's Sprint Freestyle February 21st, 2019 Alex Harvey Lucas Chavanat Richard Jouve Baptiste Gros Federico Pellegrino x Emil Iversen Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo x Finn Haagen Krogh x Sindre Bjoernestad Skar Alexander Bolshunov Gleb Retivykh Any Athlete from Sweden Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Women's Sprint Freestyle February 21st, 2019 Sandra Ringwald Mari Eide Maiken Caspersen Falla x Kristine Stavaas Sistad Any Other Athlete from Norway Natalia Nepryaeva Yulia Belorukova Any Athlete from Slovenia Nadine Faehndrich Maja Dahlqvist x Stina Nilsson x Any Other Athlete from Sweden Sophie Caldwell Jessica Diggins Any Other Athlete Nordic Combined Men's Individual Gundersen Large Hill 10km Cross-Country February 22nd, 2019 Martin Fritz Franz-Josef Rehrl x Mario Seidl Ilka Herola Eric Frenzel Vinzenz Geiger Fabian Riessle Johannes Rydzek x Akito Watabe Espen Bjoernstad Joergen Graabak Jarl Magnus Riiber x Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Women's 7.5km+7.5km Skiathlon February 23rd, 2019 Teresa Stadlober Krista Parmakoski x Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Therese Johaug x Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg x Heidi Weng Yulia Belorukova Natalia Nepryaeva Anastasia Sedova Natalie Von Siebenthal Ebba Andersson Charlotte Kalla Jessica Diggins Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Men's 15km+15km Skiathlon February 23rd, 2019 Alex Harvey Iivo Niskanen x Maurice Manificat Francesco De Fabiani Emil Iversen Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo x Sjur Roethe x Martin Johnsrud Sundby Alexander Bolshunov Sergey Ustiugov Any Other Athlete from Russia Any Athlete From Sweden Dario Cologna Any Other Athlete Ski Jumping Men's Individual Large Hill February 23rd, 2019 Stefan Kraft x Roman Koudelka Marcus Eisenbichler Karl Geiger Stephan Leyhe Ryoyu Kobayashi x Johann Andre Forfang Halvor Egner Granerud Robert Johansson Dawid Kubacki Kamil Stoch Piotr Zyla x Timi Zajc Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Women's Team Sprint Classical February 24th, 2019 Finland x Germany Norway x Poland Russia Slovenia Sweden x Switzerland United States Any Other Nation Cross-Country Skiing Men's Team Sprint Classical February 24th, 2019 Canada Finland x France Great Britain Germany Italy Norway x Russia x Sweden Switzerland United States Any Other Nation Nordic Combined Men's Team Sprint Large Hill 15km Cross-Country February 24th, 2019 Austria x Czech Republic Finland France Germany x Italy Japan Norway x Poland Russia United States Any Other Nation Ski Jumping Men's Team Large Hill February 24th, 2019 Austria x Czech Republic Finland Germany x Japan Norway Poland x Russia Slovenia Switzerland Any Other Nation Cross-Country Skiing Women's 10km Classical February 26th, 2019 Teresa Stadlober Krista Parmakoski Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Therese Johaug x Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg x Any Other Athlete From Norway Yulia Belorukova Natalia Nepryaeva Ebba Andersson x Charlotte Kalla Sadie Bjornsen Jessica Diggins Any Other Athlete Ski Jumping Women's Team Normal Hill February 26th, 2019 Austria x Czech Republic France Germany x Italy Japan x Norway Russia Slovenia United States Any Other Nation Cross-Country Skiing Men's 15km Classical February 27th, 2019 Alex Harvey Iivo Niskanen x Any Athlete From France Francesco De Fabiani Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo Martin Johnsrud Sundby x Didrik Toenseth Any Other Athlete From Norway Evgeniy Belov Alexander Bolshunov x Any Other Athlete from Russia Any Athlete From Sweden Dario Cologna Any Other Athlete Ski Jumping Women's Individual Normal Hill February 27th, 2019 Daniela Iraschko-Stolz Eva Pinkeling Katharina Althaus x Juliane Seyfarth Ramona Straub Carina Voigt Yuki Ito Sara Takanashi x Maren Lundby x Anna Odine Stroem Lidia Iakovleva Nika Kriznar Ursa Bogataj Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Women's 4x5km Relay February 28th, 2019 Finland Germany Italy Norway x Russia Slovenia Sweden x Switzerland United States x Any Other Nation Nordic Combined Men's Individual Gundersen Normal Hill 10km Cross-Country February 28th, 2019 Martin Fritz Franz-Josef Rehrl Mario Seidl Eero Hirvonen Ilka Herola Eric Frenzel Vinzenz Geiger x Fabian Riessle Johannes Rydzek Akito Watabe Joergen Graabak x Jarl Magnus Riiber x Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Men's 4x10km Relay March 1st, 2019 Canada Finland France x Germany Italy Norway x Russia x Sweden Switzerland United States Any Other Nation Ski Jumping Men's Individual Normal Hill March 1st, 2019 Stefan Kraft x Roman Koudelka Marcus Eisenbichler Karl Geiger Stephan Leyhe Ryoyu Kobayashi x Johann Andre Forfang Halvor Egner Granerud Robert Johansson Dawid Kubacki Kamil Stoch x Piotr Zyla Timi Zajc Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Women's 30km Mass Start Freestyle March 2nd, 2019 Krista Parmakoski Therese Johaug x Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg x Heidi Weng Any Other Athlete From Norway Yulia Belorukova Natalia Nepryaeva Anastasia Sedova Ebba Andersson Charlotte Kalla x Any Other Athlete from Sweden Nathalie Von Siebenthal Jessica Diggins Any Other Athlete Nordic Combined Men's Team Gundersen Normal Hill 4x5km Cross-Country March 2nd, 2019 Austria x Czech Republic Finland France Germany x Italy Japan Norway x Poland Russia United States Any Other Nation Ski Jumping Mixed Team Normal Hill March 2nd, 2019 Austria x Finland France Germany x Italy Japan x Norway Poland Russia Slovenia United States Any Other Nation Cross-Country Skiing Men's 50km Mass Start Freestyle March 3rd, 2019 Alex Harvey Jean Marc Gaillard Maurice Manificat Francesco De Fabiani Emil Iversen Sjur Roethe x Martin Johnsrud Sundby x Any Other Athlete from Norway Alexander Bolshunov x Sergey Ustiugov Any Other Athlete from Russia Any Athlete From Sweden Dario Cologna Any Other Athlete [/hide]

