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WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sweden - Germany 1-3 Germany stuns Sweden Promoted for this year, win opener, 3-1 Germany broke a 1-1 tie with two goals late in the second period and skated to a surprising 3-1 win over Sweden at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Michigan. The goal spurt was a great reaction to an own goal by Ronja Jenike, which had cancelled a well-earned 1-0 lead. The win adds motivation to a German team that has had its ups and downs over the last year. They earned promotion to Plymouth after finishing first in Division I-A last year, but at the Olympic qualifications a few weeks ago they lost the final game to Japan, 3-1, and failed to earn a place in PyeongChang. "Our focus is on this tournament now, and to win as many games as possible," Manuela Anwander said. "We were disappointed we didn't qualify for the Olympics, but that's over now." "They have a really great team, but I don't know why we lost," said Swedish forward Hanna Olsson. "We'll have to analyse this tonight. We played them before the tournament and know they play strong defence. But we didn't score." Nicola Eisenschmid opened the scoring at 2:40 of the second period on a power play. She was at the top of the crease and redirected a quick pass betwen the pads of Sara Grahn. Three and a half minutes later, Lisa Johansson drove down the left wing. Her shot was stopped by Jennifer Harss, but defenceman Jenike was careless in clearing the rebound, snapping it into her own goal at 6:11 much to her own shock. But the Germans proved resilient. They regained the lead at 18:47 on a nice play off a faceoff. Laura Kluge won the draw, and Anwander stepped into the circle and wired a high shot over Grahn's shoulder before she could react. "I got a quick shot, which was important," Anwander said. "It's happened to me a lot this year that I get the puck on the same play and try a move, but it often didn't work. This time, I just decided to shoot right away, and it went in." Then, with just 52.3 seconds left in the period, the Germans made it 3-1, converting a turnover inside the Sweden blue line. Captain Julia Zon made a nice pass to Andrea Lanzl, and she wired a shot in for the two-goal lead. In the third, theh Germans were masterful in holding the lead without backing into their own zone, and try as they might the Swedes could draw no closer. "We played them a lot this year," Anwander added, "and that helped. We knew what to do and what not to do, and we avoided too many mistakes today. That was important."

WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sweden - Germany 1-3

loool one of the longest streak in the professional football (sport) finally ended. Peter Pekarík just scored his first ever goal in his 151st league match !!! His joy and all his teammates was simply immense Untill nowI noticed that he scored only once, against San Marino during the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, so really finally after 7 years he scored https://streamable.com/vfde3

WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Czech Republic - Switzerland 1-2 After GWS Swiss win in a shootout Meier scores winner after 65 tense minutes Christine Meier scored the only goal in a ten-shot shootout to give Switzerland a 2-1 win over the Czech Republic in the first game of the 2017 Women's Worlds. Meier put a nice deke on Klara Peslarova and tucked the puck in the far side for the win. "Alina Muller took the shot before me, and I noticed [the goalie] was really open on the left side," Meier described. "At first, I thought about shooting there as well, but she covered the side a bit better, so I went to my backhand. At least it went in!" Much of the emotion in the game lay in the fact that these two teams--almost the same rosters, in fact--played for a spot in the 2018 Olympics just last month. The Swiss emerged victorious, 4-1 on February 12, before a wild crowd in Arosa, earning a trip to PyeongChang at the expense of the Czechs. "It was probably easier for us to play them today because we could relax knowing we had beaten them," Swiss forward Alina Muller said. "We were able to relax because we've reached our goal of making the Olympics. But the Czechs played well and checked us closely." Czech Tereza Vanisova, the goalscorer this afternoon, agreed. "There was more pressure on us last month because we lost to them for the Olympics," she said. "That was very had to accept, so today was much easier to play." Today's game was decided by special teams, even though neither side was particularly effective with the extra man until late in the game. Indeed, both teams had legnthy 5-on-3 situations without creating much in the way of scoring chances. The game turned late in the second period during a Swiss power play, but it wasn't the odd-man situation that created the goal. The Czechs cleared the puck down the ice, and in a hurry to move it back up, goaltender Florence Schelling skated nearly to the blue line and fired a corss-ice pass that was intercepted by Tereza Vanisova. Vanisova eluded a check and backhanded the puck into the wide-open cage from well out, capitalizing on a rare error from Schelling. "She wanted to make a pass to her defence, but I saw it and skated in between to get the puck," Vanisova said. "It didn't worry us at all," Muller said. "She's a great goalie, and we knew we would score one for her." Schelling was starting her 22nd straight game for the Swiss, playing every minute of every game since April 3, 2013, when Sophie Anthamatten got the start against Canada. Since then Schelling has played the last three games of that 2013 Women's Worlds, every game in Sochi, every game at the 2015 and 2016 WW, every game at last month's Olympic qualification, and today's game. "I didn't know that," Schelling enthused. "That's a pretty neat fact." The first period was tense but without many great chances, both teams firing ten mostly harmless shots on goal. In the second, the Czechs had a two-man advantage for 64 seconds but couldn't move the puck around crisply enough to free up a good shot. Later, it was the Swiss with 48 seconds with two extra skaters, but they, too, failed to test the goalie, Klara Peslarova. It looked like the Czechs would hang on for a 1-0 win, but late in the third Simona Studentova took a hooking penalty, and the Swiss struck back. Muller made a sensational pass through traffic right on the tape for Evelina Raselli to tip in at 16:15, tying the score and sending the game to overtime and a shootout. "The Czechs knew that I was usually passing back to Lara [Stalder] at the point, so I tried something different and Evelina was open," Muller said. "I'm glad it worked."

WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Czech Republic - Switzerland 1-2 After GWS

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Evgenia Medvedeva nothing more to add just wow babe ! respect !

And Switzerland won on penalties

ah yeah the Olsens twins debut

The first match of this years womens worlds nearly finished by a football score 1:0. Czech Republic was very very close to surprise Switzerland and revenge the elimination in the olympic qualification against them few weeks ago. but Switzerland find the way to equalize in the end of the 3rd frame, so overtime to come

I know this was one of the TV shows I just could not stand, because after seeing few minutes I thought it was weird as hell but then for some reason I watched one day one full episode and suddenly It became one of my favorite series, so I had to re-watch quickly all episodes

San Francisco the city of Adrian Monk

yeah, I think it´s in good way for Nicole. and at first look I think Toth still should be safe as well, we´ll see

Nicole with decent effort. this might be enough

I don´t know so much about Toronto, but When I hear the word Toronto, Immediately come to my mind the Hall of Fame

Tessa and Scott what a comeback after 2 years "break" and Tessa still so captivating beautiful

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Yes, this is correct. Czech Republic is unfortunately first under the line, they will still have a decent chance to qualify in Septembers Oberstdorf final qualification with 4 last quotas for 4 non already qualified countries to be distribued. and keep in mind, that in figure skating the unused quotas are reallocated, so if Germany and France will not use their 2nd quotas - very likely btw - CZE will be in directly

3 New teams qualified to the Champions League yesterday. Brynäs IF , Malmö Redhawks and KalPa Kuopio Frolunda advanced yesterday to the semifinals of the Swedens SHL league, that also means that Brynäs and Malmo are officially qualified for the champions league as the last 2 available spots. KalPa Kuopio won their quarterfinals serie in the league play-offs and is already certain that they will not finish worse than 3rd so that also means a Champions League spot for them, the 5th consecutive champions league apparence in a row for KalPa. Both others yesterdays qualified Brynas and Malmo will experience next season their debuts in the champions league. Another qualified team became Klagenfurt during last week after the elimination of the Italian Bolzano in the EBEL play-offs Semifinals, Klagenfurt is assured to finish at worst 3rd and since Vienna and Salzburg are already qualified, KAC Klagenfurt will be the last Austrian participating team in next seasons Champions League. LIST OF ALREADY QUALIFIED CLUBS FOR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2017/18 (19/32) Frölunda Indians (SWE), Nottingham Panthers (GBR), SC Bern (SUI), Zürich SC Lions (SUI), EC Red Bull Salzburg (AUT), Vienna Capitals (AUT), Adler Mannheim (GER), EHC Red Bull Munich (GER), Bílí Tygři Liberec (CZE), HC Oceláři Třinec (CZE), Tappara Tampere (FIN), Växjö Lakers (SWE), HV 71 (SWE), TPS Turku (FIN), Cardiff Devils (GBR), EC KAC Klagenfurt (AUT), Brynäs IF (SWE), Malmö Redhawks (SWE), KalPa Kupio (FIN) 32 clubs will play Champions League 2017/18 5 from Sweden and Finland, 4 from Switzerland and Czech Republic, 3 from Germany and Austria, 1 from Slovakia, Norway, Belarus, France, Denmark and Poland (only the national champions). also 1 from Great Britain (Regular season winner - Cardiff) and 1 for the Continental Cup Winner (Nottingham),

Petra competed in her First ever alpine combined https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=AL&raceid=88424

April is not only the Totallympics Annual Song Contest month, but also the main IIHF ice hockey world championships tournaments month, this April all Mens World Championships (except top division which will be played in May) will be contested, the Division II A and II B will start soon on Monday and Tuesday in Romania and New Zealand, but also all remaining Under 18 mens world championships tournaments including the top division in Slovakia are scheduled this April, and last but not least also all remaining womens world championships will be played this month as well.. The first one is the Top division tournament in Plymouth (USA) which will start tomorrow the last 2017 March Day. Womens Top Division World Championships 2017 in Plymouth, Michigan (USA) Day 1 Schedule (31st March 2017) GMT -4 Group A 16:00 Finland vs Russia (USA National Hockey Arena 2) 19:35 United States vs Canada (USA National Hockey Arena 1) Group B 12:00 Czech Republic vs Switzerland (USA National Hockey Arena 1) 15:35 Sweden vs Germany (USA National Hockey Arena 1) *Tournament format - The format include 2 stages, the preliminary round and the knock-out round. All 8 participating teams start The Preliminary Round, the teams are divided according their positions in the womens IIHF ranking into 2 groups A and B, the 4 highest ranked teams are in Group A the remaining nations in Group B. The top 2 teams from Group A will qualify directly for the semifinals, 3rd and 4th ranked teams will qualify to the Quarterfinal play-off match where they will meet in a cross system the top 2 teams from group B (3Avs2B and 4Avs1B), 3rd and 4th teams of group B will have to play a best of three relegation serie, the losing team will be relegated to the next years womens Division I Group A world championship 2018.

ROAD TO MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 DAYS -37 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next team to be introduced is France The co-host of the 2017 IIHF World Championships, could "Les Bleus" make a memorable run in Paris? FRANCE

ROAD TO WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 DAYS -2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USA to play in Women's Worlds USA Hockey, women's team resolve dispute Team USA, winners of the last three Women's World Championships, will defend its title on home ice in Plymouth USA Hockey and the U.S. Women’s National Team announced that they’ve reached an agreement that will result in groundbreaking support for the team. The agreement ensures fans will see the U.S. Women’s National Team defend its gold medal in the 2017 IIHF Women’s World Championship on home ice. The event begins Friday (March 31) at USA Hockey Arena in the Detroit suburb of Plymouth, with Team USA facing Canada at 7:30 p.m. ET. The U.S. is expected to hold its first official practice on Thursday (March 30) at 3:15 p.m. ET at USA Hockey Arena. “Today reflects everyone coming together and compromising in order to reach a resolution for the betterment of the sport,” said Jim Smith, president of USA Hockey. “We’ll now move forward together knowing we’ll look back on this day as one of the most positive in the history of USA Hockey.” “Our sport is the big winner today,” said Meghan Duggan, captain of the U.S. Women’s National Team. “We stood up for what we thought was right and USA Hockey’s leadership listened. In the end, both sides came together. I’m proud of my teammates and can’t thank everyone who supported us enough. It’s time now to turn the page. We can’t wait to play in the World Championship later this week in front of our fans as we try and defend our gold medal.” “We look forward to the future with great anticipation,” said Dave Ogrean, executive director of USA Hockey. “This process has, in the end, made us better.” “I’m glad we could come together and reach an arrangement that will have a positive and lasting impact,” said Hilary Knight, veteran forward of the U.S. Women’s National Team. “This is an inspirational time and we’re excited to get back on the ice and represent our country.” “The action taken today is an important statement of USA Hockey’s commitment and support of our women’s national team program and female hockey overall,” said Donna Guariglia, treasurer of USA Hockey and former chair of USA Hockey’s Girls’ and Women’s Section. NOTES: The parties agreed to keep financial terms between them … The agreement includes the formation of a Women’s High Performance Advisory Group of former and current players from the U.S. Women’s National Team program, along with volunteer and staff leadership, to meet regularly to assist USA Hockey in efforts to advance girls’ and women’s hockey in all areas, including programming, marketing, promotion and fundraising. That is in addition to the focus on the grassroots hockey areas that volunteers of USA Hockey’s Girls’ and Women’s Section have been involved with for almost 30 years. Courtesy of USA Hockey