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2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A In Budapest, , 22-28 April 2018 Sunday April 22nd, 2018 - Round-Robin Day 1 Results (GMT +2) 12:30 Great Britain 3 - 1 Slovenia 16:00 Hungary 0 - 3 Kazakhstan 19:30 Poland 1 - 3 Italy Provisional Standing after Day 1: 1. Kazakhstan 3 pts, 2. ex aequo Great Britain and Italy 3 pts, 4. ex aequo Poland and Slovenia 0 pts, 6. Hungary 0 pts.

Road to IIHF World Championships Exhibition Games Sunday April 22nd, 2018 Czech Republic - Russia 2 - 1 (*EURO-HOCKEY TOUR) Sweden - Finland 3 - 7 (*EURO-HOCKEY TOUR)

The Carlson (Czech) Hockey Games, 3rd stage of the Euro Hockey Tour 2017/18 ended today The tournaments host Czech Republic dominated the tourney winning all 3 games today they defeated Russia 2-1, the Russian team after the retirement of the coach Oleg Znarok already lost all first three matches and finished last of the tournament pointless. in the last match Sweden lost to Finland 3-7. Carlson Hockey Games Final Standing: 1. Czech Republic 9 pts, 2. Finland 6 pts, 3. Sweden 3 pts, 4. Russia 0 pts. EURO HOCKEY TOUR 2017/18 Cumulative Standing after Event 3/4: 1. Czech Republic 14 pts, 2. Finland 13 pts, 3. Russia 9 pts, 4. Sweden 6 pts. The last 4th stage the Swedes Hockey games are scheduled for the next weekend, as the last week before the world championships start

2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group B In Kaunas, , 22-28 April 2018 Sunday April 22nd, 2018 - Round-Robin Day 1 Results (GMT +3) 12:30 Estonia 1 - 2OT Japan 16:00 Romania 0 - 3 Ukraine 19:30 Croatia 0 - 3 Lithuania Provisional Standing after Day 1: 1. ex aequo Lithuania and Ukraine 3 pts, 3. Japan 2 pts, 4. Estonia 1 pt, 5. ex aequo Croatia and Romania 0 pts.

U18 World Championships tomorrows schedule of Day 5 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship In Chelyabinsk & Magnitogorsk , 19-29 April 2018 Monday April 23rd, 2018 - Preliminary Round Day 5 Schedule (GMT +5) Group A (in Chelyabinsk) 15:30 Czech Republic vs France ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rest Day: Finland, Russia, Slovakia Group B (in Magnitogorsk) 15:30 Belarus vs Switzerland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rest Day: Canada, Sweden, United States

2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship In Chelyabinsk & Magnitogorsk , 19-29 April 2018 Sunday April 22nd, 2018 - Preliminary Round Day 4 Results (GMT +5) Group A (in Chelyabinsk) 15:30 Finland 5 - 4 Russia 19:30 France 1 - 7 Slovakia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rest Day: Czech Republic Provisional Standing after Day 4: 1. Finland 9 pts, 2. ex aequo Russia and Slovakia 6 pts, 4. Czech Republic 0 pts, 5. France 0 pts. Group B (in Magnitogorsk) 15:30 United States 1 - 3 Sweden 19:30 Switzerland 0 - 5 Canada ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rest Day: Belarus Provisional Standing after Day 4: 1. Canada 9 pts, 2. Sweden 9 pts, 3. United States 3 pts, 4. Belarus 0 pts, 5. Switzerland 0 pts.

That Amazing feeling, when you return home and find something like this wow 5 points in one match. Way to go Maxim !!!

Maxim Čajkovič leading the scorers table

Japan beat Estonia in the opening game of the I B division 2-1 in Overtime, nice and valuable point for Estonia too after a hard fight against the fav of the match. GB at the same time surprisingly leading 2-1 against Slovenia after two periods in Div I A !

Voted but I´m really disappointed by the result of Košice not a good year for our city this year at all after the quarterfinals debacle of our Hockey team and the abolition of our football and elite womens basketball club because of important financial troubles, we were looking forward at least for this...but well, hard to fight against penguins I guess

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Livestreams of the todays starting Divisions I tournaments A and B added Remember that games may be subjects to geo-blocking here are the TV listings of Division I A tournament and for division I B

MEN´S UNDER 18 DIVISION I GROUP B 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sweet success Juniors bring Ukraine on 10-year high Ukraine won the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division I Group B on home ice in Kyiv and will for the first time since 2007 be among the top-16 ice hockey nations in an IIHF category next year. Coming in as the fifth-seeded team, the Ukrainians were not among the natural favourites despite home-ice advantage in the Palace of Sports. But this time the juniors in yellow-and-blue left behind nations usually placed ahead of them and completed their run for gold with a 6-0 win against Romania in front of 5,000 fans. It didn’t go that well from the very beginning. The Ukrainians lost the first game to Japan 1-0 on Taiga Abe’s third-period goal and with a 32-save shutout by Eiki Sato. But then the winning streak started. On the second game the hosts won a key game against eventual runner-up Austria. The 5-3 victory in a game they were outshot 41-25 meant Ukraine had the advantage in the tie-breaker with Austria, which also had 12 points from four games with the only loss coming against Ukraine. Austria held a 2-1 and 3-2 lead but Ukraine turned the game with three unanswered goals in the third frame. Two goals came from Hlib Krivoshabpin. After victories against Hungary (4-3) and Italy (3-1) the Ukrainians were tied for first place with Austria and just needed to regulation-time win against last-ranked Romania. They got what they needed. Austria recovered from the loss to Ukraine and also finished the tournament with a 3-1 record but couldn’t make up for the lost head-to-head game. With Dmytro Danylenko and Felix Morozov Ukraine had two players among the top-5 scorer. Danylenko was tied with Austria’s Benjamin Baumgartner, who also had thee goals and five assists. Japan beat Italy 3-2 on the last day thanks to Taiki Takebe’s overtime winner to secure the bronze medals. Hungary finished fourth, Italy fifth and Romania will go down after fix mostly clear losses in the tournament. For Ukraine the win is the biggest success in many years. It means a 17th-place finish overall in the U18 category and a top-16 spot for next year when Ukraine will compete in the Division I Group A and replace Slovenia. The last time the U18 team finished higher was in 2005 when it was 16th and the men’s and U20 national teams were among the top-16 in 2007. Results Thread

Road to IIHF World Championships Exhibition Games Saturday April 21st, 2018 Czech Republic - Sweden 3 - 1 (*EURO-HOCKEY TOUR) Russia - Finland 1 - 2 (*EURO-HOCKEY TOUR) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Switzerland - Norway 3 - 0 Slovakia - Latvia 4 - 1 Germany - France 2 - 1 After Overtime Belarus - Denmark 0 - 2

The Carlson (Czech) Hockey Games, 3rd stage of the Euro Hockey Tour 2017/18 continued today with another two games The tournaments host Czech Republic defeated Sweden 3-1 and Russia lost to Finland 1-2. Carlson Hockey Games Provisional Standing After Day 2: 1. Czech Republic 6 pts, 2. ex aequo Finland and Sweden 3 pts, 4. Russia 0 pts. *Czech Republic is already the assured winner of the Czech Hockey Games and Russia will finish last 4th of this tournament. EURO HOCKEY TOUR 2017/18 Cumulative Standing: 1. Czech Republic 11 pts, 2. Finland 10 pts, 3. Russia 9 pts, 4. Sweden 6 pts.

Tomorrow start the Divisions I A and B with their respective opening days in Budapest, Hungary and Kaunas, Lithuania, tomorrow as well is the final day of this years Division III Tournament. 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A In Budapest, , 22-28 April 2018 Sunday April 22nd, 2018 - Round-Robin Day 1 Schedule (GMT +2) 12:30 Great Britain vs Slovenia 16:00 Hungary vs Kazakhstan 19:30 Poland vs Italy *Tournament Format: 6 Nations play a usual Round-Robin tournament, Each team play once every opponent, The first two ranked Nations will qualify for the Men´s World Championships Top Division next year in 2019 in Slovakia. The Nations ranked 3rd-5th will stay in this division also for the next season, The last ranked 6th Nation will be relegated to the Men´s Division I Group B World Championships 2019. LIVESTREAM GBR vs SLO HUN vs KAZ POL vs ITA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group B In Kaunas, , 22-28 April 2018 Sunday April 22nd, 2018 - Round-Robin Day 1 Schedule (GMT +3) 12:30 Estonia vs Japan 16:00 Romania vs Ukraine 19:30 Croatia vs Lithuania *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 World Championships Division I Group A next year in 2019. 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 Men´s Division II Group A World Championships 2019. LIVESTREAM EST vs JPN ROU vs UKR CRO v LTU ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III In Cape Town, , 16-22 April 2018 Sunday April 22nd, 2018 - Round-Robin Last Day Schedule (GMT +2) 13:00 Georgia vs Chinese Taipei 16:15 Turkey vs Bulgaria 20:00 Hong Kong vs South Africa *Bulgaria, Georgia and Turkey are still fighting for the promotion. **Bulgaria will qualify - if they win against Turkey in Regular Time and Georgia will not beat Taipei in Regular Time, or if they defeat Turkey after OT/GWS but Georgia lose to Taipei. ***Georgia will qualify - if they win against Taipei in Regular Time, or if they win against Taipei after OT/GWS but the match Bulgaria-Turkey will not end in Regulation Time. ****Turkey will qualify - if they win against Bulgaria in Regular Time and Georgia will not beat Taipei in Regular Time, or if they defeat Bulgaria after OT/GWS but Georgia have to lose to Taipei. *****The game Hong Kong vs South Africa is the direct match for the maintain in this division. Hong Kong must win in Regulation Time to avoid relegation to Division III Qualification Tournament next year, any other result will maintain the South Africans and send down Hong Kong. LIVESTREAM HERE

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U18 World Championships tomorrows schedule of Day 4 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship In Chelyabinsk & Magnitogorsk , 19-29 April 2018 Sunday April 22nd, 2018 - Preliminary Round Day 4 Schedule (GMT +5) Group A (in Chelyabinsk) 15:30 Finland vs Russia 19:30 France vs Slovakia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rest Day: Czech Republic Group B (in Magnitogorsk) 15:30 United States vs Sweden 19:30 Switzerland vs Canada ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rest Day: Belarus

2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship In Chelyabinsk & Magnitogorsk , 19-29 April 2018 Saturday April 21st, 2018 - Preliminary Round Day 3 Results (GMT +5) Group A (in Chelyabinsk) 15:30 Czech Republic 2 - 3 Russia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rest Day: France, Finland, Slovakia Provisional Standing after Day 3: 1. Finland 6 pts, 2. Russia 6 pts, 3. Slovakia 3 pts, 4. Czech Republic 0 pts, 5. France 0 pts. Group B (in Magnitogorsk) 15:30 Belarus 3 - 4 Sweden ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rest Day: Canada, Switzerland, United States Provisional Standing after Day 3: 1. Canada 6 pts, 2. Sweden 6 pts, 3. United States 3 pts, 4. Switzerland 0 pts, 5. Belarus 0 pts.

The 5th match was played in Trenčín, as Dukla was the highest ranked after the Regular season, the 6th game is scheduled in Banská Bystrica tomorrow. btw yesterdays game had one amazing moment when the ultras from both teams joined together at the 38th minute to pay tribute to Pavol Demitra (the guy who unite Slovakia) https://tivi.cas.sk/video/2516455/

MEN´S DIVISION II GROUP B WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fourth gold for Spain Men’s team concludes a historic season Spain’s golden season continues with the men’s national team winning the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group B on home ice in Granada. The senior team’s success means the Spaniards have picked up four gold medals this season, securing promotions for the men’s U18 and U20 teams and the senior women’s roster. No other country, at any level of IIHF competition, has managed a comparable medal haul, with Spain ending its campaign with four golds from a possible five. All the successful teams were playing in Division IIB of their respective competitions. The latest triumph came on home ice in Granada. The Andalusian city hosted the Winter Universiade in 2015, but it has a greater sporting tradition in bullfighting and football. This week, though, it had a chance to enjoy a glut of goals from a Spanish team determined to bounce straight back to Division IIA after relegation 12 months ago. The host nation rattled in 49 goals in five games, allowing just six, as it powered to top spot ahead of New Zealand thanks to a 6-4 success when the teams met. As the seedings suggested, it all came down to Friday night’s decider against the Kiwis. Both teams had progressed through the competition without dropping a point, although the rampant form of the Spanish offence suggested the host nation might have the edge. Opening with a 15-1 drubbing of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Spain also enjoyed a 14-0 rout of Mexico and a 10-1 success over Luxembourg. With all-out attack at the heart of Luciano Basile’s team for this tournament, Spain took the same approach into the showdown with New Zealand, firing in 53 shots net Daniel Lee’s net. Despite that, it took most of the first period to find a way through the opposing defence. A power-play goal in the 18th minute – Carlos Rivero winning the puck in the corner and feeding Alejandro Carbonell for a close-range wrist shot – finally broke the deadlock to give Spain a lead that its first-period dominance deserved. Carbonell, who plays his hockey in the French second tier with Annecy, is one of four players on the roster playing abroad. Bruno Baldris (Angers Ducs), Gaston Gonzalez (Montpellier Vipers) and Adrian Ubieto (Anglet Hormadi) also play across the border in France. In the middle frame, the Spanish offence was rampant once again – and this time it converted chances into goals more readily, scoring four times on Lee. Patricio Fuentes set the tone in the 22nd minute, adding a second after Spain repeatedly prevented New Zealand from clearing its lines, and there were further tallies from Oriol Rubio, Oriol Boronat and Ignacio Granell. However, the hitherto reliable defence – which had allowed just two goals in four games – began to wobble. New Zealand scored three of its own to remain in contention. Paris Heyd quickly converted a power play when he tipped home Callum Burns’ point shot, Aleksandr Polozov finished off after Jacob Ratcliffe’s shot was deflected into his path and Andrew Cox saw his point shot bounce off a defenceman and find the net. At the end of the middle frame, Spain led 5-3 and New Zealand, despite facing an onslaught, still believed it had a chance. Boronat got his second of the night to make it 6-3 early in the third, but a power play tally from Frazer Ellis kept the Kiwis in contention. Now, though, a more cautious Spain slowed down the offence and closed out the victory to spark the gold medal celebrations at the final hooter. For New Zealand, it was a second successive silver medal after finishing runner-up on home ice last year. Not surprisingly, Spanish players dominated the scoring charts to take four of the top five places. Boronat (5+7) led the way, with the Puigcerda player finishing one point ahead of team-mate Fuentes from San Sebastian. Seven goals for Boronat’s clubmate Pablo Munoz made him the top goalscorer and he was joined on 10 points by the tournament’s most productive defenseman, Ubieto. New Zealand’s Jordan Challis (3+7) also made the top five. Spain’s dominance ensured that the team allowed just 70 shots on its net over the five games. Ander Alcaine faced most of them and finished with a GAA of 1.49 on his way to the directorate award for top goalie, but Israel’s Nir Tichon also made a good case for honours with an SVG of 91.82%. Fuentes was the top forward and New Zealand’s Stefan Helmersson was top D-man. Israel secured third place with a victory over Mexico in its final game to finish on nine points. That result also condemned Luxembourg to relegation. The team from the principality won its last game against DPR Korea and would have survived on that head-to-head result if Mexico had gained at least a point against Israel. Instead, though, the teams finished in a three-way tie with Mexico and Luxembourg sharing the same goal difference. The Mexicans’ 3-1 success in the head-to-head meeting kept the Central Americans in this section and sent Luxembourg back to Division III after just one season. Results Thread

CZECH REPUBLIC / ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA SLZA - Holomráz

Road to IIHF World Championships Exhibition Games Friday April 20th, 2018 Slovakia - Latvia 4 - 1 Belarus - Denmark 1 - 2 Switzerland - Norway 1 - 2 and one more time the beautiful and first National Team goal of Dávid Bondra in Latvian TV now (Really, one would say the kid is remembering his father Peter )

2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group B In Granada, , 14-20 April 2018 Friday April 20th, 2018 - Round-Robin Last Day Results (GMT +2) 13:00 Luxembourg 2 - 1 North Korea 16:30 Mexico 3 - 5 Israel 20:00 Spain 6 - 4 New Zealand Final Standing 1. Spain 15 Qualified for the Men´s Division II Group A World Championships 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. New Zealand 12 3. Israel 9 4. North Korea 3 5. Mexico 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Luxembourg 3 Relegated for the Men´s Division III World Championships 2019

2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III In Cape Town, , 16-22 April 2018 Friday April 20th, 2018 - Round-Robin Day 4 Results (GMT +2) 13:00 Hong Kong 0 - 10 Bulgaria 16:15 Chinese Taipei 2 - 4 Turkey 20:00 South Africa 4 - 2 Georgia Provisional Standing after Day 4: 1. Bulgaria 9 pts, 2. Georgia 9 pts, 3. Turkey 9 pts, 4. Chinese Taipei 6 pts, 5. South Africa 3 pts, 6. Hong Kong 0 pts.