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Results after 1st Period Group A in Cologne Russia - Slovakia 3-0 (3-0,-,-) 01:12 Yevgeni DADONOV 1-0 13:35 Yevgeni DADONOV 2-0 19:19 Andrei MIRONOV 3-0 Group B in Paris Slovenia - Belarus 2-1 (2-1,-,-) 13:12 Aleksander PAVLOVICH 0-1 16:52 Ziga JEGLIC 1-1 19:15 David RODMAN 2-1

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 9 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Norway 2 - 3OT Finland Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-2, 1-0, OT: 0-1 May 13th 2016, h. 12:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Finns edge Norway in OT Finland ekes out second straight win Markus Hannikainen scored at 1:55 of overtime to give Finland a 3-2 win over Norway on Saturday. The Columbus Blue Jackets forward came out of the penalty box after serving a minor penalty for defenceman Atte Ohtamaa, who had taken two minutes plus a 10-minute misconduct for checking to the head at the end of regulation time. Hannikainen took a breakaway pass from Mika Pyorala and went top corner as the Finnish fans packing the AccorHotels Arena rejoiced. It's been an iffy start to this tournament for Finland. This was their second consecutive victory after beating Slovenia 5-2, but they squandered a chance at three points by allowing Norway's tying goal with less than a minute left. "I think we had enough scoring opportunities but we didn’t score enough," said Sebastian Aho. "We had a lot of chances to make it 3-1 but the goalie played well and their defence was good. We played well, and we got the win, which is the most important thing." In regulation time, Juuso Hietanen and Julius Honka scored for Finland. Anders Bastiansen and Andreas Martinesen replied for Norway. "I think we played a pretty good game," said Bastiansen. "If you had said to me before the game that we’d be 2-2 with Finland after three periods, I think we would have taken it." Finland's Joonas Korpisalo won the goaltending battle with Norway's Lars Haugen. Shots on goal favored Finland 28-21. A Finnish sign in the crowd read, "Noo, alkaako pannu porisemaan?" ("So, is the pot going to start bubbling?"). That might have been an allusion to the cauldron in which the druid Getafix brews magic potion in the Asterix comics. It definitely reflected the impatience of Finnish fans with their team's early results in Paris. The Norwegians came out aggressively and had the better of the early play. Finland fought back with heavy pressure during their first power play with Patrick Thoresen off for interference, but couldn’t capitalize. Norway, however, broke through on their opening man advantage with 1:22 left in the first. Bastiansen skated to the net and deftly tipped Mattias Norstebo’s shot from the blue line past Korpisalo. "I saw Norstebo got the puck on top and he shot it," said Bastiansen. "I just tried to get my stick on it, and I was lucky enough to get a touch on it and it went between the goalie’s legs." Finland dominated the second period with a 12-3 edge in shots. At 5:33, Hietanen tied it up, just six seconds into a power play. Standing on the goal line to Haugen’s right, he scored five-hole on a bad-angle shot. It was one the goaltender would like to have had back. At 8:11, Honka made it 2-1 with his high stick-side blast after the Finns won an offensive zone faceoff. It was the Dallas Stars defenceman’s first Worlds goal ever. In the third period, Haugen kept it a one-goal game with under six minutes left when he made a slick glove save on Aho off the rush. The goalie came out for the extra attacker in the dying moments, and the Norwegians cashed in. Martinsen barged to the net after a faceoff in Finland's zone and stuffed the puck home with 29 seconds left. The Finns were stunned, but they'd kill off Ohtamaa's subsequent penalty and win it in extra time. "It was a tough bounce for us, their last goal," said Aho. "But we played well on the penalty kill after that, and Hannikainen got a big goal for us." "I think a couple of hours from now we’ll be satisfied that we got one point," said Bastiansen. The Finnish team wore black armbands to mark the passing of popular former Finnish president Mauno Koivisto. He served as president from 1982 to 1994, and died in Helsinki on Friday at age 93. Facing Switzerland on Sunday, Finland will try to make it three straight wins. Norway's next game is Monday against defending champion Canada. Norway has never defeated Finland in 19 tries at the Worlds, dating back to 1949. It tied the Finns twice, 3-3 in 1990 and 1-1 in 1996, and lost 3-2 in overtime in 2008.

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 9 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Norway 2 - 3OT Finland Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-2, 1-0, OT: 0-1 May 13th 2016, h. 12:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 9 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Latvia 3 - 5 United States Period-by-Period: 1-0, 2-3, 0-2 May 13th 2016, h. 12:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne Copp that! Late strike gives USA tight win over Latvia Team USA claimed another fightback win here in Cologne, coming from 0-2 and 1-3 to edge out Latvia in the final four minutes of play. When Latvia meets the USA in World Championship action, sparks can fly. The previous meeting between the teams at this level came in Minsk in 2014, with Latvia edging the verdict by the odd goal in 11. Today in Cologne the two teams were wild once again, sharing eight goals in another frenetic battle that ended with the USA taking a big step towards securing a quarter-final spot. With barely three minutes to play and the scores locked at 3-3, Andrew Copp came up with the game-winner, streaking from his own zone to make a rendezvous with Latvian goalie Elvis Merzlikins and wiring a wrister that looped off the netminder’s shoulder and dropped in. Latvia, which had never been behind until that moment, threw everything forward in search of an equalizer, only to be hit by an empty-netter from Dylan Larkin that sealed the 5-3 outcome. "It was a huge win given the early adversity," Copp said. "They played really hard especially those first two periods. We needed to get our legs under us a little bit and get into intensity mode. It was important for us to handle that adversity and inch back in the second and battle throughout the third." Defeat was hard on a Latvian team that continues to impress here in Germany. Knowing that success today would go a long way toward booking a place in the last eight for the first time since 2009, Bob Hartley’s players tore out of the blocks. The early pressure was all around Connor Hellebuyck’s net. Kaspars Daugavins tested the goalie in the third minute, collecting an Andris Dzerins feed in front of the net only to find Hellebuyck’s glove. The pressure continued, and the opening goal duly arrived in the 12th minute. Teodors Blugers, one of a cohort of youngsters drafted onto the roster by Hartley since he took over the head coach’s role, claimed his first ever senior international marker with a close-range finish off a sizzling feed from Maris Bicevskis. Blugers, who admitted he wasn't sure what had happened to the puck he shot past Hellebuyck, had mixed feelings about his afternoon. "I feel like we played a pretty good game - especially our first period - but we had a couple defensive breakdowns that cost us," he said. "That last goal was a little bit of a bad bounce when we needed to hold on a few minutes longer. "They're obviously a lot more skilled but I felt that overall we defended pretty well. We did our jobs decently well, but not quite well enough." The Latvians had even more cause for excitement at the start of the third. Seizing possession from the face-off, Roberts Bukarts advanced deep into US territory before feeding Dzerins on the point. Daugavins despatched the puck from close range, and that was 2-0. At last, the Americans began to respond. TJ Compher grabbed his second of the tournament when he redirected an Anders Lee feed just inside Merzlikins’ near post. The one-goal margin lasted two-and-a-half minutes before Oskars Cibulskis got to the rebound from a Miks Indrasis shot and made it 3-1. With the game just beyond its midway point, Latvia looked to have a measure of control. But that evaporated as team USA hauled itself level before the second intermission. First, amid a shooting gallery in front of Merzlinkin’s net, Nick Bjugstad fired home after Nick Schmaltz was denied by the pads. Then, seconds after Roberts Buckarts dinged the bar at the other end, Johnny Gaudreau roofed a loose puck after Jason Trouba wreaked havoc on the wraparound. "We came back against Sweden too," added Copp. "The mental makeup of this team is good. We know we can come back against anybody. Having that confidence when we are down like we were 3-1 today and come back and win will take us a long way in this tournament." The third period continued to produce breathless action, although Merzlikins was now the busier of the two goalies. Latvia’s first choice shotstopper came up with big saves to deny Schmaltz and Clayton Keller, while Hellebuyck mostly dealt with breakaway chances. Finally Copp came up with the decisive breakthrough, lifting the Americans to a fourth victory from five games and tightening their grip on a top-four finish in Group A. Latvia, with three wins already, has realistic hopes of joining the USA there. "That's the goal," said Blugers. "There are teams that are more skilled than us but we can stick together, play with energy and out-work other teams. We haven't made it yet, we have two big games to go, but we'll be ready for them."

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 9 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Latvia 3 - 5 United States Period-by-Period: 1-0, 2-3, 0-2 May 13th 2016, h. 12:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne

Final Results Group A in Cologne Latvia - United States 3-5 (1-0, 2-3, 0-2) 11:23 Teodors BLUGERS 1-0 20:07 Kaspars DAUGAVINS 2-0 29:00 J.T. COMPHER 2-1 31:37 Oskars CIBULSKIS 3-1 33:44 Nick BJUGSTAD 3-2 38:37 Johnny GAUDREAU 3-3 56:38 Andrew COPP 3-4 58:58 Dylan LARKIN 3-5 Group B in Paris Norway - Finland 2-3 After Overtime (1-0, 0-2, 1-0, OT: 0-1) 18:38 Anders BASTIANSEN 1-0 25:33 Juuso HIETANEN 1-1 28:11 Julius HONKA 1-2 59:31 Andreas MARTINSEN 2-2 Overtime Winning Goal Scored at 61:55 by Markus HANNIKAINEN 2-3 OT

Results after 2nd Period Group A in Cologne Latvia - United States 3-3 (1-0, 2-3,-) 11:23 Teodors BLUGERS 1-0 20:07 Kaspars DAUGAVINS 2-0 29:00 J.T. COMPHER 2-1 31:37 Oskars CIBULSKIS 3-1 33:44 Nick BJUGSTAD 3-2 38:37 Johnny GAUDREAU 3-3 Group B in Paris Norway - Finland 1-2 (1-0, 0-2,-) 18:38 Anders BASTIANSEN 1-0 25:33 Juuso HIETANEN 1-1 28:11 Julius HONKA 1-2

Results after 1st Period Group A in Cologne Latvia - United States 1-0 (1-0,-,-) 11:23 Teodors BLUGERS 1-0 Group B in Paris Norway - Finland 1-0 (1-0,-,-) 18:38 Anders BASTIANSEN 1-0

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POWER RANKING As of May 12th, 2017 Russia is back on top by a hair in our fourth Power Rankings, with Canada in second place and Sweden third. Coming on strong, the Czechs sit fourth. 1. Russia: Let the poor guy sit on a beach 2. Canada: This is not pro wrestling 3. Sweden: “Viktor?” “Yes, Eddie?” “We’re still good goalies, right?” 4. Czech Republic: Beating Slovenia is less fun than beating Slovakia 5. United States: Dylan deserves the Nobel Prize 6. Switzerland: Belarus trash-talked our cows 7. Latvia: Bob? Put down that water gun. Torts isn’t here 8. Finland: Beating Slovenia is like a lukewarm sauna 9. France: If you work hard and believe, you too can marry your teacher 10. Norway: Haugen also washes our jerseys and drives the bus 11. Denmark: Hail our new king, long may he Regin 12. Germany: My name is Leon Skywalker and I’m here to rescue you 13. Slovakia: You Kahun’t always get what you want 14. Slovenia: Seventh in Sochi, so whatevs 15. Belarus: Soul-crushing despair: it's how we roll 16. Italy: We came, we saw, they conquered Previous Editions May 5th May 7th May 10th *The Power Rankings are for the enjoyment of IIHF.com readers, and reflect the progress of teams during the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. They are distinct from the official standings and IIHF World Ranking.

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 9 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Latvia vs United States Period-by-Period: May 13th 2016, h. 12:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne Russia vs Slovakia Period-by-Period: May 13th 2016, h. 16:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne Italy vs Germany Period-by-Period: May 13th 2016, h. 20:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Norway vs Finland Period-by-Period: May 13th 2016, h. 12:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Slovenia vs Belarus Period-by-Period: May 13th 2016, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Canada vs Switzerland Period-by-Period: May 13th 2016, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 8 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) France GWS4 - 3 Belarus Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-2, 1-1, OT: 0-0, GWS: 1-0 May 12th 2016, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 8 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Denmark OT3 - 2 Germany Period-by-Period: 2-2, 0-0, 0-0, OT: 1-0 May 12th 2016, h. 20:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 8 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Czech Republic 5 - 1 Slovenia Period-by-Period: 3-0, 1-0, 1-1 May 12th 2016, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 8 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Sweden 8 - 1 Italy Period-by-Period: 2-0, 1-1, 5-0 May 12th 2016, h. 16:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 8 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) France GWS4 - 3 Belarus Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-2, 1-1, OT: 0-0, GWS: 1-0 May 12th 2016, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris France wins! Stephane da Costa gets two shootout goals France blew a lead, came back, and won in a thrilling shootout. Cristobal Huet was fantastic, and the penalty killers were sensational. Indeed, the French penalty killers were extraordinary, killing off one penalty in the final minute of regulation that carried over to the overtime, and then another minor in the overtime itself. In all, they were short-handed for three of the five overtime minutes. Huet, playing in his record-tying 13th top-level World Championship, was letter perfect in these moments; the defence blocked countless shots; and, Belarus had some bad luck, hitting the post twice when another inch or two might have meant victory. In the shootout, da Costa came though under pressure. Mikhail Stefanovich scored on the first shot for Belarus, but France missed its first two. Da Costa then beat Kevin Lalonde with a great deke. In the fourth round of shots, the two scorers went again, but this time Huet stopped Stefanovich and da Costa scored again to give France the win. The two-point victory vaults France into a fourth-place tie with Finland and Norway with seven points and leaves Belarus in a precarious situation, in a tie for seventh with just one point. France was the better team in the first period and was rewarded with its only goal. Teddy da Costa started the play on an odd-man rush, getting the puck to Sacha Treille. Treille wired a hard shot over the glove of Lalande at 12:29. Despite dominating the opening 20 minutes, though, the French could not build on their lead. They did, however, manage to make it 2-0 just 54 seconds into the second on a power play that had carried over from the first. Antoine Roussel made a great no-look pass to Damien Fleury at the top of the circle, and he, too, beat Lalande over the glove. Belarus got back into it six minutes later on a bit of bad luck for the French. Floran Douay was at his blue line when the puck came at him. He lost it in his equipment, and when it landed Yegor Sharangovich claimed it. He took a shot that was stopped by Huet, but as the rebound bounced in the air, Alexander Pavlocich batted it in. No video review was needed to confirm it was a high stick—and it wasn’t. Off the next faceoff things got testy. It appeared Loic Lamperier speared Pavlovich at the drop of the puck, and the Belorussian lay on the ice in seeming agony. But the referees decided not to call a penalty, and after being helped off the ice Pavlovich returned to the ice soon after without missing a shift. Soon after, Danila Karaban suffered a left leg injury that looked more serious. He, too, was helped off the ice, but he didn't return, and his status is unknonw right now. Late in the period Belarus tied the game on another odd play. Charles Linglet fed a nice pass to Sharangovich hustling to the net, and Huet made the save on the re-direct. But the Laurent Meunier, trying to check Sharangovich, got his skate tied up for a moment in Huet’s pads, and the puck trickled between the goalie’s pads and over the line. An early penalty in the third put the home side in a tough position. A beuatiful tic-tac-toe play between Artyom Demkov to Sergei Kostitsyn to Alexander Kulakov drifting through the slot gave Belarus a 3-2 lead at 1:20. France's impressive 2-0 lead was now a distant memory. The French had a magnificent opportunity to tie the game and perhaps re-take the lead. Belarus captain Andrei Stas took a four-minute high-sticking penalty after cutting Kevin Hecquefeuille accidentally, but their shooting accuracy left something to be desired and Lalande was good when he had to be. Stas returned to the ice with his team still in the lead. France got a bit of its own luck on the tying goal form Pierre-Edouard Bellemare at 12:35. His bad-angle shot from near the boards went off Lalande's glove and in, a weak goal to allow at such a critical point, to be sure. Belarus next plays Slovenia tomorrow while France has a day off before playing the Czechs on Sunday.

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 8 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) France GWS4 - 3 Belarus Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-2, 1-1, OT: 0-0, GWS: 1-0 May 12th 2016, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Group B Provisional Standing After Day 8 Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Canada 4 4(0) 0(0) 20 5 +15 12 Czech Republic 5 4(2) 1(0) 17 9 +8 10 Switzerland 4 3(1) 1(1) 14 8 +6 9 France 5 3(2) 2(0) 17 13 +4 7 Norway 4 2(0) 2(1) 8 7 +1 7 Finland 4 2(0) 2(1) 12 13 -1 7 Belarus 5 0(0) 5(1) 6 22 -16 1 Slovenia 5 0(0) 5(1) 10 27 -17 1

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 8 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Denmark OT3 - 2 Germany Period-by-Period: 2-2, 0-0, 0-0, OT: 1-0 May 12th 2016, h. 20:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne Regin reigns in OT Denmark rallies from 0-2 to win it An overtime goal from Peter Regin gives Denmark a dramatic victory over Germany after a 2-2 tie in Cologne. Denmark battled back from two goals down to stun Germany in overtime, dealing a blow to the host nation's hopes of progressing to the quarter-final. Peter Regin got the vital goal, 1:40 into the extras, when he supplied a five-hole finish beyond Danny aus den Birken off a delightful Nikolaj Ehlers feed. "I lost the face-off and for the next minute and a half I don't think we saw the puck," Regin said after the game. "We were extremely tired but Nik Ehler is one of the fastest skaters in the world and he somehow created a two-on-one for us and I was lucky to get a break and put it five hole and it went in." To make defeat even more painful for Germany, it was inches away from snatching the win itself moments earlier. Danish goalie Sebastian Dahm flung himself to his right to beat away a testing effort; play switched to the other end of the ice and Regin wrapped up the win. Oliver Lauridson picked out Dahm's save as the turning point. "They were cycling the puck and as soon as Dahm made the save they were thinking 'change'," he said. "Suddenly we had a couple forwards who were off to the races. That’s how 3-on-3 goes. It could look like one team is dominating it and all of a sudden it is an odd man rush the other way. Tonight that went our way." The defeat leaves Germany on six points, three adrift of fourth-placed Latvia but having played a game more. Tuesday's meeting between the Latvians and the host is shaping up to be a showdown. For Felix Schutz, the battle will continue - aided by the upcoming arrival of Leon Draisaitl. "At the end of the day it is about points. Leon will help us a lot," Schutz said. "He had an incredible year in the NHL for such a young player. He’s the best German player we’ve ever had. He’s going to give us some offense and on the power play." Everything started so well for the Germans. A lively home crowd got behind the team from the get-go, and was rewarded with two goals in little over a minute midway through the first period. First Patrick Reimer did enough to screen Sebastian Dahm as Yasin Ehliz fired in a shot, and as the puck looped up Reimer put it away with something approaching a baseball swing. Then Yannic Seidenberg got away down the right and fizzed a cross-ice pass from the boards for Brooks Macek to score from close range. With 10 minutes gone, Germany was looking good and the arena was responding with plenty of noise. But it took less than a minute for the home team to go from complete control to almost total disarray. Denmark pulled a goal back on 16:09 when Frederik Storm reacted fastest to the rebound of a sot from Emil Kristenson. There was concern about a possible kicking motion, but the video review gave it the all clear. Then, just 25 seconds later, the Danes were level. There didn’t seem to be much danger when Mads Christensen swung the puck in from the boards, but aus den Birken offered up a big rebound and Morten Poulsen gobbled it up. A combination between Nichlas Hardt and Julian Jakobsen almost split Germany open once again before the intermission, and aus den Birken was left clinging on to deny Christensen as the host staggered woozily into the intermission with the scores tied. The middle stanza was all about power plays. Germany had two in quick succession, giving it a chance to regain the momentum it lost at the end of the first period. But the home team seemed nervous, frequently snatching at its chances. Macek was guilty of a particularly big miss after a slapshot deflected into his path, before Dominik Kahun forced a good sliding save from Dahm when he shot from the right-hand circle. Then Denmark got its chance, including a long spell of 5-on-3 play. There was more composure here, but still no goal: Patrick Russell fired wide with the best shooting chance for the Danes. Germany had the better of the final frame, but could not find the killer touch in front of the net. Early on, Matthias Plachta fed Schutz but the much-travelled forward steered the puck wide of the mark. Then, as time began to run out, Dahm delivered a big save to deny Marcus Kink and defenceman Frank Hordler threatened to become an unlikely hero with an astonishing solo rush that ultimately drew a penalty. That power play came to nothing, but there was still time for one last big save from Dahm in regulation, grabbing hold of a Reimer attempt with six seconds left to play. The drama continued as Oliver Lauridsen and David Wolf picked up roughing penalties in the final second after disagreeing about Danish tactics at the subsequent face-off and the game moved to overtime.

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 8 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Denmark OT3 - 2 Germany Period-by-Period: 2-2, 0-0, 0-0, OT: 1-0 May 12th 2016, h. 20:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne Group A Provisional Standing After Day 8 Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Russia 4 4(1) 0(0) 21 5 +16 11 Sweden 5 3(0) 2(1) 21 9 +12 10 United States 4 3(0) 1(0) 15 7 +8 9 Latvia 4 3(0) 1(0) 8 4 +4 9 Germany 5 2(1) 3(1) 12 19 -7 6 Denmark 5 2(2) 3(0) 9 18 -9 4 Slovakia 4 1(1) 3(2) 9 12 -3 4 Italy 5 0(0) 5(1) 5 26 -21 1

Final Results Group A in Cologne Denmark - Germany 3-2 After Overtime (2-2, 0-0, 0-0, OT: 1-0) 08:26 Patrick REIMER 0-1 09:43 Brooks MACEK 0-2 16:09 Frederik STORM 1-2 16:34 Morten POULSEN 2-2 Overtime Winning goal scored at 61:40 by Peter REGIN 3-2 OT Group B in Paris France - Belarus 4-3 After GWS (1-0, 1-2, 1-1, OT: 0-0, GWS: 1-0) 12:29 Sacha TREILLE 1-0 20:54 Damien FEURY 2-0 26:40 Aleksander PAVLOVICH 2-1 37:47 Yegor SHARANGOVICH 2-2 41:20 Alexander KULAKOV 2-3 52:35 Pierre-Edouard BELLEMARE 3-3 Winning Shootout Scored by Stephane DA COSTA 4-3 GWS

Results after 2nd Period Group A in Cologne Denmark - Germany 2-2 (2-2, 0-0,-) 08:26 Patrick REIMER 0-1 09:43 Brooks MACEK 0-2 16:09 Frederik STORM 1-2 16:34 Morten POULSEN 2-2 Group B in Paris France - Belarus 2-2 (1-0, 1-2,-) 12:29 Sacha TREILLE 1-0 20:54 Damien FEURY 2-0 26:40 Aleksander PAVLOVICH 2-1 37:47 Yegor SHARANGOVICH 2-2

Results after 1st Period Group A in Cologne Denmark - Germany 2-2 (2-2,-,-) 08:26 Patrick REIMER 0-1 09:43 Brooks MACEK 0-2 16:09 Frederik STORM 1-2 16:34 Morten POULSEN 2-2 Group B in Paris France - Belarus 1-0 (1-0,-,-) 12:29 Sacha TREILLE 1-0

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 8 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Czech Republic 5 - 1 Slovenia Period-by-Period: 3-0, 1-0, 1-1 May 12th 2016, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Czechs trounce Slovenia Fourth straight win for CZE, SLO misses QF Roman Horak led the way with two goals as the Czechs beat Slovenia 5-1 on Friday. It’s four straight wins for the Czechs and no quarter-finals for Slovenia. Roman Cervenka chipped in a goal and an assist, and Michal Repik and Michal Kempny also scored for the canny Czechs, who are hunting for their first medal since 2012's bronze. Jan Kovar added a pair of assists. Coach Josef Jandac's crew fell 4-1 to Canada to start the tournament, but have found a path to victory in every game since then. This was a cool display of skill, focus, and execution. "We knew if we skated, we'd be fine," said Czech captain Jakub Voracek. "We skated well today all game, and that's why we won. It could have been 10-2 today easily." Miha Verlic replied for Slovenia, which was outshot 37-15. Since rallying to secure a point in their tournament opener, a 5-4 overtime loss to Switzerland, the Slovenes have sagged with four lopsided regulation defeats in Group B. Newly promoted Slovenia now faces a must-win game versus Belarus on Saturday in the battle against relegation. In IIHF World Championship history, the Slovenes have only spent two consecutive years in the elite division once (2005, 2006). They have a tiny talent pool with 141 registered male players. At 2:12, Repik opened the scoring. Kroselj stopped Roman Cervenka’s initial shot, but Kovar grabbed the rebound and sent it over to Repik, who fired it into the open side. "Against teams like these, they have to play defence, so when we scored early that opened it up for us," said Czech goalie Petr Mrazek. "Yesterday [in the 1-0 win over Norway], we couldn't get an early goal, so it was a better start today." Near the midway mark of the first period, Repik thought he’d made it 2-0. But instead, it turned out that the second goal belonged to Horak, who’d been set up during the preceding power play by David Pastrnark and had zinged the puck off the net cam before the officials noticed. That goal occurred at 8:20, and time was added to the clock. At 11:46, Horak whacked a rebound through Slovenian goalie Gaspar Kroselj’s pads to put the game out of reach at 3-0. Shots favored the Czechs 18-4 in the opening stanza. "We got more traffic in front today," said Czech defenceman Radko Gudas. "Our forwards did a good job of that. They got some rebounds, made some plays around the net. I think the Slovenians didn't have an answer for that." Kempny got the fourth Czech marker at 2:09 of the second period. He sent the puck cross-ice to Petr Vrana and then skated to the front of the net to convert Vrana’s deft backhand feed from behind the goal line. Verlic cut the deficit to 4-1 at 4:04 of the third on a quick, close-range shot that beat Mrazek cleanly, but was video-reviewed. Just over three minutes later, Cervenka restored the four-goal lead with a nice breakaway tally on the backhand. Despite missing the quarter-finals in Paris, the Slovenes have already qualified to participate in their second straight Olympic hockey tournament in South Korea in February. They finished a surprising seventh in their 2014 Winter Games debut in Sochi, Russia. The Czechs will seek a fifth straight victory against host France on Saturday. "Now we have to focus on France," said Voracek. "They played well against Canada, so it's going to be a tough game."

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 8 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Czech Republic 5 - 1 Slovenia Period-by-Period: 3-0, 1-0, 1-1 May 12th 2016, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 8 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Sweden 8 - 1 Italy Period-by-Period: 2-0, 1-1, 5-0 May 12th 2016, h. 16:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne Italy no match for Sweden Tre Kronor cruises on eight even-strength goals Eight different scorers pace the Sweden offence on the day. Sweden won its second straight game and third of the 2017 World Championships with an 8-1 win over Italy at LANXESS arena. Goals by Victor Rask and Philip Holm in the first period sealed the win as Sweden awaits the arrival of goaltender Henrik Lundqvist to the team here in Germany. With the New York Rangers eliminated from the NHL playoffs, Lundqvist accepted an invitation to join Sweden and his brother Joel, who is captain of Tre Kronor, at this last major international ice hockey event of the season. "It's a dream come true to play a WC together." Joel Lundqvist said. "This is my seventh tournament I think and it's never worked out before. It's fun to have him here and be on the same team again. He's a big part of the team, he's stopping the pucks but we need to score as well. He's a big part but we need the whole team. We feel we have the players we need to do well in this tournament." In fourteen previous World Championship encounters going back to 1935, Sweden has defeated Italy eleven times with three ties. The last time these teams met was in 2014 in Minsk when Sweden won 5-1. Philip Holm contributed a goal and two assists in only his second game played in the tournament. "You're always looking for the perfect game. Probably we didn't get it today, but I think we stepped up from yesterday." Lundqvist said of how Sweden played. "We had more speed in our game, we created better chances and had more attacks on the net. We're happier today than we were yesterday." Sweden was strong on the puck early on and kept Italy on defence. They outshot Italy 15-4 with Holm and Joel Ek Eriksson accounting for six of them. Sustained offensive pressure kept goaltender Frederic Cloutier busy. But the Italians stayed close and had their moments. Victor Rask scored his second goal of the tournament to make it 1-0. Rask took a pass in the neutral zone from Elias Lindholm and moved swiftly into the Italian zone. With Gabriel Landeskog and Alexander Egger tied it up in front of him, Rask used them as a partial screen and scored. Rask leads Sweden in scoring with seven points. With continued pressure in the Italian zone, Sweden scored again at 8:34 when Holm picked up a rebound off the backboard and punched the biscuit past Cloutier. When Joel Lundqvist was sent off for tripping three and a half minutes into the second, Italy had several good chances, the first coming when Tommaso Goi was on the doorstep to take a whack at the puck but was stopped. Then Giovanni Morini took a pass from Giulio Scandella and got off a forehand shot that squirted through goaltender Viktor Fasth to halve the lead to 2-1. This gave the Italians a bit of a boost. Sweden regained their two goal lead as Jonas Brodin’s slapshot found its way through a crowd. "In the first two periods we had the puck a lot but the Italians did a great job keeping us outside." Swedish head coach Rikard Gronberg said. "In the third period we finally got some goals as well." Forty one seconds into the third period, Elias Lindholm added to the offence. Lindholm’s goal was his fifth of the tournament. The dam broke then as Sweden would go on to score four more goals in the period over a nine minute stretch starting with Linus Omark's tally at 10:09 and capped by Dennis Everberg's at 18:25. "They hold onto the puck really well, they've got really good players, a great team. I thought we held our own in the first two periods then kind of lost it in the third there. You can't fault us for effort, but they were the better team." Italian defenseman Thomas Larkin, and their best player of the game, said. Italy played the third period without two skaters. Luca Frigo and Daniel Frank were injured and had to leave the game.

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 8 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Sweden 8 - 1 Italy Period-by-Period: 2-0, 1-1, 5-0 May 12th 2016, h. 16:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne