hckošice

Trust me SVK was mistaken as well many many times, but yes this is the first time it happened in hockey another video of fans being mad. shouting " Slove-nia !! Slove-nia !! Slove-nia !!" oh dear what a idiot must be the DJ in Cologne Lanxess Arena

Final Results Group A in Cologne Germany - Russia 3-6 (0-3, 0-2, 3-1) 01:04 Vadim SHIPACHYOV 0-1 17:10 Vadim SHIPACHYOV 0-2 18:15 Ivan PROVOROV 0-3 31:10 Nikita GUSEV 0-4 35:16 Nikita KUCHEROV 0-5 45:53 Brooks MACEK 1-5 48:34 Philip GOGULLA 2-5 51:40 Nikita KUCHEROV 2-6 59:09 Frederik TIFFELS 3-6 Group B in Paris Belarus - Canada 0-6 (0-1, 0-2, 0-3) 05:08 Brayden POINT 0-1 24:20 Nathan MACKINNON 0-2 35:21 Nathan MACKINNON 0-3 47:01 Jeff SKINNER 0-4 50:16 Claude GIROUX 0-5 54:42 Brayden POINT 0-6

Results after 2nd Period Group A in Cologne Germany - Russia 0-5 (0-3, 0-2,-) 01:04 Vadim SHIPACHYOV 0-1 17:10 Vadim SHIPACHYOV 0-2 18:15 Ivan PROVOROV 0-3 31:10 Nikita GUSEV 0-4 35:16 Nikita KUCHEROV 0-5 Group B in Paris Belarus - Canada 0-3 (0-1, 0-2,-) 05:08 Brayden POINT 0-1 24:20 Nathan MACKINNON 0-2 35:21 Nathan MACKINNON 0-3

Results after 1st Period Group A in Cologne Germany - Russia 0-3 (0-3,-,-) 01:04 Vadim SHIPACHYOV 0-1 17:10 Vadim SHIPACHYOV 0-2 18:15 Ivan PROVOROV 0-3 Group B in Paris Belarus - Canada 0-1 (0-1,-,-) 05:08 Brayden POINT 0-1

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

Hopefully no this is the only chance for the guys to avoid the relegation, oh dear I´m already scared..if we fall I don´t know what will happen, maybe even the sun will not rise...

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POWER RANKING As of May 7th, 2017 In our second Power Rankings of 2017, Russia takes over first place from Canada, while host France jumps right up behind third-place Sweden. 1. Russia: Swedish emails? Italian emails? Nyet, nyet... 2. Canada: Avalanche warning in effect 3. Sweden: Victor Rask stars in Don’t Call Me Tuukka 4. France: Election? What election? WE BEAT FINLAND!!! 5. Latvia: Elvis is the King 6. Switzerland: Shootout good, shutout better 7. Czech Republic: Punching your own captain is the most Philly thing ever 8. United States: Lego suits us better than Lederhosen 9. Germany: Make America Greiss Again 10. Finland: Florian Kiprusoff...and Antoine Tikkanen 11. Norway: The polar bear ate a baguette and then fell asleep 12. Slovenia: Masochism: the tendency to trail 4-0 13. Slovakia: We are not Slovenia! Get it? Not Slovenia! 14. Belarus: Seven shots is plenty – if you’re drinking vodka 15. Denmark: We would have beaten Latvia if we were the Ducks 16. Italy: Thrown to the lions Previous Editions May 5th *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 4 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Germany vs Russia Period-by-Period: May 8th 2016, h. 16:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne United States vs Sweden Period-by-Period: May 8th 2016, h. 20:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Belarus vs Canada Period-by-Period: May 8th 2016, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Finland vs Czech Republic Period-by-Period: May 8th 2016, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris

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

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 3 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Latvia 3 - 1 Slovakia Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-0, 1-1 May 7th 2016, h. 20:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 3 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Finland 1 - 5 France Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-2, 0-2 May 7th 2016, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 3 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) United States 7 - 2 Denmark Period-by-Period: 3-1, 3-1, 1-0 May 7th 2016, h. 16:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 3 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Slovenia 2 - 7 Canada Period-by-Period: 0-3, 1-3, 1-1 May 7th 2016, h. 12:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 3 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Italy 1 - 10 Russia Period-by-Period: 0-2, 1-3, 0-5 May 7th 2016, h. 12:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 3 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Norway 0 - 3 Switzerland Period-by-Period: 0-0, 0-2, 0-1 May 7th 2016, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Swiss do it better Almond helps deliver solid 3-0 win over Norway Scoring chances were few and far between, but the Swiss made the most of theirs and took a big step to qualifying for the quarter-finals in the process. Cody Almond, a 27-year-old native of Calgary, Alberta, had a hand in every score, notching a goal and adding two assists. Almond made his international debut in 2015, playing eight games for the Swiss at the Worlds that year, but he didn't record a goal. "It’s a great feeling," Almond enthused after. "I flew my dad over from Canada, so he got to witness my first goal. I know my mom and brother are tuning in back in Canada too. For sure, it’s a special feeling." Leonardo Genoni stopped all 35 Norwegian shots to record his second career World Championship shutout. The win leapfrogs Switzerland over Norway and into second place in the Group B/Paris standings. The top four in each group advance to the quarter-finals while the team with the poorest record will be demoted for 2018. "We wanted to play a solid game, solid defence," said Reto Schappi. "We started off very well and got two goals in the second. A lot of good stuff happened for us: good defence, very good goaltending." "They won more battles than us," conceded Andreas Martinsen. "I think they looked like they wanted to win more than we did. They were just competing harder all over. They were first on every puck, and we couldn’t score on our power play. We didn’t deserve to win." It looked for the longest time like one goal would win this game. For more than half of it teams struggled handling the puck or making successive passes, let alone creating good chances around the goal. Denis Malgin burst up the middle in the first for a break, but Henrik Haukeland made a nice pad save. Early in the second, Simon Bodenmann had a fine chance, and soon after Norway's captain Jonas Holos snuck off the point on a power play, took a back-door pass, and drilled a shot on goal that was nicely stopped by Leonardo Genoni. Romain Loeffel hit the crossbar with another shot, and a few minutes later he set up--finally!--the game's first goal. He whipped a pass from the boards to the front, but Mattias Norstebo inadvertently tipped the puck right onto the stick of Schappi. Schappi snapped it in the back side at 12:04 of the second. On the line's next shift, they made it 2-0. This time it was along outlet pass up to Thomas Rufenacht moving into the Norway end. He made a nice pass to Almond cutting to the goal, and Almond redirected it off Haukeland's shoulder and in. "It was a great pass from Rufie," Almond said. "He came over the blue line, cut in, and put it right on my tape. I just shot it and was happy to see it go in." Pius Suter made it 3-0 midway through the third on a power play. Almond made a sensational, no-look back pass from the side of the goal right onto Suter's stick, and he made no mistake from close range. The Norwegians had their best chance to score soon after when a Ken Andre Olimb shot was redirected by Patrick Thoresen, but the puck smacked the post dead on and stayed out. A little later, Olimb hit the post himself, but again the puck stayed out. Switzerland now has the day off before playing hosts France on Tuesday. The Norwegians play Slovenia earlier that day. "We saw their game today," Schappi said of France's stunning 5-1 win over Finland this afternoon. "They played very well. We played against them in the preparation already. We know they have some nasty [skilled] players. They play pretty aggressive and have some good goaltending. We’ve got to be ready for that."

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

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 3 Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Latvia 3 - 1 Slovakia Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-0, 1-1 May 7th 2016, h. 20:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne Latvia powers past Slovakia 3-1 win another important step forward For the first time since being in the top division of the World Championships, Latvia has won its first two games. Three power play goals lead Latvia to a 3-1 win over Slovakia. Latvia used its power play to stake out a 2-0 lead after two periods that would hold. Elvis Merzlikins was once again strong in goal making 25 saves. Using the same formula that was successful last game, Latvia played tight defence and received capable goaltending to ride the wave to victory. Since joining the top group in World Championship play in 1997 Latvia has never won its first two games in a tournament until now. "It's good that we didn't have to start out against Russia or Sweden, it gives us a chance to get a bit of confidence in our game before playing the stronger teams." Janis Sprukts said after the game. Latvia and Slovakia have met twice at the World Championships. Latvia defeated them both times in 1997 and 2013. The Latvians came out the gate with some early pressure in the Slovakia zone but were unable to get many shots on goal. Still, it was clear that they were playing with some confidence. Latvia was also supported by a strong and vocal fan base at LANXESS Arena. Slovak forward Tomas Matousek was called for a five minute major penalty and game misconduct for boarding at 6:04 of the first period. Then at 7:53 Juraj Mikus was whistled off for high sticking to give Latvia a two man advantage for 1:10. Initially, their power play featured very few shots on goal and those were mostly from the perimeter. But at 9:36 Janis Sprukts appeared to score with :41 remaining in the Matousek penalty. Sprukts stick was partially obstructed as he was in stride to take a shot, but he got just enough that the puck fluttered in the air over goaltender Jan Laco and into the net. The play was reviewed to check for a high stick but there was none and Sprukts goal stood. Slovakia created some chances, including a two-on-one with Jakub Suja passing to David Skokan for a shot that was saved. Then as a penalty against Guntis Galvins had expired, Andrej Kudrna took a shot that was saved by Merzlikins but loose. Kudrna poked at the puck sending it into the net. However, the referee waived it off ruling that the whistle had blown. In the second period Libor Hudacek was called for slashing Oskars Cibulskis to give Latvia its second power play of the game. Latvia made them pay with another power play goal. Rihards Bukarts sent a pinpoint pass to Zemgus Girgensons in the slot for a shot. For Bukarts it was his second assist of the game and Girgensons first goal of the tournament. In the third, Kudrna took control of the puck when a Latvian defenseman could not quite get ahold of it. Kudrna started a possible two-on-one and opted to take a shot that hit the crossbar. Slovakia finally broke through at 9:09 when Michel Miklik scored to cut the lead to 2-1. The goal ended Merzlikin’s shutout streak at 119:09. Miklik’s goal came in the waning seconds of a power play. It was a good game for us, but even so we still need to be smarter on defence. Merrzlikins said. "You can see how the small details can cost us a goal and we have to learn from that." At 9:54 Slovak captain Vladimir Dravecky took an ill-advised offensive zone penalty for interfering with Sprukts. This gave Latvia a chance to restore the two goal lead, which they did. Cibulskis slapshot was saved by Laco but Andris Dzerins was on the doorstep to collect the rebound and score. Kaspars Daugavins also picked up an assist. Slovakia pulls its goaltender with just over a minute in the game but the extra skater did not have its intended effect. It's a big win for Latvia as head coach Bob Hartley has been able to pull on the right people at the right time to get his team imn an enviable position: undefeated after two games of World Championship play.

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

another step to the relegation done awful play, without any creativity, any skills, really this team doesn´t belong to be here. As I said any other win from this team will be just a miracle. In other hand Latvia played great match. Brave performance and absolutely deserved win today. and disastrous refereeing tonight

Final Results Group A in Cologne Latvia - Slovakia 3-1 (1-0, 1-0, 1-1) 10:24 Janis SPRUKTS 1-0 27:26 Zemgus GIRGENSONS 2-0 49:09 Michel MIKLÍK 2-1 50:36 Andris DZERINS 3-1 Group B in Paris Norway - Switzerland 0-3 (0-0, 0-2, 0-1) 32:04 Reto SCHAPPI 0-1 34:00 Cody ALMOND 0-2 49:37 Pius SUTER 0-3

Results after 2nd Period Group A in Cologne Latvia - Slovakia 2-0 (1-0, 1-0,-) 10:24 Janis SPRUKTS 1-0 27:26 Zemgus GIRGENSONS 2-0 Group B in Paris Norway - Switzerland 0-2 (0-0, 0-2,-) 32:04 Reto SCHAPPI 0-1 34:00 Cody ALMOND 0-2

yes, bad refereeing in that case, it was a heartbreaking period terrible start a major penalty then a 3-5 penalty, then we received a stupid unlucky goal, then we finally scored but the referee apparently whistled before the puck has passed the line... but well, no time to find cheap excuses, because in overall nothing changed, our play is very very bad. the problem is still the same, there no leader in this team, a guy who will lead the players.

Results after 1st Period Group A in Cologne Latvia - Slovakia 1-0 (1-0,-,-) 10:24 Janis SPRUKTS 1-0 Group B in Paris Norway - Switzerland 0-0 (0-0,-,-)

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 3 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Finland 1 - 5 France Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-2, 0-2 May 7th 2016, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris France makes history! Hardy, Roussel shine in first win ever vs. Finns With a gritty, thrilling effort, host France upset Finland 5-1 on Sunday in Paris. It is the first French win over Finland in IIHF World Championship history. In 2013, Florian Hardy backstopped France to a 2-1 stunner over Russia. The veteran EC Dornbirn goalie sparkled again here as Finland outshot the French 43-26, including a 20-6 gap in the third period. When Pierre-Edouard Bellemare was named France's Player of the Game, he insisted that Hardy take his place, to the absolute delight of the crowd. "Our goalie was outstanding today, and that was the difference," said Kevin Hecquefeuille. Skilled agitator Antoine Roussel paced the attack with two goals, including the second-period winner, and Bellemare chipped in a goal and an assist. Valentin Claireaux and Damien Fleury scored the other goals, and Anthony Rech had three helpers. "We were in good spirits the whole game," said Roussel. "We kept it simple and took care of the small details today. Everyone worked hard. We have to keep this mentality going if we want to keep winning games." Mikko Lehtonen replied for Finland. The loss revives pre-tournament fears that coach Lauri Marjamaki's team might not be able to score enough -- especially compared to last year's high-flying silver medal squad (37 goals in 10 games). "They put pressure on us for 60 minutes and their goalie played well, but we didn't play as well as we can," said Finland's Sebastian Aho. Previously, France had lost eight straight games to Finland, dating back to 1993. But the French are defeating more top nations in recent years. They also edged Canada 3-2 in a shootout to open the 2014 tournament in Belarus. This is a huge boost for France's quarter-final hopes. The win was particularly impressive since France played without forward Stephane Da Costa, who scored both French goals in the opening 3-2 loss to Norway but is battling the flu. The Finns went without captain Lasse Kukkonen, who has a hand injury and has returned to Finland for evaluation. The hosts struggled early on. They didn’t register a shot on goal for nearly six minutes. They also took back-to-back penalties, including a misconduct for unsportsmanlike conduct to Roussel after an exchange with Finland’s Atte Ohtamaa. But the tide turned, and the French began to attack with speed. Bellemare opened the scoring at 14:17. With Finnish defenders collapsing on top of netminder Joonas Korpisalo, he harnessed a loose puck in front and roofed it. Tricolour flags waved everywhere as the packed AccorHotels Arena erupted. "I'm sure they got some extra energy from the crowd," said Aho. "It was a great atmosphere." Marjamaki's boys got a two-man advantage to close the period as Maurin Bouvet and Antonin Manavian took consecutive stick fouls. But there was nothing doing. Mikko Rantanen rang one off the iron, while Jordan Perret hobbled off after a gutsy shot-block. "We blocked shots, had an excellent PK today," Roussel said. "It was huge." With 18 seconds left in the opening stanza, Hardy made a dazzling Dominik Hasek-style save on Oskar Osala, flinging out his stick when the Finnish forward fired on a wide-open net. Osala raised his arms, sure he’d scored, but Hardy gathered the puck into his body with his blocker hand, and video review confirmed it never crossed the goal line. It was the save of the tournament so far. At 1:33 of the second period, the Finns tied it up on Lehtonen’s blast from the blue line through traffic. In another era, they would have proceeded to take over the game. Yet France regained the lead at 13:58. Bellemare stole the puck from Aho at centre ice and raced in to fire a high slapper. Korpisalo couldn’t control the rebound and Roussel banged it in. With 1:11 left in the second period, France went up 3-1 on the power play. Standing in front, Claireaux redirected Jonathan Janil’s drive from the left point past the goalie. Jesse Puljujarvi, the 19-year-old forward who keyed Finland to gold at both the World Juniors and U18 tournament last year, finally hit the ice in the third period after sitting on the bench during the opening 3-2 win over Belarus and the first two periods here. The big Edmonton Oilers prospect generated some excitement, but, unfortunately, no offence. Roussel gave the French an insurmountable 4-1 lead when he got a breakaway from the French blueline and tucked a backhand between Korpisalo's pads at 8:27 of the third. With Roussel in the box again -- he took 14 PIM on the night -- Marjamaki gambled, yanking Korpisalo for the extra attacker with over five minutes left. The move backfired when Fleury added an empty-netter at 17:49. The building shook as the French fans jumped up and down, shouting with pure joie de vivre. "The atmosphere in the arena was something special today," said Hecquefeuille. "It's so fun to play at home in front of our families and friends and our fans. We don't feel the pressure. We want to enjoy this championship in France." In the not-so-distant past, Finland had a pronounced influence on French hockey. Juhani Tamminen coached France at the 1995 and 1996 World Championships, while Heikki Leime held the reins at the 2002 Olympics and 2004 Worlds. Goaltender Petri Ylonen was a mainstay at the 1992 and 1994 Olympics and five Worlds. But today, the French program leans on homegrown talent. And what a triumph this was in the city of the Arc de Triomphe.

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round DAY 3 Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Finland 1 - 5 France Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-2, 0-2 May 7th 2016, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris