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I don´t think it s even possible btw this guy is from my city and he speak 19 languages, also portuguese, you can say me if his pronounciation is fine, also same question for the serbian, italian, spanish etc users

Slovak flag bearer will be Ján Riapoš (Table Tennis) 4 times paralympic gold medalist from Athens, Beijing and London

Philip Grubauer the Goaltender of the Washington Capitals has been selected to replace the injured Frederik Andersen in team Europe. Grubauer became the 6th selected German of the team.

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/12016/10567719/sam-allardyce-treats-slovakia-kitman-to-england-team-mementos

if you click on his account you´ll see the one for each country.

first pics from Miro Šatan twitter

First problem in the team europe. Frederik Andersen is injured and will miss the world cup. Miroslav Šatan will announce today who will replace him. Andersen suffered an injury last Friday during the olympic qualifiers against Slovenia. It´s definitely a mentionable problem as the new Toronto Goalie was expected to be the number 1 of the team europe in the event. Now the key post will be contested between the German Thomas Greiss and slovak Jaroslav Halák.

some changes from last few days in the rosters.. Corey Perry replaced Jeff Carter in Team In team after the Radko Gudas injury the team selected Tomáš Kundrátek from Slovan Bratislava. In SVK nowadays you can read only how The coach of Slovan wasn´t very happy by the fact the club will miss during the whole september their best defencemen, especially with all injuries the team has actually, at least Jeglič returned from Slovenian NT after succesful olympic qualification back to the team...meanwhile but for Kundrátek it´s a incredible moment of his career to be selected for such event. I´m very happy for him ...also in the czech team we have 2 other changes also among the forwards Roman Červenka and Michal Birner replaced injured duo Tomáš Hertl and David Krejčí. In the 3rd Goalie Robin Lehner is replaced by Jhonas Enroth, Defencer Niklas Kronwall was replaced by Hampus Lindholm and forwards Henrik Zetterberg and Alexander Steen by Mickael Backlund and Rickard Rakell because of injury as well. In team North America Vincent Trocheck replaced the injured forward Sean Monahan.

and 1000 peoples attended the first historic KHL match in China. Only 1000 peoples in a 15000 arena Kunlun Red Stars won 6 - 3 against Admiral Vladivostok.. Hard task yet to popularize hockey before Beijing 2022... only 1 chinese was in the roster today tough..Rudi Ying in the 4th line played 5 minutes and 18 seconds

[hide] Event and Date Gold Medal Winner Silver Medal Winner Bronze Medal Winner Athletes JUDO Women's -52kg Day 1, September 8th, 2016 (PICK 2 BRONZE MEDALLISTS) Sandrine Martinet Ayumi Ishii Ludmyla Lohtska Michele Ferreira Cherine Abdellaoui Michele Ferreira Priscilla Gagne Sandrine Martinet Ramona Brussig Ayumi Ishii Ludmyla Lohtska Sevinch Salaeva POWERLIFTING Women's -41kg Day 1, September 8th, 2016 Zhe Cui Maryna Kopiika Leidy Rodriguez Zhe Cui Leidy Rodriguez Nawal Ramadan Ni Nengah Widiasih Nsini Ben Noura Baddour Nazmiye Muratli Maryna Kopiika TRACK CYCLING Men's Individual Pursuit Tandem B Day 1, September 8th, 2016 Steve Bate Matt Formston Kieran Modra Matt Formston Kieran Modra Steve Bate Muhammad Afiq Afify Rizan Vincent ter Schure Stephen de Vries Ignacio Avila Rodriguez Any other SWIMMING Men's 100m Backstroke S7 Day 1, September 8th, 2016 Jon Fox Italo Pereira Ievgenii Bogodaiko Matias de Andrade Guillermo Marro Italo Pereira Dino Sincovic Hannes Schuermann Jon Fox Ievgenii Bogodaiko Marian Kvasnytsia Any other JUDO Men's -73kg Day 2, September 9th, 2016 (PICK 2 BRONZE MEDALLISTS) Ramil Gasimov Dmytro Solovey Feruz Shayidov Abner Oliveira Mehdi Meskine Ramil Gasimov Abner Oliveira Gerado Rodriguez Reyes Nicolai Kornhass Kuralbay Orynbassar Alvaro Gavilan Lorenzo Dmytro Solovey Feruz Shayidov Mauricio Briceno Any other SHOOTING Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 Day 2, September 9th, 2016 Bai Xiaohong Olga Kovalchuk Krisztina David Yelena Taranova Bai Xiaohong Krisztina David Sareh Javanmardidodmani Olivera Nakovska-Bikova Somporn Muangsiri Aysel Ozgan Olga Kovalchuk Any other SWIMMING Women's 50m Butterfly S6 Day 2, September 9th, 2016 Tiffany Thomas Kane Ellie Robinson Olena Fedota Tiffany Thomas Kane Ellie Robinson Nicole Turner Ozlem Kaya Olena Fedota Oksana Khrul Thi Bich Nhu Trinh Any other ATHLETICS Women's 100m T36 Day 2, September 9th, 2016 Claudia Nicoleitzik Daniela Rodriguez Angulo Yanina Martinez Yanina Martinez Tascitha Oliveira Cruz Martha Herenandez Florian Daniela Rodriguez Angulo Claudia Nicoleitzik Kwok Fan Yan Min Jae Jeon Syrine Bessaidi Any other ATHLETICS Men's Javelin Throw F44 Day 2, September 9th, 2016 Sandeep Alister McQueen Helgi Sveinsson Edvaldo Silva Alister McQueen Marcio Fernandez Sandeep Helgi Sveinsson Jonas Spudis Rory McSweeney Akeem Stewart Any other PARATRIATHLON Men's PT2 Race Day 3, September 10th, 2016 Andrew Lewis Ryan Taylor Brant Garvey Brant Garvey Stephane Bahier Stefan Loesler Andrew Lewis Ryan Taylor Michele Ferrarin Mohamed Lahna Mark Barr Any Other SHOOTING Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 Day 3, September 10th, 2016 Vasyl Kovalchuk Any Other Michael Johnson Tanguy de la Forest Ryan Cockbill Richard Davies Tim Jeffery Atef Aldousari Michael Johnson Francek Gorazd Tirsek Vasyl Kovalchuk Any Other POWERLIFTING Men's -65kg Day 3, September 10th, 2016 Hu Peng Ahmed Razm Azar Grzegorz Lanzer Hocine Bettir Ahmed Razm Azar Hu Peng Shaaban Ibrahim Michael Yule Nikolaos Gkountanis Hamzeh Mohammadi Grzegorz Lanzer Any Other TRACK CYCLING Women's Individual 500m Time Trial C4-5 Day 3, September 10th, 2016 Sarah Storey Megan Fisher Kadeena Cox Susan Powell Jufang Zhou Jianping Ruan Kadeena Cox Crystal Lane Sarah Storey Kate Horan Anna Harkowska Megan Fisher Any Other ATHLETICS Men's Long Jump T12 Day 3, September 10th, 2016 Thomas Ulbricht Per Jonsson Oleg Panyutin Kamil Aliyev Oleg Panyutin Chen Mingyu Thomas Ulbricht Martin Aloisius Biondi Misasi Per Jonsson Tobias Jonsson Doniyor Saliev Any Other ARCHERY Mixed Team Recurve Open Day 4, September 11th, 2016 South Korea Italy China China Germany Great Britain Iran Italy South Korea Thailand United States Any Other PARATRIATHLON Women's PT5 Race Day 4, September 11th, 2016 Melissa Reid Amy Dixon Katie Kelly Katie Kelly Christine Robbins Alison Patrick Melissa Reid Atsuko Yamada Joleen Hakker Susana Rodriguez Amy Dixon Any Other POWERLIFTING Men's -72kg Day 4, September 11th, 2016 Lei Liu Mohamed Elelfat Marek Trykacz Lei Liu Mohamed Elelfat Aceituno Herbert Gabriel Diaz Rasool Mohsin Abdelkareem Mohmmad Ahmad Kahattab Fernando Jose Acevedo Gonzalez Nnamdi Innocent Marek Trykacz Sergey Meladze SWIMMING Men's 200m Freestyle S14 Day 4, September 11th, 2016 Thomas Hamer Liam Schulter Jon Margeir Sverrisson Daniel Fox Liam Schulter Felipe Vila Real Gordie Michie Thomas Hamer Wai Lok Tang Jon Margeir Sverrisson Someone from Japan Any Other ROWING AS Men's Single Sculls Day 4, September 11th, 2016 Tom Aggar Erik Horrie Alexander van Holk Erik Horrie Rene Pereira Tom Aggar Fabrizio Caselli Alexander van Holk Jun-Ha Park Roman Polianskyi Blake Haxton Any Other SHOOTING Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 Day 4, September 11th, 2016 Juhee Lee Yang Chao Olekseii Denysiuk Christopher Pitt Yang Chao Gyula Gurisatti Juhee Lee Joackim Norberg Korhan Yamac Olekseii Denysiuk Michael Tagliapietra Any Other POWERLIFTING Women's -79kg Day 5, September 12th, 2016 Lili Xu Lin Tzu-Hui Siti Mahmudah Lili Xu Lin Tzu-Hui Gehan Hassan Siti Mahmudah Sahar El-Gnemi Perla Barcenas Bose Omolayo Lyubov Semenyuk BOCCIA Open Pair BC4 Day 5, September 12th, 2016 Great Britain Slovakia Canada Brazil Canada China Great Britain Hong Kong Portugal Slovakia Thailand Any Other TABLE TENNIS Men's Singles Class 5 Day 5, September 12th, 2016 Ningning Cao Chen Ming Chih Valentin Baus Ningning Cao Chen Ming Chih Nicolas Savant-Aira Valentin Baus Juck Hunter Spivey Tommy Urhaug Mitar Palikuca Ali Ozturk Any Other SHOOTING Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 Day 5, September 12th, 2016 Iurii Stoiev Jinho Park Andrii Doroshenko Doron Shaziri Franc Pinter Jinho Park Jonas Jacobsson Andrii Doroshenko Iurii Stoiev Abdulla Saif Alaryani Abdulla Sultan Alaryani Any Other ATHLETICS Men's Javelin Throw F57 Day 5, September 12th, 2016 Virender Cicero Nobre Any other Cicero Nobre Wu Guoshan Mahmoud El Attar Virender Mohammad Khalvandi Youssoupha Diouf Mohamad Mohamad Ngoc Hung Cao Any other EQUESTRIAN Open Individual Championship Grade III Day 6, September 13th, 2016 Sanne Voets Susanne Sunesen Louise Etzner Jakobsson Roberta Sheffield Susanne Sunesen Jose Letartre Sanne Voets Ann Cathrin Lubbe Celine van Till Louise Etzner Jakobsson Angela Peavy Any Other WHEELCHAIR FENCING Men's Individual Epee Category B Day 6, September 13th, 2016 Yannick Ifebe Marc Andre Cratere Kamil Rzasa Andre Pranevich Jovane Silva Guissone Marc Andre Cratere Yannick Ifebe Dimitri Coutya Ali Amar Kamil Rzasa Oleg Naumenko Any Other TABLE TENNIS Women's Singles Class 10 Day 6, September 13th, 2016 Yang Qian Natalia Partyka Sophie Walloe Andrea McDonnell Melissa Tapper Bruna Costa Alexandre Yang Qian Mirjana Lucic Sophie Walloe Natalia Partyka Umran Ertis ROAD CYCLING Men's Individual Time Trial T1-2 Day 7, September 14th, 2016 Jiri Hindr Quentin Aubague Tim Celen Tim Celen Nestor Ayala Ayala Jiri Hindr Quentin Aubague Hans-Peter Durst Stephen Hills Goldy Fuchs Rickard Nilsson Ryan Boyle Any Other WHEELCHAIR FENCING Women's Individual Foil Category A Day 7, September 14th, 2016 Natalia Morkvych Eva Andrea Hajmasi Delphine Bernard Rong Jing Zhang Chuncui Delphine Bernard Justine Charissa NG Yu Chui Yee Eva Andrea Hajmasi Zsuzsanna Krajnyak Natalia Morkvych Any Other PARACANOE Men's K1 200m KL1 Day 8, September 15th, 2016 Robert Suba Lucas Nicolas Diaz Jakub Tokarz Lucas Nicolas Diaz Colin Sieders Luis Carodsos da Silva Yu Xiaowei Ian Marsden Robert Suba Salvatore Ravalli Jakub Tokarz Any Other SWIMMING Men's 100m Breastroke SB6 Day 8, September 15th, 2016 Ievgenii Bogodaiko Torben Schmidtke Thijs van Hofweegen Maarten Libin Di Yingbin Nelson Crispin Torben Schmidtke Thijs van Hofweegen Andreas Skaar Bjornstad Antoni Ponce Bertran Ievgenii Bogodaiko Any Other ARCHERY Men's Individual Compound Open Day 9, September 16th, 2016 Lee Ouk Soo Matteo Bonacina Alberto Simonelli Jonathan Milne Cao Hanwen Jere Forsbe John Stubbs Hadi Nori Matteo Bonacina Alberto Simonelli Marcel Pavlik Lee Ouk Soo Andre Shelby Any Other BOCCIA Open Indiviudal BC2 Day 9, September 16th, 2016 Yan Zhiqiang Maciel Santos Worawut Saengampa Maciel Santos Yan Zhiqiang Nadav Levi Hidetaka Sugimura Abilio Valente Robert Mezik Jeong Min Sohn Worawut Saengampa Watcharaphon Vongsa Any Other WHEELCHAIR TENNIS Women's Doubles Day 9, September 16th, 2016 Mathewson/Verfuerth Griffioen/van Koot Domori/Kamiji Cabrillana/Mardones Huang/Zhu Famin/Morch Shuker/Whiley Domori/Kamiji Griffioen/van Koot Buis/De Groot Mathewson/Verfuerth Any Other WHEELCHAIR TENNIS Men's Singles Day 9, September 16th, 2016 Stephane Houdet Maikel Scheffers Nicolas Peifer Gustavo Fernandez Joachim Gerard Stephane Houdet Nicolas Peifer Gordon Reid Shingo Kunieda Maikel Scheffers Stefan Olsson Any Other FOOTBALL 7-A-SIDE Men's Tournament Day 9, September 16th, 2016 Brazil Great Britain Argentina Argentina Brazil Great Britain Iran Ireland Netherlands Ukraine United States GOALBALL Men's Tournament Day 9, September 16th, 2016 Brazil Algeria China Algeria Brazil Canada China Finland Germany 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SAILING Mixed Sonar Day 10, September 17th, 2016 France Great Britain Australia Australia Canada France Great Britain Ireland Israel Norway United States Any Other SITTING VOLLEYBALL Men's Tournament Day 10, September 17th, 2016 Brazil United States China Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil China Egypt Germany Iran Ukraine United States WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL Men's Tournament Day 10, September 17th, 2016 United States Canada Brazil Algeria Australia Brazil Canada Germany Great Britain Iran Japan Netherlands Spain Turkey United States ATHLETICS Marathon T46 Day 11, September 18th, 2016 Alex Douglas Silva Any Other Any Other Alex Douglas Silva Li Chaoyuan Derek Rae Alessandro di Lello Pedro Meza Zempoaltecatl Abdelhadi El Harti Efrain Sotacuro Manuel Mendes Any Other WHEECHAIR RUGBY Mixed Tournament Day 11, September 18th, 2016 Australia France Great Britain Australia Brazil Canada France Great Britain Japan Sweden United States [/hide]

There no Canoe slalom team relay. such event doesn´t exist..It would be too much time consuming..The classical team events are much better more exciting and TV friendly

Rok n Roll Ticar hero as Slovenia does it all over again Rok Ticar silenced the home crowd three times and his game winning penalty shot sends Slovenia to PyeongChang 2018. “We have once been at the Olympics and said before the game that if we give everything then we can at least look at ourselves in the mirror afterwards, so we kept battling because the prize is unbelievable,” said Ticar, whose game-winning penalty shot won Slovenia a place at their second consecutive Olympics. It was Ticar’s third puck in the net during a dramatic evening in Minsk. The 27-year-old had scored both Slovenia’s goals in regulation time and once again found the net during a nervy penalty-shot shootout. Slovenia had gone 2-0 up within 57 seconds in the second period while being on power play. Belarus then hit back to tie a game where the battle for an Olympic ticket between the teams had to be decided by penalty shots. “The character of this team is indescribable. I think our guys are so passionate to play for our country and every time we come together we believe we can win and I think that is one of the biggest reasons why we did end up winning tonight,” said star forward Anze Kopitar, who was Slovenia's other scorer in the shootout. Andrei Stepanov scored a brace for Belarus in regulation time and also was the lone Belarusian to find the net during the shootout. 22-year-old Mikhail Karnaukhov got a start in goal with Kevin Lalande still suffering from the effects of a hit to his head sustained during their opener against Denmark. “I anticipated a game like this, which would go all the way to the end,” said Belarus head coach Dave Lewis. “The difference between winning and losing at this level is so fine, and in this game it came down to one shot.” After an evenly balanced goalless first period, Slovenia headed into the middle frame playing on power play following a hooking minor by Roman Graborenko. Piling up the pressure, Slovenia soon found themselves on a two-man advantage when Andrei Stas was punished for a game-delaying offence. Slovenia wasted little time to capitalize on such a golden opportunity. Kopitar assisted Ticar, who scored high past Karnaukhov from the right edge of the goal to put Slovenia in front at 1:48 of the second period. 57 second later the home crowd of 15,086 watched on in disbelief as Mitja Robar instigated a move from the defensive zone to find Ziga Jeglic rushing through the defensive rearguard of Belarus and Ticar followed up to hit home Slovenia’s second marker at 2:49. Belarus, who earlier this week bounced back after going behind in both of their previous games at the Olympic Qualification, reduced the deficit to a goal when Stepanov scored high past Kroselj from the edge of the slot to give the Minsk Arena crowd a lift and some momentum back. After a missed penalty shot by Slovenia’s Jan Urbas at 8:19 of the third frame, Belarus got the crowd on their feet as they tied the game with just over nine minutes to go when Nick Bailen’s shot was steered home by Stepanov before both teams went ahead squandering fine goal-scoring opportunities before Ticar won the game for Slovenia. In 2013 Nik Zupancic was assistant coach when Slovenia qualified for Sochi 2014. Now head coach of the team, it was a very proud moment for him to once again upset the odds thanks to an excellent team effort. “We grew as a team during the tournament and this is huge for our team to come from such a small country and once again qualify for the Olympics.”

yeah, well, it´s not like we deserved a point or so today, England was better in each side of the play and deserved to win..but yes...to receive the only goal of the match at the 95th minute when the referees added initially only 4 minutes is a bit cruel...especially for the players which fought really hard almost 45 minutes against such a top team after Škrtel got a let say "controversial" red card...

...no comment..just for fun

Groups for PyeongChang 2018 Norway, Germany, Slovenia win qualifiers MEN'S TOURNAMENT Qualified Nations: Canada Czech Republic Finland Germany Norway Russia Slovakia Slovenia South Korea Sweden Switzerland United States The groups for the Olympic men’s ice hockey tournament in PyeongChang 2018 are determined as Norway, Germany and Slovenia won the qualification tournaments. The 12-team tournament will be played according to the same format like in Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014 with three groups consisting of four teams each with the top-four teams of the overall ranking (including the group winners) earning an entry to the quarter-finals while the remaining eight teams will have to play a qualification playoff game to move to the quarter-finals. The seeding was already done one year ago based on the 2015 IIHF Men’s World Ranking with the top-8 countries and host Korea already set but now the three qualifiers are known and included. Norway was the only host country that won its Final Olympic Qualification group thanks to a late game-winner from Mattias Norstebo in the 2-1 victory over France. Germany ended the Latvian streak of three consecutive tournament wins in the Final Olympic Qualification on home ice (for 2006, 2010 and 2014) by beating the Latvians in Riga 3-2 thanks to Tom Kuhnhackl’s late power-play goal. Both teams will be seeded in the same group with Sweden and Finland in PyeongChang. The bumblebee continues to fly. Like for Sochi 2014, when Slovenia surprisingly qualified against Belarus and Denmark and even reached the quarter-finals at the Olympics, the Slovenes won against the exactly same opponents this week. On Sunday Slovenia beat tournament host Belarus 3-2 in shootout in the deciding game in Minsk. The Slovenes will be seeded with Russia, the United States and Slovakia in Group B in PyeongChang. Group A includes defending Olympic champion Canada, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and host Korea. OLYMPIC ME N' S TOURNAMENT GROUPS Group A: Canada Czech Republic South Korea Switzerland Group B: Russia Slovakia Slovenia United States Group C: Finland Germany Norway Sweden The qualification for the 2018 Olympic women’s ice hockey tournament will be played during the 2016/2017 hockey season. The top-five nations – USA, Canada, Finland, Russia and Sweden – and host Korea are already qualified while two qualifiers will be known by February.

Denmark polishes off Poland Five different scorers gets first win Leaving it a little late, Denmark now found the net with ease, toppling Poland in their final game 5-2. With professional pride at stake, Denmark closed off a disappointing week with grabbing their first win at the Olympic qualification tournament in Minsk. Poland was downed 5-2 with Nicklas Jensen grabbing three helpers, while Philip Larsen tallied a goal and an assist with Frans Nielsen recording 0+2. Sebastian Dahm got a start in net and recorded 16 saves. But in the wake of Denmark's final day 5-2 win, more questions than answers are set to linger on regarding an abject overall performance from a Danish roster who arrived to Minsk as clear favourites to go to PyeongChang 2018. "There is nothing to be happy about," said Denmark's Morten Madsen. "We did not play as a team or as we should play." "It has been a tough few days for us and if there is anything to take out from this final game is that we were able to bounce back mentally and win it," he continued. Poland, who finished the tournament without a win, battled hard until the end. Kamil Kalinowski and Maciej Urbanowicz got on the scoresheet for Poland, while Przemyslaw Odrobny was back in net and recorded 21 saves. "We play a good team and we are improving," said Torbjorn Johansson, Poland's assistant coach following today's defeat. "At the end we are not even close, but I am proud of our team as they are really trying to do their best, but we don't have the quality to play 60 minutes against Denmark." Denmark's first-choice goaltender Frederik Andersen who suffered an upper-body injury late in the their second game against Slovenia was out of contention for this dead rubber of an encounter. Also missing for Denmark were Peter Regin carrying a minor knock and Nichlas Hardt due to illness. Frederik Storm opened the scoring at 3:07 as his wrister from the right point sneaked past Odrobny in Poland's net. Poland who found a burst of form towards the end of the first period, equalised after Kalinowski collected a Michael Cichy's backhand pass to see his effort deflect past Dahm from the right point after 13:10. Failing to covert while on the powerplay at the start of the middle frame, Poland got punished as the lively Nicklas Jensen rounded Odrobny's cage and backhanded it to Bodker who one-timed in home for Denmark to go back in front at 25:53. With just over five minutes left of the middle frame Denmark had scored once again. Urbanowicz was serving a tripping call when Larsen low wrister from the blueline found its way to the back of the net with traffic in front of Odrobny for 3-1. "They are a really skilled team," said Poland's Cichy. "You cannot give them an inch, they got a ton of skill there and always move around the net." Such skills were once again on show early in the final period. Poland's defensive rearguard was caught asleep when Oliver Bjorkstrand picked up an unmarked Nikolaj Ehlers who had ample time to score Denmark's fourth at 42:02. Urbanowicz added a consolation midway through the final stanza for Poland after Kalinowski had snapped the puck off Markus Lauridsen, before Denmark's Madsen rounded off the scoring to 5-2 following a Nicklas Jensen pass behind Odrobny's net at 52:24.

Germany makes it Kuhnhackl scores late game-winner vs. Latvia After missing out on Sochi 2014, the German men’s national team will return to the Olympics in PyeongChang 2018 after beating Latvia 3-2. At was an atmosphere of excitement but also nervousness. There was no clear favourite between the home team Latvia and the Germans, who have so far played better at this tournament. It was a game between different hockey cultures in which the Germans have an 8-1-3 record at World Championships and Olympics winning the last three encounters between 2013 and 2015. The game already started emotional and Latvia had the advantage with an early German penalty. During a power play with few shots Arturs Kulda had the best chance but missed the puck alone in front of the net after a drop pass. In the eighth minute of play it was another Latvian defenceman, who unexpectedly had a great chance when the goal was open from the left side but his shot hit the post and the German counter-attack didn’t succeed either. The first minutes were an appetizer of what an exciting game the 10,035 fans at the full Arena Riga could expect. At 16:18 it was the Germans, who opened the scoring with a Leon Draisaitl goal during a power play. He was left alone on the right side after an east-west pass from Tom Kuhnhackl in a co-production of two German hockey legends’ sons. The Latvians tried to react immediately but Philipp Grubauer made a nice pad save against Kristaps Sotnieks. In the second period the Germans started more dominant and were rewarded early. After a German power play Felix Schutz capitalized on a rebound after a long shot from Patrick Hager at 4:51. A few minutes later Latvian coach Haralds Vasiljevs replaced his goaltender Kristers Gudlevskis with Elvis Merzlikins, who was kept busy during the period. The Latvians created too little to come back into the game during the first half of the period until they had some chances during a power play midway through the frame and a breakaway from Lauris Darzins, who saw his two shots blocked by Philipp Grubauer at 11:20. At 14:55 the Latvians eventually succeeded when Miks Indrasis’ shot from the face-off circle went in during the next power play. The Latvians were pushing for the equalizer in the third period although the first big chance was on the other side. After a drop pass from Marcus King his linemate Marcel Goc shot high from next to crease but Merzlikins caught the puck with an unbelievable glove save. Few minutes later Daryl Boyle was called a tripping penalty and the Latvian power play succeeded again. Kaspars Daugavins passed the puck back from the goal line and Martins Karsums scored the 2-2 goal. The game continued again tied but like it did at the beginning of the game it was the Germans, who were next to get the lead. With 5:09 left in regulation time Kuhnhackl got the puck next to the goal post, missed on the first attempt but then put the disc under Merzlikins’ pad for the 3-2 goal silencing the crowd in Riga and forcing Latvian coach Vasiljevs to use his time-out. With 2:58 left the Latvians were opened a big chance when Marcel Goc was sent to the penalty box for tripping Mikelis Redlihs. The Latvians didn’t score, neither did they when the goalie was pulled in the last minute, and the German men’s national team celebrated their Olympic comeback for 2018.

Third-place finish for Austria Power play leads to 3-0 win vs. Japan After a disappointing start with two clear losses Austria bounced back on the last day of play with a 3-0 blanking of winless Japan. The Austrians outshot Japan in each period, 40-24 in total, but didn’t have an easy game against the Asians, who came here as the last-seeded team after advancing to the Final Olympic Qualification from the Preliminary Round. The power play made the difference. Austria had two power plays and capitalized on both while the Japanese were not able to make use of four Austrian penalties including 39 seconds of 5-on-3 play early in the game. “We’re disappointed. We had our chances but we were not able to put the puck into the net,” said Japanese forward Takuma Kawai. With 97 seconds left in the first period during a power play the Austrians eventually opened the scoring after some good pass play. Michael Grabner hit the back of the net after a drop feed from Raphael Herburger. The game remained open and the second period scoreless but at 7:27 of the third period the Austrians capitalized on the next power play thanks to a shot to the top-left corner taken from behind the right face-off dot by Andreas Kristler. With 87 seconds left the Austrians also scored a goal five-on-five with a semi-wraparound from Thomas Raffl for the final score of 3-0. “Today we finally implemented what we planned before. We played compact on defence and scored the goals,” said Raffl, the team captain and elder brother of his teammate and NHL forward Michael. Finishing third was of course not what the Austrians planned especially after winning the Final Olympic Qualification for Sochi 2014. “We knew we would play against top nations but our roster was not well balanced. The teams who beat us deserved to win against us, they were simply better.” After a tough Olympic Qualification for both teams the players will now return to their club teams. At the end of the season Austria will compete in the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A in Kyiv, Ukraine, while Japan will play one tier below after having been relegated, at the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group B in Belfast.

Zuccarello's Norway to Olympics Norstebo's late goal gives ticket to Korea Mats Zuccarello's Norway will play in the 2018 Olympics in Korea, thanks to their 2-1 win over France. Zuccarello led the tournament in scoring. Norway will play in the 2018 Olympics, thanks to their 2-1 win over France. Norway's big hero was Mattias Norstebo who scored the game-winner with 2.29 remaining in the game. "This is one of the best wins in my career, for sure. It's an unbelievable feeling. I grew up down here and this was probably my last game at this rink so it's a little emotional," said Mats Zuccarello who scored Norway's first goal in the game. "Playing in the Olympics is the bggest thing you can do with your national team so to qualify there is amazing," he added. France's captain Laurent Meunier was frustrated with the number of penalties his team took, even if it was a close game. "But, no win," he concluded. And with that, nothing. France did get into penalty trouble in the second and third period and while they defended well, Norway used their last chance. With nine seconds on the clock of Floran Douay's penalty, Norstebo lifted the puck into France's net after a mad scramble in front of the goal when France's goaltender Cristobal Huet couldn't hold on to the puck. The table was set for a hockeyfest at the soldout Jordal Amfi in Oslo. The winner of the game between Norway and France would qualify for the Olympics and while both teams had bene pushed in their first games in the tournament, the final was expected to be a close one. "The atmosphere was fantastic, a soldout crowd, we don't get that often in Norway so that was wonderful," said Norway's captain Ole-Kristian Tollefsen. Norway is ranked 11th in the world, it had the home crowd, and it had NHLer Mats Zuccarello in a good mid-season form. France is ranked 14th, they hoped that the home crowd would make Norwegians nervouse, and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, their NHLer and as of tomorrow, Zuccarello’s teamnate on the World Cup of Hockey, had also shown to be ready to carry his team. The fans of both teams could easily find reasons for hope but there was also that “on the other hand” to which there was only one answer and that was to play the game. The first period was scoreless and just as close as could be expected. Norway controlled the game during the first half of the period, France took over in the latter half. Both teams had their chances, especially on powerplay, but the importance of the game also showed in careless penalties in the offensive zone. Teddy da Costa took a slashing minor behind the Norwegian net and Tommy Kristiansen a goalie interference penalty when he collided with France’s goaltender Cristobal Huet. Less than two minutes into the second period, France’s caotain Laurent Meunier sent a long pass meant for Yorick Treille, but Norway’s captain Ole-Kristian Tollefsen got his stick on the puck. However, he couldn’t stop the puck and it ended up at Treille’s tape. He faked a shot and waited for Lars Haugen in Norway’s goal to hit the ice before firing the puck top shelf to give France a lead in the game at 1.49. Five minutes later, Norway’s first line stepped up. The French turned the puck over in their own zone, when Patrick Thoresen intercepted a breakout pass at the halfboards. He quickly passed it to Mats Zuccarello who found himself alone with Huet. He made a nice deke and then fired the puck upstairs, tying the game. "It was a great pass from Patrick, and I almost panicked, I wanted to pass but the goalie bit hard on my deke so it went in," Zuccarello said. After the goal, Norway took over the game completely, aided by da Costa brothers taking penaltie for unsportsmanlike conduct; Teddy a minor, Stephane a major. And Norway thought they had capitalized on it. With one second remaining on Teddy Da Costa’s penalty, Jonas Holos fired a shot from the point, Huet left a rebound which Thoresen batted in from mid-air but the goal was disallowed after a video review. If anything, it got Norway even more fired up, while the French couldn’t stay out of the penalty box – which was also a sign of the fact that they were often a half a step behind the Norwegians. And then Norstebo, 21, put the final nail in France's coffin. "We never give up. The whole team played well today, this was a win for the collective," Tollefsen said. Ad for Norway, it was a nice farewell to the 1952 Olympic arena. "For someone like me who's grown up in Oslo, to get to play in front of a soldout crowd at Jordal was the perfect finish," said Zuccarello. Mission accomplished.

Kazakhstan closes with win Starchenko's late game-winner against Italy Roman Starchenko became Kazakhstan's hero as he scored the game-winner with 3:48 remaining. Kazakhstan beat Italy 3-2. Roman Starchenko's goal with less than four minutes remaining in the game lifted Kazakhstan to a 3-2 win over Italy in the last game of the Olympic qualification tournament in Oslo. Vitali Kolesnik made 13 saves for Kazakhstan who grabbed third place. Italy finished fourth. Steven Pressfield, author of, for example, The Legend of Bagger Vance, has said that “The difference between being an amateur and a professional is that professionals do the work even when they don't feel like it.” Amateurs only produce good work when they’re so inspired. For a hockey player, showing up for a game that has no bearing in the standings at 11.30 in the morning is the true test of a professional attitude. Both Kazakhstan and Italy passed it today at the Jordal Amfi in Oslo, even if both teams surely had even more to give. "We're professional hockey players and we have to be ready to play a game like this, even if they wake us up at two in the morning," said Kazakhstan's Maxim Khudyakov. As for Kazakhstan, a team with only Barys Astana players on it, it also provided another good test for the rest of the season, he added. "We were close, and we played well but we'll have to take this as a good test for the World Championships in May," said Italy's goaltender Andreas Bernard who finished the game for Italy. Italy scored the important first goal of the game early in the game after Kazakhstan had a long possession in the Italian zone creating a couple of good chances. When Italy regained possession of the puck, they played it first quickly out of the zone and then Anton Bernard sent a long pass to Giulio Scandella who fired a shot from the top of the left faceoff circle. His shot hit a Kazakhstan defenseman’s stick on the way and fooled Vitali Kolesnik Kazakhstan’s goal at 6.47 into the first period. In the next shift, Italy’s Simon Kostner took a high sticking minor and Kazakhstan’s powerplay got to work. Alexander Shin played the puck to Yevgeni Rymarev behind the net and his pass found Maxim Khudyakov who drove towards the net and fired a slapshot that Italy’s goaltender Frederic Cloutier couldn’t stop, to tie the game at 8.51. Halfway through the game, Kazakhstan had taken command of it, and could take the lead when Brandon Bochenski won a puck battle in the corner, cycled it with Alexander Shin who sent it back to Bochenski at the far post, and he could fairly easily exploit Italy’s mental lapse - four skaters were in the corner - and score Kazakhstan’s second goal at 8.42 into the period. But with 65 seconds remaining in the period, Tommaso Traversa tied the game again with a nice deflection off Stefano Marchetti’s perfect slapshot of a pass from the point. And then, with 3.48 remaining, a shot from the poin, hit the side of Italy's net and then bounced back from the end boards from the same side as the shot had come from, which threw off Andreas Bernard, and Starchenko had an easy job to lift the puck to the back of the net. Italy pulled goaltender Bernard with a minute remaining in the game, and pushed hard to get a third goal, put couldn't tie the game.

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FINAL QUALIFICATION ROUND Tournament 2 Riga (LAT) - 01.09.2016 - 04.09.2016 Day 3 Results Round-Robin 4 Nations, Round-Robin Tournament, 1st Nation will Qualify to the Men´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2018 Japan 0 - 3 Austria (Score by Period: 0-1, 0-0, 0-2) 4th September 2016, h. 14:00 (GMT +3), Arena Riga, Riga Latvia 2 - 3 Germany (Score by Period: 0-1, 1-1, 1-1) 4th September 2016, h. 18:00 (GMT +3), Arena Riga, Riga Round-Robin Final Standing RANK NATION GAME WINS W(OT) L(OT) LOSE SCORE POINTS 1 Germany 3 3 0 0 0 14:2 9 2 Latvia 3 2 0 0 1 13:5 6 3 Austria 3 1 0 0 2 4:8 3 4 Japan 3 0 0 0 3 1:17 0 Following Nation Have Qualified to Men´s Ice Hockey Tournament at Winter Olympic Games 2018 Germany

Final Score Latvia - Germany 2-3 16:18 Leon Draisaitl 0-1 24:51 Felix Schutz 0-2 34:55 Miks Indrašis 1-2 46:19 Martins Karsums 2-2 54:51 Tom Kuhnhackl 2-3 Germany Qualified to Pyeongchang 2018