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Final Results Group A in Cologne Sweden - Italy 8-1 (2-0, 1-1, 5-0) 03:24 Victor RASK 1-0 08:34 Philip HOLM 2-0 23:50 Giovanni MORINI 2-1 29:52 Jonas BRODIN 3-1 40:41 Elias LINDHOLM 4-1 50:09 Linus OMARK 5-1 54:53 Carl KLINGBERG 6-1 56:51 Joel ERIKSSON EK 7-1 58:25 Dennis EVERBERG 8-1 Group B in Paris Czech Republic - Slovenia 5-1 (3-0, 1-0, 1-1) 02:12 Michal ŘEPÍK 1-0 08:20 Roman HORÁK 2-0 11:46 Roman HORÁK 3-0 22:09 Michal KEMPNÝ 4-0 44:04 Miha VERLIC 4-1 47:15 Roman ČERVENKA 5-1

Results after 2nd Period Group A in Cologne Sweden - Italy 3-1 (2-0, 1-1,-) 03:24 Victor RASK 1-0 08:34 Philip HOLM 2-0 23:50 Giovanni MORINI 2-1 29:52 Jonas BRODIN 3-1 Group B in Paris Czech Republic - Slovenia 4-0 (3-0, 1-0,-) 02:12 Michal ŘEPÍK 1-0 08:20 Roman HORÁK 2-0 11:46 Roman HORÁK 3-0 22:09 Michal KEMPNÝ 4-0

Results after 1st Period Group A in Cologne Sweden - Italy 2-0 (2-0,-,-) 03:24 Victor RASK 1-0 08:34 Philip HOLM 2-0 Group B in Paris Czech Republic - Slovenia 3-0 (3-0,-,-) 02:12 Michal ŘEPÍK 1-0 08:20 Roman HORÁK 2-0 11:46 Roman HORÁK 3-0

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this feeling, when you read that all your work during last days had a sense well, to be fair, this year it´s not the really significant Slovak National Team. We hae big internal problems last 2 years and even if we thought that everything about the last 2 years official Boycott of our 55 best players against the federation has been solved, we see now that unfortunately it´s not true. and I´m not surprised as I know that nothing really chaged and the players have it all enough https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20069284/national-hockey-team-boycott-over.html We have to play without All our NHL and huge majority of our KHL players. Poor coach had to send only a team composed of very very average young players (we have 9 debutants !). They play with heart and pride, no doubts, but unfortunately clearly the required quality is missing and because of this stupid strike we are in huge and realistic relegation troubles... I´ll not even mention you what a fact of relegation will mean for us..as I wrote in the hockey thread..I really don´t know what will happen maybe even the sun will not rise

4 days after the wrong anthem, we played Wednesday against the host Germany. we lost. sure, nothing so special...but the next day in the newspapers...c´mon they don´t have in Germany schools or what ?

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAY 7 The BEST OF Top 3 Goals of the Day 7 Top 3 Saves of the Day 7

