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Laine is amazing. What a generation for Finland ! fantastic players. but how is possible that Komarov is the player of the match, maybe they are afraid that Laine will open a shop with Tissot watches after the champs, if he´ll receive one after each match

terrible mistake of the referee. The German literally use a perfect wrestling pin move and the ref excluded your player but it´s nothing new..the officials are quite often the weakest part of the tournament

Scores after 2nd period A Norway - Switzerland 3-1 (1-1, 2-0, -) 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 B Finland - Germany 4-1 (2-0, 2-1, -) 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

OlympicIRL this guy is our jewel it looks very well. great job guys ! so seeing that anyone selected the best sport yet If none will want I´m ready to pick Canoeing Slalom, Road Cycling and for a team sports? I can care about Handball.. but ofc I´m ready to help with any other sport and thread

Scores after 1st period A Norway - Switzerland 1-1 (1-1, -, -) 02:27 Samuel WALSER 0-1 14:07 Ken Andre OLIMB 1-1 B Finland - Germany 2-0 (2-0, -, -) 06:22 Patrik LAINE 1-0 09:08 Leo KOMAROV 2-0

Soslan lost, well.. see you in Tokyo

Russia gets on track Kazakhstan puts up brave fight in loss Russia's Yevgeni Dadonov #63 celebrates after scoring a first period goal against Kazakhstan's Vitali Kolesnik #20 while Vadim Kransnoslobodtsev #62 looks on during preliminary round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Championship. Anton Belov had two goals and two assists to lead Russia to an important 6-4 win over a persistent Kazakhstan team. The teams combined for six power-play goals. The Russian blueliner saved his best for last, scoring once and assisting on another in the third period to break a 4-4 tie. Shots favoured Russia, 49-19, but the game was uncomfortably close for the hosts much of the time. Kazakhstan was, if nothing else, persistent and competitive for most of the game. "Giving up four goals is a lot, and it’s impossible to be happy with my game after giving up so many," said Russian netminder Sergei Bobrovski. "But the most important thing is that we won, and we can move on to the next game." "Our first game [against the Czechs] was really emotional," offered captain Pavel Datsyuk. "Today we were a bit calmer but we still made a lot of mistakes. When we started scoring we gained in confidence." The game started with the wildest period of the tournament so far. Russia went ahead at 6:43 when Vadim Shipachyov made a nice pass to Yevgeni Dadonov charging to the goal. Dadonov made a nice redirect, and the puck squeezed through the pads of Kolesnik for 1-0 lead in front of a sold-out and boisterous Russian crowd. That celebration was short-lived. Just 81 seconds later Dustin Boyd snapped a loose puck in during a power play, and 58 seconds after that the Kazakhs stunned the fans with a go-ahead goal from Roman Starchenko, whose great shot picked the corner over Bobrovski’s shoulder. But Russia came right back, tying the game at 9:21 when Roman Lyubimov converted a nice pass from Sergei Kalinin on the right side. Four goals in 2:38, though, did not spell the end of the scoring. Sergei Mozyakin drilled a point shot past Kolesnik at 11:11 during a 5-on-3 to put the hosts in the lead again, but with only 14.2 seconds remaining, and the Kazakhs on another power play, Yevgeni Rymarev made it 3-3 with a clever play. Behind the Russian goal and seeing no play—they called it Gretzky’s Office back in the day—he flicked the puck in behind Bobrovski. He couldn’t elude the puck in time, and it bounced off the back of the goalie’s knee and in to score a 99-like goal. And so concluded a crazy opening 20 minutes which saw three lead changes and six varied and entertaining goals. The second period was the mirror opposite. While the Russians skated and moved the puck, the Kazakhs seemed content to try to play the game to a 3-3 tie. Most of the period was played in their end, and it seemed only a matter of time before the Russians scored. But the Kazakh defence was relentless, and Kolesnik sharp, until a late penalty gave the Russians an opening. Much to the relief of the evermore anxious crowd, Belov’s point shot got through traffic and into the net at 18:02 to make it 4-3. But the Kazakhs ended the period strongly and Boyd had a great chance to tie the game again. They drew a power play that carried over mostly to the third, and the North Americans converted. Dawes moved the puck to Boyd who found Maxim Semyonov sneaking in the back side, and Semyonov made no mistake, making it 4-4 exactly 1:00 into the final period. Russia took the lead again at 3:57 courtesy of another Belov point shot that tipped off a Kazakh stick in front and over Kolesnik's glove at 3:57 to bring the crowd back into the game. Five minutes later, on another power play, a Belov point shot was deflected by Roman Lyubimov to give the Russians a two-goal lead for the first time. "We had to play yesterday, and we couldn’t match the kind of speed we had in that game because there was hardly any recovery time," said Kazakh forward Yevgeni Rymarev. "It’s great playing in an arena like this where everyone is rooting against us. We don’t really hear much of what happens in the tribunes, but the atmosphere is great. Russia plays Latvia tomorrow as part of the national May 9 celebrations while Kazakhstan has the day off before playing Norway on Tuesday.

Kazakhstan - Russia 4-6

Canadians triumph again First goal for Hungary vs. Canada in 78 years Canada's Taylor Hall #4 celebrates after Team Canada scores a first period goal on Hungary's Zoltan Hetenyi #29 during preliminary round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Championship. Canada scored four goals in just over five minutes in the second period en route to a 7-1 thrashing of newly promoted Hungary on Sunday in St. Petersburg. The defending champions showcased their balanced attack. Michael Matheson led the way with a goal and two assists. Mark Scheifele, Mark Stone, Derick Brassard, and Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist apiece. Captain Corey Perry and Brad Marchand added singles. "We have to get a little bit better every period, every game," said Perry. "I thought we did that in the second and third." Budding superstar Connor McDavid, a Calder Trophy finalist with the Edmonton Oilers, picked up his first two World Championship points, both assists. Istvan Bartalis replied for Hungary. Goalie Calvin Pickard won his IIHF World Championship debut for Canada, which outshot Hungary 36-22. The Canadians, who defeated the U.S. 5-1 in their opener, have outscored their opposition 12-2 through two games in Group B. It was the fourth all-time World Championship meeting between these two countries. For Hungary, it was an improvement over their only previous modern-day encounter, a 9-0 loss on April 26, 2009 in Switzerland. Hungary fell 3-1 to Canada in 1933 and earned a 1-1 tie in 1938. The Canadians were the favorites, but the Magyars were the crowd favorites at Yubileiny, with a massive bloc of chanting, clapping, drum-beating fans behind their team’s net for two periods. "The Hungarian fans are crazy," said Perry. "They stayed with them the whole game." As in the 4-1 loss to Slovakia, the Hungarians came out with a spirited effort. But they simply made too many mistakes against the skilled NHL stars. Despite the victory, Canada also made some defensive errors, which could have proved costly against higher-caliber opposition, and will need to be corrected. "Our special teams keep getting better and we’re tightening up defensively," said Hall. "It’s never going to be a perfect game, but we keep improving, and I like where our team is at." Hungary got the first penalty when defenceman Kevin Wehrs, a naturalized Canadian, hooked Hall as he barreled to the net with a backhand. The Canadians capitalized with the man advantage at 5:54 on a nice passing play. McDavid fed the puck down to Stone, who centered it from behind the goal line to Scheifele, and he beat Hungarian starter Zoltan Hetenyi on the glove side. At 10:04, Perry made it 2-0. Hall swooped in from left wing and handed him a nifty backhand feed that the Canadian captain tapped in at the side of the net. "I’m having fun with my linemates," said Hall. "We have some good chemistry." The Hungarian fans erupted when Istvan Bartalis cut the deficit to 2-1 at 18:14. Istvan Sofron’s forechecking caused defenceman Matt Dumba to cough up the puck, and Bartalis surprised Pickard with a high blocker-side shot from the faceoff circle. It was the first World Championship goal Hungary has scored on Canada in more than 78 years. "They played really well in the first, trapping us in the neutral zone, waiting for us to force plays into the middle," Matheson said of the Hungarians. Scrambly Canadian defence nearly led to the equalizer at the start of the second period. However, coach Bill Peters’ squad recovered, jumping into a 3-1 lead at 7:12. Stone jammed in the rebound from Cody Ceci’s center point drive. Marchand notched the back-breaking 4-1 goal at 9:05 on a beautiful set-up by McDavid, who used his speed to surge past the Hungarian defenders and then backhanded the puck to his Boston Bruins linemate right in front. At 11:36, it was 5-1 as Chris Tanev found an unguarded Brassard in front, and he whacked his second attempt past a sprawling Hetenyi. Just over a minute later, Matheson got his first of the tournament, beating Hetenyi with a high shot from the faceoff dot. Matheson, a 22-year-old Florida Panthers prospect on defence, is the only Canadian player who spent most of this season in the AHL (Portland Pirates). After the goal, Hungarian coach Rich Chernomaz pulled Hetenyi in favor of backup Adam Vay. "I thought we were able to adjust in the second period, and we capitalized on our opportunities," said Matheson. In the third period, Hall stretched Canada's lead to 7-1 at 4:35, cutting in from the left side to slide the puck off a falling Hungarian defender and through Vay's legs. At the final buzzer, the 24-year-old Pickard scooped the puck up as a memento of his first victory. Canada's next game is Monday versus Belarus. Hungary takes on France on Tuesday.

Hungary - Canada 1-7

Final Results A Kazakhstan - Russia 4-6 (3-3, 0-1, 1-2) 06:43 Yevgeni DADONOV 0-1 08:04 Dustin BOYD 1-1 09:02 Roman STARCHENKO 2-1 09:21 Roman LYUBIMOV 2-2 11:11 Sergei MOZYAKIN 2-3 19:43 Yevgeni RYMAREV 3-3 38:02 Anton BELOV 3-4 41:00 Maxim SEMYONOV 4-4 43:57 Anton BELOV 4-5 48:38 Roman LYUBIMOV 4-6 B Hungary - Canada 1-7 (1-2, 0-4, 0-1) 05:54 Mark SCHEIFELE 0-1 10:04 Corey PERRY 0-2 18:14 Istvan BARTALIS 1-2 27:12 Mark STONE 1-3 29:05 Brad MARCHAND 1-4 31:36 Derick BRASSARD 1-5 32:45 Michael MATHESON 1-6 44:35 Taylor HALL 1-7

Scores after 2nd Period A Kazakhstan - Russia 3-4 (3-3, 0-1, -) 06:43 Yevgeni DADONOV 0-1 08:04 Dustin BOYD 1-1 09:02 Roman STARCHENKO 2-1 09:21 Roman LYUBIMOV 2-2 11:11 Sergei MOZYAKIN 2-3 19:43 Yevgeni RYMAREV 3-3 38:02 Anton BELOV 3-4 B Hungary - Canada 1-6 (1-2, 0-4, -) 05:54 Mark SCHEIFELE 0-1 10:04 Corey PERRY 0-2 18:14 Istvan BARTALIS 1-2 27:12 Mark STONE 1-3 29:05 Brad MARCHAND 1-4 31:36 Derick BRASSARD 1-5 32:45 Michael MATHESON 1-6

Scores after 1st Period A Kazakhstan - Russia 3-3 (3-3, -, -) 06:43 Yevgeni DADONOV 0-1 08:04 Dustin BOYD 1-1 09:02 Roman STARCHENKO 2-1 09:21 Roman LYUBIMOV 2-2 11:11 Sergei MOZYAKIN 2-3 19:43 Yevgeni RYMAREV 3-3 B Hungary - Canada 1-2 (1-2, -, -) 05:54 Mark SCHEIFELE 0-1 10:04 Corey PERRY 0-2 18:14 Istvan BARTALIS 1-2

István Bartalis scored a historic goal for Hungary against Canada

Lukáš Babáč european champion in lightweight single sculls. well done Lukáš ! Slovakia the non-olympics sports powerhouse...

SCHEDULE DAY 3 Sunday, May 8th, 2016 12:15 (GMT +3) PRELIMINARY ROUND - GROUP A Kazakhstan vs Russia Referees: Jozef KUBUS (SVK), Maxim SIDORENKO (BLR) Linesmens: Vít LEDERER (CZE), Peter SEFCIK (SVK) Line Ups Link, Ice Palace, Moscow 12:15 (GMT +3) PRELIMINARY ROUND - GROUP B Hungary vs Canada Referees: Antonin JERABEK (CZE), Linus OHLUND (SWE) Linesmens: Andreas MALMQVIST (SWE), Sakari SUOMINEN (FIN) Line Ups Link , Yubileiny, St. Petersburg 16:15 (GMT +3) PRELIMINARY ROUND - GROUP A Norway vs Switzerland Referees: Daniel PIECHACZEK (GER), Aleksi RANTALA (FIN) Linesmens: Fraser McINTYRE (USA), Nikolaj PONOMARJOW (GER) Line Ups Link , Ice Palace, Moscow 16:15 (GMT +3) PRELIMINARY ROUND - GROUP B Finland vs Germany Referees: Timothy MAYER (USA), Konstantin OLENIN (RUS) Linesmens: Roman KADERLI (SUI), Jon KILIAN (NOR) Line Ups Link , Yubileiny, St. Petersburg 20:15 (GMT +3) PRELIMINARY ROUND - GROUP A Sweden vs Denmark Referees: Roman GOFMAN (RUS), Brett IVERSON (CAN) Linesmens: Nicolas CHARTRAND-PICHE (CAN), Pasi NIEMINEN (FIN) Line Ups Link , Ice Palace, Moscow 20:15 (GMT +3) PRELIMINARY ROUND - GROUP B France vs Slovakia Referees: Tobias BJORK (SWE), Peter GEBEI (HUN) Linesmens: Gleb LAZAREV (RUS), Judson RITTER (USA) Line Ups Link, Yubileiny, St. Petersburg * The streams will be geo-blocked in some countries. ** Referees and Line-Ups will be announced usually 3-4 hours before the first match, will be added in the schedule later.

Belarus - United States 3-6 HIGHLIGHTS

Latvia - Czech Republic 3-4 after GWS HIGHLIGHTS

France - Germany 3-2 after GWS HIGHLIGHTS

Norway - Denmark 0-3 HIGHLIGHTS

Slovakia - Hungary 4-1 HIGHLIGHTS

Switzerland - Kazakhstan 2-3 after GWS HIGHLIGHTS

Czechs take thriller Kaspar gets shootout winner, Masalskis stars for Latvia Latvia's Edgars Masalskis #31 makes a pad save while the Czech Republic's Richard Jarusek #96 looks for a rebound during preliminary round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Championship. Lukas Kaspar scored the only goal of the shootout, giving the Czechs a dramatic 4-3 win over hard-luck Latvia which led 3-2 with a minute to go in regulation. For the Czechs, it was their second victory in as many games, and for the Latvians their second straight extra-time loss. "Latvia is a strong team," Petr Koukal of the winners said. "They lost in overtime with Sweden, but we were leading 2-0 and we made so many mistakes when we should have scored more. If we'd gone 3-0 or 4-0 maybe it would have been an easy game, but this was a tight game over 65 minutes. Five points from two games is a good start for our team." "Two points isn't a bad return but would could have got even more," lamented Mikelis Redlihs. Tomas Plekanec scored twice for the winners while Latvian goalie Edgars Masalskis was sensational in a losing effort, stopping 35 of 39 shots. Pavel Francouz, playing his first full game with the Czechs, was the winning goalie, although he was less busy than his counterpart. Plekanec opened the scoring at 3:33 when he took a stretch pass from David Pastrnak and blasted a long shot which snuck under the left pad of the veteran Masalskis. The 36-year-old goalie is playing in his 13th World Championship. Less than three minutes later Plekanec clicked again, on a power play. He took a quick pass from Lukas Kaspar at the side of the goal and redirected it in at 6:23. The second period could be renamed the Masalskis Show. The goalie was nothing short of brilliant. He made several great glove saves, but that was only the beginning. He made a gorgeous pokecheck off a Martin Zatovic rush that recalled Johnny Bower at his best. He made a great toe save off a sure goal form Michal Kempny. And, he stoned Richard Jarusek on a breakaway and on the in-close rebound. Inspired, the Latvians got back into the game, finally penetrating a Czech defence that had been flawless last night in a 3-0 win over Russia. Andris Dzerins made a great rush, taking two Czechs with him before making a nice pass to Roberts Bukarts, who beat Francouz with a high shot at 15:26 to make it a 2-1 game. All Latvian momentum was lost soon after, though, when Ronalds Kenins took a bad penalty for hitting to the head of Tomas Kundratek. As the Czech defender lay dazed and bleeding in the corner, Kenins was escorted off the ice with a five-minute major and game misconduct. He’ll be banned for at least one more game. The Latvian penlaty killers did a masterful job in keeping the score 2-1 early in the third and Kundratek returned to play. Early in the final period, Masalskis made another incredible pokecheck to stop Pastrnak on a break. When the Latvians had a power play of their own midway through, they quickly converted. Rodrigo Abols's quick shot was kicked out by Francouz, but Zemgus Girgensons was Johnny-on-the-spot to push it in at 8:20 and tie the game, 2-2. "Even when we were down 2-0, we got together in the locker room and realized that we had to do what the coach was asking of us," said Aleksandrs Jerofejevs. "We knew if we could get a goal back there would be more, and that's how it turned out." Then came a wild finish. Girgensons gave the Latvians a lead at 17:41 when Abols saw him alone in front, but this proved not to be the winner. With Francouz on the bench, Michal Repik deflected a point shot with 59.0 seconds remaining to tie the game, 3-3 and force overtime and a shootout. Both teams have a day off tomorrow before resuming on Monday. The Czechs play Sweden and Latvia plays Russia earlier in the day. "We're a little bit tired," Pastrnak admitted. "We've had two hard games in two days, but we have a day off now we going regroup, rest well, have a good dinner and get ready for Sweden."

Latvia - Czech Republic 3-4 after GWS