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Women's Super-G Day 1 February 5th, 2019 Nicole Schmidhofer x Ramona Siebenhofer Stephanie Venier Ester Ledecka Viktoria Rebensburg Federica Brignone Sofia Goggia Tina Weirather x Ragnhild Mowinckel Ilka Stuhec Lara Gut-Behrami Lindsey Vonn Mikaela Shiffrin x Any Other Athlete Men's Super-G Day 2 February 6th, 2019 Vincent Kriechmayr x Matthias Mayer x Hannes Reichelt Johan Clarey Josef Ferstl Christoph Innerhofer Dominik Paris Kjetil Jansrud Alexander Aamodt Kilde x Axel Lund Svindal Mauro Caviezel Beat Feuz Any Other Athlete Women's Alpine Combined Day 3 February 8th, 2019 Ricarda Haaser Ramona Siebenhofer Any Athlete from Canada Any Athlete from France Marta Basino Federica Brignone Ragnhild Mowinckel x Ana Bucik Ilka Stuhec Wendy Holdener x Petra Vlhova Mikaela Shiffrin x Any Other Athlete Men's Downhill Day 4 February 9th, 2019 Vincent Kriechmayr Matthias Mayer Hannes Reichelt Johan Clarey Adrien Theaux Josef Ferstl Christoph Innerhofer Dominik Paris x Alexander Aamodt Kilde Kjetil Jansrud Axel Lund Svindal Mauro Caviezel Beat Feuz x Bryce Bennett Any Other Athlete x Women's Downhill Day 5 February 10th, 2019 Nicole Schmidhofer x Ramona Siebenhofer x Stephanie Venier Romane Miradoli Kira Weidle Viktoria Rebensburg Nicol Delago Nadia Fanchini Sofia Goggia Tina Weirather Ilka Stuhec x Corinne Suter Lara Gut-Behrami Lindsey Vonn Any Other Athlete Men's Alpine Combined Day 6 February 11th, 2019 Romed Baumann Marcel Hirscher x Vincent Kriechmayr Marco Schwarz x Alexis Pinturault x :FRA Victor Muffat-Jeandet :ITA Dominik Paris :NOR Alexander Aamodt Kilde :NOR Kjetil Jansrud Pavel Trikichev :SUI Mauro Caviezel :SUI Luca Aerni :USA Ted Ligety :WHT Any Other Athlete Mixed Team Event Day 7 February 12th, 2019 :AUT Austria x :CAN Canada :FRA France :GER Germany :ITA Italy :NOR Norway :SVK Slovakia :SLO Slovenia Sweden x :SUI Switzerland x :USA United States :WHT Any Other Nation Women's Giant Slalom Day 8 February 14th, 2019 :AUT Any Athlete from Austria :FRA Tessa Worley x :GER Viktoria Rebensburg :ITA Federica Brignone :ITA Marta Bassino :NOR Ragnhild Mowinckel :SVK Petra Vlhova x :SLO Meta Hrovat Frida Hansdotter :SUI Wendy Holdener :SUI Lara Gut-Behrami :USA Mikaela Shiffrin x :WHT Any Other Athlete Men's Giant Slalom Day 9 February 15th, 2019 :AUT Manuel Feller :AUT Marcel Hirscher x :FRA Mathieu Faivre :FRA Thomas Fanara :FRA Alexis Pinturault x :GER Stefan Luitz :NOR Henrik Kristoffersen x :NOR Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen :SLO Zan Kranjec Mats Olsson :SUI Loic Meillard :USA Tommy Ford :WHT Any Other Athlete Women's Slalom Day 10 February 16th, 2019 :AUT Katharina Liensberger :AUT Bernadette Schild :AUT Katharina Truppe :CAN Erin Mielzynski :GER Christina Geiger :ITA Irene Curtoni :SVK Petra Vlhova Frida Hansdotter x Anna Swenn Larsson :SUI Wendy Holdener x :USA Mikaela Shiffrin x :WHT Any Other Athlete Men's Slalom Day 11 February 17th, 2019 :AUT Manuel Feller :AUT Marcel Hirscher x :AUT Michael Matt :AUT Marco Schwarz :FRA Clement Noel :FRA Alexis Pinturault Dave Ryding :GER Felix Neureuther :NOR Henrik Kristoffersen x Andre Myhrer x :SUI Daniel Yule :SUI Ramon Zehnhaeusern :WHT Any Other Athlete [/hide]

