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what a awful race for both Nastya and Braisaz today...both shooting somewhere to the woods well a race to forget as soon as possible and re-focus minds to Antholz

Peter won his opening race of the new season.

Stage 22 in Bad Kleinkirchheim (AUT) January 14th, 2018 Downhill Womens (3/8) 1. Sofia Goggia 1:04.00, 2. Federica Brignone 1:05.10 and 3. Nadia Fanchini 1:05.45 Full Results HERE Video Highlights

Stage 5 in Dresden (GER) January 14th, 2018 Team Sprint Freestyle Mens (1/1) 1. Italy (Noeckler/Pellegrino) 12:18.31, 2. Sweden (Joensson/Petersson) 12:19.38 and 3. Russia (Krasnov/Retivykh) 12:19.54 Full Results HERE Video Highlights Team Sprint Freestyle Womens (1/1) 1. Sweden (Ingemarsdotter/Dahlqvist) 13:33.40, 2. Sweden (Falk/Nilsson) 13:33.56 and 3. United States (Sargent/Caldwell) 13:33.63 Full Results HERE Video Highlights

Zdeno send the Habs forward Philip Danault to the hospital with his slap shot he is clearly not going to be the most loved person in Montreal

WOMEN´S UNDER 18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Golden goal blitz USA scores six in six minutes Sweden's fairytale run came to an end in the gold-medal game as Team USA produced a blistering passage of offence to win 9-3 and defend its title once again. Team USA stormed to its fourth consecutive gold medal in the U18 Women’s World Championship with a devastating display of offensive power. A blistering sequence of six goals in just over six minutes either side of the first intermission turned an eagerly-awaited match-up into a procession, with the luckless Swedes suffering a close-up view of a team hitting its optimal form. With two goals apiece from Britta Curl, Katelyn Knoll, Abigail Murphy and Dominique Petrie leading the scoring, the USA ran rampant on its way to a 9-3 victory. But, for a fleeting moment, the first ever Europe vs North American gold medal game in this competition’s history might have been very different. Just 95 seconds into the gold medal match-up with the hot favourite from the USA, the Swedes stunned everyone with the opening goal of the game. Selina Aho’s shot from the point was deflected by Thea Johansson, taking it away from Lindsay Reed in the American net and handing the underdog a shock lead. Petrie acknowledged that falling behind was a shock, but paid tribute to her team's resilience. "In that first game she made nearly 60 saves so we knew we would have to get shots away and crash that net," she said. "They got that goal early, but we never gave up and after we got the first goal it seemed like the game was ours." With the Swedish defence superlative throughout the tournament, the goal electrified the crowd in Dmitrov. With something to hold on to, could that wall of yellow jerseys keep the USA at bay and complete one of the most sensational championship triumphs in IIHF history? Or could the Americans turn those Cinderella dreams to ashes? It didn’t take long to find out. Stung by the early Swedish goal, Team USA raised its already impressive tempo. Katelyn Knoll tied it up in the seventh minute with her first of the championship, and a wayward clearance presented Abigail Murphy with the puck and she led a two-player rush that ended with Casey O’Brien potting the go-ahead goal midway through the first stanza. What happened next, though, turned this Swedish fairytale into something decidedly grim for the Tre Kronor. Team USA went up through the gears and played some scintillating hockey to blast six goals in barely six minutes either side of the intermission. It started with a power play at the end of the first period, converted by Britta Curl. Then, Curl assisted as Dominique Petrie made it 4-1 33 seconds after the restart. The onslaught was relentless: Murphy showed some sweet skills to dance through the defence and add a fifth, then Curl got her second goal of the evening on the power play and her second assist as Petrie struck again to make it 7-1. When Murphy scored again on 25:38 the Swedes, simply blown away by some irresistible offence, gave Anna Amholt a break from her impossible task and sent Miranda Dahlgren into the firing line. "When we came together with our puck movement and speed everyone saw what we could do," said captain Heise. "We just killed everyone else. I don't want to say we were unstoppable, but we were a group that definitely not many people could stop." There was some great character from the battered Swedish defence to kill a penalty without its leader, Maja Nylen Persson but the Americans were relentless and added a ninth through Knoll in the 36th minute. By now, the celebrations were muted: impressive as the USA performance was, it was impossible not to feel for an opponent that found itself on the receiving end of something special. When Sweden got a goal back on the power play at the start of the third, Jenny Antonsson forcing home the rebound from a Josefin Bouveng shot, there was a huge cheer around the arena. And it said much for the heart of Ylva Martinsen’s team that it could come out and continue to play its game despite the devastation wreaked in the middle frame. There was even a third goal to cheer. Lina Ljungblom beat Reed with a well-struck shot as Sweden converted another power play midway through the frame. But this was all about the USA, and a spectacular explosion on offence that bore all the hallmarks of a champion team. The final hooter brought wild celebrations. For Gracie Ostertag, who was also named as the directorate's top defender of the tournament, this was her third time - and also her last as she leaves this age group. "I honestly can't say which one means the most to me," she said. "It's the same incredible feeling every time. Playing for your country is an amazing feeling. You can't take it for granted because you never know when it might be the last time." For Heise, another triple champion moving up to the next stage of her career, leaving the U18 scene will be a wrench. But she's excited about the future - and not just her own. "When you look at this team, we've got a number of young people. They've been able to experience this for the first time, and with them the future will be awesome." Canada takes bronze Guay stars in 5-1 win over Russia Canada ensured it departed from Russia with a medal after defeating a tired host nation in the bronze medal game. Alexie Guay led the scoring with 1+2. Canada claimed the bronze medal at the 2018 Women’s U18 World Championship in Dmitrov with a comfortable win over a visibly drained Russian team. Alexie Guay had a goal and two assists for Canada, making her the most productive defender of the tournament ahead of Saturday night’s Gold Medal Game. The host was left shattered by its semi-final loss against Sweden less than 24 hours earlier and, despite the support of another big crowd, struggled to get its game going against a team it sensationally beat a week ago at the start of the tournament. That result was a shock for Canada, and today's game underlined the progress the group had made together. Captain Sarah