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Poland powers to promotion An impressive week’s work saw Poland’s U18s score 36 goals in five games to romp away with gold in the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division II Group A. The Polish offence got steadily stronger throughout the competition, culminating in a 13-0 demolition of Spain to celebrate the title and elevation to Division IB after a two-year absence. Playing in a city built to house workers at Lithuania’s largest power station, Poland’s electric attacking play simply overloaded the opposition. Under the guidance of head coach Tomasz Demkowicz, who played for Poland in the country’s last top-division World Championship appearance in 2002, the team was a class above everyone else. Poland began with a 3-1 success over Romania, the team demoted into this section last year. Jakub Blanik snapped a 1-1 tie at the start of the third, Marcin Plachetka scored a short-handed effort two minutes from the hooter and the Poles were up and running. A 7-1 thumping of host nation Lithuania, led by two goals apiece for Maciej Witan and Mateusz Bezwinski, confirmed that this team was a force to be reckoned with. The same two players shared three more goals in a 5-0 win over Korea as Poland opened up a lead at the top of the table after three games. Following the rest day, the Poles kept on scoring goals. Estonia was still in with a chance of gold until three goals in the first 10 minutes put Poland on its way to a crushing 8-2 victory. Then came that drubbing of relegated Spain to finish. Witan signed off with a hat-trick and Sebastian Brinkus scored 2+3 on the night to finish on top of the scoring charts. Demkowicz could celebrate a flawless campaign in his first experience as head coach of a Polish national team. Second place went to the host nation Lithuania, which matched last season’s result. Estonia, fifth last year, rebounded to claim third and will be back for a fourth successive season at this level. That’s the best spell in the country’s history of U18 World Championship play. At the end of the table, newly-promoted Spain found life tough. As well as stepping up a level, this was a young roster – the average age was barely 16-and-a-half – and many of the key players from last year’s champions were now too old to compete. Despite a difficult week, Spain managed to pick up a point from a 4-5 overtime loss against Romania. The Romanians took fourth place ahead of Korea. Not surprisingly, Poland’s players also dominated the individual scoring charts. The team had four youngsters who scored 10+ points with Cracovia Krakow forward Sebastian Brynkus leading the way on 16 (4+12). Brynkus has seen his development accelerate this season, playing 36 times in Poland’s national championship and also representing the country’s U20s before coming to Lithuania as an assistant captain in his second U18 campaign. Dominant this year, 12 months ago he featured in just two games and did not manage a single point. Maciej Witan, who plays his club hockey for KH Sanok, a Polish team in Slovakia’s third tier, was the tournament’s leading goal scorer with six goals. He built on a promising campaign last year, improving from 9 (5+4) points to today’s 15 (6+9). Michal Narog (2+10) was the most productive defenceman at the event following a productive season in Poland’s second tier with Sokoly Torun. His club teammate Mateusz Bezwinski (5+5) also reached double figures in his rookie international campaign. Two Estonians, Kirill Lodeikin (5+6) and Nikita Puzakov (4+6), were the only others in Elektrenai to get 10 or more points. Lodeikin was named the leading forward of the tournament, with Poland’s Szymon Bieniek getting the top defenceman nomination. Lithuania’s Nikita Kuzminov, who plays his club hockey in the Austrian-based cross-border EBJL with Okanagan HC Europe, was chosen as top goalie with a save percentage of 92.13. Next season, Lithuania, Estonia, Romania and Korea will be joined by Serbia, promoted from Division IIB. The last team in the section will be determined next week in Hungary where the Division IB starts today in Szekesfehervar. IIHF.COM

Richard "Mr. I play for the coyotes" Pánik is in woohooo what amazing morning info http://www.hokejportal.net/?q=clanok/91516/k-timu-sa-pripoji-aj-panik-proti-rakusku-aj-so-studenicom He, Tomáš Tatar, Andrej Sekera and Christián Jaroš will arrive after the easter weekend, so they will miss the next weeks 3rd training camp with the 2 test matches in Austria. Also, now the AHL Regular season is over, it´s now confirmed that The young prospect Marián Studenič from AHL Binghampton will reinforce our team as well, he´ll be already in the team for the games in Austria. Looking at the results from AHL, Also Marko Daňo could be a fine reinforcement for us, his team will not play the AHL Play-Offs, but sadly he´ll be surely called from the Winnipeg Jets for the NHL Play-Offs. Also an interesting pairing in AHL Play-Offs Peter Cehlárik from Providence will face Tomáš Jurčo of Charlotte, but here again it´s very likely their NHL teams Boston and Carolina will call them in case of elimination to their NHL teams for the SC Play-Offs

Sunday April 14th, 2019 - Round-Robin Day 1 Schedule (GMT +2) LIVESTREAM 12:30 Italy vs Japan 16:00 Great Britain vs Slovenia 19:30 Hungary vs Austria  *Tournament Format: 6 Nations play a usual Round-Robin tournament, Each team play once every opponent, The first ranked Nation will qualify for the Men´s Under 18 Division I Group A World Championships next year in 2020. The Nations ranked 2nd-5th will stay in this division also for the next season, The last ranked 6th Nation will be relegated to the next year´s Men´s Under 18 Division II Group A World Championships 2020.

Sunday April 14th, 2019 - Round-Robin Day 1 Schedule (GMT +2) LIVESTREAM (Payable) 12:30 Norway vs Denmark 16:00 Ukraine vs France 19:30 Kazakhstan vs Germany  *Tournament Format: 6 Nations play a usual Round-Robin tournament, Each team play once every opponent, The first ranked Nation will qualify for the Men´s Under 18 World Championships Top Division next year in 2020. The Nations ranked 2nd-5th will stay in this division also for the next season, The last ranked 6th Nation will be relegated to the next year´s Men´s Under 18 Division I Group B World Championships 2020.

Just a little reminder, the medal matches are schedulled for tomorrow Sunday 16:00 local Time (GMT+3) Bronze Medal Game : Canada - Russia 20:00 local Time (GMT+3) Gold Medal Game : USA - Finland

Sunday April 14th, 2019 - Knockout Round Last Day Schedule (GMT +3) Bronze Medal Match Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3) Russia vs Canada Period-by-Period: April 14th 2019, h. 16:00, Metro Areena, Espoo Gold Medal Match Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3) United States vs Finland Period-by-Period: April 14th 2019, h. 20:00, Metro Areena, Espoo

SEMIFINALS HIGHLIGHTS United States 8 - 0 Russia Period-by-Period: 1-0, 5-0, 2-0 April 13th 2019, h. 20:00, Metro Areena, Espoo

Saturday April 13th, 2019 - Round-Robin Day 4 Results (GMT +2) 13:00 China 2 - 3 Australia 16:30 Spain 3 - 4(PSO) Croatia 20:00 Belgium 3 - 6 Serbia Provisional Standing After Day 4: 1. Australia 10 ------------------ 2. Serbia 9 3. Croatia 8 4. Spain 7 5. Belgium 2 ----------------- 6. China 0

Road to Bratislava/Košice Exhibition Games April 13th, 2019 (27 Days to Go)- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sweden - Norway 5-1 Denmark - Finland 1-2 Austria - Czech Republic 4-5 After Penalty Shoot-Out France - Russia 0-2 Germany - Slovakia 3-1

Final Standing 1. Hungary 13 2. Denmark 9 ------------------------------------- 3. Norway 9 4. Austria 8 5. Slovakia 6 ------------------------------------- 6. Italy 0 Denmark and Hungary have qualified for the Women's World Championship 2020 Top Division Italy has been relegated to the Women's Division I Group B World Championship 2020

Saturday April 13th, 2019 - Round-Robin Last Day Results (GMT +2) 12:30 Slovakia 2 - 1 Italy 16:00 Denmark 4 - 0 Norway 19:30 Austria 1 - 2 Hungary

SEMIFINALS HIGHLIGHTS Finland 4 - 2 Canada Period-by-Period: 1-1, 2-1, 1-0 April 13th 2019, h. 16:00, Metro Areena, Espoo

Saturday April 13th, 2019 - Knockout Round Day 2 Results (GMT +3) Semifinals Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3) United States 8 - 0 Russia Period-by-Period: 1-0, 5-0, 2-0 April 13th 2019, h. 20:00, Metro Areena, Espoo I Finland 4 - 2 Canada Period-by-Period: 1-1, 2-1, 1-0 April 13th 2019, h. 16:00, Metro Areena, Espoo

Final Standing 1. Poland 15 ------------------------------------- 2. Lithuania 12 3. Estonia 9 4. Romania 5 5. South Korea 3 ------------------------------------- 6. Spain 1 Poland is promoted to Men´s Under 18 Division I Group B World Championship 2020 Spain has been relegated to Men´s Under 18 Division II Group B World Championship 2020

Saturday April 13th, 2019 - Round-Robin Last Day Results (GMT +3) 12:30 Poland 13 - 0 Spain 16:00 South Korea 2 - 6 Estonia 19:30 Romania 3 - 8 Lithuania

qualified for the Women´s Top Division ! WOW ! Pat Cortina is a magician ! First ever head coach of a single country’s men’s and women’s national team who has won promotion to the top division with both teams !!!

Finlaaaaaaand !!!! congrats Leijonat ! Congrats @Finnator123 ! Did the party already started ?

so I tried the all-in gamble once again and this time the magic worked. I guess not many of us had the same guts 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 5 Russia April 13th 2019, h. TBD Canada 1 Finland but sadly it´s too late after the quarterfinal win of RUS over SUI

The thing is they are not playin so bad from the matches I watched so far, really. But it looks like they just can´t afford to stay out of the penalty box for a second, and what is even worse because of incredibly stupid fouls (delaying the game or too many mens on ice) if they´ll find a way how to fix their discipline they are definitely able to be competitive in 5vs5 game with even better teams..but yep against top division nations it´s clearly still a long shot for China, I don´t see them winning any point during their home Olympics.

I wascertain Tampa will win the SC this season, but the overall performances in both their opening play-off home matches aren´t very promising at all honnestly, but in other hand,Erik Černák would be fine for our team at the worlds so...I don´t mind if Columbus will kick them out so early and surprisingly

how to make sure to lose the key match and help your opponent in the promotion battle ? just keep trying to play 2 mans shorthanded nonstop

oh dear..that was another one pure nightmare performance...I literally lost 2 hours of my life right now watching this... At least we somehow (I really don´t know HOW) won this match and secured this division for our women´s seniors ice hockey. Sadly this is actually our maximum and we totally belong there in this Division I A (even if this year it was seriously close as hell of the relegation down again)

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