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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

Final Results Group A in Cologne Russia - Denmark 3-0 (0-0, 3-0, 0-0) 35:36 Bogdan KISELEVICH 1-0 35:54 Sergei PLOTNIKOV 2-0 36:46 Nikita GUSEV 3-0 Group B in Paris Czech Republic - Norway 1-0 After Overtime (0-0, 0-0, 0-0, OT: 1-0) Overtime Winning Goal scored at 61:25 by Jan KOVÁŘ 1-0 OT

Results after 2nd Period Group A in Cologne Russia - Denmark 3-0 (0-0, 3-0,-) 35:36 Bogdan KISELEVICH 1-0 35:54 Sergei PLOTNIKOV 2-0 36:46 Nikita GUSEV 3-0 Group B in Paris Czech Republic - Norway 0-0 (0-0, 0-0,-)

Results after 1st Period Group A in Cologne Russia - Denmark 0-0 (0-0,-,-) Group B in Paris Czech Republic - Norway 0-0 (0-0,-,-)

well, mens ice hockey world championships preliminary rounds are usually the most unpredictable sport event. Teams playing 7 matches during 12 days is in this extremely physically demanding sport is something very very difficult. And nowadays when all Nations in this category know how to skate and have players in big leagues improving their level and skills. Plus if you add that many usually so-called "strongest" teams play for different reasons without many star players (SVK for example playing here with literally complete "C" team...but this is another story. and the f....g boycott of our stars against the federation etc...) and in the opposite side the so-called "small" teams playing practically each year with the same team composed of their best players, it´s no shocking that we see so many surprising results each year more and more. This is why I always consider this contest as the toughest one of the year. you can not expect anything. todays hockey is very balanced at world championships level

lol 1st in Rugby and almost nowhere in hockey btw Tuniscof congrats for the gold in beach soccer

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MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 7 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Russia vs Denmark Period-by-Period: May 11th 2016, h. 16:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne Sweden vs Latvia Period-by-Period: May 11th 2016, h. 20:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Czech Republic vs Norway Period-by-Period: May 11th 2016, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Canada vs France Period-by-Period: May 11th 2016, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 6 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Finland 5 - 2 Slovenia Period-by-Period: 0-1, 2-0, 3-1 May 10th 2016, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 6 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Slovakia 2 - 3GWS Germany Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-2, 0-0, OT: 0-0, GWS: 0-1 May 10th 2016, h. 20:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 6 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Switzerland 3 - 0 Belarus Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-0, 1-0 May 10th 2016, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 6 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) United States 3 - 0 Italy Period-by-Period: 1-0, 2-0, 0-0 May 10th 2016, h. 16:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 6 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Finland 5 - 2 Slovenia Period-by-Period: 0-1, 2-0, 3-1 May 10th 2016, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Finns down Slovenia Aho gets third-period winner, Slovenes struggle It wasn't smooth sailing for the Finns, but they finally managed to beat Slovenia 5-2 on Wednesday. Sebastian Aho scored the winner with 10:30 remaining. It was a much-needed victory for a Finnish team full of youngsters and journeymen, which has come under fire after falling 5-1 to host France and squandering a 3-0 lead to lose 4-3 in overtime to the Czech Republic. "I think we played pretty well," said assistant captain Valtteri Filppula. "We struggled to score goals. There were a lot of chances. We could have had a few more. But at the same time, they defended well and their goalie played really well. It’s never easy. It’s just a really important win." Aho, Veli-Matti Savinainen, and Mikko Rantanen all chipped in a goal and an assist for Finland, and Markus Hannikainen and Tommi Sallinen added singles. Harri Sateri made a winning World Championship debut in net, as the Finns outshot Slovenia 49-14. The 27-year-old Vityaz Podolsk goalie, a former San Jose Sharks prospect, previously represented Finland in IIHF competition at the 2008 and 2009 World Juniors. "He looked really calm," said Filppula. "Sometimes it’s tough when you don’t play for a little while and then have to jump in. But he handled himself really well and made some key saves." Anze Kuralt and Rok Ticar replied for the Slovenians. "Today we had a good start, which we didn’t have in the last game," said Slovenian assistant captain Jan Urbas. "We just played as a team, as we do best. It was a tight game for a long time. Then unfortunately they scored two quick goals. We tried to come back, but they were really good on defence. They won, but we have to take the positive things from this game into the next game." Winless Slovenia has just one point from an opening 5-4 shootout loss to Switzerland, and its quarter-final prospects are extremely dim. Its next opportunity is against the Czech Republic on Friday. Finland tackles Norway on Saturday. The rink was tilted in Finland’s favour from the get-go, and it looked like just a matter of time until the blue-and-white team opened the scoring. But instead, Kuralt drew first blood for Slovenia, rushing the puck down the ice, cutting into the middle, and fooling Sateri with his quick release. The Finns tried to strike back, but Mikko Lehtonen hit the cross bar. Kroselj grabbed the puck with his blocker hand when he sprawled to foil Sebastian Aho. Antti Pihlstrom shot wide on a partial breakaway. Finland went to the dressing room outshooting Slovenia 15-5 but trailing 1-0. In the second period, life improved for coach Lauri Marjamaki's crew. At 4:06, Savinainen powered a high slap shot over Kroselj. Less than two minutes later, Rantanen was Johnny-on-the-spot when a puck deflected off defenceman Luka Vidmar’s skate to him at the side of the net, and he lifted it past the helpless netminder for a 2-1 lead on the power play. Yet in the third, the Slovenians refused to crumble. Ticar tipped in a power play goal at 5:50, and the neon-green men had new life. But two Finnish goals in just over a minute sealed Slovenia's fate. First, Aho put Finland up 3-2 on a nice solo jaunt at 9:30, firing one high over the goalie, and Hannikainen tallied at 10:34. It was the Columbus Blue Jackets forward's first World Championship goal and point. Sallinen rounded out the scoring with an empty-netter with 45 seconds left. Looking ahead to facing the Czechs, Urbas said: "I think it’s going to be pretty much the same game. They definitely have a good team. We have to play good defence, play as a team, work for one another. If we do that, we can hope for a good, tight game for a while, and then maybe we can surprise them." Injuries continue to factor into Finland's story. While captain Lasse Kukkonen returned after missing two games with a hand injury, both Miro Aaltonen and Juhamatti Aaltonen were sidelined against Slovenia. Finland has won all four of its meetings with Slovenia, dating back to 2003.

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 6 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Finland 5 - 2 Slovenia Period-by-Period: 0-1, 2-0, 3-1 May 10th 2016, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Group B Provisional Standing After Day 6 Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Canada 3 3(0) 0(0) 17 3 +14 9 Switzerland 4 3(1) 1(1) 14 8 +6 9 Finland 4 2(0) 2(1) 12 13 -1 7 Norway 3 2(0) 1(0) 8 6 +2 6 France 3 2(1) 1(0) 11 7 +4 5 Czech Republic 3 2(1) 1(0) 11 8 +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 6 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Slovakia 2 - 3GWS Germany Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-2, 0-0, OT: 0-0, GWS: 0-1 May 10th 2016, h. 20:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne Kahun SO goal lifts the hosts Germany comes back from 0-2 deficit After finding themselves down two goals, Germany draws even with two goals inside of a half a minute to take the game to overtime and then a shootout win. It was the third out of four games that Slovakia has extended past regulation time. Their 4-3 loss to Denmark in their last game came in a shootout. Germany was hoping to get back on the winning side of the ledger after losing 6-3 to Russia on Monday. "It wasn't easy from the start and Slovakia got off to a good start and we had to fight our way back." Moritz Muller said. "I think we had a very strong second period and put a lot of pressure on them. For sure we deserved the two points in the end." Things were made more difficult for Germany as they were missing two of their most potent offensive weapons in forwards Tobias Rieder and Patrick Hager. Rieder is out with a foot injury sustained in their game against Russia. Hager is suspended two games for slew footing Russian forward Sergei Mozyakin. He will not be eligible to play again until Saturday. Tonight's game was played before another capacity crowd at LANXESS arena. At 9:23 Slovakia’s Tomas Matousek scored when a puck was chipped in front of the net and he whacked it mid-air sending it past Thomas Greiss. After video review, the goal stood and Slovakia was officially on the board. Tomas Zigo and Eduard Sedivy picked up assists for their first tournament points. German head coach Marco Sturm took Greiss out of the game and replaced him with Danny Aus den Birken. For Aus den Birken this was only his third game played going back to the 2014 tournament. Slovakia almost scored again when Marcel Hascak found himself along in front of the net with plenty of room between the goaltender and the post. Hascak rang a shot off the left post. The Slovakia forward went back to the bench and threw down his stick, frustrated that he missed the opportunity. Slovakia extended their lead when Libor Hudacek scored at 1:58 of the second period off a wide angle shot that went between Aus den Birken’s pads, between his legs, and into the net. Germany enjoyed a good flurry six minutes into the period with Brooks Macek and Patrick Reimer getting quality chances. Reimer redirected a puck on net that Julius Hudacek muscled away with a one-handed clear using his goalie stick. Then Gerrit Fauser took a pass that sent him in on the attack with Matthias Plachta on his wing as they bore down on the Slovak net. Fauser’s pass to Plachta was at a tough angle and he was not able to work out a high percentage shot. When Andrej Stastny was called for high sticking, Germany set up well. They moved the puck and created pressure down low. And then finally a goal. The crowd erupts. Germany cut the lead in half as Reimer came through on the power play. His slapshot beat Hudacek on the glove side at 16:11. Perhaps a bit shell shocked, Slovakia gave up another goal :27 later as Yasin Ehliz sent a backhander through Hudacek’s legs. In less than a minute, Germany was back in the game. Whereas Slovakia mounted a major comeback last night, they were on the receiving end tonight. "Yesterday was the same kind of game and we tried to play how we did in the third period against Denmark." Lukas Cingel said. "We wanted to play simple hockey and wait for our chance. But unfortunately we gave up those goals and that hurt us." Third period chances on both sides were turned away to send the game into an overtime. The best chance came as Andrej Kurdna found Cingel streaking towards the net for a shot in the last seconds of the overtime. Aus den Birken held his ground and the game even. In the shootout, both goaltenders were strong. Dominik Kahun, Germany's first shooter, scored the only goal. Slovakia's final shooter Michel Miklik missed wide. Germany now has two wins and five points in the tournament while Slovakia has dropped its third straight game.

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

no, If SWE and GER do their job well but yeah if thing will go extremely bad (and so far they really go) we will have to buy some beers to Denmark too

Déja Vu... Dear god, We are really bad in these shootouts. we missed all 6 attempts during last 2 days...all 3 against Denmark and again today all 3 against Germany..but well, even a point from this game is a surprise for those guys.. Bad thing -- we are still in huge relegation troubles...now we will need a help from Sweden and Germany Good thing --- we have another point..and still everything in our hands...but to think that we will manage point(s) against RUS, USA, SWE is a total absurd nonsense

Final Results Group A in Cologne Slovakia - Germany 2-3 After GWS (1-0, 1-2, 0-0, OT: 0-0, GWS: 0-1) 09:23 Tomáš MATOUŠEK 1-0 21:52 Libor HUDÁČEK 2-0 36:11 Patrick REIMER 2-1 36:38 Yasin EHLIZ 2-2 Winning Shootout scored by Dominik KAHUN 2-3 GWS Group B in Paris Finland - Slovenia 5-2 (0-1, 2-0, 3-1) 14:21 Anze KURALT 0-1 24:06 Veli-Matti SAVINAINEN 1-1 25:51 Mikko RANTANEN 2-1 45:50 Rok TICAR 2-2 49:30 Sebastian AHO 3-2 50:34 Markus HANNIKAINEN 4-2 59:15 Tomi SALLINEN 5-2

Results after 2nd Period Group A in Cologne Slovakia - Germany 2-2 (1-0, 1-2,-) 09:23 Tomáš MATOUŠEK 1-0 21:52 Libor HUDÁČEK 2-0 36:11 Patrick REIMER 2-1 36:38 Yasin EHLIZ 2-2 Group B in Paris Finland - Slovenia 2-1 (0-1, 2-0,-) 14:21 Anze KURALT 0-1 24:06 Veli-Matti SAVINAINEN 1-1 25:51 Mikko RANTANEN 2-1

Results after 1st Period Group A in Cologne Slovakia - Germany 1-0 (1-0,-,-) 09:23 Tomáš MATOUŠEK 1-0 Group B in Paris Finland - Slovenia 0-1 (0-1,-,-) 14:21 Anze KURALT 0-1

Jana Gereková officially announced her retirement due health problems source in SVK http://sport.aktuality.sk/c/275820/jana-gerekova-ukoncila-karieru-nebude-startovat-ani-na-zoh-2018/ de facto that means even if we have 5 quotas we will very likely send only 4 girls to PyeongChang (Kuzmina, both Fialková Sisters and Poliaková) don´t see anyone else able to reach the required criterias

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 6 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Switzerland 3 - 0 Belarus Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-0, 1-0 May 10th 2016, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Swiss blank Belarus Genoni shutout, Belarusians lose fourth straight Belarus can’t buy a win in Paris. Coach Dave Lewis’s team suffered its fourth straight regulation loss, falling 3-0 to the Swiss on Wednesday. Reto Schapp stepped up with a goal and an assist, and Andres Ambuhl and Cody Almond also scored for Switzerland. The Swiss played a methodical, hard-working game, unperturbed by their 4-3 shootout loss to host France less than 24 hours ago. "It was really a tough loss yesterday," said Swiss assistant captain Philippe Furrer. "Everybody was so disappointed. We were so sure that we were going to win against France. We wanted to react today, and I think we did it the right way." Swiss goalie Leonardo Genoni registered his second shutout of the tournament. Switzerland outshot Belarus 23-14. With just three Group B games remaining, Belarus is virtually out of quarter-finals contention. They have now lost to all the premier contenders. Even more disturbingly, the country that finished seventh at both the 2014 and 2015 Worlds has scored a tournament-low goals. "We talked about them playing late last night and taking advantage of that," said Belarus goalie Kevin Lalande. "I thought we did the opposite. We came out flat. We took some stupid penalties. We gave them a lead, and that set the tone for the rest of the game." Belarus will try to get its first points on Friday versus the French. The Swiss get two days off and will battle Canada on Saturday. "We’ve got to find a way," said Lalande. "Friday’s a big game for us. We’ve beaten France in the past. We have a good track record against them. So we’ve got to come out hungry and forget about tonight." Here, early in the cautiously played first period, due to a technical error, the game clock would not stop counting down. Time was kept with a stopwatch, and the PA announced the remaining time at each stoppage. Schappi showed his timing was just fine when he opened the scoring on the power play at 17:54. Standing at Lalande’s crease, he banged in the rebound from Ramon Untersander’s drive from the left faceoff circle. The Belarusians took three minors and were outshot 12-5 in the opening stanza. The Swiss were slightly more aggressive than their opponents, but this was still a waiting game. At 15:29 of the second period, Ambuhl made it 2-0. Denis Hollenstein sent a savvy backhand pass from behind the goal line and the veteran, playing in his 14th straight Worlds, put it under the cross bar for his team-leading third goal Things opened up and the Swiss got more chances. Pius Suter was foiled by Lalande on a backhand deke on a clear break, and Vincent Praplan, who had two goals against the French, got hauled down on another glorious opportunity, giving Switzerland a late-period power play. In the third, Almond salted away the victory when he stickhandled in off right wing and zipped a wrist over Lalande's glove at 7:55. "It’s always nice to contribute for sure," said Almond. "It was a great play by Schappi to give us a 2-on-1 there. I saw the D-man cheating, so I went short side." Looking ahead to Canada, Furrer said: "Canada knows us now. That’s the problem! Maybe they underestimated us a little bit [in the past], but now they know Switzerland is fast. For sure we need to just put our weapon on the ice, our speed, and then we will have a chance to win against this big nation." Veteran Belarusian forward Andrei Kostitsyn returned to the lineup after missing the 6-0 loss to Canada due to an injury.

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 6 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Switzerland 3 - 0 Belarus Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-0, 1-0 May 10th 2016, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris