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Power Rankings Unbeaten Canada stays on top With the tournament's best goal difference (+10), Canada stays on top in the second edition of the Power Rankings, followed by the Finns and Czechs. 1. Canada: Fun fact: St. Petersburg is named after Bill Peters 2. Finland: Patrik? Olga wants to give you...a Leafs jersey! 3. Czech Republic: The Russians were like, “Furch!” 4. Slovakia: Give Ciger a cigar! (No, no, it’s a metaphor!) 5. Sweden: We mention Nyquist. He wins the Derby. Coincidence? 6. United States: Auston? Olga is going through a phase 7. Latvia: Nah, you’re right, Russia...it probably was Hasek... 8. Russia: Laika says: “Woof! Woof!” 9. Norway: Next on Tuesday Night Rivalry, it’s Kazakhstan-Norway 10. Denmark: Yes, but we have better beer 11. France: Allez les Blues! Allez les Blues! 12. Kazakhstan: “Long shot” – yep, that’s us 13. Switzerland: Look at his jersey! Norway’s goalie is Voldemort! 14. Germany: Marco Sturm is scoring like Gretzky in Phoenix 15. Belarus: What if we got the Zamboni to park in front of our net? 16. Hungary: You stole our victory, Michael Matheson Previous editions: 6 May The Power Rankings are for the enjoyment of IIHF.com readers, and reflect the progress of teams during the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. They are distinct from the official standings and IIHF World Ranking.

Sweden - Denmark 5-2 HIGHLIGHTS

France - Slovakia 1-5 HIGHLIGHTS

Norway - Switzerland 4-3 after OT HIGHLIGHTS

Finland - Germany 5-1 HIGHLIGHTS

Kazakhstan - Russia 4-6 HIGHLIGHTS

Hungary - Canada 1-7 HIGHLIGHTS

Tre Kronor rally for win Swede dreams, Danish nightmares Sweden's Mattias Sjogren #15 looks for a scoring chance against Denmark's Sebastian Dahm #32 while Jesper B. Jensen #41 defends during preliminary round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Championship. Denmark flirted with a historic victory but two goals from Mikael Backlund helped Sweden battle back to record a ruthless win and move joint top of Group A. On the face of it, a 5-2 win for Sweden over Denmark looks like a routine result in World Championship play. But as Group A continues to fascinate the neutrals and frustrate the favourites, Denmark saw a genuine chance to make history evaporate under the glare of a revitalised Swedish power play. The Danes have never done better than a two-goal loss against their neighbour across the Oresund, but a solid counter-attacking display in the first period earned the outsider a fully deserved 1-0 lead. Things were going right at both ends of the ice: Nikolaj Ehlers was the brightest spark on a lively first line, claiming the opening goal after his shot from the point deflected off a Swedish stick and testing Viktor Fasth more than once. At the back, Sebastian Dahm continued his impressive form from game one with 11 more saves and the defence was getting bodies and sticks in the way to thwart the Swedes, most notably when Gustav Nyquist’s lovely spin-o-rama pass presented Alexander Wennberg with an open goal, only for Morten Green to force the shot wide of the target. After watching Sweden struggle to score against Latvia in game one, Denmark could dare to dream at the first intermission. Defenceman Adam Larsson admitted that things were not going at all well for his team. "We started the game the way we played last time," he complained. "We didn't work hard enough and we didn't play north-south the way we wanted to. That hurt us. We made too many turnovers, but by the start of the second we cleaned that up and minimized their chances." By the end of that second period the game was turning into a nightmare for Jan Karlsson’s men. Hurt by bad bounces and floored by penalty trouble, the Danes gave up four goals in 12 minutes and the chance of a shock win was gone. Sweden began to show the kind of class that has Par Marts regularly leading his country into the medals and ran up a final scoreline that did not wholly reflect how close we came to yet another Moscow sensation. Even as the Swedes drew level there was an element of fortune about the tying goal. Denmark’s defence was doing all the right things, getting bodies in front of shots and battling for territory on the slot, but a cruel bounce diverted Oscar Fantenburg’s strike to Robert Rosen and the forward squeezed his shot between Green and Dahm. Even the goalscorer agreed that luck played its part: "Oscar just tried to get it to the net and it hit something on the way," Rosen said. "It was a lucky bounce that it came to my stick and I just tried to get it on the net." Denmark had no chance to regroup. A penalty on Morten Madsen presented the Tre Kronor with the chance to get ahead, but again a wicked deflection played a huge role as Mikael Backlund wrangled the puck blindly away from Dahm and rejoiced as it cannoned wildly off a Danish skate and into the empty net. Now Sweden could establish the traditional gap in class between these teams. Further penalty trouble took the game out of reach. With more than 90 seconds defending a three-on-five the Danes were simply overstretched. Magnus Nygren’s one-timer from the face-off spot made it 3-1 and Backlund added his second of the night to impose maximum punishment for Denmark’s misdemeanours. "We knew we had to trust our instincts," Rosen added. "We know we're a good team and have lots of skills. After 25 minutes or so we had a lot more movement on offence and created more trouble for them." By the third period, for the first time in Group A action this year, the outcome was beyond doubt. Gustav Nyquist added a fifth, a composed finish for his second of the tournament, before Jesper Jensen earned a big cheer when he got a consolation goal for plucky Denmark in the last minute.

Sweden - Denmark 5-2

Slovakia shows Ciger's team on a roll Slovakia's Dominik Granak #51 celebrates with Vladimir Dravecky #22 after scoring a first period goal during preliminary round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Championship Slovakia gets its second win in as many games with a commanding performance against France. Slovakia continued their winning ways with a 5-1 win over France in the Preliminary Round of the IIHF World Championships tonight at Yubileiny Arena. With two goals in the first and two more in the second periods, Slovakia gave themselves room to breathe and their second win of the tournament. In the first period a pair of goals by Andrej Sekera and Dominik Granak gave Slovakia the lead after falling behind very early in. Julius Hudacek, making his first start, recorded 21 saves. "I think we played better today than yesterday." Sekera said. "We played 55 minutes, not 60. Still not quite there. But we did a good job in the third period." France would strike first at 1:09 into the game when Jordann Perret scored on a break as a result of the puck deflecting off Martin Marincin’s stick and heading into the Slovakia zone. Gregory Beron made the initial pass out of France’s zone before it was redirected Perret’s way. Perret wasted no time and went five hole for the score. Sekera opened Slovakia’s scoring with a slapshot that beat Cristobal Huet stick side to tie the game. Sekera has goals in back to back games in this tournament. Granak pulled his team ahead 2-1. With a textbook faceoff win by Patrik Lusnak, Vladimir Dravecky controlled the puck and sent it to Granak for a blast that also beat Huet stickside. "We started the game well." Perret said. "Afterwards, we didn’t stick to our system. We started looking for long passes and all that. Against a good team like Slovakia, they were able to counter against us and take advantage." For nearly fifteen minutes both teams would trade chances in the second period. France had its two best chances within a three-minute stretch that if either were converted would have brought them back and leveled the score. Julien Desrosiers fed Damien Raux in front for a backhand that Julius Hudacek was able to save. Then minutes later Hudacek was able to get a piece of Tim Bozon’s shot. Over the final six minutes, Slovakia turned up the effort and scored twice to extend their lead and put the game out of reach. Martin Bakos scored a power play goal at 14:52 to make it 3-1. With his back to the net, Bakos grabbed the loose puck off an Andrej Meszaros shot that first hit the stick of Laurent Meunier. He swung around and fired the puck in. It was Slovakia’s first power play goal of the tournament. Less than a minute later, Libor Hudacek scored. French defenseman Beron turned the puck over in trying to clear it out of his zone. Marek Viedensky sent a pass to Tomas Jurco who found Hudacek. French head coach Dave Henderson changed goaltenders in the third, giving Florian Hardy an opportunity to see some action. Hardy would be tested throughout the period. He came up with big stops on Lusnak and Bakos and kept Slovakia off the board for most of the third. However, Slovakia added a final goal when a two-on-one with Viedensky and Jurco and Christian Jaros trailing on the play unfolded. Jurco passed to Viedensky who slowed to find Jaros and he popped it in. It was Jaros first ever senior goal in this his debut tournament with the national team. Slovakia and France both get a day off tomorrow. On Tuesday, Slovakia faces Germany while France takes on Hungary.

France - Slovakia 1-5

ok, but still Holzer should got 2 minutes at least for interfernce

Final Results A Sweden - Denmark 5-2 (0-1, 4-0, 1-1) 15:05 Nikolaj EHLERS 0-1 27:03 Robert ROSEN 1-1 28:30 Mikael BACKLUND 2-1 37:06 Magnus NYGREN 3-1 39:00 Mikael BACKLUND 4-1 49:35 Gustav NYQVIST 5-1 59:54 Jesper B. JENSEN 5-2 B France - Slovakia 1-5 (1-2, 0-2, 0-1) 01:09 Jordann PERRET 1-0 03:55 Andrej SEKERA 1-1 13:55 Dominik GRAŇÁK 1-2 34:52 Martin BAKOŠ 1-3 35:40 Libor HUDÁČEK 1-4 57:55 Christián JAROŠ 1-5

well a bit better than against Hungary, but still not what we expect and want see from our team. too many empty moments of play. with all respect to France we can not let them play so much time in our defence zone. hope it will be better and our play will increase in the next much important matches.

Scores after 2nd period A Sweden - Denmark 4-1 (0-1, 4-0, -) 15:05 Nikolaj EHLERS 0-1 27:03 Robert ROSEN 1-1 28:30 Mikael BACKLUND 2-1 37:06 Magnus NYGREN 3-1 39:00 Mikael BACKLUND 4-1 B France - Slovakia 1-4 (1-2, 0-2, -) 01:09 Jordann PERRET 1-0 03:55 Andrej SEKERA 1-1 13:55 Dominik GRAŇÁK 1-2 34:52 Martin BAKOŠ 1-3 35:40 Libor HUDÁČEK 1-4

Scores after 1st period A Sweden - Denmark 0-1 (0-1, -, -) 15:05 Nikolaj EHLERS 0-1 B France - Slovakia 1-2 (1-2, -, -) 01:09 Jordann PERRET 1-0 03:55 Andrej SEKERA 1-1 13:55 Dominik GRAŇÁK 1-2

this moment. The referee excluded the player of Finland Pihlstrom. The finnish got 2+2 for roughing

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Family victory Olimb brothers fire Norway to OT win Norway's Ken Andre Olimb #40 celebrates with teammates after a first period goal against Switzerland's Robert Mayer #29 during preliminary round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Championship. Five points for two brothers see Norway bounce back from an opening loss while the Swiss are still winless after a slow start to this year's competition. Andreas Martenson earned Norway its first win of the 2016 World Championship with an overtime strike to claim a 4-3 margin against Switzerland in Moscow. Martenson found the net with 1:37 left to play in the extras as Norway converted a power play to secure two points as the Group A table looks more congested than ever with three points separating the Czech Republic in top spot and Norway, Switzerland, Latvia and Kazakhstan all on two points ahead of Sweden's game against Denmark tonight. "We won the face-off and I saw Mathis [Olimb] skating with the puck," Martenson said of his winning moment. "I tried to jump into the opening and he got it to me. I just took a quick shot. Luckily it went in. I like a quick release but I usually aim over the glove." It was a good day for Norway's Olimb brothers. Mathis and Ken Andre each scored off a pass from the other, and the elder of the two - recently playing in Switzerland with Kloten Flyers - pulled the strings on an overtime power play to claim a valuable second point for Norway as it rebounded from Saturday's 0-3 reverse against Denmark. That was justice for the Norwegians, who were 10 seconds away from inflicting a regulation defeat on Switzerland.Trailling 1-3 going into the third, Patrick Fischer's team looked to be out of options as it struggled to add to Simon Moser's 44th-minute marker. But then came Raphael Diaz with a mighty slapshot from the point. Felicien du Bois got the crucial deflection and Moser and Nino Niederreiter provided the screen as Norway's goalie Lars Volden was left grasping at thin air and the game flew into overtime. Mats Zuccarello admitted that was hard to endure coming so late in the game. "It was a blow for us, but give them credit," he said. "They played well and got a nice shot. It's hard to defend." Zuccarello also talked up Norway's teamwork as the Norwegians sensed Swiss weakness and pressured the opposition. Both teams were looking to bounce back from disappointing defeats on Saturday. Both teams fired in more than 40 shots on their opponents but yielded just two goals between them. It was time for both offences to start producing and, from the opening exchanges, they did just that. Switzerland seized the early initiative. Anxious to redeem itself after that shock defeat against Kazakhstan the Alpine nation started at a high tempo and took an early lead thanks to Samuel Walser’s second goal of the competition. He converted his team’s first power play in the third minute, sliding the puck behind Volden after Yannick Weber’s shot caused confusion on the slot. Norway’s Mats Rosseli Olsen desperately tried to hook it off the goal line, but the video confirmed that the score was good. A second Swiss power play soon after almost created another goal when Niederreiter found himself face-to-face with Volden but this time the goalie came up big to keep Norway within a single goal. Despite Switzerland having the better of the play, Norway found a way back to parity when the Olimb brothers combined for the first time to score on a delayed penalty in the 15th minute. Mathis sent the puck back from the goal line and found Ken Andre on the edge of the circle. A snappy wrist shot found its way past Robert Mayer as Rosselli Olsen threw up the screen. The second period saw few clear sights on goal at either end as the teams shared just 12 shots on goal. But Norway converted two of those chances to open up a commanding 3-1 lead thanks to Martin Roymark’s determination and more filial prowess on the power play. There seemed to be little danger went Roymark crossed the blue line and crashed to the ice under Andreas Ambuhl’s challenge. But the puck went to Kristian Forsberg behind the goal line and the Swiss defence switched off as Roymark picked himself up and went to support the play. Forsberg’s deft backhand pass snuck through Mayer’s defences and arrived on Roymark’s stick to put Norway ahead in the 24th minute. And a sometimes scrappy middle frame ended with Norway doubling its lead late on as the Olimbs reversed their routine from the opening goal. This time Mathis scored off Ken Andre’s feed. Captain Ole-Kristian Tollefsen felt there was a clear difference between what had happened 24 hours earlier against Denmark. "We played with more confidence around the puck today. Yesterday we didn't capitalize on our chances and today we did," he said. "We made smarter plays and were stronger on the puck." Switzerland needed a quick goal in the third and Simon duly delivered. Diaz thumped in the shot and heavy traffic in front of Volden’s net generated a rebound which Moser dispatched to make it a one-goal game once again. But it was starting to look like that wouldn't be enough until du Bois' dramatic late equalizer salvaged a point.

Norway - Switzerland 4-3 after OT

Finns play with power Laine continues rampage in win over Germany Finland's Leo Komarov #71 gets the puck past Germany's Timo Pielmeier #51 to score a first period goal during preliminary round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Championship. For the second straight game, 18-year-old winger Patrik Laine set the tone for Finland with two goals and an assist in Sunday’s 5-1 win over Germany. Leo Komarov had a goal and an assist, and Sebastian Aho and Jarno Koskiranta also scored for the Finns, who are questing for their first gold medal since 2011. Jussi Jokinen and Mikael Granlund each added a pair of assists. Coach Kari Jalonen's team capitalized three times with the man advantage. "Overall, it was a pretty decent game for us," said Granlund. "We have only played two games now and the biggest games are ahead of us. That’s the bottom line in this tournament." It’s early days yet, but Laine has a shot at the tournament scoring crown if he keeps performing with Mario Lemieux-like panache. The MVP of the Liiga playoffs with champion Tappara Tampere also had two goals and an assist in Finland's 6-2 opening win over Belarus. The last World Championship rookie to top the points parade was Canadian superstar Sidney Crosby with 16 points in 2006. "He’s playing great," Granlund said of Laine. "He plays at a high level. He needs to keep enjoying these games." Finnish starting goalie Mikko Koskinen got his second straight three-point win versus German netminder Timo Pielmeier. Shots on goal favored Finland 22-17. Brooks Macek replied for Germany. "We have got to play better than that," said Germany's Felix Schutz. "Overall, what can I say? They played better than us. That was it." The Yubileiny stands were packed with Finnish fans, and they had plenty to cheer about as their team claimed victory with a consistent effort. Laine opened the scoring at 6:22 on the power play. Juuso Hietanen fed him for his trademark one-timer bomb from the top of the left faceoff circle, which sailed inside the far post. At 9:08, the Finns went up 2-0 with another power play goal. This time Laine sent a cross-ice pass to Jussi Jokinen, whose pass from the right faceoff circle was directed in by Komarov at the top of the crease. "There were a lot of penalties," said Granlund. "Some games are going to be like this, and you just have to be real good on your special teams. " Germany hung tight in the first half of the second period, killing off Leon Draisaitl’s hooking minor with determination. Draisaitl drew a penalty midway through the frame when Finnish captain Mikko Koivu tripped him up by Koskinen’s net. But an offensive-zone hooking penalty to Macek negated that opportunity. With the teams at 4-on-4, Aho scored his first career World Championship goal at 9:53. Mikael Granlund stickhandled through a flock of German defenders and fed Aho cross-ice for a perfect one-timer into the gaping cage. A few minutes later, Laine got a breakaway, and defenceman Denis Reul grabbed him as he shot the puck into Pielmeier, resulting in another Finnish man advantage. It didn’t pan out. It didn’t matter. On the rush, Mika Pyorala sent a centering pass to Koskiranta, whose high, backhanded tip eluded the German goalie to make it 4-0 at 17:50. Frustrations bubbled over before the period ended. Defenceman Korbinian Holzer threw an oncoming Antti Pihlstrom to the ice, and the two got into a shoving match on the end boards. Holzer threatened Pihstrom with his clenched fist, but the Finnish forward wound up with the extra roughing minor as both went off. At 18:42, Macek managed to spoil Koskinen’s shutout bid with a snap shot over the glove, set up by Draisaitl. But the Germans' characteristic lack of offensive flair was laid bare in the third, as they failed to convert on two more power plays. Again from the left faceoff circle, Laine added his fourth of the tournament on the power play with three seconds left. Chants of "Laine! Laine!" erupted from the Suomi supporters. From a historical standpoint, this result was no surprise. Germany’s last win over Finland at the Worlds was a 3-1 decision on home ice in Dortmund in 1993. The Finns will face their stiffest test yet against the Americans on Monday. Germany will wait until Tuesday to battle Slovakia. "We need to keep going and get ready for tomorrow," said Granlund.

Finland - Germany 5-1

Final Results A Norway - Switzerland 4-3 after OT (1-1, 2-0, 0-2, OT: 1-0) 02:27 Samuel WALSER 0-1 14:07 Ken Andre OLIMB 1-1 23:03 Martin ROYMARK 2-1 38:03 Mathis OLIMB 3-1 43:24 Simon MOSER 3-2 59:50 Felicien DU BOIS 3-3 Overtime Goal 63:23 Andreas MARTINSEN 4-3 B Finland - Germany 5-1 (2-0, 2-1, 1-0) 06:22 Patrik LAINE 1-0 09:08 Leo KOMAROV 2-0 29:53 Sebastian AHO 3-0 37:50 Jarno KOSKIRANTA 4-0 38:42 Brooks MACEK 4-1 59:57 Patrik LAINE 5-1