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Ball Hockey World Champs schedule is on.
 
We start the tournament against Haiti, with and being the next group opponents
 
 
 

federation officially announced a couple of minutes ago that just like last year this time again no slovak KHL player/coach will be invited to the team for the upcoming world championships
 
https://sport.aktuality.sk/hokej/clanok/hraci-z-khl-nebudu-reprezentovat-slovensko-na-ms-v-hokeji-2024-2024041211181804601
 
 
We have currently 9 players in the KHL (yep, so many... ) so none of this list will be in May in Ostrava (and hopefully also in Prague )
 

EIHL - Elite Ice Hockey League Playoffs
 
Quarterfinals Pairings (Home & Away Series, Aggregate Score counts)
 
Sheffield Steelers (1) b. Fife Flyers (8)
 
Cardiff Devils (2) b. Dundee Stars (7)
 
Belfast Giants (3) b. Coventry Blaze (6)
 
Manchester Storm (5) b. Guildford Flames (4)

EIHL - Elite Ice Hockey League
 
as many people already know, the League Title in GBR is awarded to the Team that wins the Regular Season, meanwhile the Playoffs are a Championship by themselves
 
 
therefore, the RS winners, the Sheffield Steelers are the 2023/2024 EIHL Champions 
 
 
Regular Season Final Standings
 
1.Sheffield Steelers, 91 Pts

2.Cardiff Devils, 77 Pts

3.Belfast Giants, 71 Pts
 
Full Ranking
https://www.eliteleague.co.uk/standings
 
 
Individual Stats
 
RS Best Scorer:  Mitchell Balmas (Sheffield Steelers), 66 Pts
RS Best Goal Scorer:  Spencer Naas (Dundee Stars), 32 Goals

RS Best Goaltender by GAA:  Matthew Greenfield (Sheffield Steelers), 1.93 GAA (47 games played)
RS Best Goaltender by SVS%:  Matthew Greenfield (Sheffield Steelers), 92.96% (47 games played)

ALPS Hockey League
 
Regular Season
 
 Rittner Buam SkyAlps won both the Preliminary Round (30 games, 69 points) and the Master Round (10 games, 29 points; 4 as a bonus for the Preliminary Round win)
 
Playoffs
 
Preliminary Round (Best-of-3 Series)
 
Hockey Unterland Cavaliers b. HC Gherdeina  2-0
HC Merano Pircher b. EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel  2-1
 
Quarterfinals (Best-of-7 Series)
 
Rittner Buam b. EC Bregenzerwald  4-1
SG Cortina Hafro b. HC Merano Pircher  4-1
Red Bull Juniors b. Hockey Unterland Cavaliers  4-1
Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan b. EK Die Zeller Eisbären  4-0
 
Semifinals (Best-of-7 Series)
 
Rittner Buam b. Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan  4-3
SG Cortina Hafro b. Red Bull Juniors  4-2
 
The Finals (Best-of-7 Series)
 
Rittner Buam b. SG Cortina Hafro  4-0 (3-1; 5-4 OT; 3-1; 3-0)
 
 Rittner Buam SkyAlps are the 2023/2024 ALPS Hockey League Champions 

Thursday April 11th, 2024 -
 
Knockout Round Day 1 Results (GMT -4)
 
Quarterfinals
Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4)  
Finland 3 - 1 Switzerland
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 1-0, 1-0
April 11th 2024, h. 10:00, Adirondack Back Center, Utica

Czechia 1 - 0 Germany
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 0-0, 1-0
April 11th 2024, h. 13:30, Adirondack Back Center, Utica

Canada 5 - 1 Sweden
Period-by-Period: 2-1, 1-0, 2-0
April 11th 2024, h. 17:00, Adirondack Back Center, Utica

United States 10 - 0 Japan
Period-by-Period: 3-0, 6-0, 1-0 April 11th 2024, h. 20:30, Adirondack Back Center, Utica     Nations Qualified for the Semifinals
 
Canada Czechia Finland United States  
Nations Qualified for the 5th Place Match
 
Germany Switzerland

Thursday April 11th, 2024 -
Round-Robin Day 4 Results (GMT +2)
 
13:00  Iceland  0 - 3  Mexico
16:30  Belgium  2 - 9  Kazakhstan
20:30  Chinese Taipei  1 - 3  Spain
 
Provisional Standing After Day 4:
 
1.    12
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2.   12
3.   6
4.   3
5.   3
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6.   0  Relegated to Women´s Division II Group B World Championship 2025

Thursday April 11th, 2024 -
 
Knockout Round Day 1 Schedule (GMT -4)
 
Quarterfinals
Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4)  
CEST 16:00
Finland vs Switzerland
Period-by-Period:
April 11th 2024, h. 10:00, Adirondack Back Center, Utica   CEST 19:30
Czechia vs Germany
Period-by-Period:
April 11th 2024, h. 13:30, Adirondack Back Center, Utica   CEST 23:00
Canada vs Sweden
Period-by-Period:
April 11th 2024, h. 17:00, Adirondack Back Center, Utica   CEST 02:30 (12.04.)
United States vs Japan
Period-by-Period: April 11th 2024, h. 20:30, Adirondack Back Center, Utica  

Just came to take a look to how our pair is doing.
 
Obviously, lost in 1st round to the qualified team of . That´s how we do things in Slovakia, baby ! At full force to keep our 14 qualified athletes maximum and secure that Universality-program country for 2032... but we will need to qualify 4 athletes less for LA, I think it is pretty doable though

Just came to take a look to how our pair is doing.
 
Obviously, lost in 1st round to the qualified team of . That´s how we do things in Slovakia, baby ! At full force to keep our 14 qualified athletes maximum and secure that Universality-program country for 2032... but we will need to qualify 4 athletes less for LA, I think it is pretty doable though

update...
 
 Synerglace Ligue Magnus
 
Finals (Best-of-7 Series)
 
Game #4: Wednesday, April 10th, 8.30 p.m. CET, Bordeaux vs Rouen  1-2 OT (0-0, 0-1, 1-0, 0-1)
 
Series is tied 2-2
 
Game #5 is scheduled for Saturday, April 13th @ 9 p.m. CET in Rouen

DEL Playoffs
 
Semifinals Results (Best-of-7 Series)
 
Pinguins Bremerhaven (1) b. EHC Red Bull München (5)  4-1 (3-0; 3-2 OT; 0-4; 3-2; 3-0)
 
Eisbären Berlin (2) b. Straubing Tigers (3)  4-1 (3-1; 4-3 OT; 3-2; 2-3; 3-2 OT)

NLA Playoffs
 
Finals Schedule (Best-of-7 Series)
 
ZSC Lions Zürich (1) vs Lausanne HC (3)
 
Game #1: Tuesday, April 16th, 8 p.m. CET, ZSC Lions Zürich vs Lausanne HC
 
Game #2: Thursday, April 18th, 8 p.m. CET, Lausanne HC vs ZSC Lions Zürich
 
Game #3: Saturday, April 20th, 8 p.m. CET, ZSC Lions Zürich vs Lausanne HC
 
Game #4: Tuesday, April 23rd, 8 p.m. CET, Lausanne HC vs ZSC Lions Zürich
 
if necessary, Game #5: Thursday, April 25th, 8 p.m. CET, ZSC Lions Zürich vs Lausanne HC
 
if necessary, Game #6: Saturday, April 27th, 8 p.m. CET, Lausanne HC vs ZSC Lions Zürich
 
if necessary, Game #7: Tuesday, April 30th, 8 p.m. CET, ZSC Lions Zürich vs Lausanne HC

NLA Playoffs
 
Semifinals Results (Best-of-7 Series)
 
ZSC Lions Zürich (1) b. EV Zug (4)  4-0 (5-2; 1-0; 5-2; 2-0)
 
Lausanne HC (3) b. Fribourg-Gottèron (2)  4-1 (1-2; 3-2 3OT; 2-0; 3-1; 4-2)

DEL Playoffs
 
Finals Schedule (Best-of-7 Series)
 
Pinguins Bremerhaven (1) vs Eisbären Berlin (2)
 
Game #1: Wednesday, April 17th, 7.30 p.m. CET, Pinguins Bremerhaven vs Eisbären Berlin
 
Game #2: Friday, April 19th, 7.30 p.m. CET, Eisbären Berlin vs Pinguins Bremerhaven
 
Game #3: Sunday, April 21st, 3.30 p.m. CET, Pinguins Bremerhaven vs Eisbären Berlin
 
Game #4: Tuesday, April 23rd, 7.30 p.m. CET, Eisbären Berlin vs Pinguins Bremerhaven
 
if necessary, Game #5: Friday, April 26th, 7.30 p.m. CET, Pinguins Bremerhaven vs Eisbären Berlin
 
if necessary, Game #6: Sunday, April 28th, 2 p.m. CET, Eisbären Berlin vs Pinguins Bremerhaven
 
if necessary, Game #7: Tuesday, April 30th, 7.30 p.m. CET, Pinguins Bremerhaven vs Eisbären Berlin

Thursday April 11th, 2024 -
 
Knockout Round Day 1 Schedule (GMT -4)
 
Quarterfinals
Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4)  
CEST 16:00
Finland vs Switzerland
Period-by-Period:
April 11th 2024, h. 10:00, Adirondack Back Center, Utica   CEST 19:30
Czechia vs Germany
Period-by-Period:
April 11th 2024, h. 13:30, Adirondack Back Center, Utica   CEST 23:00
Canada vs Sweden
Period-by-Period:
April 11th 2024, h. 17:00, Adirondack Back Center, Utica   CEST 02:30 (12.04.)
United States vs Japan
Period-by-Period: April 11th 2024, h. 20:30, Adirondack Back Center, Utica  

Quarterfinals Pairing
 
1A-3B -
2A-2B -
3A-1B -
4A-5A -

FINAL STANDING
 
9 China 10 Denmark  
The following Nations have qualified for the Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Championship 2025
 
Canada Czechia Finland Germany Japan Sweden Switzerland United States  
The following Nations has been relegated to the Women's Ice Hockey IIHF Division I Group A World Championship 2025
 
China Denmark

Tuesday April 9th, 2024 -
 
Preliminary Round Last Day Results (GMT -4)
 
Group A
Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4)  
Czechia 6 - 1 Switzerland
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 2-0, 3-0
April 9th 2024, h. 15:00, Adirondack Back Centre, Utica  
Group A Final Standing  
Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. United States 4 4(1) 0(0) 16 3 +13 11 Canada 4 3(0) 1(1) 12 2 +10 10 Czechia 4 2(0) 2(0) 10 12 -2 6 Finland 4 1(0) 3(0) 9 15 -6 3 Switzerland 4 0(0) 4(0) 3 18 -15 0  
 
Group B
Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4)   Germany 3 - 0 China
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 0-0, 1-0
April 9th 2024, h. 11:00, Adirondack Back Centre, Utica   Japan 3 - 0 Denmark
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-0, 1-0
April 9th 2024, h. 19:00, Adirondack Back Centre, Utica 1 Group B Final Standing + Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Germany 4 4(0) 0(0) 13 2 +11 12 Sweden 4 3(0) 1(0) 17 5 +12 9 Japan 4 1(0) 3(1) 8 13 -5 4 China 4 1(1) 3(1) 5 15 -10 3 Denmark 4 1(1) 3(0) 4 12 -8 2  
 Nations Qualified for the Quarterfinals
 
Canada Czechia Finland Germany Japan Sweden Switzerland United States  

Wednesday April 10th, 2024 -
Round-Robin Day 3 Results (GMT +2)
 
13:00  Kazakhstan  7 - 2  Iceland
16:30  Mexico  2 - 1  Chinese Taipei
20:30  Spain  8 - 0  Belgium
 
Provisional Standing After Day 3:
 
1.    9
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2.   9
3.   3
4.   3
5.   3
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6.   0

Final composition of groups confirmed. Draw for tickets in the first phase
 
 
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and the 2024 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Host Organizing Committee have released the 2024 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship groups.
 
 Composition of groups confirmed
 
The groups for Prague and Ostrava are based on the World Ranking taking into consideration organizational wishes by the 2024 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Organizing Committee. “Thanks to the fact that the Czechs and Slovaks were already in different groups, we were able to address another group change wish " Jan Černý, General Secretary of the Czech Ice Hockey Association and Sport Director of the 2024 IIHF WM praises the composition of the groups.
 
Host Czechia will play Canada - the defending champion, Finland, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Austria and Great Britain in Group A in Prague.
 
Ostrava will host Group B that includes the USA, Germany, Sweden, Slovakia, Latvia, France, Kazakhstan and Poland. Poland is returning to the elite after 22 years: "Poles are big sports enthusiasts so we believe that they will not miss this historic event for Polish ice hockey," says Jan Černý.
 
Group A – Prague
Canada Finland Switzerland Czechia Denmark Norway Austria Great Britain Group B – Ostrava
USA Germany Sweden Slovakia Latvia France Kazakhstan Poland  
Ticket sales will start in autumn 
 
The 2024 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship tickets will go on sale in October.
As in the past, only daily ticket packages for two or three games on the particular game day in Prague or Ostrava will be available from the beginning. "We are currently working intensively on the final pricing policy, but it is already possible to say that the daily packages of the first category will range from 2,000 to 5,000 CZK (approx. 85 to 215 EUR) and the second from 1,500 to 4,500 CZK (approx. 65 to 190 EUR). The first category corresponds to the 1st floor of the Prague Arena and all sectors of the Ostrava Arena except for the corners A1, A5, B1 and B5, which fall into the second category. In Prague Arena, a fourth floor is planned as part of the second price category. In both venues, we will also offer a third price category in the range of CZK 1,000 to 3,000 (approx. 40 to 125 EUR) which will correspond to the highest rows in the arenas," Petr Bříza, President of the Organizing Committee of the Czech Ice Hockey Association for the 2024 IIHF WM, presented the ticket price frameworks.
  