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 8 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Sweden vs Italy Period-by-Period: May 12th 2016, h. 16:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne Denmark vs Germany Period-by-Period: May 12th 2016, h. 20:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Czech Republic vs Slovenia Period-by-Period: May 12th 2016, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris France vs Belarus Period-by-Period: May 12th 2016, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 7 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Canada 3 - 2 France Period-by-Period: 1-1, 1-1, 1-0 May 11th 2016, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 7 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Sweden 2 - 0 Latvia Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-0, 1-0 May 11th 2016, h. 20:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 7 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Czech Republic OT1 - 0 Norway Period-by-Period: 0-0, 0-0, 0-0, OT: 1-0 May 11th 2016, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 7 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Russia 3 - 0 Denmark Period-by-Period: 0-0, 3-0, 0-0 May 11th 2016, h. 16:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 7 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Canada 3 - 2 France Period-by-Period: 1-1, 1-1, 1-0 May 11th 2016, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Canada remains perfect Marner check creates winning goal in 3-2 game Canada led 1-0. France led 2-1. Canada went ahead 3-2. The sold-out crowd of 14,510 was rockin' all night as David and Goliath played evenly for 60 minutes. The win keeps Canada perfect with a 4-0 record, tops in the Group B standings, while the French have stalled and sit in sixth position with five points and a 1-1-0-2 record. Although there were great performances by players from both sides, the true star of the game was the crowd. "The crowd was great," Canadian defenceman Jason Demers enthused. "They gave us a helluva game. It was great to see them push that hard. It’ll help us in the long run. A little adversity helped us, being down, and I thought we did a great job of coming together and holding strong." "It was very nice tonight, and hopefully it’s going to be like this through the end of the World Championship," said French goalie Florian Hardy. Hardy was sensational in goal for France, stopping 32 of 35 often difficult shots. The winning goal was as lucky as they come for Canada and as unlucky as they come for France. Mitch Marner didn't get an assist on that winning goal at 2:22 of the third period to break a 2-2 tie, but without his clever little play Marc-Edouard Vlasic never would have gotten credit for the goal. Vlasic's point shot went just wide, but the rebound caromed into the crease as Fleury was sliding back into the net. Defenceman Jonathan Janil was right there to sweep the puck out of harm's way, but just as he got his stick on the puck, Marner checked him, causing Janil to push the puck into his own goal. No sooner had Canada taken the lead, though, than Jeff Skinner was assessed a five-minute spearing penalty (and game misconduct) for trying to poke a save out of Hardy's midsection. The French also took a minor on the play, but they still ended up with a three-minute power play. Canada was flawless, though. And it was equally perfect later when the team took another minor. Indeed, Canada showed more than a little rust after a two-day layoff. The finish wasn't there; the passing not quite as crisp. But the Canadians more than made up with it by a determined team effort, protecting their own goalie, Chad Johnson, and playing excellent defence. As one might have expected, Canada got the opening goal, off a too many men penalty by France. Ryan O'Reilly took a pass to the side of the goal and moved out front, roofing a backhand quickly into the top corner at 5:19. Canada dominated the period and might have gone up 2-0, but Hardy made a great reaction save with his left pad as Marner redirected a pass on goal. Soon after, the French tied the game. Olivier Dame-Malka took a quick and simple drop pass from Anthony Rech and drilled a rising rhot over the shoulder of Johnson at 9:00. Although Canada controlled the puck, moved up ice with ease, and had the better of the scoring chances, it couldn't get a second goal. Early in the second, France sent the fans into paroxysms of joy on an early power play with newcomer Chris Lee in the box. Stephane da Costa made a great cross-ice pass through traffic to Damien Fleury, and he wired a one-timer into the open side at 1:37. Hardy was the difference in the game, but Canada finally solved him a second time with an extra man with only 49.7 seconds left in the period. Lee, who was given a regular shift by coach Jon Cooper and didn't look out of place, dished the puck off to Claude Giroux, and captain "G" snapped a shot to the top corner over Hady's glove. It was the exact play Nathan MacKinnon had scored twice with earlier in the tournament. That set the stage for a third period that was thrilling. The French fought valiantly to tie the game; Canada was just that bit better in protecting its lucky but deserved lead. "It’s nice to chip in a little bit," Lee said. "Unfortunately, I was in the penalty box for their second goal, so I was a little bit nervous after that. But I was able to contribute to the tying goal. We just kind of rolled from there." Canada now has an incredible 41-3 record at the senior level since the 2014 Olympics (6-0 in Sochi; 6-2 at 2014 Worlds; 10-0 at 2015 Worlds; 9-1 at 2016 Worlds; 6-0 at 2016 World Cup; and, 4-0 so far in Paris).

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 7 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Canada 3 - 2 France Period-by-Period: 1-1, 1-1, 1-0 May 11th 2016, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Group B Provisional Standing After Day 7 Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Canada 4 4(0) 0(0) 20 5 +15 12 Switzerland 4 3(1) 1(1) 14 8 +6 9 Czech Republic 4 3(2) 1(0) 12 8 +4 7 Norway 4 2(0) 2(1) 8 7 +1 7 Finland 4 2(0) 2(1) 12 13 -1 7 France 4 2(1) 2(0) 13 10 +3 5 Slovenia 4 0(0) 4(1) 9 22 -13 1 Belarus 4 0(0) 4(0) 3 18 -15 0

