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Ok had some break to breath and calm down that crazy frustration and now with calmer emotions I have to repeat and evaluate once again how impressive is this generation 04-05. Maybe our best ever. Seriously I NEVER saw Slovakia dominate aginst Sweden. Never, even during our golden era., This is a incredible bunch of prospects we have here, majority of them can still play the U20 another 2 editions. And it is also in matches like tonight they can be schooled even more. Never in my life I thought I would read something like this on the IIHF site after game against Sweden Looking forward ow many of this team will shine in the future a couple of them could be already our NT leaders in Cortina

Our newspapers even do not know what to say Unbelievable match. Slovaks with second loss. We did not score a single goal to Sweden from almost 50 shots Shots on goal tonight : 48-27 !!! Final score 0-3

Monday December 27th, 2021 Preliminary Round Day 2 RESULTS (GMT -7) Group A Mountain Standard Time (GMT -7) Austria 1 - 7 Finland Period-by-Period: 0-2, 1-2, 0-3 December 27th 2021, h. 12:00, Rogers Place, Edmonton Germany OT2 - 1 Czech Republic Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-1, 0-0, Overtime: 1-0 December 27th 2021, h. 17:00, Rogers Place, Edmonton Round-Robin Provisional Standing After Day 2 Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Finland 2 2(0) 0(0) 10 2 +8 6 Canada 1 1(0) 0(0) 6 3 +3 3 Germany 2 1(1) 1(0) 3 4 -1 2 Czech Republic 2 0(0) 2(1) 4 8 -4 1 Austria 1 0(0) 1(0) 1 7 -6 0 Group B Mountain Standard Time (GMT -7) Russia 4 - 2 Switzerland Period-by-Period: 3-1, 0-0, 1-1 December 27th 2021, h. 14:30, WP Centrium, Red Deer Sweden 3 - 0 Slovakia Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-0, 1-0 December 27th 2021, h. 19:30, WP Centrium, Red Deer Round-Robin Provisional Standing After Day 2 Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Sweden 2 2(0) 0(0) 9 3 +6 6 United States 1 1(0) 0(0) 3 2 +1 3 Russia 2 1(0) 1(0) 7 8 -2 3 Switzerland 1 0(0) 1(0) 2 4 -2 0 Slovakia 2 0(0) 2(0) 2 6 -4 0

Hockey is sometimes really weird and unfair, Better team lost today. Anyway, thank god there no relegation this year. Congrats .

unbelievable... that kind of matches you can play straight three days and you will not score that goal even from half meter jesus how frustrating this match is...

Looking for a shooter. Quickly... 13-4 Shots ! and yet we are still losing ...

wow what a goal by Koivunen here

"Norge" with finger in the nose and dry shirts

Yep. Our TV will cover only the Slovak matches in the preliminary round, But thank god I have still ČT Sport which broadcast several other games as well and for the remaining maches I just use the paradise of hockey fans onhockey.tv So not going to miss a second of this christmas period tradition

Monday December 27th, 2021 Preliminary Round Day 2 Schedule (GMT -7) Group A Mountain Standard Time (GMT -7) CET 20:00 Austria vs Finland Period-by-Period: December 27th 2021, h. 12:00, Rogers Place, Edmonton CET 01:00 (28.12.) Germany vs Czech Republic Period-by-Period: December 27th 2021, h. 17:00, Rogers Place, Edmonton Group B Mountain Standard Time (GMT -7) CET 22:30 Russia vs Switzerland Period-by-Period: December 27th 2021, h. 14:30, WP Centrium, Red Deer CET 03:30 (28.12.) Sweden vs Slovakia Period-by-Period: December 27th 2021, h. 19:30, WP Centrium, Red Deer

DAY 1 HIGHLIGHTS United States 3 - 2 Slovakia Period-by-Period: 2-0, 1-0, 0-2 December 26th 2021, h. 19:30, WP Centrium, Red Deer Goals: 14. Knies (Cooley, Peart) 1:0, 16. Samoskevich (Coronato, Beniers) 2:0, 33. Slaggert (Kaiser, Dickinson) 3:0 - 42. Chromiak (Kašlík, Kňažko) 3:1, 58. Chromiak (Myklukha, Nemec) 3:2

DAY 1 HIGHLIGHTS Czech Republic 3 - 6 Canada Period-by-Period: 3-3, 0-2, 0-1 December 26th 2021, h. 17:00, Rogers Place, Edmonton Goals: 8. Gut (Brabenec, Kulich) 1:1, 12. Novák (Jiříček, Ivan) 2:1, 13. Svozil (Gut) 3:1 – 4. McTavish (Unassisted) 0:1, 13. Power (Unassisted) 3:2, 20. Sebrango (Perfetti, Bedard) 3:3, 29. Power (Perfetti, Bourque) 3:4, 31. Power (McTavish, Perfetti) 3:5, 54. Zellweger (Cormier, Neighbours) 3:6

DAY 1 HIGHLIGHTS Russia 3 - 6 Sweden Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-2, 2-3 December 26th 2021, h. 14:30, WP Centrium, Red Deer Goals: 37. Svechkov (Chibrikov, Tankov) 1:3, 45. Michkov (Demidov) 2:4, 46. Michkov (Smirnov, Khusnutdinov) 3:4 – 6. Olausson (Holtz, Grans) 0:1, 28. Edvinsson (Unassisted) 0:2, 35. Andrae (Grans, Eklund) 0:3, 44. Holtz (Eklund, Andrae) 1:4, 52. Niederbach (Olausson, Edvinsson) 3:5, 60. Ljungman (Edvinsson) 3:6

DAY 1 HIGHLIGHTS Finland 3 - 1 Germany Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-1, 1-0 December 26th 2021, h. 12:00, Rogers Place, Edmonton Goals: 13. Helenius (Lambert) 1:0, 28. Määttä (Heimosalmi, Hirvonen) 2:1, 48. Helenius (Lambert, Koivunen) 3:1 – 24. Münzenberger (Blank) 1:1

Sunday December 26th, 2021 Preliminary Round Day 1 RESULTS (GMT -7) Group A Mountain Standard Time (GMT -7) Finland 3 - 1 Germany Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-1, 1-0 December 26th 2021, h. 12:00, Rogers Place, Edmonton Czech Republic 3 - 6 Canada Period-by-Period: 3-3, 0-2, 0-1 December 26th 2021, h. 17:00, Rogers Place, Edmonton Round-Robin Provisional Standing After Day 1 Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Canada 1 1(0) 0(0) 6 3 +3 3 Finland 1 1(0) 0(0) 3 1 +2 3 Austria 0 0(0) 0(0) 0 0 0 0 Germany 1 0(0) 1(0) 1 3 -2 0 Czech Republic 1 0(0) 1(0) 3 6 -3 0 Group B Mountain Standard Time (GMT -7) Russia 3 - 6 Sweden Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-2, 2-3 December 26th 2021, h. 14:30, WP Centrium, Red Deer United States 3 - 2 Slovakia Period-by-Period: 2-0, 1-0, 0-2 December 26th 2021, h. 19:30, WP Centrium, Red Deer Round-Robin Provisional Standing After Day 1 Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Sweden 1 1(0) 0(0) 6 3 +3 3 United States 1 1(0) 0(0) 3 2 +1 3 Switzerland 0 0(0) 0(0) 0 0 0 0 Slovakia 1 0(0) 1(0) 2 3 -1 0 Russia 1 0(0) 1(0) 3 6 -3 0

Congrats on the Deserved win We were not far from shocking point tonight though..but considering our embarassing and disastrous 2nd periode any point today would not be deserved.

Since there will be no Relegated team this year after todays decidion of the executive board. There obviously change in the format of the tournament you can find in post 2 of this thread There will be no match for Relegation, so both teams who will end in 5th places of their respective preliminary round groups will be ranked 9th and 10th according their results from preliminaty round. Updated format:

Absolutely no idea, which format you need to have a 11 team tournament They want to return to 10 team tourney the next year 2024 so 2 teams will have to be relegated next year I assume, but how about the format ? Just hope they are not going to implement some pre-round and main round with top seeded nations or something like that... Meanwhile already 3-0 against