Draw for priority purchase of tickets
  
Interest in tickets to the 2024 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship held in Czechia is traditionally enormous, as evidenced by the high attendances in 2004 and 2015. The organizers therefore came up with a novelty this year which will offer fans the opportunity to secure tickets in advance, with a draw for the priority right to purchase tickets, which will take place in the autumn. "We were inspired by the Olympic Games, the Rugby World Cup or the last IIHF Ice Hockey Championship in Tampere and Riga. The goal of the draw is to provide the ice hockey audience with an equal opportunity to get tickets. This will apply not only to Czech fans, but also to foreign fans. The winner will be able to buy one to six tickets according to their preference in the first and second price categories. With the draw, we also want to dilute the great interest that we expect at the beginning of the sale," Petr Bříza explains the form of the competition and its goals.
 
In the first phase, all interested fans will first register on (2024.iihfworlds.com), which will be active from 20 July. Participants can only register once using their email address and phone number. In the second phase, the participants will be invited via email to select up to three preferred teams and respective game days.
 
In the second half of September, a lottery will take place, on the basis of which the participants will find out whether they have obtained the possibility of priority purchase. "The winners will have a total of five days to buy tickets. We expect to open the priority purchase of tickets in the first half of October. Winners cannot reserve the tickets; they need to be paid after selection using the selected payment method. Of course, it is up to everyone whether and to what extent they would like to benefit from the successful draw. Approximately 20% of the sales capacity of the arena will be allocated to the draw on each game day of the preliminary round. After that, as part of the traditional sale, we will release another wave of tickets. In case that luck does not smile on someone in the competition, they will have the opportunity to purchase tickets also in the subsequent public sale. We would like to present a complete price overview of all types of tickets at the end of the summer, when we will already know the game schedule," explains Petr Bříza.
  
Official ticket sales will begin after the end of the ticket draw, i.e. in the first half of October. "We believe that this form, which is currently widely used, will also be attractive to our fans. We would like to meet the attendance of 2015. Fans from all over the world associate Prague and Ostrava with packed arenas and an unforgettable atmosphere and, we would like to confirm that next year," concludes Petr Bříza.
 
Ticket draw phases: 
1st Phase – Registration of participants: via 2024.iihfworlds.com from 20 July 2023
2nd Phase – Choice of teams and specific games: until 15 September 2023
3rd Phase – Drawing and contacting the winners: second half of September 2023 
4th Phase – Advance tickets sale for the winners: first half of October 2023 

update...
 
 () ICE Hockey League Playoffs
 
Finals (Best-of-7 Series)
 
Game #3: Tuesday, April 9th, 7.30 p.m. CET, KAC Klagenfurt vs Red Bull Salzburg  4-2 (0-2, 3-0, 1-0)
 
KAC Klagenfurt lead the Series 2-1
 
Game #4 is scheduled for next Friday, April 12th @ 7.30 p.m. CET in Salzburg

update...
 
 Synerglace Ligue Magnus
 
Finals (Best-of-7 Series)
 
Game #3: Tuesday, April 9th, 8.30 p.m. CET, Bordeaux vs Rouen  3-6 (0-3, 2-1, 1-2)
 
Bordeaux lead the Series 2-1
 
Game #4 is scheduled for Tonight, Wednesday, April 10th @ 8.30 p.m. CET in Bordeaux

Metal Ligaen Playoffs
 
Finals Schedule (Best-of-7 Series)
 
SønderjyskE (3) vs Esbjerg Energy (4)
 
Game #1: Friday, April 12th, 7.30 p.m. CET, SønderjyskE vs Esbjerg Energy
 
Game #2: Sunday, April 14th, 3 p.m. CET, Esbjerg Energy vs SønderjyskE
 
Game #3: Tuesday, April 16th, 7.30 p.m. CET, SønderjyskE vs Esbjerg Energy
 
Game #4: Friday, April 19th, 7.30 p.m. CET, Esbjerg Energy vs SønderjyskE
 
Games #5 through #7: TBA

Metal Ligaen Playoffs
 
Semifinals Results (Best-of-7 Series)
 
Esbjerg Energy (4) b. Aalborg Pirates (1)  4-3 (5-4 OT; 2-3 OT; 7-4; 4-3 2OT; 2-5; 2-5; 3-0)
 
SønderjyskE (3) b. Herning IK (2)  4-2 (0-4; 4-3 OT; 3-4; 5-4 OT; 4-2; 4-2)