Live from Vancouver

What a series of wild card games. Yesterday's game between the Rockies and Cubs marks the longest winner-take-all postseason game and Colorado was able to win it late with a go-ahead single in the 13th inning. The cubs ended their season with back to back losses at home. As for tonight's game, is the only way to describe Oakland's offence tonight. Using relief pitchers the whole game was also questionable. Nevertheless, Oakland continues it's postseason disappointment from this decade and the Yankees prevail with the formula that they usually use in the form of home runs. The Yankees will now play the Red Sox in the American League Divisional Series and the Rockies will play the Brewers in the National League Divisional Series. Thursday features the start of the divisional series with Rockies and Brewers at 17:07 ET and the Braves and Dodgers at 20:37 ET

Opening Night Rosters: https://www.nhl.com/news/2018-19-nhl-opening-night-rosters/c-300568996

Here's a breakdown of all the teams that were playing yesterday with a head to head comparison of their schedules. Team H2H ARI ATL CIN COL LAD MIA NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH CHW CLE DET KCR MIN Other Chicago Cubs 20 7 6 19 6 7 7 7 6 19 7 6 19 7 6 4 4 3 3 0 Milwaukee 20 6 7 19 7 7 7 7 6 19 6 7 19 6 3 4 3 4 6 0 The only significant difference is that the Cubs play the Chicago White Sox three more times that Milwaukee while Milwaukee plays Minnesota 3 more times. However, both are teams that weren't close to making the playoffs so they shouldn't affect their record too much. Every other opponent is either the same number of games or give or take one. Let's look at the other matchup. Team H2H ARI ATL CHC CIN MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH HOU LAA OAK SEA TEX Other Colorado 20 19 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 19 19 7 7 4 4 3 6 3 0 LA Dodgers 20 19 7 7 7 6 7 6 7 6 19 19 7 6 3 6 4 3 4 0 Once again, not so much of a difference between the schedules. I think in this case, having a tie-breaker game is justified. Yes, they could just use head to head records as a tie breaker but it would most surely get criticism from fans of the team who lost the head to head series and other baseball fans. A head to head record would ensure it would be more fair and besides, head to head record was used to determine the home team.

A late inning surge by the Brewers helps them to beat the Cubs in the NL Central tiebreaker 3-1. They will face the winner of the NL wildcard which will be between the Cubs and the Rockies. Speaking of the Rockies, they lost 5-2 to the Dodgers despite a a series of homeruns in the 9th inning. The Dodgers will play the Braves in the first Round. The playoff matchups are officially set American League Wildcard: Oakland Athletics vs. New York Yankees American League Divisional Series: New York/Oakland vs. Boston Red Sox Cleveland Indians vs. Houston Astros National League Wilcard: Colorado Rockies vs. Chicago Cubs National League Divisional Series: Colorado/Chicago vs. Milwaukee Brewers Atlanta Braves. Los Angeles Dodgers