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Finland - Slovakia 4-2

America happy, Sweden sour Six different scorers as U.S. stays perfect Sweden's Filip Larsson #30 makes the save against USA's Logan Brown #27 during preliminary round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship. The United States got three second-period goals in a 6-1 rout of Sweden on Saturday. In their second straight win, the hosts had six different goal-scorers Casey Mittelstadt, Kieffer Bellows, Ryan Lindgren, James Greenway, Keegan Howdeshell and Joey Anderson tallied for the Americans, who continue to get scoring throughout the lineup. Adam Fox, Logan Brown, and Clayton Keller chipped in two assists apiece. Commenting on the key to America's firepower, defenceman Chad Krys said: "It helps when you can play sound defence and transition quickly." So far, the defending champions have outscored their opponents 14-3 in Grand Forks. And they may already have faced their toughest tests of the preliminary round. Looking ahead to the remaining games, Bellows said: "I just want to see us dominate. I want to see us play our USA hockey. We have a saying: ‘Go full 60 minutes, no regrets, no excuses.’ And that’s what we need to do." Timothy Liljegren replied for Sweden. It was an underwhelming outing for the Swedes, who won the silver medal each year from 2010 to 2012, but looked overmatched here in terms of speed, strength, and skill. Sweden now has just two U18 wins in 14 tries all-time against the Americans. The last one came in 2010. Shots favoured Sweden 35-23, but this was a classic case of quality trumping quantity. "It felt good just keeping things simple and playing our game out there," said Keller. "That’s what we need to do to compete and have a good tournament." Coach Torgny Bendelin's squad looked good in the early going, firing six shots at U.S. goalie Joseph Woll before the Americans got one. Yet the trend wouldn't last. Of Woll's solid play, Bellows said: "Once he makes a big save, it really gets the adrenalin going." The U.S. opened the scoring at 17:51 with a delayed penalty coming up to Swedish captain Jacob Cederholm for crunching Kailer Yamamoto from behind in the Swedish zone. Yamamoto got the puck around the boards to Logan Brown and he moved it to Mittelstadt, who cut through the right faceoff circle and zinged one past Swedish starter Filip Larsson’s glove. At 2:17 of the second period, Bellows got a breakaway and made no mistake, going high to the glove again for a 2-0 lead. It was 3-0 just 1:41 later when the Americans completed a dazzling passing play. Graham McPhee did some nice stickhandling before centering the puck to Lindgren, and the American captain tipped it into the gaping cage. Sweden called its timeout, but the game was already out of reach. With 2:43 left in the second, Greenway scored arguably the prettiest goal of the tournament to date. After blocking a shot in his own zone, the U.S. blueliner headed up ice, received a blind pass from Keller, and, with a dirty dangle, scored on his backhand while skating backwards -- shorthanded. "I saw him out of the corner of my eye over there and didn’t expect him to go down and score a goal like that," said Keller. "It was a pretty special goal." In the third period, Howdeshell capitalized on a turnover at the Swedish blue line, swooped in off right wing, and zipped it past Larsson's right skate to make it 5-0 at 2:42. The U.S. then took three straight minors, and Liljegren spoiled Woll's shutout bid with a power play marker at 10:32, firing a shot from the right faceoff circle that deflected up off Fox's stick and in. The goal was video-reviewed and ruled good. Anderson restored the five-goal American lead with the man advantage, banging in a rebound at 12:03. The U.S. faces winless Latvia on Sunday, while the Swedes battle Switzerland on Monday.

United States - Sweden 6-1

Dyomin gets it done Russians get first win in OT over Swiss Russia's Pavel Dyomin #8 scores a game winning over time goal against Switzerland's Matteo Ritz #30 during preliminary round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Pavel Dyomin scored at 1:55 of overtime as Russia beat Switzerland 2-1 for its first win of the 2016 tournament on Saturday. Dyomin cut in, fought off the checking of Switzerland's Simon le Coultre, and lifted a shot past goalie Matteo Ritz's stick. Yaroslav Alexeyev scored for Russia in regulation time, and Nico Hischier replied for Switzerland. "In the first couple of periods we played a good game, but in the third period we kind of got away from it," said Russian assistant captain Mikhail Sergachyov. "We were passing a lot and shooting. Overall, it was good." HIschier said: "In OT we had a breakaway and then they went back the other way and scored. OT is 50/50. It’s hard, but we have to keep our heads up and keep going." Russia's Danil Tarasov got his first start in goal and win of the tournament. Shots on goal favored Russia 28-22. From a historical angle, there was an extra whiff of intrigue to this game, because last year Switzerland upset Russia 5-0 in the quarter-final, played in the Swiss city of Zug. That was just the second Swiss win over Russia in U18 history, dating back to the first tournament in 1999 (4-1). This was a different scenario, though, since Russia's team this year consists primarily of U17 players. It was a good recovery after their 8-2 loss to the U.S. to start the tournament. "Obviously today was a better game," said Sergachyov. "We got experience against the States, and the boys were more confident against Switzerland." It was a fairly tepid, tactical affair. The best chance in the scoreless first period went to Russia’s Vladimir Kuznetsov, who missed on a breakaway. At 13:21 of the second period, Alexeyev broke the deadlock with his second goal of the tournament. He took a nice back pass in the neutral zone from Klim Kostin, bore down on Swiss defenceman Colin Gerber, and whipped a high shot over a surprised Ritz’s left shoulder. The teams traded chances in the last minute of the middle frame. Kostin had a partial break, with Switzerland’s Axel Simic checking him from behind, but Ritz stopped his backhand deke. Simic put one off the post, and then Russia’s Mikhail Bitsadze missed an open net just before the siren. Neither team was effective with the man advantage. The Russians had a good chance to go up by two when they went to the power play after Switzerland's Yannick Lerch ran Dmitri Zaitsev into the boards from behind at 6:44 of the third period. But they couldn't finish. Switzerland finally tied it up with 10:53 left in regulation. Hischier took his time in the right faceoff circle before unleashing a wrister that eluded Tarasov high on the stick side, as Dmitri Samorukov attempted to pokecheck him in vain. "I got a pass from Marco Miranda and I skated," said Hischier. "At first I wanted to make a play, but then I had a good scoring chance, so I shot." The 1999-born Hischier, who played 15 NLA games with SC Bern this season, is considered one of his country's brightest forward prospects in years. With under five minutes left in the third, Ivan Chekhovich deked his way past Swiss blueliner Elia Riva, but couldn't fool Ritz with his backhand attempt. Showing how closely the hockey world is interconnected, Swiss forward Philipp Kurashev is the son of former Soviet U20/U18 national team player Konstantin Kurashev, who emigrated to Switzerland as a coach in the 1990’s. Russia takes on Latvia on Monday, while Switzerland battles Sweden. "Next game, we’re going to be ready and we’re going to win, I’m pretty sure," said Sergachyov.

Switzerland - Russia 1-2 (OT)

ROAD TO IIHF MEN´S ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016 FRIENDLY MATCHES Germany 1 - 3 Sweden (Score by Period: 0-0, 0-2, 1-1) 16th April 2016, h. 15:30 (GMT +2) Slovakia 1 - 2 (GWS) Russia (Score by Period: 0-1, 0-0, 1-0, OT: 0-0, GWS: 0-1) 16th April 2016, h. 15:30 (GMT +2) Austria 1 - 3 Hungary (Score by Period: 0-0, 0-0, 1-3) 18th April 2016, h. 19:00 (GMT +2)

last todays quota for Kou Lei (UKR)

much better because thursday in Košice it was something horrible a true nightmare, I wish never see anymore in my life such unacceptable performance from our NT..

Mighty Roos claim gold Australia promoted back to Div. IIA The Australian players listen to the national anthem after beating New Zealand and winning the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group B. Australia has claimed gold in Mexico City to capture the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group B in stunning fashion. The Mighty Roos re-join Division IIA after scoring a combined 58 goals against opponents Bulgaria, Israel, DPR Korea, hosts Mexico and on arch-rivals New Zealand. After being relegated last year, the Australians were determined to get back. But newly-appointed head coach Brad Vigon had to make do without their star player Nathan Walker. In the opening match, eventual silver medallist and host Mexico provided stoic resistance for Australia at the Ice Dome packed with 2,000 fans. The hosts came back from a 4-2 deficit in the third period to force overtime but the Mighty Roos prevailed in the extra period. From there it was smooth sailing for the men from Down Under, defeating Bulgaria 14-0, Israel 11-3, DPR Korea 22-0 and finally a 6-2 win over New Zealand. Despite the Kiwis not having the best of tournaments, Trans-Tasman bragging rights were on the line against Australia in the final match, in what is always a bruising encounter. New Zealand dominated early from the opening puck-drop with physical forechecking pegging Australia in their own zone. But as Australia settled, their strong passing game began to overpower the Ice Blacks and the breakthrough was made by Jordan Kyros from a nice feed from Wehebe Darge. Defenceman David Huxley scored the Mighty Roos’ second goal as time expired in the first period, and Darge picked up his 10th goal of the tournament early in the middle frame to make it 3-0. Mitch Humpries then added two quick goals and Darge bagged another, giving Australia a 6-0 cushion heading to the final period. “Only gold – anything else is a failure,” coach Vigon said before the game. “That’s not only my opinion but in the opinion of the entire squad. We’re on a mission.” “I couldn’t be more impressed by the guys’ buy-in and work ethic and everything we’ve done in preparation. The preparation the guys have done in the lead up has arguably been better than past years and they were ready to go before they boarded the plane. These guys are one of the best groups I’ve ever worked with. I can’t say enough good things about them.” New Zealand fought gallantly in the third period, with Mitchell Frear and Jacob Ratcliffe finding the back of the net, but goalie Anthony Kimlin held firm for Australia to claim the gold with the final 6-2 win. Mexico claimed the silver medal after defeating DPR Korea 5-3 in their final game. “It was a close tournament overall with good hockey,” said Mexico team spokesperson Daniela Montes de Oca. “The crowds really came out to support us and the players had fun.” Australia’s Darge finished as the tournament’s top scorer, notching 11 goals and 13 assists. Teammates Paul Baranzelli and Anthony Kimlin were named best defenceman and gest goaltender respectively, while Mexcio’s Hector Majul was voted best forward. Israel finished with the bronze medal ahead of New Zealand (4th) and DPR Korea (5th). DPR Korea was the team promoted to this group and maintained to stay in Division II thanks to a 9-3 opening day win against Bulgaria. Later they also beat New Zealand, 7-4. Bulgaria is relegated to Division III after losing all five of their games.

just doing my final cut. I have alreayd my top 10, now just have to decide between 5 songs who will take my 11th and 12th place and which 3 songs will remain in the reserve list..hard task, very hard...

well before starting to jump 2 metres high around my room, I prefer to wait for the doping controls you know, in this sport from 1 quota may be in some weeks 0 or 4 nooo joking ofc.. I´m really happy we found somehow a way to stop this insane curse of the last weeks..and I really didn´t expected that it will be by weightlifting, even when our mst experience and lead athlete injured his knee before the competition. so pleasant surprise. and now please guys, clean tests

well, it would be a shame if she didn´t win and you´re welcome

Slovakia - Canada 2-0 after Day 1 Dominika Cibulková - Francoise Abanda 4:6, 6:3, 6:1 Anna Karolína Schmiedlová - Aleksandra Wozniak 6:4, 4:6, 6:4 and one for heywoodu

ok, this was much better ! but still we are far from what we want see...

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well, it was few years ago. we had Top division also was called "A" category, then just we had pool B, pool C and Pool D, but since many new entries entered and announced the interest of competing (especially after USSR exploded in million and five new teams), IIHF changed the names to Top division, division I with 12 teams, division II with 12 teams and so, but since 2005 we have this current system, because lower divisions had too many nations competing, and from organizating view it´s easier to care about a 6 teams round robin then a 12 nations tournament..and more nations are attracted to host these world championships

even this will not help SVK to qualify, we still need few more

2 floors between top division and division II A, so in fact since next year only 1 In fact it´s really easy to understand... in men´s elite category we have Top Division 16 teams (2 relegated each year to division I Group A) Division I Group A 6 teams (2 promoted to top division and 1 relegated to dividion I Group B each year) Division I Group B 6 teams (1 promoted to division I group A, 1 relegated to division II group A each year) Division II Group A 6 teams (1 promoted to division I group B (In this case you this time), 1 relegated to dividion II group B each year) Division II Group B 6 teams (1 promoted to division II group A, 1 relegated to divission III each year) Division III open competition, usually 6 or 7 teams, depend of interest, (1 promoted to division II Group B, each year) if there more than 8 countries, there necessary also a Division III qualification tournament to be played few months before the tournament (1 promoted to division III from this tournament)

Gold’n Orange Dutch remain unbeaten, back to Division I The Netherlands players listen to the national anthem after winning the last game against Belgium and the tournament One year after being relegated from the Division I, the Netherlands are back. The Dutch team did not slip up at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group A and claimed the gold winning all five games. Although predicted by many as clear tournament favourites, the Netherlands travelled to Spain with an inexperienced squad as many players were not available for selection due to club team commitments. The main ‘culprit’ being the Tilburg Trappers, who made the switch to the third-tier German Oberliga this season and have advanced to the league finals which start today. It automatically meaned head coach Chris Eimers could put a cross through 12 names of the team that donned the orange jersey last year. “It was a weird built-up to this tournament,” reveals Eimers. “We didn’t know who we could select as these playoffs were ongoing. We always had a backup plan in place.” A plan that included a string of inexperienced players that had yet to make their debut in the national team. One of them was 31-year-old forward Jasper Kick from HYS The Hague, who was obviously delighted after having received his gold medal. Kick: “It is great to experience this. I never had expected to be called up at my age. The coach is giving me so much confidence and he knows what I am capable of for this team.” Asked if he expects to be around next year, Kick responded honestly: “I have to be realistic and admit there’s many better forwards then me in the Netherlands, so I shouldn’t be selected if the other players are available. However, I will always be ready when I’m being called upon.” The tournament started off well for the Dutch, claiming a 3-2 morale boosting victory over a pesky Serbian side. On the second day an upset was in the making as hosts Spain took a cheeky 2-0 lead going into the final period but the Netherlands recovered and skated away with a 3-2 win in overtime. “A good start is vital if you want to perform well during such a short tournament,” Chris Eimers said. “It builds trust and confidence instead of having to run behind the eight ball. We didn’t convert on our power plays against Spain and had a poor second period. But we were back on our feet in the third period and played up to our standards, which eventually led us to victory.” After a modest but rock-solid win over Iceland (3-0), the Dutch offence started to click in the final two games. Boosted by the arrival of Nardo Nagtzaam, who had just won the Slovenian championship, the Dutch steamrolled China (9-0) before being able to lock first place in the group with a convincing 6-2 win over neighbours Belgium. Not surprisingly, the Netherlands were well presented in the individual statistics lists. Forwards Kevin Bruijsten and Julian van Lijden each had five goals while defenceman Erik Tummers was honoured the tournament’s top scorer title with a goal and eight assists. Goaltender Sjoerd Idzenga was dominant in net with a Goals Against Average of 1.28 and a save percentage of 94.83%. “The difference between Division I and Division II is gigantic. No offence to the squad who captured gold here and of which I’m extremely proud, but we need better players to compete in Division I,” said Eimers after the game. “I know it sounds odd having just been promoted from Division II, but I honestly believe that if the Dutch Ice Hockey Federation can create the right environment for our top hockey players to develop and practise and we can have our best players available, the Dutch can compete in the top of Division IB or perhaps even lower half of Division IA.” Hosts Spain set a questionable record of having won a silver at every IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship tournament this year. After the U20, U18 and women’s team, also the men’s team became second-best in the group with nine points due to losing the key game against the Netherlands in overtime. A silver medal is what Belgium would have loved to get. Having gone unbeaten during the first three games, the team looked to be threatening the Dutch for gold. A 4-1 loss against Spain on Day 4 rocked their boat and after today’s loss against their northern neighbours the Belgians had to settle for bronze. At the other end of the table, China was relegated back to Division II Group B having gone winless in all five games while Iceland and Serbia managed to stay. The smooth-skating Asians played some decent hockey during the tournament but fell short in the end. They managed to keep Spain at bay until the last five minutes and forced Belgium to overtime. China required a win over Serbia on the final day to keep their hopes of staying up alive but they left the ice with a 3-0 loss against the Serbs who claimed the fourth place just above Iceland.

Gold’n Orange Dutch remain unbeaten, back to Division I The Netherlands players listen to the national anthem after winning the last game against Belgium and the tournament One year after being relegated from the Division I, the Netherlands are back. The Dutch team did not slip up at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group A and claimed the gold winning all five games. Although predicted by many as clear tournament favourites, the Netherlands travelled to Spain with an inexperienced squad as many players were not available for selection due to club team commitments. The main ‘culprit’ being the Tilburg Trappers, who made the switch to the third-tier German Oberliga this season and have advanced to the league finals which start today. It automatically meaned head coach Chris Eimers could put a cross through 12 names of the team that donned the orange jersey last year. “It was a weird built-up to this tournament,” reveals Eimers. “We didn’t know who we could select as these playoffs were ongoing. We always had a backup plan in place.” A plan that included a string of inexperienced players that had yet to make their debut in the national team. One of them was 31-year-old forward Jasper Kick from HYS The Hague, who was obviously delighted after having received his gold medal. Kick: “It is great to experience this. I never had expected to be called up at my age. The coach is giving me so much confidence and he knows what I am capable of for this team.” Asked if he expects to be around next year, Kick responded honestly: “I have to be realistic and admit there’s many better forwards then me in the Netherlands, so I shouldn’t be selected if the other players are available. However, I will always be ready when I’m being called upon.” The tournament started off well for the Dutch, claiming a 3-2 morale boosting victory over a pesky Serbian side. On the second day an upset was in the making as hosts Spain took a cheeky 2-0 lead going into the final period but the Netherlands recovered and skated away with a 3-2 win in overtime. “A good start is vital if you want to perform well during such a short tournament,” Chris Eimers said. “It builds trust and confidence instead of having to run behind the eight ball. We didn’t convert on our power plays against Spain and had a poor second period. But we were back on our feet in the third period and played up to our standards, which eventually led us to victory.” After a modest but rock-solid win over Iceland (3-0), the Dutch offence started to click in the final two games. Boosted by the arrival of Nardo Nagtzaam, who had just won the Slovenian championship, the Dutch steamrolled China (9-0) before being able to lock first place in the group with a convincing 6-2 win over neighbours Belgium. Not surprisingly, the Netherlands were well presented in the individual statistics lists. Forwards Kevin Bruijsten and Julian van Lijden each had five goals while defenceman Erik Tummers was honoured the tournament’s top scorer title with a goal and eight assists. Goaltender Sjoerd Idzenga was dominant in net with a Goals Against Average of 1.28 and a save percentage of 94.83%. “The difference between Division I and Division II is gigantic. No offence to the squad who captured gold here and of which I’m extremely proud, but we need better players to compete in Division I,” said Eimers after the game. “I know it sounds odd having just been promoted from Division II, but I honestly believe that if the Dutch Ice Hockey Federation can create the right environment for our top hockey players to develop and practise and we can have our best players available, the Dutch can compete in the top of Division IB or perhaps even lower half of Division IA.” Hosts Spain set a questionable record of having won a silver at every IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship tournament this year. After the U20, U18 and women’s team, also the men’s team became second-best in the group with nine points due to losing the key game against the Netherlands in overtime. A silver medal is what Belgium would have loved to get. Having gone unbeaten during the first three games, the team looked to be threatening the Dutch for gold. A 4-1 loss against Spain on Day 4 rocked their boat and after today’s loss against their northern neighbours the Belgians had to settle for bronze. At the other end of the table, China was relegated back to Division II Group B having gone winless in all five games while Iceland and Serbia managed to stay. The smooth-skating Asians played some decent hockey during the tournament but fell short in the end. They managed to keep Spain at bay until the last five minutes and forced Belgium to overtime. China required a win over Serbia on the final day to keep their hopes of staying up alive but they left the ice with a 3-0 loss against the Serbs who claimed the fourth place just above Iceland.