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DAY 1 HIGHLIGHTS Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Finland 3 - 1 Canada Period-by-Period: 1-1, 0-0, 2-0 May 10th 2019, h. 16:15, Steel Arena, Košice Goals: 7. Kakko (Manninen, Ilomäki) 1:0, 43. Ilomäki (Lehtonen, Rajala) 2:1, 60. Kakko 3:1 - 9. Marchessault (Stone, Theodore) 1:1

Helloooo everybody, Yesterday I spend the whole day in the Košice fanzone and it was something absolutely FANTASTIC ! Despite everything there being too much expensive, the atmosphere was just epic, I spend the day drinking hectoliters of beer with and fans. Especially the finns are incredible, they invaded Košice, did anyone stay in Finland ? because it looks like the whole country population came to Slovakia, you can not find a place in the pubs or pubs beer garden, you see only Suomi jerseys everywhere and finally, the evening program and the WIN over USA !!! OMG, what a absolutely insane atmosphere it was, I lost my voice. It was just unreal performance and efforts from our guys. Thank you guys ! Thank you so much for yesterdays experience.

and the last team decided to submit 23 players, so they still have 2 places empty for the preliminary round. the defencer Roland Hofer and forward Simon Kostner being the two players not registred yet, but not really sure who team Italy is waiting for (any news @phelps)..so probably they will be added to the roster soon, perhaps already before the Saturdays game TEAM ITALY Goaltenders: Gianluca Vallini (Wipptal Broncos, AlpsHL) Marco De Filippo Roia (SG Cortina, AlpsHL) Andreas Bernard (Adler Mannheim, ) Defencers: Armin Helfer (HC Val Pusteria, AlpsHL) Armin Hofer (HC Val Pusteria, AlpsHL) Roland Hofer (Wipptal Broncos, AlpsHL) Stefano Marchetti (HC Bolzano, EBEL) Ivan Tauferer (Rittner Buam, AlpsHL) Luca Zanatta (EHC Olten, Div. II, ) Alex Trivellato (Krefeld Pinguine, ) Jan Pavlu (Heilbronner Falken, Div. II, ) Sean McMonagle (Frisk Asker, ) Forwards: Markus Gander (HC Val Pusteria, AlpsHL) Raphael Andergassen (HC Val Pusteria, AlpsHL) Ivan De Luca (HC Bolzano, EBEL) Marco Insam (HC Bolzano, EBEL) Angelo Miceli (HC Bolzano, EBEL) Peter Hochkofler (EC Salzburg, EBEL, ) Anthony Robert Bardaro (Asiago Hockey 1935, AlpsHL) Marco Rosa Gonzales (Asiago Hockey 1935, AlpsHL) Diego Kostner (HC Ambri Piotta, ) Simon Kostner (Rittner Buam, AlpsHL) Alex Lambacher (Heilbronner Falken, Div. II, ) Joachim Ramoser (ERC Ingolstadt, ) Giovanni Morini (HC Lugano, )

Only 18 players named so far for but expecting to add more, maybe the all remaining 7 before their Saturdays first match TEAM AUSTRIA  Goaltenders: David Kickert (Black Wings Linz, EBEL) Lukas Herzog (Red Bull Salzburg, EBEL) Bernhard Starkbaum (Vienna Capitals, EBEL) Defencers: Patrick Peter (Vienna Capitals, EBEL) Martin Schumnig (KAC Klagenfurt, EBEL) Markus Schlacher (VSV Villach, EBEL) Alexander Pallestrang (Red Bull Salzburg, EBEL) Dominique Heinrich (Red Bull Salzburg, EBEL) Clemens Unterweger (KAC Klagenfurt, EBEL) Steven Strong (KAC Klagenfurt, EBEL) Raphael Wolf (Dornbirner EC, EBEL) Forwards: Peter Schneider (Vienna Capitals, EBEL) Thomas Raffl (Red Bull Salzburg, EBEL) Alexander Rauchenwald (Red Bull Salzburg, EBEL) Michael Raffl (Philadelphia Flyers, NHL, ) Dominic Zwerger (HC Ambri-Piotta, ) Manuel Ganahl (Lukko Rauma, ) Lukas Haudum (IK Pantern Malmo, Div. II, ) Fabio Hofer (HC Ambri-Piotta, ) Thomas Hundertpfund (KAC Klagenfurt, EBEL) Konstantin Komarek (Malmo Redhawks, ) Patrick Obrist (EHC Kloten, ) Raphael Herburger (Red Bull Salzburg, EBEL) Benjamin Baumgartner (HC Davos, ) Alexander Cijan (Red Bull Salzburg, EBEL)

21 for Latvia (2 goalies and 19 skaters registred) 5 places remaining 1 goaltender and 4 skaters TEAM LATVIA  Goaltenders: Kristers Gudlevskis (Dinamo Riga, KHL) Gustavs Davis Grigals (University of Alaska Fairbanks, NCAA, ) Janis Auzinš (Prizma Riga) Defencers: Uvis Balinskis (Dinamo Riga, KHL) Kristaps Sotnieks (Dinamo Riga, KHL) Kristaps Zile (Dinamo Riga, KHL) Oskars Cibulskis (Mountfield Hradec Králové, ) Ralfs Freibergs (PSG Berani Zlín, ) Arturs Kulda (Severstal Cherepovets, KHL, ) Guntis Galvinš (HC Oceláři Třinec, ) Janis Jaks (American International College, NCAA, ) Edgars Siksna (Sarjarka Karaganda, VHL, ) Forwards: Oskars Batna (Dinamo Riga, KHL) Gints Meija (Dinamo Riga, KHL) Martinš Dzierkals (Dinamo Riga, KHL) Lauris Darzinš (Dinamo Riga, KHL) Emils Gegeris (Dinamo Riga, KHL) Rihards Marenis (HK MOGO) Rodrigo Abols (Örebro HK, ) Miks Indrašis (Dinamo Moscow, KHL, ) Rihards Bukarts (Schwenninger Wild Wings, ) Roberts Bukarts (Sparta Prague, ) Ronalds Keninš (Lausanne HC, ) Toms Andersons (SC Langenthal, Div. II, ) Rudolfs Balcers (Ottawa Senators, NHL, ) Teodors Blugers (Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL, ) Kaspars Daugavinš (Spartak Moscow, KHL, ) Edgars Kulda (PSG Berani Zlín, )

After and the 3rd team to officially registred their complete 25 players roster for the preliminary round is Norway. here their final roster TEAM NORWAY  Goaltenders: Jonas Arntzen (Leksand IF, ) Henrik Haukeland (TPS Turku, ) Henrik Holm (Stavanger Oilers) Defencers: Alexander Bonsaksen (KooKoo Kouvola, ) Christian Bull (Storhamar Dragons) Stefan Espeland (Valerenga Ishockey Oslo) Jonas Holös (HC Fribourg-Gottéron, ) Johannes Johannesen (Stavanger Oilers) Christian Kasastul (Frisk Asker Ishockey) Erlend Lesund (Mora IK, Div. II, ) Mattias Nörstebö (HC Frölunda Göteborg, ) Forwards: Kristian Forsberg (Stavanger Oilers) Michael Haga (Mora IK, Div. II, ) Tommy Kristiansen (Sparta Sarpsborg) Niklas Roest (Sparta Sarpsborg) Tobias Lindström (Valerenga Ishockey Oslo) Martin Röymark (Valerenga Ishockey Oslo) Andreas Martinsen (Chicago Blackhawks, NHL, ) Sondre Olden (Vienna Capitals, EBEL, ) Mathis Olimb (Skellefteå AIK, ) Mats Rosseli Olsen (HC Frölunda Göteborg, ) Thomas Valkvä Olsen (Leksand IF, ) Alexander Reichenberg (Färjestad BK, ) Patrick Thoresen (Storhamar Dragons) Mathias Trettenes (Krefeld Penguine, )

registred 18 players (all 3 goalies, 12 forwards + they will be reinforced by Andrighetto so one of the two remaining forwards Riat/Berttagia will not be added for the preliminary round, only 3 defencers so far, but they have time until their opening match in Saturday to add more of them (they will decide after the training tomorrow) + Kukan will reinforce the team as well) TEAM SWITZERLAND Goaltenders: Reto Berra (Fribourg-Gottéron) Leonardo Genoni (SC Bern) Robert Mayer (Genéve-Servette HC) Defencers: Lukas Frick (Lausanne HC) Joel Genazzi (Lausanne HC) Roman Josi (Nashville Predators, NHL, ) Yannick Weber (Nashville Predators, NHL, ) Raphael Diaz (EV Zug) Michael Fora (HC Ambri-Piotta) Romain Loeffel (HC Lugano) Janis Moser (EHC Biel-Bienne) Dean Kukan (Columbus Blue Jackets, NHL, ) Forwards: Gaetan Haas (SC Bern) Simon Moser (SC Bern) Tristan Scherwey (SC Bern) Alessio Bertaggia (HC Lugano) Grégory Hofmann (HC Lugano) Andres Ambühl (HC Davos) Christoph Bertschy (Lausanne HC) Lino Martschini (EV Zug) Damien Riat (EHC Biel-Bienne) Noah Rod (Genéve-Servette HC) Nico Hischier (New Jersey Devils, NHL, ) Kevin Fiala (Minnesota Wild, NHL, ) Philipp Kurashev (Québec Remparts, QMJHL, ) Vincent Praplan (Springfield Thunderbirds, AHL, ) Sven Andrighetto (Colorado Avalanche, NHL, )

19 players submited for (2 Goalies, 7 defencers and 10 forwards) the Czechs received positive answers from the goalie Pavel Francouz, meaning surprisingly Jakub Kovář was send home today. Also Radek Faksa will arrive from Dallas, meaning one of the forwards will not be able to play in the preliminary round. + there still chances for some NHLers to arrive later. the team will probably add one player from the remaining 4 forwards (Hanzl, Tomášek or one of the Zohorna brothers) before tomorrows match against Sweden TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC Goaltenders: Patrik Bartošák (HC Vítkovice Ridera) Šimon Hrubec (HC Oceláři Třinec) Jakub Kovář (Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, KHL, ) Pavel Francouz (Colorado Avalanche, NHL, ) Defencers: Michal Moravčík (HC Škoda Plzeň) Petr Zámorský (Mountfield HK Hradec Králové) David Musil (HC Oceláři Třinec) Radko Gudas (Philadelphia Flyers, NHL, ) Filip Hronek (Detroit Red Wings, NHL, ) Jan Kolář (Amur Khabarovsk, KHL, ) Jan Rutta (Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL, ) David Sklenička (Laval Rocket, AHL, ) Forwards: Dmitrij Jaškin (Washington Capitals, NHL, ) Jakub Vrána (Washington Capitals, NHL, ) Jan Kovář (HC Škoda Plzeň) Michael Frolík (Calgary Flames, NHL, ) Robin Hanzl (Spartak Moscow, KHL, ) Filip Chytil (New York Rangers, NHL, ) Dominik Kubalík (HC Ambri-Piotta, ) Ondřej Palát (Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL, ) Michal Řepík (Vityaz Moscow Region, KHL, ) Dominik Simon (Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL, ) David Tomášek (JYP Jyväskylä, ) Jakub Voráček (Philadelphia Flyers, NHL, ) Hynek Zohorna (Pelicans Lahti, ) Tomáš Zohorna (Amur Khabarovsk, KHL, ) Radek Faksa (Dallas Stars, NHL, )

21 players registred for Russia (3 goalies + 5 defencers + 13 forwards) still 4 places left for skaters TEAM RUSSIA  Goaltenders: Ilya Sorokin (CSKA Moscow, KHL) Alexander Georgiev (New York Rangers, NHL, ) Andrei Vasilevski (Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL, ) Defencers: Dinar Khafizullin (SKA St. Petersburg, KHL) Dmitry Orlov (Washington Capitals, NHL, ) Nikita Zaitsev (Toronto Maple Leafs, NHL, ) Nikita Nesterov (CSKA Moscow, KHL) Mikhail Sergachyov (Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL, ) Nikita Zadorov (Colorado Avalanche, NHL, ) Vladislav Gavrikov (Columbus Blue Jackets, NHL, ) Forwards: Alexander Ovechkin (Washington Capitals, NHL, ) Evgeni Malkin (Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL, ) Sergei Andronov (CSKA Moscow, KHL) Artyom Anisimov (Chicago Blackhawks, NHL, ) Sergei Plotnikov (SKA St. Petersburg, KHL) Mikhail Grigorenko (CSKA Moscow, KHL) Yevgeni Dadonov (Florida Panthers, NHL, ) Ilya Kovalchuk (Los Angeles Kings, NHL, ) Kirill Kaprizov (CSKA Moscow, KHL) Nikita Kucherov (Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL, ) Yevgeny Kuznetsov (Washington Capitals, NHL, ) Alexander Barabanov (SKA St. Petersburg, KHL) Nikita Gusev (SKA St. Petersburg, KHL) Ivan Telegin (CSKA Moscow, KHL)

20 Players named for , 5 players not registred yet, one of them will certainly be send home because Sweden will be reinforced by Alexander Wennberg TEAM SWEDEN  Goaltenders: Jhonas Enroth (Örebro HK) Jacob Markström (Vancouver Canucks, NHL, ) Henrik Lundqvist (NY Rangers, NHL, ) Defencers: Adam Larsson (Edmonton Oilers, NHL, ) Robert Hägg (Philadelphia Flyers, NHL, ) Mattias Ekholm (Nashville Predators, NHL, ) Marcus Pettersson (Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL, ) Lukas Bengtsson (Linköping HC) Oliver Ekman Larsson (Arizona Coyotes, NHL, ) Philip Holm (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, KHL, ) Erik Gustafsson (Chicago Blackhawks, NHL, ) Forwards: Adrian Kempe (Los Angeles Kings, NHL, ) Joakim Nygaard (Färjestads BK) Marcus Krüger (Chicago Blackhawks, NHL, ) Elias Pettersson (Vancouver Canucks, NHL, ) Loui Eriksson (Vancouver Canucks, NHL, ) Elias Lindholm (Calgary Flames, NHL, ) Mario Kempe (Arizona Coyotes, NHL, ) Oskar Lindblom (Philadelphia Flyers, NHL, ) Anton Wedin (Timra IK) Anton Lander (AK Bars Kazan, KHL, ) Jesper Bratt (New Jersey Devils, NHL, ) Dennis Rasmussen (Metallurg Magnitogorsk, KHL, ) Patric Hörnqvist (Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL, ) William Nylander (Toronto Maple Leafs, NHL, ) Alexander Wennberg (Columbus Blue Jackets, NHL, )

So that´s for the Košice group. Now on the Bratislava group after a small break

No Surprise from .Team GB announced their final roster 2 weeks ago and they confirmed it today writing directly all 25 players they have in Košice into the official roster TEAM GREAT BRITAIN Goaltenders: Ben Bowns (Cardiff Devils) Thomas Murdy (Cardiff Devils) Jackson Whistle (Sheffield Steelers) Defencers: Tim Billingsley (Nottingham Panthers) Dallas Ehrhardt (Manchester Storm) Stephen Lee (Nottingham Panthers) Evan Mosey (Cardiff Devils) Ben O'Connor (Sheffield Steelers) David Phillips (Sheffield Steelers) Mark Richardson (Cardiff Devils) Paul Swindlehurst (Belfast Giants) Forwards: Oliver Betteridge (Nottingham Panthers) Ben Davies (Guildford Flames) Robert Dowd (Sheffield Steelers) Robert Farmer (Nottingham Panthers) Luke Ferrara (Coventry Blaze) Mike Hammond (Manchester Storm) Liam Kirk (Peterborough Petes, OHL, ) Robert Lachowicz (Nottingham Panthers) Ben Lake (Coventry Blaze) Joseph Lewis (ESV Kaufbeuren, Div. II., ) Matthew Myers (Cardiff Devils) Brett Perlini (Nottingham Panthers) Jonathan Phillips (Sheffield Steelers) Colin Shields (Belfast Giants)

named 17 players but like Denmark they will play their first match on Saturday so they have time to add players, + FRA has still to find out who they will sacrifice from their players in Košice for Alex Texier TEAM FRANCE Goaltenders: Henri-Corentin Buysse (Les Gothiques d´Amiens) Florian Hardy (Les Ducs d´Angers) Sebastian Ylönen (Anglet Hormadi) Defencers: Florian Chakiachvili (Les Dragons de Rouen) Pierre Crinon (Les Rapaces de Gap) Olivier Dame Malka (Nice Hockey Cote d´Azur) Hugo Gallet (Les Boxers de Bordeaux) Jonathan Janil (Les Boxers de Bordeaux) Kévin Hecquefeuille (Les Scorpions de Mulhouse) Antonin Manavian (Les Bruleurs de Loups de Grenoble) Thomas Thiry (EV Zug, ) Forwards: Eliot Berthon (Genéve-Servette HC, ) Timothé Bozon (Genéve-Servette HC, ) Charles Bertrand (HC Fribourg-Gottéron, ) Valentin Claireaux (Vaasa Sport, ) Teddy Da Costa (Les Bruleurs de Loups de Grenoble) Damien Fleury (Les Bruleurs de Loups de Grenoble) Guillaume Leclerc (Les Bruleurs de Loups de Grenoble) Sacha Treille (Les Bruleurs de Loups de Grenoble) Cédric Di Dio Balsamo (Les Lions de Lyon) Anthony Guttig (Les Dragons de Rouen) Nicolas Ritz (Les Dragons de Rouen) Jordann Perret (HC Dynamo Pardubice, ) Anthony Rech (Schwenninger Wild Wings, ) Peter Valier (Les Boxers de Bordeaux) Alexandre Texier (Columbus Blue Jackets, NHL, )

