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Sosina shoots to thrill! Russia edges Finns for its third bronze ever Russian players look on during the national anthem following a 1-0 bronze medal game shoot-out win over Finland at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship. Olga Sosina scored the shootout winner as Russia edged Finland 1-0 in the 2016 bronze medal game. It is Russia's third Women's Worlds bronze medal of all time. Sosina went to her backhand and lifted the puck past Finnish goalie Meeri Raisanen on the stick side, sparking a wild celebration as the Russians mobbed their heroine. Sosina said her familiarity with Raisanen as a former SKIF Nizhni Novgorod teammate may have helped, as they used to practice shootouts together after practice. "I wasn’t sure if she still remembers my move or not," said Sosina. The Russians bounced back admirably after a tough 9-0 semi-final loss to the U.S. Their previous bronze medals came in 2001 and 2013. "It feels great, amazing," said Russia's Iya Gavrilova. "This never gets old, you know? We won the bronze three years ago [in Ottawa], and now again in Canada. I guess Canada is a lucky country for us!" There was also an element of revenge. Last year in Malmo, Finland defeated Russia 4-1 for bronze. The Russians chose the right moments to shine in Kamloops. They lost three straight in the round-robin, but stepped up to beat Sweden 4-1 in the quarter-finals. On Monday, they stepped up again. It was the third consecutive Women's Worlds at which Russia has played for a medal. That reflects the progress the Russian program has made since injecting more funding, ice time and support in the run-up to the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. Finland outshot Russia 32-23. The Russians prevailed despite failing to convert on five power play opportunities, compared to Finland's two. Russian goalie Nadezhda Morozova recorded her first shutout of the tournament. "She’s just the best," Sosina said of Morozova. Despite coming fourth, the Finns can take pride in their performance in Kamloops. They battled hard in losses to both finalists, falling 2-1 to the U.S. in the round-robin and 5-3 to Canada in the semi-finals. "I’m really proud of my team," said disappointed Finnish captain Jenni Hiirikoski. "We really worked hard and played together. We put it all out there today, but Russia was one goal better." Both teams came out skating. Raisanen felt the heat early on as Russia barely failed to convert two glorious chances generated by forward Elina Mitrofanova. Finland took the first penalty at 7:39, but generated better opportunities than Russia while shorthanded, with Michelle Karvinen and Riikka Valila dancing around the Russian net. Their linemate, 16-year-old Petra Nieminen, was also dangerous as the Finns carried the play as the period wore on. About two minutes into the second period, Russia’s Yelena Dergachyova had a wide-open net but bounced the puck off the inside of Raisanen’s left post. Teammate Valeria Pavlova raised her arms in premature celebration. In the third period, Raisanen foiled Russian assistant captain Yekaterina Smolentseva from close range with her right pad late in a subsequent Russian man advantage. Nieminen came close on another solo rush through Russian defenders, but couldn't tuck it past Morozova's right skate. Raisanen was shaken up on a collision late in regulation, but remained in the game. With 1:37 to play, Pavlova hauled down Finnish speedster Sanni Hakala coming down left wing, and Finland got just its second power play of the game. Finnish head coach Pasi Mustonen called his timeout. The Finns were all over Russia, but couldn't cash in before the end of regulation. "Mentally, we were so close in the Canada game," said Raisanen. "We didn’t play our best game tonight." Russia had the better chances in overtime. Smolentseva shot wide on a breakaway, and Raisanen stymied Sosina from right in front just before the horn. Reflecting afterwards, Gavrilova said: "For Russia, it’s great for women’s hockey. We wanted to do it for all the girls who are watching right now. More attention, more promotion for women’s hockey. It’s not just about Russia, it’s the whole world. This was a good intense game. So hopefully everyone enjoyed it and more girls are going to come to women’s hockey."

Russia - Finland 1-0 (GWS)

argh 9 points of the podium....this was close...just the Quarterfinal upset Russia-Sweden destroyed my eventual first medal... but anyway. congrats to the medalists and thanks for this hockey contest wanderer

sorryyyy.. fixed surely Antarctica is again behind this attempt of sabotage

Men's Final Olympic Qualification Tournament Trieste (ITA) - 03.04.2016 - 10.04.2016 Preliminary Round 12 Nations, 2 Groups, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations will Qualify to Quarterfinals Day 2 Results Group A Canada 14 - 14 Hungary (Score by Period: 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 3-1) 4th April 2016, h. 16:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Romania 11 - 12 France (Score by Period : 4-3, 3-3, 3-4, 1-2) 4th April 2016, h. 17:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Russia 7 - 4 Slovakia (Score by Period : 2-0, 3-3, 0-1, 2-0) 4th April 2016, h. 19:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Group A Provisional Standing After Day 2 RANK NATION GAME WINS DRAW LOST GF GR GD POINTS 1 Hungary 2 1 1 0 27 21 +6 3 2 Canada 2 1 1 0 21 20 +1 3 3 Russia 2 1 0 1 13 11 +2 2 4 Romania 2 1 0 1 24 23 +1 2 5 France 2 1 0 1 19 24 -5 2 6 Slovakia 2 0 0 2 15 20 -5 0 Group B Kazakhstan 5 - 8 Netherlands (Score by Period: 0-3, 2-2, 2-2, 1-1) 4th April 2016, h. 13:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Germany 5 - 10 Spain (Score by Period : 1-1, 1-0, 2-4, 1-5) 4th April 2016, h. 15:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Italy 22 - 3 South Africa (Score by Period : 5-1, 6-0, 7-1, 4-1) 4th April 2016, h. 20:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Group B Provisional Standing After Day 2 RANK NATION GAME WINS DRAW LOST GF GR GD POINTS 1 Italy 2 2 0 0 36 6 +30 4 2 Netherlands 2 2 0 0 15 10 +5 4 3 Germany 2 1 0 1 28 14 +14 2 4 Spain 2 1 0 1 15 12 +3 2 5 Kazakhstan 2 0 0 2 8 22 -14 0 6 South Africa 2 0 0 2 7 45 -38 0

Men´s Under 18 dividion II A started today. livestream of matches here also womens Division I B started today in Italy livestreams available on youtube

again not so bad perf by our guys. of course we are playing too naively. but yeah, cmon we are the mega underdogs here - maybe only excluding South Africa, so I´m really satisfied with our play so far, we need just to learn to be more patient during our offensive actions, because once again we threw away many goal chances too easily. but yeah, we are watching everything here around and learning slowly but carefully. next qualifiers will be again a step better..and one day, who know...

[hide] Knockout Round April 1st-April 4th, 2016 6 Nations, Placement Matches, Relegation Play-Offs, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match, winning Nation will become Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Championship 2016 Champion Bronze Medal Match Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 April 4th 2016, h. 15:00, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Finland 3 Russia Gold Medal Match Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 April 4th 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops United States 2 Canada [/hide]

France won against Romania

so it should be ok

why do you think the song would not be eligible to participate? when was the song released?

Really happy to read it ! welcome back

it´s 10-9 for HUN now but still.. Canada is very good, I didn´t expected them so good. wow respect Canada

Welcome in the contest Glen, Happy to have Malta back with us again

Updated as of April 4th, 2016

Updated as of April 4th, 2016

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Canada beats gritty Finns Spooner pots three, hosts reach final vs. U.S. Canada's Natalie Spooner #24, Marie-Philip Poulin #29, Meghan Agosta #2 and Brigette Lacquette #4 celebrate after a first period goal against Finland's Meeri Raisanen #18 while Rosa Lindstedt #4 and Tanja Niskanen #19 look on during semifinal round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship In a hard-fought late semi-final, host Canada beat Finland 5-3 to move on to the gold medal game versus the Americans. Natalie Spooner scored a hat trick. Canada, the reigning four-time Olympic champion, is bidding for its 11th Women’s Worlds gold medal of all time and first since 2012. It will battle the defending champion U.S. on Monday night at the Sandman Centre. It'll be another classic showdown between the North American archrivals. "I expect a close battle between the two countries," said Canadian coach Laura Schuler. "It’s always been close. It’s usually a one-goal game." Meanwhile, the Finns, the “Queens of Bronze,” will attempt to win that medal, versus Russia, for the 12th time in tournament history. "It’s totally mental if we win the game or not," said Finnish coach Pasi Mustonen. "We know that we can win. We can beat the Russians. But we have to be able to put this game behind us." Last year, Canada settled for silver after losing 7-5 to the U.S. in the final. The Finns won bronze with a 4-1 victory over Russia. Although Canada clearly carried the play here, it was an interesting and tense semi-final in front of more than 4,000 spectators. The gritty Finns were in it until the dying moments, thanks largely to the strong netminding of Meeri Raisanen. "They gave us one hell of a game," said Spooner. "I think we stuck with our game plan and were able to get a few." Canada outshot the Finns 39-19. The final score was a bit more lopsided than the play reflected, as there were two empty-net goals. Finnish coach Pasi Mustonen pulled his goalie repeatedly during late-stage power plays for an extra attacker. "We succeeded the first time," Mustonen said. "We scored the second goal. Why wouldn’t it be possible to do it one more time in the same game? I don’t see it as a gamble. I see it as a sign of good coaching. To win something great, you put it all in. I did it. We were close to succeeding." Agosta's second-period goal was her first of the tournament. Captain Marie-Philip Poulin had three assists and Brigette Lacquette had two assists. Mustonen said before the game it would take “one beautiful night” for his team to topple the red-and-white hosts. This was close, but no cigar. Saana Valkama, Michelle Karvinen and Saila Saari scored for Finland. The Finns came out hard and drew first blood seven minutes in. Valkama burst through the neutral zone on an unexpected 2-on-1, glanced to her left, and then zipped a shot over Canadian goalie Charline Labonte’s glove. Karvinen went off for crunching Hayley Wickenheiser into the boards, and Canada struck right back on the power play at 12:40. Lacquette’s shot from the left point was tipped home by Spooner, standing in front of the net. Wickenheiser drew the penalty that gave Canada its second man advantage, getting tangled up with Venla Hovi inside the Finnish blue line. The Canadians bottled up Finland with intense pressure, but Rebecca Johnston’s high shot off the post was as good as it got. "They were physical," Spooner said of the Finns. "They’re a great team. We’re going into tomorrow with the same mindset and the same intensity." Agosta had a glorious chance on a clear-cut breakaway to start the second period. But Raisanen, who played nine games this season in the Finnish men’s third league, stoned her. The Finns just continued to hang on. Finland got its first power play at 10:59 after Poulin laid out Suvi Ollikainen in the corner to Labonte’s right with an illegal bodycheck. Ollikainen remained down for a minute, but skated off under her own power. The best chance went to Canada shorthanded. Brianne Jenner stripped Minttu Tuominen of the puck at the Canadian blue line on a shorthanded breakaway, but again Raisanen was equal to the challenge. With a delayed penalty coming up to Finnish captain Jenni Hiirikoski late in the middle frame, Canadian blueliner Meaghan Mikkelson missed a wide-open net net by Raisanen’s left post. The Canadians stormed Raisanen’s net during the ensuing man advantage. Just after it expired, Agosta banged in a rebound from the spot where Mikkelson had missed at 17:29, sending the crowd into a wild celebration. "I think we just had to try to get in lanes and get to the net and I think we did that well today," said Spooner. In the third period, Spooner made it 3-1 when she sped away on a shorthanded breakaway and beat Raisanen with a backhand over the right pad at 5:38. With under nine minutes to go, Finland got another power play chance when Jennifer Wakefield was sent off for nailing Karvinen. Rolling the dice in a bid for the equalizer, Mustonen pulled his goalie for a sixth skater for more than two minutes, but it didn't pay off. The Finnish coach, taking a page out of Colorado Avalanche coach Patrick Roy's book, tried it again when Sarah Davis went off for hooking at 14:49, and this time it worked. Valila skimmed a pass cross-crease to Karvinen who put her fourth of the tournament in the open side at 15:42. And for a third time, Raisanen came out after Jenner skated through her crease and made contact, resulting in a goalie interference penalty. Trailing by one goal, the Finns gambled with a 6-on-4. This time it backfired, as Turnbull got the puck and scored an empty-netter at 16:56. "We have to try," said Hiirikoski. "That was the right call." Spooner put her third goal into the gaping cage at 17:43. "I feel like I’ve had so many chances throughout the tournament and just couldn’t bury them," said Spooner. "So it was nice to get a few today heading into tomorrow, for sure." Saari cut the deficit to 5-3 with 33 seconds left, but that was as close as Finland would get. The partisan red-and-white fans went home happy. It was the 20th meeting between these nations in Women’s Worlds history, dating back to 1990, and the 20th consecutive loss for Finland. In the round-robin, Canada defeated the Finns 6-1.

Finland - Canada 3-5

Swedes top Czech Republic Late rally gives Sweden fifth place over Czechs Sweden's Anna Borgqvist #18 plays the puck while fending off Czech Republic's Anna Zikova #27 during placement round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship. With three goals in a span of 2:05, Sweden came back from a 2-0 third-period deficit to beat the Czechs 4-2 in the fifth-place game. Lisa Johansson’s goal with 7:36 left stood up as the winner. There were some panicky moments in the dying stages at McArthur Island Centre. Swedish forward Hanna Olsson was penalized for closing her hand on the puck with just over two minutes left. The Czechs pulled goalie Klara Peslarova in a bid for the equalizer. However, Anna Borqvist added an empty-netter to round out the scoring. The Swedes outshot the Czechs 22-20. Czech captain Alena Polenska staked her team to the early lead with two first-period goals. Despite this loss, the Czechs made big strides in Kamloops. Finishing sixth is better than most pundits projected for the newly promoted squad. It’ll be exciting for Czech fans to see if they can do even better at the 2017 IIHF Women’s World Championship in Plymouth, Michigan. The Swedes have now come fifth at five out of seven Women’s Worlds since 2008. Sweden, the only nation to play in an Olympic women's final besides Canada and the U.S. (2006), has not medaled since 2007 (bronze), and will continue to look for solutions.

Sweden - Czech Republic 4-2

U.S. thrashes Russia Defending champs are one win away USA's Kelli Stack #16 celebrates after a first period goal against Russia's Anna Prugova #31 while Tatyana Burina #23, Olga Sosina #18 and Haley Skarupa #11 look on during semifinal round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship The U.S. scored five first-period goals in a 9-0 semi-final romp over Russia at the Sandman Centre on Sunday. The defending champions will play for gold again. Like last year, the Americans will take on the winner of the Canada-Finland semi-final, while Russia will face the loser for bronze. "Obviously any time you can get a big win in the semi-finals, it gives you a lot of energy and fire going into the final," said U.S. captain Meghan Duggan. In this blowout, U.S. scoring leader Hilary Knight had two goals and two assists. Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson potted two goals and an assist, and Kelli Stack scored twice. Megan Bozek had a goal and two assists. Brianna Decker chipped in a goal and an assist, and Monique Lamoureux had three helpers. "I think we look forward to playing in the gold medal game," said Stack. "It’s what we work for so hard all year long. We’re super-prepared and ready to go. It’s just going to be a lot of fun." Goalie Alex Rigsby recorded her first shutout and second win of the tournament. The Americans outshot Russia 40-17. "The biggest thing for me was just taking it one shot at a time and making sure I was focused the entire game, playing my game," said Rigsby. "Also, we made sure we were doing extra communication out there among the defence." Coach Ken Klee’s offense is firing on all cylinders heading into a likely rematch with archrival Canada. The U.S. has racked up 22 goals in four games in Kamloops. "I think this is maybe the best game of the tournament we’ve played," said Klee. "Our pairings on D were working well together. Our forwards were all reading off each other. We had a lot of one-touch passes today to open players, and we gave ourselves a lot of great looks." They're air-tight defensively, allowing just two goals in total so far. The last one was by Michelle Karvinen at 5:03 of the first period during Finland's 2-1 loss on Tuesday. The Americans have won six out of the last eight IIHF Women's World Championships. Every final since the inaugural 1990 edition has pitted them against Canada. "You look at how close we are with whoever our opponents are," Klee cautioned. "We had a close game with Finland. We had a good game with Canada. Either way, it should be a great hockey game." The Russians weren't expected to win the semi-final, but were disappointed about not giving the U.S. more of a fight. At least superficially, not much has changed since last year's semi-final, where the Americans thumped them 13-1. Now the focus must shift to winning Russia's third bronze of all time. They previously took that medal in 2001 and 2013. The U.S. opened the scoring at 6:59. A forechecking Monique Lamoureux grabbed the puck behind the net and centered it to Stack, who made no mistake. "I think we just needed to get the puck in deep and start working the cycle, shooting pucks where the goalie’s not," said Stack. Just 37 seconds later, it was 2-0. Shiann Darkangelo backhanded the puck to Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson, who stickhandled past a forest of Russian defenders and beat goalie Anna Prugova along the ice from the right faceoff circle. Clearly, it wasn’t Russia’s day. Bozek’s point drive was accidentally tipped over Prugova’s shoulder by a Russian defender to make it 3-0 at 10:31. At 11:20, Knight powered home a loose puck, and it was 4-0. Knight has led this tournament in scoring twice (2011, 2015). The Russians made the token gesture of pulling Prugova in favor of Nadezhda Morozova. The U.S. made it 5-0 with just 15 seconds left in the opening frame, as Duggan crashed the crease and converted a down-low centering pass. "I think all of our lines can score and contribute," Klee said. "I think we showed that tonight." In the second period, Knight skated below the goal line and centered it to Lamoureux, who got the 6-0 goal at 5:01. It was a cleanly played game on balance, and that's why it took till late in the second for the U.S. power play to click. Decker and Stack added man-advantage goals two minutes apart before the horn. In the last minute of the middle frame, several players collided inside the U.S. blue line and Russian forward Yelena Dergachyova was shaken up. She was helped off to the dressing room. Adding insult to injury, she got a kneeing penalty on the play. Just 1:23 into the third, Knight waltzed in unobstructed to snap the 9-0 goal past Morozova. Russia has lost all 12 of its games against the Americans at the Women’s Worlds. Its most lopsided defeat ever was 15-0 on April 4, 2000.

United States - Russia 9-0

Japan’s sun sets Swiss survive as Stalder, Huni lead attack Team Switzerland celebrates after scoring a first period goal against Japan during relegation round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Switzerland defeated Japan 4-0 on Sunday afternoon to win the relegation series in two straight games. Japan is relegated to Division I. The Swiss, who won Olympic bronze in 2014, dodged a bullet. The last time they were relegated was at the 2004 IIHF Women’s World Championship. Lara Stalder paced the Swiss attack at McArthur Island Centre with a goal and three assists, and linemate Christine Huni added a goal and two assists. Japan used back-up goalie Akane Konishi instead of starter Nana Fujimoto in this game. (According to the Japan Ice Hockey Federation, Fujimoto was "not in good condition" today.) Florence Schelling earned her first shutout of the tournament for Switzerland, which outshot Japan 23-20. Germany will take Japan's place at next year's tournament. It is a disappointment for the Japanese, who were hoping to return to the elite division for an unprecedented third straight year. Their plucky play always makes them crowd favourites. At 8:50, Evelina Raselli opened the scoring for Switzerland on the power play. Two quick goals early in the second period put the Swiss in firm control. Anja Stiefel scored at 1:16, followed by Stalder at 2:30. With 38 seconds left in regulation, Huni added an empty-netter to make it 4-0. Switzerland will look forward to competing at the 2017 IIHF Women’s World Championship in Plymouth, Michigan.