Fresh News ! No team will be relegated this year ! Next year tournament will be played with 11 teams . No team relegated at World Juniors The IIHF Council has voted that no team will be relegated from the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship that will begin today in Edmonton and Red Deer, Canada to safeguard the sportive integrity of the competition in the light of the extraordinary Covid-related circumstances. Due to Belarus gaining promotion after winning the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division I Group A earlier this month, the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship will be played with 11 teams with the aim of going back to 10 teams for the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship. The IIHF will start discussions concerning the logistical implementation of hosting 11 teams at the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship in Novosibirsk and Omsk, Russia with the organizing committee. The task of creating an 11-team format and game schedule has been given to the IIHF Competition Committee along with any other implications for the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship program. IIHF.COM

Finland won 3-1 the opening match. Next one is the Pool B opener clash vs

and it started

Sunday December 26th, 2021 Preliminary Round Day 1 Schedule (GMT -7) Group A Mountain Standard Time (GMT -7) CET 20:00 Finland vs Germany Period-by-Period: December 26th 2021, h. 12:00, Rogers Place, Edmonton CET 01:00 (27.12.) Czech Republic vs Canada Period-by-Period: December 26th 2021, h. 17:00, Rogers Place, Edmonton Group B Mountain Standard Time (GMT -7) CET 22:30 Russia vs Sweden Period-by-Period: December 26th 2021, h. 14:30, WP Centrium, Red Deer CET 03:30 (27.12.) United States vs Slovakia Period-by-Period: December 26th 2021, h. 19:30, WP Centrium, Red Deer

For now they registered only 17 available players. 8 more can be added during the tournament... Team Switzerland Goaltenders: Kevin Pasche (Omaha Lancers, USHL, ) Lucas Rotheli (EVZ Academy, ) Defencemen: Lian Bichsel (Leksands IF, ) Noah Delemont (EHC Biel, ) Noah Meier (GCK Lions Zurich, ) Arno Nussbaumer (EVZ Academy, ) Dario Sidler (EVZ Academy, ) Brian Zanetti (Peterborough Petes, OHL, ) Forwards: Dario Allenspach (EV Zug, ) Attilio Biasca (Halifax Mooseheads, QMJHL, ) Lorenzo Canonica (Shawinigan Cataractes, QMJHL, ) Christophe Cavalleri (Geneve-Servette HC, ) Joshua Fahrni (SC Bern, ) Marlon Graf (GCK Lions Zurich, ) Joel Henry (GCK Lions Zurich, ) Fabian Ritzmann (HC Davos, ) Louis Robin (Rimouski Oceanic, QMJHL, )

Power Rankings There’s a first time for everything, and we’re excited to bring you a special limited edition of the Power Rankings at the IIHF World Junior Championship for the very first time! Starting out in first place are coach Nate Leaman’s Americans, who aspire to win back-to-back gold medals on Edmonton ice. The ever-dangerous host Canadians sit second, while 2021 bronze medalist Finland is third. 1 USA Every goal will be Zegras-to-Milano style 2 CAN Silver bells, silver bells, it’s Christmas time 3 FIN We’re the best at jumping into frozen lakes 4 SWE Yay! No more round-robin win streak! 5 RUS Our coach is more famous than your coach 6 CZE We call Edmonton “Mrazektown” 7 GER “Hi Leon! Can you shave and get a fake ID?” 8 SVK Experts predict another bronze medal in 2031 9 SUI Losing the final to Sweden would be lovely 10 AUT Can we go to the West Edmonton Mall? 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.

So 9 of the 10 teams official rosters are known and registered. The only missing one is They received a special exception and can announce their final 25 roster tomorrow before the start of the tournament. The reason is obvious. Covid... Copy/paste from the Ice Hockey federation web Due to a positive Covid test result, the entire Swiss U20 national team has been in quarantine since Thursday. The only World Cchampionship preparation game against the Czech Republic had to be canceled. On Christmas Day, the team was able to end the quarantine and start training again. The final World Championship squad will be announced on Sunday, December 26th. A player from the Swiss U20 national team has been tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, December 23. The entire team then had to go into quarantine, which is why Switzerland's only World Cup preparatory game against the Czech Republic, scheduled for Thursday, could not take place. Head coach Marco Bayer's team was able to leave the quarantine on Christmas Day, December 25th, and resume training. Two players remain in isolation.