and here we go, the first "extremists" are Denmark, they submitted only 18 players (they have 26 players in Košice) into the official roster 2 Goalies + only 16 skaters...meaning 8 players are still out of the roster lol TEAM DENMARK  Goaltenders: Sebastian Dahm (Iserlohn Roosters, ) Patrick Galbraith (SönderjyskE Ishockey) Simon Nielsen (Herning Blue Fox) Defencers: Phillip Bruggisser (Krefeld Pinguine, ) Matias Lassen (Malmö Redhawks, ) Oliver Larsen (IK Pantern, Div. II, ) Stefan Lassen (Almtuna IS, Div. III, ) Nicholas B. Jensen (Fischtown Pinguins, ) Jesper Jensen Aabo (Jokerit Helsinki, KHL, ) Oliver Lauridsen (Jokerit Helsinki, KHL, ) Markus Lauridsen (HV 71 Jönköping, ) Forwards: Lars Eller (Washington Capitals, NHL, ) Mikkel Bödker (Ottawa Senators, NHL, ) Morten Madsen (Timra IK, ) Nicolai Meyer (Södertalje SK, Div. II, ) Nick Olesen (IK Pantern, Div. II, ) Peter Regin (Jokerit Helsinki, KHL, ) Nicklas Jensen (Jokerit Helsinki, KHL, ) Joachim Blichfeld (Portland Winterhawks, WHL, ) Mathias Bau (Hershey Bears, AHL, ) Frederik Storm (Malmö Redhawks, ) Mathias From (AIK IF Stockholm, Div II, ) Morten Poulsen (Herning Blue Fox) Jonas Röndbjerg (Växjö Lakers, ) Jesper Jensen (Skellefteå AIK, ) Julian Jakobsen (Aalborg Pirates)

Team Germany named 22 players (2 goalies + 20 skaters) so still eligible to add throughout the preliminary round 1 goalie and 2 skaters. Strahlmeier, Loibl and Michaelis are in Košice but they are not registred yet. TEAM GERMANY  Goaltenders: Niklas Treutle (Nürnberg Ice Tigers) Dustin Strahlmeier (Schwenninger Wild Wings) Mathias Niederberger (EG Düsseldorf) Defencers: Denis Reul (Adler Mannheim) Moritz Seider (Adler Mannheim) Korbinian Holzer (Anaheim Ducks, NHL, ) Marco Nowak (EG Düsseldorf) Benedikt Schopper (Straubing Tigers) Yannic Seidenberg (EHC Red Bull München) Jonas Müller (Eisbären Berlin) Moritz Müller (Kölner Haie) Forwards: Stefan Loibl (Straubing Tigers) Matthias Plachta (Adler Mannheim) Markus Eisenschmid (Adler Mannheim) Frank Mauer (EHC Red Bull München) Yasin Ehliz (EHC Red Bull München) Patrick Hager (EHC Red Bull München) Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers, NHL, ) Gerrit Fauser (Grizzlys Wolfsburg) Lean Bergmann (Iserlohn Roosters) Marc Michaelis (Minnesota State University, NCAA, ) Dominik Kahun (Chicago Blackhawks, NHL, ) Leonhard Pföderl (Nürnberg Ice Tigers) Marcel Noebels (Eisbären Berlin) Frederik Tiffels (Kölner Haie)

Team is the first team to be officially completed for the preliminary round. the full 25 registred roster 22 skaters + 3 goalies. meaning Finland will be able to add players only if they advance for the quarterfinals, teams are eligible to add 2 players for the Knock-Out round. TEAM FINLAND  Goaltenders: Kevin Lankinen (Rockford IceHogs, AHL, ) Veini Vehviläinen (Kärpät Oulu) Jussi Olkinuora (Pelicans Lahti) Defencers: Atte Ohtamaa (Kärpät Oulu) Jani Hakanpää (Kärpät Oulu) Mikko Lehtonen (HV 71 Jönköping, ) Oliwer Kaski (Pelicans Lahti) Henri Jokiharju (Chicago Blackhawks, NHL, ) Petteri Lindbohm (Lausanne HC, ) Miika Koivisto (Dinamo Moscow, KHL, ) Niko Mikkola (San Antonio Rampage, AHL, ) Forwards: Marko Anttila (Jokerit Helsinki, KHL) Sakari Manninen (Jokerit Helsinki, KHL) Arttu Ilomäki (Lukko Rauma) Veli-Matti Savinainen (Kunlun Red Star, KHL, ) Niko Ojamäki (Tappara Tampere) Kristian Kuusela (Tappara Tampere) Juhani Tyrväinen (IFK Helsinki) Kaapo Kakko (TPS Turku) Toni Rajala (EHC Biel, ) Eetu Luostarinen (KalPa Kuopio) Joel Kiviranta (Vaasan Sport) Jere Sallinen (Örebro HK, ) Harri Pesonen (SC Laugnau, ) Juho Lammikko (Florida Panthers, NHL, )

Team USA named to the official roster 21 players (2 Goalies + 19 skaters), they can still add 1 goalie and 3 skaters from the players they have in Košice, the goalie Cayden Primeau and the defencer Christian Wolanin are not submited yet TEAM UNITED STATES Goaltenders: Cory Schneider (New Jersey Devils, NHL) Thatcher Demko (Vancouver Canucks, NHL, ) Cayden Primeau (Montreal Canadiens, NHL, ) Defencers: Ryan Suter (Minnesota Wild, NHL) Brady Skjei (New York Rangers, NHL) Quinn Hughes (Vancouver Canucks, NHL, ) Noah Hanifin (Calgary Flames, NHL, ) Alec Martinez (Los Angeles Kings, NHL) Christian Wolanin (Ottawa Senators, NHL, ) Adam Fox (Harvard University Crimson, NCAA) Forwards: Patrick Kane (Chicago Blackhawks, NHL) Johnny Gaudreau (Calgary Flames, NHL, ) Jack Eichel (Buffalo Sabres, NHL) James van Riemsdyk (Philadelphia Flyers, NHL) Dylan Larkin (Detroit Red Wings, NHL) Clayton Keller (Arizona Coyotes, NHL) Alex DeBrincat (Chicago Blackhawks, NHL) Derek Ryan (Calgary Flames, NHL, ) Luke Glendening (Detroit Red Wings, NHL) Colin White (Ottawa Senators, NHL, ) Frank Vatrano (Florida Panthers, NHL) Chris Kreider (New York Rangers, NHL) Jack Hughes (US National Team Development Program "U18", USHL)

Team Canada as expected submited all their players they have in Košice. Unfortunately John Tavares because of injury was send home. they have now officially 22 players (19 skaters + 3 goalies) so they still will be eligible to add 3 skaters to their team during the preliminary Round. TEAM CANADA Goaltenders: Mackenzie Blackwood (New Jersey Devils, NHL, ) Matt Murray (Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL, ) Carter Hart (Philadelphia Flyers, NHL, ) Defencers: Thomas Chabot (Ottawa Senators, NHL) Brandon Montour (Buffalo Sabres, NHL, ) Troy Stecher (Vancouver Canucks, NHL) Damon Severson (New Jersey Devils, NHL, ) Shea Theodore (Vegas Golden Knights, NHL, ) Darnell Nurse (Edmonton Oilers, NHL) Dante Fabbro (Nashville Predators, NHL, ) Forwards: Sean Couturier (Philadelphia Flyers, NHL, ) Adam Henrique (Anaheim Ducks, NHL, ) Dylan Strome (Chicago Blackhawks, NHL, ) Kyle Turris (Nashville Predators, NHL, ) John Tavares (Toronto Maple Leafs, NHL) Injury Mathieu Joseph (Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL, ) Sam Reinhart (Buffalo Sabres, NHL, ) Anthony Mantha (Detroit Red Wings, NHL, ) Tyler Bertuzzi (Detroit Red Wings, NHL, ) Mark Stone (Vegas Golden Knights, NHL, ) Anthony Cirelli (Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL, ) Jonathan Marchessault (Vegas Golden Knights, NHL, ) Jared McCann (Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL, )

and the teams started to submit their official rosters. Remember each team must today name at minimum 15 skaters and 2 goalies to the official roster, they can add players until the full roster of 22 skaters and 3 goalie whenever they want until the end of the preliminary round (but to be ensured the named added player(s) can play in the match, they must do it max 2 hours before the start of their match) being the first one, named 20 skaters and 2 goaltenders (so for the preliminary round we have still 3 places - 2 skaters + 1 goalie) forwards Libor Hudáček and Dávid Bondra + goalie Denis Godla are not submitted in the official roster yet..still hoping and waiting for our Boston Bruins trio (Halák, Chára, Cehlárik) ? so here the updated official roster of I´ll try to update all teams immediately when they will be submitted and officialized. you should find the link in the first page. players marked in bold are the officially submitted and allowed to play. TEAM SLOVAKIA  Goaltenders: Denis Godla (KalPa Kuopio, ) Marek Čiliak (Kometa Brno, ) Patrik Rybár (Grand Rapids Griffins, AHL, ) Defencers: Patrik Koch (HC Košice) Marek Ďaloga (Mora IK, ) Michal Čajkovský (Dinamo Moscow, KHL, ) Martin Fehérváry (HV 71 Jönköping, ) Christián Jaroš (Ottawa Senators, NHL, ) Andrej Sekera (Edmonton Oilers, NHL, ) Erik Černák (Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL, ) Martin Marinčin (Toronto Maple Leafs, NHL, ) Forwards: Dávid Bondra (HK Poprad) Dávid Buc (Slovan Bratislava, KHL) Róbert Lantoši (HK Nitra) Adam Liška (Slovan Bratislava, KHL) Michal Krištof (Karpat Oulu, ) Libor Hudáček (Bíli Tygři Liberec, ) Ladislav Nagy (HC Košice) Matúš Sukeľ (Slovan Bratislava, KHL) Tomáš Zigo (HC05 Banská Bystrica) Marián Studenič (Binghamton Devils, AHL, ) Richard Pánik (Arizona Coyotes, NHL, ) Tomáš Tatar (Montreal Canadiens, NHL, ) Marko Daňo (Manitoba Moose, AHL, ) Mário Lunter (HC05 Banská Bystrica)

[hide] Preliminary Round May 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 2 Slovakia May 11th 2019, h. 12:15 Denmark 1 France May 11th 2019, h. 16:15 Germany 3 Great Britain May 11th 2019, h. 20:15 Slovakia 2 Finland May 12th 2019, h. 12:15 United States 3 France May 12th 2019, h. 16:15 Denmark 2 Germany May 12th 2019, h. 20:15 Great Britain 3 Canada May 13th 2019, h. 16:15 United States 1 Finland May 13th 2019, h. 20:15 Slovakia 2 Canada May 14th 2019, h. 16:15 Great Britain 2 Denmark May 14th 2019, h. 20:15 Germany 2 France May 15th 2019, h. 16:15 United States 5 Great Britain May 15th 2019, h. 20:15 Germany 1 Slovakia May 16th 2019, h. 16:15 Canada 2 France May 16th 2019, h. 20:15 Finland 2 Denmark May 17th 2019, h. 16:15 France 2 Slovakia May 17th 2019, h. 20:15 Finland 5 Great Britain May 18th 2019, h. 12:15 Denmark 4 United States May 18th 2019, h. 16:15 Canada 1 Germany May 18th 2019, h. 20:15 Great Britain 3 Slovakia May 19th 2019, h. 16:15 Germany 2 United States May 19th 2019, h. 20:15 France 2 Finland May 20th 2019, h. 16:15 France 2 Great Britain May 20th 2019, h. 20:15 Canada 3 Denmark May 21st 2019, h. 12:15 Finland 2 Germany May 21st 2019, h. 16:15 Slovakia 1 Denmark May 21st 2019, h. 20:15 Canada 1 United States Group B Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 10th 2019, h. 16:15 Russia 3 Norway May 10th 2019, h. 20:15 Czech Republic 1 Sweden May 11th 2019, h. 12:15 Switzerland 3 Italy May 11th 2019, h. 16:15 Latvia 1 Austria May 11th 2019, h. 20:15 Norway 2 Czech Republic May 12th 2019, h. 12:15 Russia 3 Austria May 12th 2019, h. 16:15 Italy 4 Sweden May 12th 2019, h. 20:15 Latvia 2 Switzerland May 13th 2019, h. 16:15 Russia 1 Czech Republic May 13th 2019, h. 20:15 Norway 2 Sweden May 14th 2019, h. 16:15 Italy 1 Latvia May 14th 2019, h. 20:15 Switzerland 1 Austria May 15th 2019, h. 16:15 Switzerland 1 Norway May 15th 2019, h. 20:15 Russia 5 Italy May 16th 2019, h. 16:15 Sweden 2 Austria May 16th 2019, h. 20:15 Czech Republic 2 Latvia May 17th 2019, h. 16:15 Austria 1 Norway May 17th 2019, h. 20:15 Czech Republic 3 Italy May 18th 2019, h. 12:15 Latvia 2 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 2 Czech Republic May 19th 2019, h. 20:15 Switzerland 2 Russia May 20th 2019, h. 16:15 Sweden 2 Latvia May 20th 2019, h. 20:15 Austria 1 Italy May 21st 2019, h. 12:15 Czech Republic 2 Switzerland May 21st 2019, h. 16:15 Norway 1 Latvia May 21st 2019, h. 20:15 Sweden 1 Russia [/hide]

Another huge news. Canada just lost its biggest star of the team in Košice, John Tavares will return back home to Toronto because of oblique injury he suffered in the todays first training of the team Canada in Košice ...

Okay, this just shocked me right now. IIHF in the occasion of the World Championships just released a tribute video about the 2002 gold Oh dear, the feeling when you see the pictures in the video...I hope one day, I hope at least once in my life.. I´ll live so long to see it live again

+ Also the team confirmed today what was rumored and known already yesterday. the 19 years young "wonder boy" of Columbus Alexandre Texier accepted the invitation and will join "les bleus" in Košice. Texier started this season in Finland, where in the 55 matches for KalPa Kuopio scored 14 goals and had 27 assists (41 points). after the end of the season for Kuopio he was called by the NHL Columbus Blue Jackets for the end of the season, he debuted in NHL playing 2 matches and even scoring a goal, he was then send to Cleveland in the AHL (7 matches with impressive scores 7 goals + 2 assists) then returned to Columbus for the Play-Offs. He´ll be the only NHLer in the French team in Košice, this also means the end of the dream for one of the players that already arrived to Košice, since FRA will have now 26 players and will have to send home one of them, very likely it will be the Lyon forward Cedric Di Dio Balsamo, but this is still to be confirmed by the french team staff

Some fresh updates after the eliminations of Dallas and Colorado in the NHL Stanley Cup 2nd round Play-Offs. The Colorado Avalanche forward Sven Andrighetto accepted the invitation and will join the Swiss for the World Champs. Also Sweden will have another NHLer in their team the Columbus Blue Jackets center Alexander Wennberg accepted the invitation as well and will join the "tre kronor" in Bratislava. send home another NHLer the dfencer Bogdan Kiselevich was removed from the team and will be replaced by Vladislav Gavrikov the Columbus blueliner, Team has now in Bratislava 24 players, the last called player is the defencer of Colorado Nikita Zadorov. btw the Russians had today their first training in Bratislava and they trained with this lines: Grigorenko - Malkin - Dadonov in the elite line Ovechkin - Kuznetsov - Kaprizov in the 2nd line Kucherov - Gusev - Anisimov in the 3rd line Kovalchuk was put for now in the 4th (checking line) with Andronov and Plotnikov the 13th and 14th forwards are currently Barabanov and Telegin also received positive answers today from 2 NHLers the Dallas Stars forward Radek Faksa and the Colorado Avalanche goaltender Pavel Francouz will join the Czech team, but they certainly will not manage to arrive before the weekend, so they will miss the opening game of the czechs against Sweden

Friday May 10th, 2019 - Round-Robin Day 1 Schedule (GMT +2)  Preliminary Round LIVESTREAM Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Finland vs Canada Period-by-Period: May 10th 2019, h. 16:15, Steel Arena, Košice United States vs Slovakia Period-by-Period: May 10th 2019, h. 20:15, Steel Arena, Košice Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Russia vs Norway Period-by-Period: May 10th 2019, h. 16:15, Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Czech Republic vs Sweden Period-by-Period: May 10th 2019, h. 20:15, Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava