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[hide] Knockout Round August 28th - August 31st, 2021 Third-Place Match Date & Time (GMT -6) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 31st 2021, h. 13:30 Finland 2 Switzerland Final Date & Time (GMT -6) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 31st 2021, h. 17:30 Canada 1 United States [/hide]

the real shock is that Metelka finished only second !

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Tuesday August 31st, 2021 - Knockout Round Last Day Schedule 5th Place Match Mountain Daylight Time (GMT -6) ROC vs Japan Period-by-Period: August 31st 2021, h. 10:00, WinSports Arena, Calgary (18:00 CEST) Bronze Medal Match Mountain Daylight Time (GMT -6) Finland vs Switzerland Period-by-Period: August 31st 2021, h. 13:30, WinSports Arena, Calgary (21:30 CEST) Gold Medal Match Mountain Daylight Time (GMT -6) Canada vs United States Period-by-Period: August 31st 2021, h. 17:30, WinSports Arena, Calgary (01:30 CEST- 01.09.2021)

Power Ranking In our sixth Power Rankings, host Canada remains in first place after defeating Switzerland 4-0 to make the gold medal game. After the U.S.’s 3-0 semi-final win over Finland, those nations sit second and third respectively. Who will come out on top in Calgary? We can’t wait to find out! 1 CAN It’s gold or bust – let’s bust the drought! 2 USA Well, that was non-controversial 3 FIN Alberta has no restrictions on pulling the goalie 4 SUI There wasn’t much we could Daoust 5 JPN Smiling, without being prompted to do so 6 ROC Did Tchaikovsky ever write a Beijing Overture? 7 CZE On the bright side, our men were seventh too 8 GER A week in Baden-Baden would not be bad 9 HUN “Sorry, they can’t talk to you right now, Tucker.” 10 DEN As a team, we got a hat trick Click here to check out the previous editions of the Power Rankings. The Power Rankings are for the enjoyment of IIHF.com readers, and reflect the progress of teams during the IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship. They are distinct from the official standings and IIHF Women's World Ranking.

SEMIFINALS HIGHLIGHTS Canada 4 - 0 Switzerland Period-by-Period: 2-0, 1-0, 1-0 August 30th 2021, h. 17:00, WinSports Arena, Calgary

SEMIFINALS HIGHLIGHTS United States 3 - 0 Finland Period-by-Period: 0-0, 2-0, 1-0 August 30th 2021, h. 13:00, WinSports Arena, Calgary

Monday August 30th, 2021 - Knockout Round Day 3 RESULTS Semifinals Mountain Daylight Time (GMT -6) United States 3 - 0 Finland Period-by-Period: 0-0, 2-0, 1-0 August 30th 2021, h. 13:00, WinSports Arena, Calgary I Canada 4 - 0 Switzerland Period-by-Period: 2-0, 1-0, 1-0 August 30th 2021, h. 17:00, WinSports Arena, Calgary Nations Qualified for Gold Medal Match Canada United States Nations Qualified for Bronze Medal Match Finland Switzerland

[hide] Knockout Round August 28th - August 31st, 2021 4 Nations, The Winners of each Semifinal will qualify for the Final and the Losers of each Semifinal will play the Third-Place Match Semifinals Date & Time (GMT -6) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 30th 2021, h. 13:00 United States 1 Finland August 30th 2021, h. 17:00 Canada 2 Switzerland [/hide]

SLOVAK ROAD TO BEIJING 2022 - SLOVENSKÁ CESTA DO PEKINGU 2022 1st 25 Qualified Athletes MENS ICE HOCKEY NATIONAL TEAM - ICE HOCKEY (M TOURNAMENT) Slovenský hokej v ére samostatnosti na OH ešte nikdy nechýbal Hokejisti zvládli náročnú domácu skúšku a postúpili do Pekingu na ôsme ZOH v rade Hokejisti Slovenska nebudú chýbať v olympijskon turnaji ani na ôsmych zimných olympijských hrách v ére samostatnosti. Až do posledných minút finálového turnaja olympijskej kvalifikácie to síce bola dráma, čo sa aj očakávalo, ale napokon sa radovali z postupu na ZOH 2022 v Pekingu slovenskí hokejisti. K výhram 2:1 nad Rakúskom a 5:1 nad Poľskom pridali aj postupovú 2:1 nad Bieloruskom. Aj keď v prvom zápase kvalifikačného turnaja zdolali Poliaci nečakane Bielorusov 1:0, v Bratislave sa naplnil očakávaný scenár a o jedinú postupovú miestenku do Pekingu v priamom súboji bojovali Slováci s Bielorusmi. Domácim stačila na účasť aj remíza v riadnom hracom čase, hostia museli bezpodmienečne vyhrať. V elektrizujúcej atmosfére maximálne možne zaplneného hľadiska Zimného štadióna Ondreja Nepelu (7105 divákov) chceli obe strany postúpiť. V zápase bolo veľa tvrdých zákrokov, niektoré boli na hrane povoleného. Bielorusi agresívnou hrou, ktorú majú v krvi viacerí ich zámorskí rodáci a vyžaduje ju aj tréner Craig Woodcroft, rozbiť rytmus slovenskej kombinačnej hry. Aj Ramsay prežíval veľké emócie Slováci napokon zápas ustáli. Mali dobrý úvod, v ktorom strelil Peter Cehlárik gól v presilovke a potrestal zákerný faul pri mantineli na Juraja Slafkovského, a potom ukázali aj psychickú odolnosť. Nedali sa zbytočne vyprovokovať, hrali obetavo a správne čítali hru. Aj keď sa stala chyba, vedeli si pomôcť. Nespanikárili, keď Bielorusi prevzali v druhej tretine iniciatívu a vyrovnali. Trpezlivosťou podporenou hernou disciplínou napokon dokráčali k postupu, ktorý ešte spečatil gólom do prázdnej bránky Libor Hudáček. „Budete si myslieť, že po päťdesiatich rokoch v profesionálnom hokeji si poviem, že ma čaká len ďalší zápas, ale nie je to tak. Každý zápas je iný a v každom chcem urobiť maximum pre úspech. Stále mám v pamäti majstrovstvá sveta 2019 v Košiciach, kde sme viacero stretnutí dobre rozohrali, ale nedotiahli ich do víťazného konca. Tentoraz sa nám to v domácom prostredí podarilo a mám veľkú radosť. Nemôžem ani opísať všetky emócie, ktoré mnou prúdia. Je to fantastické, že som pomohol Slovensku k postupu na ZOH,“ povedal tréner Craig Ramsay, ktorý po postupe do Pekingu bude pokračovať pri mužstve do konca sezóny 2021/22 a predstaví sa s ním aj na majstrovstvách sveta vo Fínsku. Lídrami Konrád, Hrivík, Cehlárik, Gernát, Čerešňák a Hudáček V mužstve mu chýbali hráči, ktorí pravidelne nastupujú v NHL, avšak z tých, ktorých mal k dispozícii, dokázal namixovať zloženie, ktoré zvládlo kvalifikáciu. V bránke bol Branislav Konrád, ktorý dodával tímu istotu a podľa viacerých expertov bol najlepším mužom bratislavského turnaja. Lídrami mužstva boli Marek Hrivík, Peter Cehlárik, Martin Gernát a Peter Čerešňák, strelecky ho v každom stretnutí potiahol Libor Hudáček. V nej jeho zverenci ustupovali z pozícii a chvíľami hrali na náhodu. V kabíne počas prestávky im preto hovoril, aby do tretej dvadsaťminútovky dali všetko a išli na doraz. „Chalani mali ísť na maximum, aby ich deti mohli byť hrdé, že ich otcovia pomohli Slovensku k postupu. Keď sme dali druhý gól, snažil som sa ich upokojovať. Do konca bolo ďaleko a v hokeji sa môže stať čokoľvek,“ priznal Kanaďan, ktorý viedol Slovensko aj na olympijskom turnaji v Pjongčangu. Radosť v hráčskej kabíne i v hľadisku Súboj s Bielorusmi bol otvorený do posledných minút. Stačila jedna slovenská chyba, jedno zaváhanie, jeden inkasovaný gól a rozdané karty by sa úplne zmenili. „Máme veľkú radosť z postupu. Tri zápasy za štyri dni boli veľmi náročné. Nebolo ľahké sa za zopár dní zohrať a nastúpiť na prvý súťažný zápas bez jediného prípravného. Každý z nás si zastal svoju pozíciu. Teraz počas sezóny na prípravných turnajoch môžeme budovať tím pre Peking,“ povedal útočník Peter Cehlárik, ktorý pri gólovej strele v presilovke do bieloruskej siete využil skúsenosti zo spolupráce s Marekom Hrívikom z pôsobenia vo švédskom Leksande. Kapitán mužstva Marek Hrivík potvrdzoval líderské schopnosti na ľade i mimo neho. Spoluhráčov upokojoval, dával im cenné rady, na ľade odkorčuľoval veľké porcie minút, naskakoval v presilovkách i oslabeniach. Aj on si po poslednej siréne poriadne odfúkol. „Všetci sme prišli, lebo sme chceli vyhrať a postúpiť. Bola to veľká výzva. Našťastie sme sa dali za krátky čas dokopy a uspeli sme. Tlak, ktorý prináša boj o olympijské hry, je veľký. Zlepšovali sme sa každým zápasom. Verím, že tento tím môže niečo dosiahnuť aj v Pekingu,“ povedal Marek Hrivík. V tíme sa v pozitívnom svetle ukazovali aj mladíci. „Košíkari“ Juraj Slafkovský so Šimonom Nemcom zvládli svoje úlohy, výkonnostne ide nahor aj ešte nedávno junior Samuel Kňažko. „Mladí hráči sa znova posunuli. ‚Slavko‘ hral veľmi dobre, je dominantný na puku, je ťažké mu ho zobrať, vedel poslať spoluhráčov do šancí. Verím, že bude mať pred sebou úspešnú sezónu. Verím tiež, že sa neskôr dostane do klubu, ktorý mu dá šancu, a že ho čaká skvelá kariéra,“ uzavrel Hrivík, ktorého zo spoluhráčmi na záver kvalifikácie vytlieskalo zaplnené hľadisko. SOŠV

SLOVAKIA OLYMPIC TEAM BEIJING 2022 UPDATED AS OF 19.01.2022 50 (37+13) ALPINE SKIING - ZJAZDOVÉ LYŽOVANIE 5 (2+3) MEN'S Adam ŽAMPA (SLALOM, GIANT SLALOM, MIXED TEAM EVENT) Andreas ŽAMPA (SLALOM, GIANT SLALOM, SUPER-G, MIXED TEAM EVENT) WOMEN'S Petra VLHOVÁ (SLALOM, GIANT SLALOM, ALPINE COMBINED, SUPER-G) Petra HROMCOVÁ (SLALOM, GIANT SLALOM, SUPER-G, MIXED TEAM EVENT) Rebeka JANČOVÁ (SLALOM, GIANT SLALOM, SUPER-G, MIXED TEAM EVENT) BIATHLON - BIATLON 8 (4+4) MEN'S Michal ŠÍMA (SPRINT, INDIVIDUAL,RELAY,MIXED RELAY,PURSUIT?,MASS START?) Šimon BARTKO (SPRINT, INDIVIDUAL,RELAY,MIXED RELAY?,PURSUIT?,MASS START?) Tomáš SKLENÁRIK (SPRINT, INDIVIDUAL,RELAY,MIXED RELAY?,PURSUIT?,MASS START?) Matej BALOGA (SPRINT, INDIVIDUAL,RELAY,MIXED RELAY?,PURSUIT?,MASS START?) WOMEN'S Paulína FIALKOVÁ (SPRINT, INDIVIDUAL,RELAY,MIXED RELAY,PURSUIT?,MASS START?) Ivona FIALKOVÁ (SPRINT, INDIVIDUAL,RELAY,MIXED RELAY?,PURSUIT?,MASS START?) Henrieta HORVÁTOVÁ (SPRINT, INDIVIDUAL,RELAY,MIXED RELAY?,PURSUIT?,MASS START?) Veronika MACHYNIAKOVÁ (SPRINT, INDIVIDUAL,RELAY,MIXED RELAY?,PURSUIT?,MASS START?) BOBSLEIGH - BOBY 1 (0+1) WOMEN'S Viktória ČERŇANSKÁ (MONOBOB) CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - BEH NA LYŽIACH 5 (2+3) MEN'S Peter MLYNÁR (SPRINT, TEAM SPRINT, M 15km C) Ján KORISTEK (TEAM SPRINT, 15km C, SKIATHLON, 50km F MASS START) WOMEN'S Alena PROCHÁZKOVÁ (SPRINT, TEAM SPRINT, 10km C, 30km F MASS START) Barbora KLEMENTOVÁ (SPRINT, TEAM SPRINT, 10km C) Kristína SIVOKOVÁ (SPRINT, 10km C) ICE HOCKEY - ĽADOVÝ HOKEJ 25 (25+0) MEN'S GOALTENDERS Patrik RYBÁR (Mens TOURNAMENT) Branislav KONRÁD (Mens TOURNAMENT) Matej TOMEK (Mens TOURNAMENT) DEFENCERS Marek ĎALOGA (Mens TOURNAMENT) Martin MARINČIN (Mens TOURNAMENT) Peter ČEREŠŇÁK (Mens TOURNAMENT) Mário GRMAN (Mens TOURNAMENT) Michal ČAJKOVSKÝ (Mens TOURNAMENT) Martin GERNÁT (Mens TOURNAMENT) Šimon NEMEC (Mens TOURNAMENT) Samuel KŇAŽKO (Mens TOURNAMENT) FORWARDS Libor HUDÁČEK (Mens TOURNAMENT) Miloš KELEMEN (Mens TOURNAMENT) Michal KRIŠTOF (Mens TOURNAMENT) Marko DAŇO (Mens TOURNAMENT) Miloš ROMAN (Mens TOURNAMENT) Juraj SLAFKOVSKÝ (Mens TOURNAMENT) Tomáš JURČO (Mens TOURNAMENT) Peter CEHLÁRIK (Mens TOURNAMENT) Marek HRIVÍK (Mens TOURNAMENT) Kristián POSPÍŠIL (Mens TOURNAMENT) Samuel TAKÁČ (Mens TOURNAMENT) Pavol REGENDA (Mens TOURNAMENT) Adrián HOLEŠINSKÝ (Mens TOURNAMENT) Peter ZUZIN (Mens TOURNAMENT) LUGE - SANE 5 (4+1) MEN'S Jozef NINIS (Mens SINGLES, Mixed RELAY) Marián SKUPEK (Mens SINGLES) Tomáš VAVERČÁK (Mens DOUBLES, Mixed RELAY) Matej ZMIJ (Mens DOUBLES, Mixed RELAY) WOMEN'S Katarína ŠIMOŇÁKOVÁ (Womens SINGLES, Mixed RELAY) SNOWBOARDING - SNOUBORDING 1 (0+1) WOMEN'S Klaudia MEDLOVÁ (Womens BIG AIR, W SLOPESTYLE)

Monday August 30th, 2021 - Knockout Round Day 3 Schedule Semifinals Mountain Daylight Time (GMT -6) United States vs Finland Period-by-Period: August 30th 2021, h. 13:00, WinSports Arena, Calgary (21:00 CEST) I Canada vs Switzerland Period-by-Period: August 30th 2021, h. 17:00, WinSports Arena, Calgary (01:00 CEST- 31.08.2021)

5th-8th PLACES SEMIFINALS HIGHLIGHTS Czech Republic 2 - 3 Japan Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-1, 1-1 August 29th 2021, h. 17:00, WinSports Arena, Calgary

5th-8th PLACES SEMIFINALS HIGHLIGHTS ROC 3 - 2 Germany Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-2, 2-0 August 29th 2021, h. 13:00, WinSports Arena, Calgary

FINAL STANDING 7 Czech Republic 8 Germany 9 Hungary 10 Denmark

Sunday August 29th, 2021 - Knockout Round Day 2 RESULTS 5th-8th Place Semifinals Mountain Daylight Time (GMT -6) ROC 3 - 2 Germany Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-2, 2-0 August 29th 2021, h. 13:00, WinSports Arena, Calgary I Czech Republic 2 - 3 Japan Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-1, 1-1 August 29th 2021, h. 17:00, WinSports Arena, Calgary Nations Qualified for 5th Place Match Japan ROC

Bratislava Group Day 3 Highlights

ROAD TO BEIJING 2022 Slovaks off to the Games The 12th and final men’s ice hockey berth at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing went down to the wire between Slovakia and Belarus. Before a sometimes delirious, often nervous, partisan crowd of 7,105 – the maxim allowed under public health regulations – at Bratislava’s Ondrej Nepela Arena, Slovakia won 2-1 to gain the spot. In fact, Slovakia only needed one point to gain the spot, and that’s essentially what they got, with Libor Hudacek scoring the game-winning goal into an empty net as Belarus went for it all in the late going. With the stakes so high, it’s no surprise that the teams came out full of energy, but Belarusian defenceman Sergei Sapego got carried away when he checked Juraj Slafkovsky from behind into the boards at 4:05. Sapego was assessed a major penalty and game misconduct and put enormous pressure on his team’s penalty-killing units, which had already had to kill off one penalty early on. It took little time for the Slovaks to strike, with captain Marek Hrivik from the blueline setting up former Leksands IF linemate Peter Cehlarik for the one-timer that beat Danny Taylor over the glove to the near side. There was still 4:27 to go in the five-minute penalty, but if there was any relief for Belarus, it was that a double-minor for high-sticking to Adam Ruzicka negated the last 2:03 of the major. Slovakia outshot Belarus 18-6 in the opening period but, thanks to the netminding of Taylor, it remained a one-goal game at the intermission. And just over a minute into the second period, the game was tied. Shane Prince spun away from a check in the corner and fed the puck out front, where a wild scramble ensued, and captain Yegor Sharangovich was apparently the last Belarusian player to touch the puck before it crossed the goal line. In general, the second period was played more cautiously than the first but there were chances – the best going to Slovakia’s Kristian Pospisil, who in the 28th minute blocked a shoot-in attempt at his own blueline and was off to the races. In alone on Taylor, he interestingly chose to wind up and take a slap shot, which didn’t fool the Belarusian keeper. The more time that passed, the less margin for error there was on either side, and the more nervous the fans in Bratislava became. As long as the game remained tied, Slovakia was okay, but just one goal against could put them in deep trouble and with each shot on Konrad, the Slovak fans held their collective breath. As the third period moved into its last five minutes, Belarus began taking more and more chances, and with under three minutes to go and play headed into the Slovak end, Craig Woodcroft decided to pull Taylor for a sixth attacker. The move backfired as the puck bounced out into the netural zone, Hudacek gained centre and fired the game-winning goal into the empty net with 2:17 to play. IIHF.COM

ROAD TO BEIJING 2022 Latvia books its trip to Beijing Latvia is heading to the Olympics. A 2-1 victory over France in Sunday’s decisive Group E game sends the Baltic nation to Beijing for its fifth appearance in the last six Games. Goals from Rihards Bukarts and Miks Indrasis did the damage for Latvia tonight, putting the home team into a 2-0 lead and triggering a party atmosphere in Arena Riga. But Stephane da Costa scored late for France – the first goal Latvia allowed in the whole tournament – and set up an anxious finale before the hooter ended Les Bleus’ Olympic dream. "We were here for one thing only," said head coach Harijs Vitolins. "Our goal was to win this qualification, and we did it." It was a simple equation in the final game in Riga: victory – any kind of victory – would book a ticket to Beijing; defeat meant staying home next February. France continued with Henri-Corentin Buysse in goal, a slightly surprising choice ahead of Florian Hardy, as head coach Philippe Bozon went with the team that defeated Italy 2-0 on Friday. Latvia unveiled a new top line, with Ronalds Kenins and Rodrigo Abols joining Rudolfs Balcers on the strike trio after a prolific display against Hungary. That meant Lauris Darzins dropped to the second line, with captain Teodors Blugers on the third. However, the D-core that went 120 minutes without allowing a goal against Italy or Hungary remained unchanged in front of goalie Ivars Punnenovs. And Punnenovs, who was just nine minutes away from going through the entire competition without allowing a goal, paid tribute to the hard work that went on in front of him throughout all three games. "The guys blocked all the shots that might go in," he said. "They did an amazing job. It wasn't just the defensive guys, it was the forwards too. "We scored a lot of goals in our first two games and tonight we had chances to score more. We played a helluva game and the best team won." These nations have previous at this stage: in 2013 there was a similar showdown to book a ticket to Sochi. That time, France jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first period before Latvia saved itself by taking the game to overtime. In 2021, the host nation was determined to avoid any similar alarms and the crowd in Arena Riga – large and loud – was treated to an intense, face-paced battle from the first seconds. The opening goal came midway through the first period, and it all stemmed from defensive misfortune. Sacha Treille, so effective at the other end of the ice, saw his cross-ice pass to Antonin Manavian in the corner take a crazy bounce off the boards. Rihards Bukarts was quick to pounce, seizing possession and charging to the crease to put the puck over Buysse’s shoulder for 1-0. "I guess the hockey gods weren't with us tonight," reflected French head coach Philippe Bozon. "We expected Latvia to come out strong and fast and we were trying to calm down the tempo of the game at the beginning. "I thought we did a good job of that, but then we were beaten by a bad bounce that put the puck right on their player's stick." There was no let-up in the intensity in the second period. France started on the power play, but almost gifted Latvia a short-handed goal when Blugers stole the puck away from Florian Chakiachvili only to be denied by Buysse. After surviving that scare, the French picked up momentum but was unable to breach the Latvian penalty kill. Back at equal strength, though, the home team was unable to reimpose itself on the game. Nerves were beginning to fray in the arena as France patiently probed in front of Punnenovs’ net. Midway through the frame we saw big chances at both ends, with Charles Bertrand screwing his shot wide of the target when space opened up for him in the middle of the Latvian zone. Immediately play broke to the other end, where Abols was denied by a last-gasp poke check that got just enough to take the puck away as the forward lined up his shot. That exchange ushered in a stronger finish to the middle session for the host, with Buysse twice grateful to his goalposts as first Andris Dzerins and then Kaspars Daugavins went close to doubling the lead. France withstood the pressure and went into the second intermission with just one goal to make up. One became two, though, when Romain Bault sat for high-sticking. The Latvian power play came up with a killer goal when Indrasis burst through a gap between Manavian and Antoine Roussel. That put him face-to-face with Buysse and the Latvian forward’s backhand flick did just enough to wobble its way over the goalie’s pad and into the net Indrasis celebrated like it was a gold-medal goal, knowing that his team’s defensive excellence this weekend made a two-goal lead into a daunting advantage. But the impregnable Punnenovs was beaten at last with 8:45 on the clock when Stephane da Costa wired a shot over the goalie’s pad when space opened for him. That set up a nerve-jangling finale. The game became stretched, space emerged in both ends and there were half chances for both teams. Then Damien Fleury went agonisingly close to a tying goal and as Latvia scrambled to clear, a penalty on Blugers enabled France to go 6-on-4 for the closing seconds. Les Bleus camped in the offensive zone, carefully trying to fashion the chance that could save the game, but Latvia held on to book that much-prized ticket to Beijing. For Vitolins, though, qualification is just the beginning. "We want to continue," he said. "We remember how Germany won in qualifiying here last time and went all the way to the final, they only lost to the Russian team. Now we want to keep going and we hope we can get to the next level." IIHF.COM

100 %. We had only 12 players from our league in Salt Lake because the NHLers were available only from the 2nd round, our GM however succeded thanks his conections with some NHL GMs to allow players to come for a match and return back to their club, I will never forget Stumpel, Demitra and Palffy after last night NHL game travelling the whole USA the morning, arrive the early evening to Salt Lake, totally exhausted played a match at the Olympics and the same night returned to their NHL team to play the next day there... We lost all 3 games despite having one fantatsic team but not allowed to play, some guys arrived our last match but could not make it to ice in time, so just were in the stands to see how we lost to Austria and were eliminated... We were allowed to play with the full team only for the 13th place match against France, we won 7-1 with some 60 shots on goal difference or so...we were so pissed there that the same year we baceame three months later world champions with our full team...the next lobby from our governing bodies helped and in Torino the NHLers were allowed to play during the whole tournament

ROAD TO BEIJING 2022 Denmark off to Olympics 75 years is a long time to wait for anything. Denmark joined the IIHF in 1946, and since then has never reached the Olympic Games. That time is over after the Danes defeated rivals Norway 2-0 in the deciding game of the Final Olympic Qualification Group F tournament, earning their first-ever trip to the pinnacle of international ice hockey. Forward Frederik Storm scored the game winner and goaltender Sebastian Dahm posted a 26-save shutout against the Norwegians to help drive their team to a historic qualification. "It's huge," said Storm after the game. "We hav esuch a good group here and we finally managed to succeed adn qualify. I've played in three qualificaiton tournaments and we never made it before, so to do it with this group is amazing." "I'm just so relieved, we have been chasing this for years," said Dahm. The game started fast and furious with end-to-end action through the opening period, although no pucks ended up in the net. The game within the game was without a doubt the goaltending duel between Henrik Haukeland for Norway and Dahm, with neither netminder giving up a score through nearly two periods despite serious pressure at both ends of the ice. Denmark nearly went down early when Sebastian Dahm’s clearing attempt was intercepted in the Danish zone, giving up a wide-open scoring opportunity that was saved by a diving block from Jesper Jensen Aabo. At the other end, in the second period Henrik Haukeland had to stand tall on two breakaway opportunities by Denmark to keep the score at 0-0. But the breakthrough finally came with just over two minutes left in the second period, when Markus Lauridsen spotted the Norwegian defence out of position from his own zone and rifled a pass up to Frederik Storm waiting in the Norwegian end. Storm gained possession and outraced defenceman Erlend Lesund to the goal, beating Haukeland between the legs for the 1-0 lead. The Danes kept up the offensive pressure in the final frame, while at the other end locking up Norway and preventing the home team from getting any quality scoring chances. Then it would be their star player Nikolaj Ehlers who would put the game on ice with another breakaway score on a great pass form Frans Nielsen with 3:12 remaining, sending Denmark into the Olympic Games and a new tier of elite ice hockey. IIHF.COM

BEIJING 2022 GROUPS GROUP A Canada China Germany United States GROUP B Czech Republic Denmark ROC Switzerland GROUP C Finland Latvia Slovakia Sweden

Absolutely, now they added two more teams for the womens hockey which is really silly, considering how non competitive it is, instead they easily can add even 4 more teams to the mens tournament, the second tier of this sport is now so even and competitive that it is simply unfair to have only 12 teams in basically one of the only 2 team sports of the whole games (and hockey is arguably the most popular and phare sport of the winter olympics) Really sad for this french generation esecially Bellemare who will probably never had the chance to represent his country at the games, in other hand the likes of Texier or Roussel can still aim for Cortina.

ROAD TO BEIJING 2022 FINAL QUALIFYING ROUND LAST DAY RESULTS Group D Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Austria 4 - 1 Poland Period-by-Period: 2-1, 1-0, 1-0 August 29th 2021, h. 13:30, Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Slovakia 2 - 1 Belarus Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-1, 1-0 August 29th 2021, h. 17:30, Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Group D Final Standing Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Slovakia 3 3(0) 0(0) 9 3 +6 9 Belarus 3 1(0) 2(0) 6 5 +1 3 Austria 3 1(0) 2(0) 7 8 -1 3 Poland 3 1(0) 2(0) 3 9 -6 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Group E Eastern European Sumer Time (GMT +3) Hungary 2 - 1 Italy Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-0, 1-1 August 29th 2021, h. 13:00, Arena Riga, Riga Latvia 2 - 1 France Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-0, 1-1 August 29th 2021, h. 17:00, Arena Riga, Riga Group E Final Standing Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Latvia 3 3(0) 0(0) 17 1 +16 9 France 3 2(0) 1(0) 8 5 +3 6 Hungary 3 1(0) 2(0) 5 15 -10 3 Italy 3 0(0) 3(0) 1 10 -9 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Group F Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Slovenia 4 - 1 South Korea Period-by-Period: 0-1, 3-0, 1-0 August 29th 2021, h. 12:00, Jordal Amfi, Oslo Norway 0 - 2 Denmark Period-by-Period: 0-0, 0-1, 0-1 August 29th 2021, h. 16:00, Jordal Amfi, Oslo Group F Final Standing Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Denmark 3 3(0) 0(0) 17 4 +13 9 Norway 3 2(0) 1(0) 11 7 +4 6 Slovenia 3 1(0) 2(0) 11 12 -1 3 South Korea 3 0(0) 3(0) 3 19 -16 0 Nations Qualified to the Mens Ice Hockey Tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games Canada China Czech Republic Denmark Finland Germany Latvia ROC Slovakia Sweden Switzerland United States

Well, BLR had better (more experienced, much much more experienced) roster and played very well, not many our players from this team had experiences with this kind of 7th play-off match style. We have 3 U18 in the team ! the youngest roster of the tournament, despite what people said we never was real favorites, our only advantage was the full house of fans cheering and pushing the youngs to the triumph. Definitely was not expected. rather nice surprise to beat this BLR team.