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WOMEN´S UNDER 18 DIVISION I GROUP B 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Denmark earns promotion WW18 Div. I B hotly contested vs. France The Danish women’s under-18 hockey team is returning to Division I Group A for the second time after a sound 2-0 win over France to earn first place in the round-robin standings of the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship Division I Group B in Katowice, Poland, on Friday. The Danes finished with a perfect 5-0 record while France lost only the last game in an otherwise impressive tournament. Last year, the Danes lost to Italy, 4-1, on the final day of competition to finish in second place and remain in I-B while the Italians moved up. This year, Denmark vowed to do things differently, and thanks to the determination of 13 returning players, they did. “We’re really happy now,” enthused Sophie Damgaard. “A lot of the girls played together last year. We knew what went wrong last year. We were too nervous at the start, and we didn’t get into the game in the beginning. This year we focused on what went wrong last year and tried to make it better this year. And it worked!” The French, meanwhile, remain in Division IB another year. They were demoted only last year, for the second time in a row, after competing in the top level in 2016. “As a team, I’m extremely proud of what we accomplished,” said Marguerite Lafitte, who plays in England during the year. “All the hard work we put into the game. Of course, the end result today wasn’t what we wished for, but we’re still happy with the silver medal. We have quite a young team, so I’m excited to see what the younger girls are going to do next year. I wish them all the best.” Signe Jensen gave the Danes exactly the start they needed. Her bad angle shot to the short side of Justine Crousy Theode found the net at 4:25. “It was a very big relief to get the first goal, which was the most important for the game,” Damgaard noted. “It came fast, which was good for us.” The Danes had the better of play in the period and made it 2-0 late on a power play. This time, a great pass from the point by Kristine Melberg found Julie Oksbjerg to the back side, and her shot also to the short side at 17:50 proved to be a huge goal. The French came out with greater purpose in the second but couldn’t get on the board. Early on Faustine Bauer hit the crossbar, and later captain Margot Desvignes made a couple of fine rushes but couldn’t beat Martine Terrida. “We were nervous because the pressure was great,” Lafitte explained of the team’s slow start. “It wasn’t just another game. This was the first time we had a chance to move up to the next division, but we knew Denmark was good. They scored a lot more goals than us this tournament.” The third period was a contract is ambitions. The French had to press for two goals and the Danes wanted only to kill the clock. The result was some tense moments for Denmark. Led by Desvignes, France had 10 of its 22 shots in the final period, but Terrida held the fort in goal. “In the third period we got a little nervous,” Damgaard admitted. “We focused on the defence because we didn’t need any more goals; we just had to prevent them from scoring.” Even a late power play with Crousy Theode on the bench couldn’t give France the offense needed, and the game ended 2-0. “Poland and France played yesterday evening and a lot of us stayed to watch the game,” Damgaard revealed. “So today in the pre-game meeting we focused on how they played and their system, so we were ready and knew how they’d play.” “We were sloppy and undisciplined in the first period,” Lafitte summarized. “We gave Denmark too many chances, and they scored, which gave them confidence. After that, we pumped ourselves up and we were more motivated. We gave it everything we had. It’s disappointing, but we’re still proud.” Denmark finished with the top five scorers in the tournament, not surprising given it scored 30 goals and allowed only three, both tops among the six teams. Amanda Refsgaard led the way with four goals and ten points while Oksbjerg was second with eight points. The French were second in both offence and defence, scoring 16 and allowing only 6 goals. The final match of the tournament saw hosts Poland shut out Great Britain, 2-0, to finish in third place with three wins and two losses. China finished in fourth and Great Britain fifth. Australia finished in last place. It managed only one point, that after taking China to overtime before losing yesterday. The Aussies are new to women’s U18 hockey, though, having first competed in the qualification event in 2016 and 2017, winning last year to earn one of the six spots in I-B this year. They will now be relegated for 2019, though. Almost immediately, the Danes have a new goal, a new ambition. “This year we’re going to lose a lot of players, so the team will be a lot different next year, but we’re going to do our best to stay up in that division,” Damgaard promised. Results Thread HERE

Stage 18 in Deer Valley (USA) January 12th, 2018 Aerials Mens (4/6) 1. Maxim Burov 131.67, 2. QI Guangpu 130.77 and 3. Anton Kushnir 124.78 Full Results HERE Video Highlights Aerials Womens (4/6) 1. Xu Mengtao 114.21, 2. Kristina Spiridonova 88.47 and 3. Kong Fanyu 82.36 Full Results HERE Video Highlights

Stage 10 in Sapporo (JPN) January 13th, 2018 Normal Hill Individual Womens (4/15) 1. Maren Lundby 252.9, 2. Katharina Althaus 248.6 and 3. Sara Takanashi 238.2 Full Results HERE Video Highlights

Nah, it is not like it is absolutely impossible for the Czechs to reach the final.In the last Channel One Cup CZE did actually quite good and finished just behind the untouchable Russians and did played in overall very well against every opponent they faced. Look at Nagano, no one expected from the Czechs to reach the semis and they won gold For Slovakia, you´re right in other hand, no chance there

Stage 19 in Snowmass (USA) January 12th, 2018 Halfpipe Mens (4/6) 1. David Wise 95.00, 2. Alex Ferreira 93.00 and 3. Aaron Blunck 91.20 Full Results HERE Video Highlights Halfpipe Womens (4/6) 1. Cassie Sharpe 93.20, 2. Brita Sigourney 89.20 and 3. Ayana Onozuka 87.00 Full Results HERE Video Highlights

Stage 15 in Snowmass (USA) January 12th, 2018 Slopestyle Mens (2/4) 1. Redmond Gerard 87.28, 2. Hiroaki Kunitake 83.64 and 3. Tiarn Collins 83.57 Full Results HERE Video Highlights Slopestyle Womens (2/4) 1. Christy Prior 77.06, 2. Reira Iwabuchi 76.48 and 3. Tess Coady 75.42 Full Results HERE Video Highlights

Here the Schedule of Day 3 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 Schedule (GMT +1) 13:00 Croatia vs Mexico 16:30 Spain vs Turkey 20:00 Serbia vs Belgium LIVESTREAM CRO vs MEX ESP vs TUR SRB vs BEL

Tomorrow the Final day of the Top Division, so tomorrow we will know the name of the U18 Womens World Champion 2018, Either of USA or Sweden Here the schedule of Saturday 13th January 2018 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 Schedule (GMT +3) Gold Medal Match 19:30 United States vs Sweden (in Arena A) Bronze Medal Match 15:30 Russia vs Canada (in Arena A) LIVESTREAM HERE

2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I Group A In Asiago, , 8-14 January 2018 Friday January 12th, 2018 - Round-Robin Day 4 Results (GMT +1) 13:30 Norway 0 - 5 Japan 17:00 Hungary 0 - 1 Austria 20:30 Slovakia OT5 - 4 Italy Provisional Standing After Day 4 1. Japan 12 pts, 2. Slovakia 11 pts, 3. Austria 6 pts, 4. Italy 4 pts, 5. Hungary 3 pts, 6. Norway 0 pts.

Stage 16 in Bad Gastein (AUT) January 12th, 2018 Parallel Slalom Mens (2/5) 1. Dmitry Loginov , 2. Andrey Sobolev and 3. Maurizio Bormolini Full Results HERE Video Highlights Parallel Slalom Womens (2/5) 1. Ramona Theresia Hofmeister , 2. Ekaterina Tudegesheva and 3. Michelle Dekker Full Results HERE Video Highlights

2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I Group B In Katowice, , 6-12 January 2018 Friday January 12th, 2018 - Round-Robin Final Day Results (GMT +1) 13:00 China OT2 - 1 Australia 16:30 France 0 - 2 Denmark 20:00 Poland 2 - 0 Great Britain Final Standing 1. Denmark 15 Qualified for the Women´s Under 18 Division I Group A World Championships 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. France 12 3. Poland 9 4. China 5 5. Great Britain 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Australia 1 Relegated for the Women´s Under 18 Division I Group B Qualification 2019

IIHF Continental Cup 2017/18 Final Round in Minsk (BLR) Day 2 Schedule (13th January 2018) GMT +3 15:00 Nomad Astana vs Ritten Sport 19:00 Yunost Minsk vs Sheffield Steelers

IIHF Continental Cup 2017/18 Final Round in Minsk (BLR) Day 1 Results (12th January 2018) GMT +3 15:00 Ritten Sport 1 - 2 Yunost Minsk 19:00 Nomad Astana 5 - 1 Sheffield Steelers Provisional Standing After Day 1: 1. Astana 3 pts, 2. Minsk 3 pts, 3. Ritten 0 pts, 4. Sheffield 0 pts.

2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship In Dmitrov - Moscow Region, , 6-13 January 2018 Friday January 12th, 2018 - Knock-Out Round Day 2 Results (GMT +3) Semifinals 15:30 1A-QF1 United States GWS4 - 3 Canada (in Arena A) 19:30 2A-QF2 Sweden 2 - 1 Russia (in Arena A) Gold Medal Match: United States vs Sweden Bronze Medal Match: Canada vs Russia 5th-6th Place Match 19:30 Czech Republic 1 - 2 Finland (in Arena B) Finland finish the tournament in 5th place, the Czech Republic in 6th place. Relegation Round (Game 2) 15:30 4B-3B Switzerland 3 - 0 Germany (in Arena B) Final Series Standing: Switzerland - Germany 2-0 Switzerland won the Relegation Round is ranked 7th and will stay in the Women´s Under 18 Top Division also for the next year. Germany finished 8th and will be relegated next year for the Women´s Under 18 Division I Group A Tournament.

Ice Hockey Tournaments at Torino 2006 Sweden, 2006 Olympic Champions, won their second Olympic title 12 years after the Lillehammer triumph The Ice Hockey tournaments at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games took place from 11th to 26th February 2006 in Torino, Italy. The games were played at the Palasport Olympico and at the Torino Esposizioni. Sweden won the men´s tournament, winning its second historic Olympic title after 12 years, Finland won silver and the Czech Republic took the Bronze medals. Canada retained its gold in the women´s tournament ahead of Sweden and the USA. Before the men´s tournament, there were many changes that occured in the format and system of the tournament. The format was changed and returned back to the one used in 1992 and 1994, meaning only two phases contested, the preliminary Round and then the Knock-Out round. Also the number of participating teams was reduced from 14 to 12 to form the two preliminary 6 teams groups A and B, and only the top 4 from both pools advanced to the quarterfinals. But the most important change was about the NHL policy, this was the 3rd consecutive tournament with the participation of NHL players, but the first ever in which they were allowed to play during the whole tournament, so all teams had finally the same equal opportunities and conditions, which helped especially Slovakia, who had at this time more than 30 players in the NHL but can unable to use them in 1998 and 2002. In the preliminary round the 12 participating Nations were divided into 2 groups, after a round-robin games only 2 teams finished unbeaten and advanced to the KO phase with the full amount of 10 points from 5 wins in 5 matches, Finland in Group A and Slovakia in Group B. The Fins won all their group matches to top the pool ahead of Switzerland (the biggest surprise of this group) that defeated Canada 2-0 and Czech Republic 4-2. Thanks a better head to head the Swiss finished second ahead of Canada, the fourth qualified team was the Czech Republic, not really impressive in the preliminary round, but later in tournament showing what they are capable to do, flying to the Bronze medals. Germany and the host Italy finished their campaign both with 2 points from two draws in the preliminary stage. Slovakia surprisingly dominated in the group B, winning all 5 matches, but the last game against Sweden will be for eternity known thanks its controversy. Several Allegations have surfaced of Sweden throwing a game against Slovakia so the Swedes would face Switzerland instead of Canada or the Czech Republic. Even 5 years later Pater Forsberg was interpreted to insinuate that Sweden lost this game on purpose, so as to draw Switzerland as their quarterfinal opponent, rather than Canada or the Czech Republic. However Sweden lost 0-3 to Slovakia and finished 3rd in the group to face the Swiss in the play-offs, and they succeeded starting a run that finished by winning the gold medals. Russia from 2nd place and the United States from the 4th rank completed the Slovaks and Swedes in the quarterfinals positions. Kazakhstan and Latvia finished behind the qualifying places with 2 and 1 points respectively. The quarterfinals pairings brought some exciting encounters as Finland vs USA, Switzerland vs Sweden and the most awaited Russia vs Canada and the derby Slovakia vs Czech Republic. Sweden won over the Swiss easily 6-2 stopping the great Swiss fairy tale. All other matches were really tense and extremely entertaining, Russia defeated in the clash of titans Canada 2-0, Finland outskated the United States 4-3 and The Czech Republic ended the road for the Slovaks beating them as the history learn us once again at the Olympics, this time 3-1. The dream of Russia to finally won gold was again closed just like in Lillehammer 1994 by Finland, The "Suomis" playing until then a perfect tournament won clearly 4-0 and awaited their final opponent, it will be their eternal rivals, Sweden. The "Tre Kronor" defeated in the second semifinal the Czechs 7-3. Czech Republic then beat the frustrated Russians 3-0 to grab the Bronze medals. In the final match Sweden became the only team in the whole tournament to beat Finland, with a win 3-2 the Swedes coached by Bengt-Ake Gustafsson and lead by offensive stars like Forsberg, Daniel Andersson, Mats Sundin, Henrik Zetterberg or the Sedin brothers and absolute defencers super stars like Kronwall, Bäckman or Lidstrom won the second Gold medals in the history. One of the strongest ever Swede team celebrating the Olympic title after the final win 3-2 against Finland The expectations in Slovakia was huge prior the tournament, finally we was able to use a complete team composed of our big NHL stars, and with enormous motivation to show to the whole world what injustice were made to us in the previous years we entered the tournament like a hurricane. And what a start it was. A epic and legendary performance from our guys in the first match against Russia, Slovakia won one of the best ever hockey games 5-3 thanks two fantastic late goals from Marián Gáborík. This win brought a huge boost to the players and fans, we won the next match against latvia 6-4, relatively closing the game in the first period, when we was already leading 4-1. Game 3 and win 3, this time 2-1 over the United States in another great game after another fabulous effort. The team with Marián Hossa, Pavol Demitra, Marián Gáborík, Miroslav Šatan, Žigmund Pálffy and Peter Bondra showed its power also in the remaining group matches beating Kazakhstan 2-1 and Sweden in the last game 3-0. 12 years after Lillehammer 1994 Slovakia again won the preliminary round, this time without losing a single point ! The atmosphere in the team and in the country was just incredible, peoples started to think about medal, maybe even gold, but then came the fall. The Quarterfinal against our former federation partners, the Czech Republic. The team that practically showed nothing in the preliminary roun, suddenly re-found its power and traditional shape, it was clearly another Czech team we faced that evening. They best match in the tournament resulted in their win 3-1 and the end of the dream for us. Anyway the 5th place from Torino 2006 was at that time best result ever under the five ring...until 4 years ago came Vancouver, but thats another story to come ... Final Ranking of the Men´s Tournament: 1. Sweden 2. Finland 3. Czech Republic 4. Russia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Slovakia 6. Switzerland 7. Canada 8. United States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9. Kazakhstan 10. Germany 11. Italy 12. Latvia Canada, 2006 Women´s Olympic champions, for the second consecutive time The 2006 Women´s Olympic tournament was played with 8 teams, divided into two preliminary groups. The top 2 teams from both pools advanced to the semifinals, the remaining teams continued in the consolation round. This tournament is for the history very known because of an incredible achievement reached by the Swedes. Sweden defeated USA in the semifinals. This win was one of the most important events in the history of international women's ice hockey. It was the first time the US team had lost in an international competition to a team other than Canada. Canada and USA were the clear absolute favorites of the tournament and both dominated absolutely in their respective groups, the other two semifinalists were the Nordic countries Sweden and Finland. Canada even registered at that time the highest win in a womens Olympic tournament 16-0 over the host Italy, a result they eventually improved 4 years later at home soil. In the semifinals Canada as expected won to reach the final beating Finland 6-0 but in the second semi came the shock. Already the fact that USA-Sweden had to be decided in overtime was a big surprise, but that Sweden will beat the Americans, this was something unthinkable at that time. Sweden won 3-2 in the penalty shootout session to reach the final. USA recovered in the bronze medal match and after winning against Finland 4-0 took at least the Bronze medals. Canada in the Gold Medal match confirmed the role of the favorites and won 4-1. Sweden wrote history in Torino 2006, becoming the first country winning over a North American team in womens Ice Hockey, The goalie Kim Martin savor the huge upset win 3-2 over the US in the semifinals Final Ranking of the Women´s Tournament: 1. Canada 2. Sweden 3. United States 4. Finland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Germany 6. Russia 7. Switzerland 8. Italy Sweden - Finland 3-2 Mens final Highlights Highlights from the decisive games of the Womens tournament Highlights from all Slovak matches in Torino 2006

Ice Hockey Will at least one match during the mens tournament finish scoreless in regular time, meaning a match finished 0-0 after 60 minutes of regular time ? Will the mens or womens Gold medal match had to be decided in Overtime or after penalty shoot-outs session, meaning the final game will still be tied after 60 minutes of regular time ? Will be one of the referees be injured during a game, meaning he will not be able to continue in the match ? Will Sweden finish ahead of Finland in the mens tournament final ranking ? Will Canada face USA in the Knock-out phase of the mens tournament ? Will the Czech Republic face Slovakia in the knock-out phase of the mens tournament ? Will at least 2 same countries won medals in both mens and womens tournament ? Will Russia finish the mens tournament group stage unbeaten ? Will at least one team score two shorthanded goals in one mens or womens tournament match ? Will Slovenia finish ahead of Norway in the mens tournament final standing ? Will a match in the mes tournament finish by at least 50 minutes cumulative penalties, (counting also the misconduct penalties and match penalties) ? Will at least one player be able to score at least 1 point (goal or goal assist) in every his teams match ? Will at least one goal in the knock-out round of mens or womens tournament be scored by a player just returning from the penalty box back on the ice ? Will at least one quarterfinal of the mens tournament finish by a win of a team qualified from the Round of 16 ? Will we have a 100% European semifinals in the mens tournament ? Will South Korea win in Regular Time at least one match during the mens or womens tournament ?

Stage 21 in Wengen (SUI) January 12th, 2018 Alpine Combined Mens (2/2) 1. Victor Muffat-Jeandet 2:35.29, 2. Pavel Trikhichev 2:36:25 and 3. Peter Fill 2:36.44 Full Results HERE Alpine Combined Mens 2017/18 World Cup Final Standing 1. Peter Fill 140, 2. Kjetil Jansrud 110 and 3. Victor Muffat-Jeandet 105 Full Final Standing HERE Video Highlights

Stage 5 in Val di Fiemme (ITA) January 12th, 2018 Individual Gundersen Large Hill (10km) Men´s (5/15) 1. Joergen Graabak 25:56.4, 2. Johannes Rydzek 26:14.7 and 3. Lukas Klapfer 26:14.8 Full Results HERE Video Highlights

Stage 18 in Deer Valley (USA) January 11th, 2018 Moguls Mens (6/11) 1. Mikael Kingsbury 88.80, 2. Dmitriy Reikherd 83.66 and 3. Matt Graham 82.37 Full Results HERE Video Highlights Moguls Womens (6/11) 1. Jaelin Kauf 81.37, 2. Perrine Laffont 80.38 and 3. Morgan Schild 78.76 Full Results HERE Video Highlights

no problem buddy I like your questions, especially the one with Naoki Yuasa, I would bet a big No 9 out of 10 races for sure, but there still a chance that he can succeed in this one

all teams will past the groups the group winners and best ranked 2nd team directly for the quarterfinals, all other teams will play the round of 16. 2nd best 2nd ranked team vs worst last 4th ranked, worst 2nd ranked vs second best last ranked team etc...etc...

no please, not losing gold for 0.6 this would be too much for me

Kazár with his epic trolling at the 2nd shooting

as only South Korea they will very likely lost all matches in the womens tournament, but if they add also some N. Korean players they will be just destroyed each game