Fillier, Princeton-bound next season as her junior career comes to an end, was counting the positives at the end. "We didn't leave with the colour of medal we wanted, but it's been a really great experience with the girls," she said. "We always stuck together, even we faced some adversity at the start against Russia. The whole thing was a great journey for our team." That opening game began with Russia blazing out of the traps from the first seconds, putting the Canadian defence under unaccustomed pressure and forcing the North Americans on to the back foot. Today, though, that same energy was lacking. Despite an early chance for Maria Alexandrova, the star of the quarter-final success against Finland, Canada swiftly took control. Russia was limited to just three shots on Madelyn McArthur’s net in the first period as the Canadians dictated much of the play. The opening goal had been coming for a little while when Canada took the lead just before the first intermission. A well-worked power play kept Russia pegged back and after the puck looped up in front of Diana Farkhutdinova’s net, Guay swatted it down for Julia Gosling to score at the far post. That set Canada on its way to a win that underlined the progress head coach Delaney Collins talked about. "These short tournaments are always difficult," she said. "When you lose the first game, it's easy to start questioning yourself and I thought we sat back after that Russia result and hesitated to play our natural game. But we definitely got better and better - our best games were our last two, and we gave the USA everything we could - so overall we're really happy with our bronze medals." Guay made herself the most productive defender in the tournament with another helper as Canada went up 2-0 in the second period. This time she did the hard work around the back, holding off Irina Kuligina’s challenge before feeding Audrey-Anne Veillette out in front for the finish. That play moved Guay on to 0+6 for the championship; ahead of the gold medal game, Russia’s Yulia Provorova’s three-point haul was the next best among the players in Group A. An error on a Russian power play handed Canada a third goal midway through the game. Abygail Moloughney intercepted a stray pass on her own blue line and set off to the races. Farkhutdinova seemed unsure whether to stay home or go to meet her, and was caught out of position as the shot ripped over her glove on its way to the top corner. "The girls did all they could, but it was so tough - both physically and mentally - to get prepared for this game after losing to Sweden," Russia's head coach Yevgeni Bobariko said. "Right now, I'm really disappointed that we couldn't win a medal for our fans here." Russia’s plight got worse seconds into the final frame when Courtney Vorster put a slap shot into Farkhutdinova’s net from the blue line to claim a power play goal and turn the rest of the game into a damage-limitation exercise for the host. And when Guay added her first goal of the competition soon after, it felt like Russia’s encouraging tournament might come to a painful end. But there was something for the home crowd to cheer at last with 10 minutes to play when Vita Ponyatovskaya got Russia on the scoreboard. The defender followed up well to score from the slot after Alexandrova and Oxana Bratisheva rushed the net. As the youngest player on the roster, born in 2003, Ponyatovskaya could feature in three more U18 championships. And she was encouraged by the crowds that made this the best-supported U18 women's tournament played in Europe. "That was really powerful, seeing so many people in the arena," she said. "It's great that we could generate even more interest in women's hockey. Hopefully we can go on to make women's hockey even more popular here." Bobariko also talked up his young prospect. "It wasn't at all easy for her to play at this level for the first time," he said. "But she's a good girl, a talented girl, and she really loves her hockey. She's got a great future ahead of her." The Canadian victory maintains the country's record of medalling at every edition of this tournament. Russia, despite missing out on a repeat of last year's bronze in the Czech Republic, won many friends for its performances on the ice and the enthusiastic support for the competition throughout this week in Dmitrov. Canadian coach Collins was warm in her praise for the way Russia had played and organised the tournament. "I think it was really good, not so much in terms of the results but in term of the growth of women's hockey," she said. "The city of Dmitrov and the Russian Hockey Federation put on an incredible tournament, the fans were proud and fantastic and we can't say enough about the whole experience. "We'd like to congratulate Russia on the growth of its program and everything they have done to show they are an elite team, a team that has to be taken very seriously." After the game, there were presentations for the three best players in the tournament from each team. Russia's trio was goalie Diana Farkhutdinova, forward Ilona Markova and defender Julia Provorova. The Canadian selection was defender Courtney Vorster, captain Sarah Fillier and forward Brooke McQuigge. Swiss survive Ruedi strikes to send Germany down Lisa Ruedi made it five goals in two games as Switzerland wrapped up the relegation round in two games, staying up at Germany's expense following a 3-0 win. Lisa Ruedi was the scourge of Germany once again, adding two more goals to Wednesday’s hat-trick as the Swiss won 3-0 to preserve their Elite Pool status. The Germans had it all to do in Dmitrov, having suffered a 3-7 reverse in game one of the relegation round, but Tommy Kettner’s team could at least point to a strong third period in that game. However, it also had to contend with Ruedi – and the forward once again showed her value to Switzerland. She opened the scoring midway through the first period, forcing the puck home from close range after Lara Christen’s rush to the net created the opportunity. Then, in the middle frame, she turned provider for Rahel Enzler. With Switzerland on the power play, Ruedi orchestrated her team’s efforts, eventually leaving a drop-pass for Enzler to shoot home the second of the game. Goal number three also went to Ruedi when she found herself on the spot to touch home a Christen shot from the point and put the game beyond Germany. In two relegation round games, the Lions star notched five goals and two assists, taking her tournament tally to 11 (6+5) points, an improvement on last year’s 5+1 in the Czech Republic. And all that on a team that lost out in its three Group B games. For Germany, the trip to Dmitrov ended with a swift and dramatic reversal of fortunes. Victory over Switzerland in the final group game put the team in with a chance of making the quarter-final a year after winning promotion to the top level. But the Czechs sneaked ahead with a victory over Finland, and the Swiss produced two strong displays in the relegation round to send Germany back to Division One for next season. Gold Medal Game Highlights Results Thread

Stage 10 in Sapporo (JPN) January 14th, 2018 Normal Hill Individual Womens (5/15) 1. Maren Lundby 251.6, 2. Sara Takanashi 231.4 and 3. Katharina Althaus 230.2 Full Results HERE Video Highlights

Stage 15 in Snowmass (USA) January 13th, 2018 Halfpipe Mens (2/4) 1. Shaun White 100.00 , 2. Scotty James 96.25 and 3. Yuto Totsuka 94.50 Full Results HERE Video Highlights Halfpipe Womens (2/4) 1. Queralt Castellet 91.50, 2. Chloe Kim 88.75 and 3. Maddie Mastro 87.25 Full Results HERE Video Highlights

Stage 19 in Snowmass (USA) January 13th, 2018 Slopestyle Mens (4/7) 1. Andri Ragettli 95.00, 2. Ferdinand Dahl 94.60 and 3. Oystein Braaten 94.20 Full Results HERE Video Highlights Slopestyle Womens (4/7) 1. Johanne Killi 91.60, 2. Maggie Voisin 89.00 and 3. Isabel Atkin 87.80 Full Results HERE Video Highlights

Stage 20 in Idre Fjäll (SWE) January 13th, 2018 Ski Cross Mens (6/11) 1. Alex Fiva , 2. Marc Bischofberger and 3. Jean Frederic Chapuis Full Results HERE Video Highlights Ski Cross Womens (6/11) 1. Sandra Naeslund , 2. Marielle Berger Sabbatel and 3. India Sherret Full Results HERE Video Highlights

2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group B In Belgrade, , 10-16 January 2018 Saturday January 13th, 2018 - Round-Robin Day 3 Results (GMT +1) 13:00 Croatia 5 - 2 Mexico 16:30 Spain 7 - 2 Turkey 20:00 Serbia 7 - 5 Belgium Provisional Standing After Day 3 1. Spain 8 pts, 2. Serbia 7 pts, 3. Croatia 6 pts, 4. Belgium 3 pts, 5. Turkey 3 pts, 6. Mexico 0 pts.

2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I Group A In Asiago, , 8-14 January 2018 Sunday January 14th, 2018 - Round-Robin Final Day Schedule (GMT +1) 13:30 Norway vs Hungary 17:00 Japan vs Slovakia 20:30 Austria vs Italy *Japan vs Slovakia is the Direct match for the Gold medal and the so desired promotion to the next years Top Division. The winner of the match (Doesn´t matter if in Regular Time or after Overtime/Penalty Shoot-Outs) will win the tournament and qualify for the 2019 Top Division. **Norway vs Hungary is the direct match for the maintain in this category. Hungary is 3 points ahead, which means they need at least one single point from this match to stay in this division and send Norway to the Division I Group B next year. Norway will stay in this category only in case of win in Regular Time, in this case it will be Hungary who will be relegated down to Div. I B where they will replace Denmark promoted team from this years Division I Group B played last week in Poland. ***Austria vs Italy, the direct match for the Bronze medals. Austria need at least one point to finish third, Italy will be 3rd only in case of win in Regular Time. LIVESTREAM NOR vs HUN JPN vs SVK AUT vs ITA

2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship In Dmitrov - Moscow Region, , 6-13 January 2018 Saturday January 13th, 2018 - Knock-Out Round Final Day Results (GMT +3) Gold Medal Match 19:30 United States 9 - 3 Sweden (in Arena A) Bronze Medal Match 15:30 Russia 1 - 5 Canada (in Arena A) Final Standing 1. United States 2018 Women´s Under 18 World Champion ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Sweden 3. Canada 4. Russia 5. Finland 6. Czech Republic 7. Switzerland ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Germany Relegated for the Women´s Under 18 Division I Group A 2019

Stage 16 in Bad Gastein (AUT) January 12th, 2018 Parallel Slalom Mixed Teams (1/1) 1. Austria (Schoeffmann/Payer) , 2. Germany (Hofmeister/Baumeister) and 3. Austria (Riegler/Prommegger) Full Results HERE Video Highlights

IIHF Continental Cup 2017/18 Final Round in Minsk (BLR) Final Day Schedule (14th January 2018) GMT +3 15:00 Sheffield Steelers vs Ritten Sport 19:00 Yunost Minsk vs Nomad Astana *Yunost Minsk vs Nomad Astana will be the direct match for the Continental Cup 2017/18 win. The winner of the match will win the 21st season of this competition. The winner of the match between Sheffield and Ritten will finish in 3rd place in the Final-four.

IIHF Continental Cup 2017/18 Final Round in Minsk (BLR) Day 2 Results (13th January 2018) GMT +3 15:00 Nomad Astana GWS3 - 2 Ritten Sport 19:00 Yunost Minsk 5 - 4 Sheffield Steelers Provisional Standing After Day 2: 1. Minsk 6 pts, 2. Astana 5 pts, 3. Ritten 1 pt, 4. Sheffield 0 pts.

Stage 5 in Val di Fiemme (ITA) January 13th, 2018 Team Sprint Large Hill Men´s (1/2) 1. Germany (Frenzel/Geiger) 33:18.4, 2. Germany (Riessle/Rydzek) +0.7 and 3. Norway (Kokslien/Moan) +39.2 Full Results HERE Video Highlights

I told it, if we reach the quarterfinals I´ll be more than happy, but the medal is very unlikely even with our new Canadian coach and re-calmed general atmosphere resulting in the end of the Boycott of our 50 best players

yep, the classical jinx thread Any medal would be absolutely amazing for us. this time maybe we are traveling to the Winter Olympics with some bigger optimism and let say higher chances to grab some medal(s) than in the previous editions. But, it´s always the same, with some luck we should repeat Vancouver 2010 which would be absolutely fantastic, but we may also perfectly return home with a bag of fourth places and without a single medal, which would be really painful... Anyway. I´m not a superstitious person, but my "medal" wish for this games will remain secret My only personal wish I´ll publicly present, is that if our Hockey team will reach the Quarterfinals I´ll be satisfied and really happy.

Stage 9 in Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf (AUT) January 13th, 2018 Ski Flying Individual Mens (1/5) 1. Andreas Stjernen 407.6, 2. Daniel Andre Tande 405.1 and 3. Simon Ammann 399.9 Full Results HERE Video Highlights

Stage 21 in Wengen (SUI) January 13th, 2018 Downhill Mens (5/9) 1. Beat Feuz 2:26.50, 2. Aksel Lund Svindal 2:26:68 and 3. Matthias Mayer 2:27.17 Full Results HERE Video Highlights

Stage 5 in Dresden (GER) January 13th, 2018 Sprint Freestyle Mens (5/10) 1. Federico Pellegrino , 2. Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo and 3. Lucas Chanavat Full Results HERE Video Highlights Sprint Freestyle Womens (5/10) 1. Hanna Falk , 2. Maja Dahlqvist and 3. Sophie Caldwell Full Results HERE Video Highlights

Selina Gasparin´s skiing

Another absolute top level standard performance by Nastya today. Great job

Stage 22 in Bad Kleinkirchheim (AUT) January 13th, 2018 Super-G Womens (5/8) 1. Federica Brignone 1:09.80, 2. Lara Gut 1:09.90 and 3. Cornelia Huetter 1:10.26 Full Results HERE Video Highlights