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 7 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Sweden 2 - 0 Latvia Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-0, 1-0 May 11th 2016, h. 20:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne Latvia Lacks goals Swedish goalie posts shut-out Sweden had to work hard to subdue Latvia, with Hurricanes' goalie Eddie Lack claiming a shut-out on his first appearance in Cologne. Sweden, edged out of its games against Russia and the USA, knew that there was little margin for error if it was to steer clear of a dogfight for a quarter-final spot. As such, a previously unbeaten Latvia team was a potentially dangerous opponent for Rikard Gronborg’s men. In the event, Sweden prevailed, but the margin was rather tighter than many past meetings between these two. Gabriel Landeskog’s goal in the 10th minute was all that separated the teams for much of the game. Landeskog won the puck in the corner, got away from Latvia’s Teodors Blugers and squeezed the puck between the near post and Elvis Merzlikins’ pad to open the scoring. Merzlikins then spent much of the game holding Sweden at bay, until penalty trouble for the Tre Kronor changed the pattern of play at the start of the third. That third period saw Latvia show more of a threat on offence, forcing those Swedish trips to the box and beginning to test Lack on his first appearance in this year’s tournament. The big moment came with just four minutes left when a broken play saw the path to the net open up in front of Kaspars Daugavins. The Latvian captain shot into Lack’s pads twice, and within a minute Sweden had the game sewn up when Elias Lindholm made it 2-0. There was an element of fortune about Lindholm’s goal: a Victor Rask shot came off the post and flew out to the boards. Lindholm collected the puck and showed great composure to spot a shooting lane through a trio of bodies lying prone in front of Merzlikins’ net and slide home his team’s second score of the game. "We played well and our goalie was really good," said forward William Nylander. "This was a big three points for us tonight. Latvia is a tough team, but came here focused on doing our best." Sweden, backstopped by Lack's 19 saves, improved to seven points from four games, with the added security of knowing that its remaining opponents in the group phase should – on paper, at least – be less challenging than the teams it has faced up to now. For Latvia, meanwhile, tonight was the night when its World Championship campaign was likely to need to find another level. The Baltic nation had impressed thus far, defeating Denmark, Slovakia and Italy to place among the leaders in Group A. It wasn’t just the results – the Latvians had shown an encouraging commitment to attacking play. But if Bob Hartley’s team was going to turn a bright start into a deep run in the tournament, a good showing against some of the bigger beasts in the contest was a crucial next step. The good news? Latvia proved an obdurate opponent, frustrating the Swedes with a fine goaltending display from Merzlikins. Sure, he had some help – not least when Joakim Nordstrom hit the post late in the second. But he also pulled off some key stops, such as the sprawling save to deny Joel Lundqvist after Nylander went round the back to switch the angles and open up half the net for his captain. The bad news? Facing a step up in the quality of the opposition, much of what had been enjoyable in Latvia’s play so far faded away. The team’s “We fear nobody” approach promises plenty of offence, but this time the Latvians couldn’t get started. Just eight shots on Lack’s net through the first two periods underlined the problem. When chances did come, like Daugavins’ opportunity on a power play early in the third, they went begging. Lack saw several attempts go close, but rarely had to make big saves until that dramatic conclusion. Daugavins, though, remains confident in his team's prospects as the tournament unfolds. "We feel like we could have taken at least a point," he said. "We had momentum in the third period, and lots of power plays but we couldn't score. "Sweden is probably one of the biggest bullies in this tournament. They move well, they skate well, and they can create chaos in your defensive zone. But we have started to believe a little bit. We've had three hard wins and now we have the confidence to really go up against a team like Sweden."

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 7 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Sweden 2 - 0 Latvia Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-0, 1-0 May 11th 2016, h. 20:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne Group A Provisional Standing After Day 7 Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Russia 4 4(1) 0(0) 21 5 +16 11 United States 4 3(0) 1(0) 15 7 +8 9 Latvia 4 3(0) 1(0) 8 4 +4 9 Sweden 4 2(0) 2(1) 13 8 +5 7 Germany 4 2(1) 2(0) 10 16 -6 5 Slovakia 4 1(1) 3(2) 9 12 -3 4 Denmark 4 1(1) 3(0) 6 16 -10 2 Italy 4 0(0) 4(1) 4 18 -14 1

Final Results Group A in Cologne Sweden - Latvia 2-0 (1-0, 0-0, 1-0) 09:13 Gabriel LANDESKOG 1-0 56:42 Elias LINDHOLM 2-0 Group B in Paris Canada - France 3-2 (1-1, 1-1, 1-0) 05:19 Ryan O´REILLY 1-0 09:00 Olivier DAME-MALKA 1-1 21:37 Damien FLEURY 1-2 39:11 Claude GIROUX 2-2 42:22 Marc-Edouard VLASIC 3-2

Results after 2nd Period Group A in Cologne Sweden - Latvia 1-0 (1-0, 0-0,-) 09:13 Gabriel LANDESKOG 1-0 Group B in Paris Canada - France 2-2 (1-1, 1-1,-) 05:19 Ryan O´REILLY 1-0 09:00 Olivier DAME-MALKA 1-1 21:37 Damien FLEURY 1-2 39:11 Claude GIROUX 2-2

yes sure, but the difference isn´t so huge anymore. plus France play here with their best possible team. All best french players are here, and I mean really all. Rousell of the Dallas Stars and Bellemare of the Philadelphia Flyers are great players. Stephane Da Costa of CSKA Moscow is such a fantastic striker. Hecquefeuille and Auvitu are top world level defencers and France always had great goalies last couple of years with Huet or Hardy. Canada is far from to have their best possible team here. they have some great players ofc here, maybe the 2nd or 3rd best roster team of this worlds on paper behind Sweden and maybe Russia. Canada is big favorite for the win today. no doubts about, but certainly no with +12 maybe some 4-2 or 5-2 result is possible

Results after 1st Period Group A in Cologne Sweden - Latvia 1-0 (1-0,-,-) 09:13 Gabriel LANDESKOG 1-0 Group B in Paris Canada - France 1-1 (1-1,-,-) 05:19 Ryan O´REILLY 1-0 09:00 Olivier DAME-MALKA 1-1

+12 ? which year you think we are 1960 ?

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 7 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Czech Republic OT1 - 0 Norway Period-by-Period: 0-0, 0-0, 0-0, OT: 1-0 May 11th 2016, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Czechs edge Norway in OT Kovar breaks scoreless tie versus heroic Haugen Jan Kovar got the overtime winner as the Czechs eked out a 1-0 victory over Norway. Goalie Lars Haugen couldn't save the underdogs, who were outshot 31-10. On an odd-man rush, David Pastrnak centered the puck from behind the goal line to Kovar, who slid it past Haugen's right pad at 3:35. Netminder Pavel Francouz earned his first career World Championship shutout between the Czech pipes. "It's always hard for the boys playing a team like that when you have chances and can't score," Francouz said. "Norway played good defence. They played hard and their goalie played well." It’s been seven years since the Czechs last won gold at this tournament and five years since they last medaled with a bronze medal. This wasn't textbook offensive production, but patience paid off, and at least things are on track for another quarter-final berth with a third straight win. "It's hockey," said Czech captain Jakub Voracek. "You expect games like that are going to happen sometimes. They stuck with their game for 60 minutes. It wasn't fancy but it worked. We have to take the win and the two points and start focusing on the next game." Still, it was unusual that the Czechs had so much difficulty scoring on Thursday with a roster that includes Jan Kovar (63 KHL points with Magnitogorsk), Pastrnak (70 points with Boston), and Voracek (61 NHL points with Philadelphia this season). Skill, speed, strength -- the Czechs had the edge in every department. Norway had dreams of pulling off an upset here. Its only previous win over the Czechs was 3-2 on 11 May, 2010. (In that game in Mannheim, Germany, two Jaromir Jagr goals weren’t enough to save his team – the eventual gold medalists – as the Norwegians got 44 saves from Pal Grotnes and the third-period winner from Anders Bastiansen.) At least the Norwegians can be happy about another valuable Group B point. They played hard and showed good positional awareness. "You have to play defensively when you play a team as good as they are," said Bastiansen. "I think we played well and had some chances to win the game. It's good that we're disappointed when we lose to them." Haugen sparkled in the first period as the Czechs had an XX-X edge in shots on goal but couldn’t capitalize on two man advantages. In the second, the Norwegians had a brief 5-on-3 and called their timeout to strategize. The Olimb brothers came closest on the ensuing 5-on-4 when Mathis fed Ken Andre from behind the net, but Francouz made a dazzling glove save. With a minute left in the middle frame, Voracek sent a cross-ice pass to Tomas Plekanec, but Haugen robbed him with his right pad. Disgustedly, Plekanec ripped the tape off his stick blade on the bench when the siren ended the period. "We had some chances, but we didn't create as many as we have in the past," said Voracek. "We didn't create anything out of the corners. We didn't do much off the rush. You have to give them credit." The Norwegians kept defending tenaciously in the third, and nearly went ahead with four and a half minutes when Sondre Olden came down on a 2-on-1 and zipped a laser into Francouz's glove. Norway’s tournament has been up-and-down, beating France 3-2, losing 3-0 to Switzerland, and beating Slovenia 5-1 prior to this outing. It’s a difficult road ahead with games against Canada and Finland looming. With the result, the Czech Republic’s all-time World Championship versus Norway improved to/fell to 10 wins, two ties, and one loss.

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 7 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Czech Republic OT1 - 0 Norway Period-by-Period: 0-0, 0-0, 0-0, OT: 1-0 May 11th 2016, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 7 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Russia 3 - 0 Denmark Period-by-Period: 0-0, 3-0, 0-0 May 11th 2016, h. 16:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne Russia downs Danes 3-0 Kiselevich scores game winner Three goals in second period keep Russia undefeated at 2017 World Championships. Russia picked up its fourth win of the tournament to place them atop the group standings in Germany. After being held to a scoreless tie for almost two periods, Russia broke out late in the second period with three goals in 1:10 that paced the way for their 3-0 win over Denmark. Denmark gamely held their opponent close and generated chances but were unable to stop the wave of the Russian attack. Burned into Denmark’s collective memory was last year’s 10-1 loss to Russia at the 2016 World Championships in St. Petersburg. "We had to be patient for the first half of the game," said Nikita Kucherov. "Maybe at times we played too much like individuals, we thought it was going to be like the game against Italy, but Denmark's a decent team and that did a good job." Despite carrying Denmark to a 4-3 win over Slovakia on Tuesday, Sebastian Dahm was given a rest. Denmark instead started George Sorenson in goal. This was Sorenson’s first start and game appearance for Demark at the men’s senior level. Last year he was the third goaltending option. And what a way for Sorenson to make his debut against a high octane roster of skilled players who are threats to score whenever they have turn on the offense. But Sorenson held his own and managed to keep Russia off the scoreboard for almost forty minutes. Russia enjoyed the bulk of possession time and kept the puck in the Danish zone and getting chances. Yevgeni Dadonov was particularly busy with several strong chances starting about eight minutes into the game. In all, Dadonov managed six shots on goal in the game. Vadim Shipachyov had an opportunity as Dadonov fed him a pass but at an angle that only led to a sharp angle shot that caught the pad. Russia found their scoring touch and showed what they are capable of when playing at a high level. Bogdan Kiselevich scored first for Russia 15:36 of the second period. Artemi Panarin found Kiselevich with a pass and he took it uncontested towards the net firing a snap shot that went high past Sorenson. Eighteen seconds later Sergei Plotnikov scored on a patient backhand with Sergei Andronov and Ivan Telegin picking up assists. Finally, Nikita Gusev found the back of the net with help from Shipachyov and Dadonov at 16:46 but at that point the damage was done and Russia taking a commanding lead into the third period. "We started to play like we can and created good chances and got those quick goals."Kucherov said of the period. Despite being three goals down, Denmark did manage 13 shots on goal in the period but Andrei Vasilevski was impenetrable. Both teams were incredibly disciplined. Only one minor penalty was called in the game when Markus Lauridsen sat out for tripping. In the third period Russia outshot Denmark 12-5 and 33-21 on the game. Sorenson, who celebrates his 22 birthday on May 15th, made 30 saves and was named best player for Denmark. Shipachyov earned the honor for Russia. "It's been a disappointing tournament but we still have three games left." Nik Ehlers said. "We need to go out there and play like we did today - maybe even better - score on our chances and see where that takes us. But it's not going to affect the sport ahead of next year."