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Slovakia - Denmark 5-4

Swiss outgun Latvia Volejnicek gets OT winner for Switzerland Switzerland's Yannick Lerch #18 gets ready to shoot while Latvias Gustavs Grigals #29 tracks the action during preliminary round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship. Dominik Volejnicek scored with seven seconds left in overtime as Switzerland beat Latvia 5-4 to open the World U18 Championship in Grand Forks. The power play goal came with Latvian captain Tomass Zeile in the penalty box for tripping Swiss star Nico Hischier. Volejnicek cruised into the slot and let one go that squeezed past goalie Gustavs Grigals' blocker side. Axel Simic scored twice, and Philipp Kurashev and Tobias Geisser also tallied for the Swiss. Nico Hischier added three assists in what was a true see-saw battle. "We played well, but we took many penalties," said Kurashev. "But we still won, so it’s good." Renars Krastenbergs had a goal and two assists for Latvia, Erlends Klavins added a goal and an assist, and Vlads Vulkanovs and Emils Ezitis added singles. Grigals was busier than his Swiss counterpart Matteo Ritz, as Switzerland outshot the Baltic boys 36-20. The gap could have been even higher if not for Latvia's diligent shot-blocking. "We just have to shoot more on the net," said Latvia's Deniss Smirnovs. "If you don’t take shots, you can’t score." Swiss head coach Thierry Paterlini emerged victorious in his World U18 debut behind the bench. Paterlini, 40, played at two Olympics, including the historic wins over Canada (2-0) and the Czech Republic (3-2) in Turin 2006. He also suited up at eight top-level IIHF World Championships. Looking ahead to Switzerland's next game against Russia on Saturday, Paterlini said: "I think we can take a lot out of this game for our system. If we keep on going against the Russians like this, we have a good chance to have another success, which would be very, very nice for us." In a spirited first period, Latvia drew first blood despite being outshot 13-4. Krastensbergs came down the right side and surprised Ritz with a wrister that beat the goalie on the blocker side at 3:55. It took just 40 seconds into the second period for the Swiss to tie it up. Simic’s excellent snap shot from the hash marks got under the cross bar. At 4:05, Switzerland went up 2-1. On the rush, Hischier skimmed a pass right over to Simic and his quick shot beat Grigals. "We had problems scoring at first, but we started well in the second period, which was important," said Paterlini. Just 1:42 later, Latvia fought back to even the score. Ritz made a nice pad save on Erlends Klavins but couldn’t stop Vulkanovs, parked in front, on the rebound. The Latvians had a chance to go ahead as Switzerland took three straight minor penalties, but couldn't capitalize on the power play. Switzerland regained the lead with 16 seconds left in the middle frame, as Geisser’s low shot to the stick side from the slot found the twine. But the Latvians showed a never-say-die attitude. At 5:55 of the third period, Ezitis whooshed down right wing and unleashed one that slipped past the Swiss goalie's glove. At 10:33, Switzerland went back up as Kurashev cruised down the middle and took a pass from Thomas Lust before whipping it high into the net. Still, coach Eriks Miluns's team refused to wilt. Latvia made it 4-4 with 5:58 remaining in regulation, as an unguarded Klavins pushed it home on the doorstep. Klavins missed a glorious opportunity for the go-ahead marker with one minute left. "We didn’t have luck today," said Smirnovs. "It wasn’t our time. That’s it." The Latvians are right back in action on Friday versus Sweden. Paterlini was happy with the way his Swiss team handled the opener overall: "For them, it’s quite big to be here in this nice, big arena. It was the first game of the tournament, so we coaches had to calm them down a little bit to make sure their emotions didn’t go too high or too low. It’s important to find a good balance." It was the third World U18 meeting of all time between these two nations. In 2012, Latvia beat Switzerland 4-2. The Swiss won 3-2 in overtime in 2015 to send the Latvians to the relegation round. Local schoolchildren, many of them colourfully attired in neon green, enlivened the proceedings with their vigorous cheering in the lower bowl at the Ralph Engelstad Arena.

Latvia - Switzerland 4-5 (OT)

SVK-CAN will be opened by Dominika Cibulková and Francoise Abanda in 1st match

what? I don´t think it´s possible. I´m almost sure that a athlete can´t represent at OG another country, if he/she did qualified under another NOC meanwhile I´ll not change anything in the team size or in this thread untill it will not be official

Updated as of April 14th, 2016

Updated as of April 14th, 2016

absolutely not

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Updated as of April 14th, 2016

and another lost in minifinal..wow, this must be a world record of wasting quotas

ROAD TO IIHF MEN´S ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016 FRIENDLY MATCHES Slovakia 0 - 6 Russia (Score by Period: 0-0, 0-3, 0-3) 14th April 2016, h. 17:30 (GMT +2) Latvia 1 - 3 Belarus (Score by Period: 0-1, 0-2, 1-0) 14th April 2016, h. 17:30 (GMT +3)

Updated as of April 14th, 2016

just a perfect end of a wonderful day... all our 2 girls lost the minifinal.. no, just you can´t find much unlucky country in this olympic cycle than us

pffff.... well, this was just a friendly and a test match, with many players which for sure, (and after what they showed those last 2 matches) for a million %! will not be selectioned for the final team roster, but still..this was a incredible shame that we had to endure...I just have no words..no comment Really I wish to never! never! never have to experience again something like this, and will never see in my life again anymore such a embarrassing and dishonouring performance.. oh my goddness, what a disgrace!

Thanks man! Great job! I´ll put the link in the first post.

ROAD TO IIHF MEN´S ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016 FRIENDLY MATCHES Switzerland 3 - 2 Czech Republic (Score by Period: 1-1, 2-0, 0-1) 13th April 2016, h. 19:45 (GMT +2)

SVK updates.. our last boxer in this tournament is out. as expected Matúš Strnisko lost to the ex-world champion Khyzhniak of Ukraine in -81kg quarter finals... but still amazing that he manage to win 2 matches here. once again what a pity for the Viliam Tankó injury, I´m so sad about that..but well, what can we do, it´s not the end of the world, the sun will rise again tomorrow

Slovak Television presented today the program for the upcomming world championships. 63 of the 64 matches will be broadcasted in our 2 national channels STV 1 and STV 2. 32 games will be broadcasted live and 31 in re-live right after each live match will be ended. all 64 matches will be streamed and commented also online on slovak national television website, they will prepare 2 stream channels. All slovak matches will be live also on slovak national radio. STV will send 3 main commentators, 4 secondary commentators and reporters and 4 well known ex-players and already experienced co-commentators. also as traditionally during last years 1 our experienced video-analytic who will review and analyse the matches during the special studio between the different periods of the matches. Also they will prepare some secondary programs, like "mix zona" and a stand up comedy program "predlženie" (overtime) a program where known humorists will glos the matches with humor. and here the trailer of STV for the IIHF world championships 2016

btw Bouchard will not play in SVK in the upcomming fed cup clash. good news for her I can´t imagine what miss cow would have to endure during the match from the fans

wow 160 000 Euro? what she did?

so, first cut done. down to 20 songs really hard task this year, I love each song.. very impressive level in this edition

statement of Slovak boxing federation Please for everything on earth, kick this corrupted joke out of the olympics !!!

the playing system http://www.ettu.org/?proxy=redaktion/calendar/ETTU-EOSQ-2016-July-2015-updated-April-2016.pdf