Mentors Posted April 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 Division I Group A Austria is back in the top division after one year. South-Korea is relegated. Division I Group B Hungary has qualified for the 2009 IIHF World Championship in Switzerland. It will be the first appearance for the Magyars in a top division in 70 years! Estonia is relegated. ok, now we look forward to the Top Division in Canada, starts on 3rd May Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 I watched Finland-Sweden Euro Hockey tour game today and what I saw didn't confirm me to bet any money for those two teams to be ready to challenge Canada, Checks and Russia. Finland and Sweden suck big time at the moment. Ofcourse a lot depends on which NHL stars teams are able to get to play in WC tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted April 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 the preparatory games are not much meaningful. same with my team who played against Norway last weeekend and made not a good impression time to opening face off: 11 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted April 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 3 days, 7 hours to the opening game Not only the medals will have a retro look. For the first time in the history of the IIHF World Championship, teams will appear in retro jerseys in Canada. This as a tribute to the 100 Year Anniversary of the IIHF. http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-championship/vintage-jerseys.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted May 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 only eleven hours to the Opening Ceremony and first games: Denmark - Czechia http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-championship/home.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted May 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 ok, here for all in the heat and on the beaches the first cooling results: Group B Canada-Slovenia 5:1 USA-Latvia 4:0 Group D Denmark-Czechia 2:5 Russia-Italy 7:1 later i will watch two games very late at night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 No suprises this far. As I thought Sweden seemed weak, they had hard time beating Belarus. Maybe it would be time to limit teams to 10? The games between top countries and the weakest ones are waste of time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted May 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 agree, but this circumstance you can see on every sport tournament. And not to forget that teams like Germany brings a lot of money and fans to a tournament. This was also the reason to make the World Cup A bigger. Watched two games tonight on TV incl. a victory of my speedy young Swiss team. And i like to see the teams playing in Retro Shirts for the 100 Birthday of the IIHF. Group A Belarus - Sweden 5:6 Suisse - France 4:1 Group C Germany - Finland 1:5 Slovakia - Norway 5:1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted May 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 results from Sunday: Group D Czechia - Russia 4:5 a.O. Italy- Denmark 2:6 Group B USA - Slovenia 5:1 Latvia - Canada 0:7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted May 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 - Swiss spring past Belarus - Swedes dance with France - Norway loses but wins - Germany stuns Slovakia http://www.iihf.com/ Group A Suisse - Belarus 2:1 Sweden - France 9:0 1. Sweden 06* 2. Switzerland 06* 3. Belarus 00 ---------------- 4. France 00 Group C Finland - Norway 3:2 a.O. Slovakia - Germany 2:4 1. Finland 05* 2. Germany 03 3. Slovakia 03 -------------- 4. Norway 01 Group A 1. Canada 06* 2. USA 06* 3. Slovenia 00 -------------- 4. Latvia 00 Group D 1. Russia 05* 2. Czechia 04* 3. Denmark 03 --------------- 4. Italy 00 * already qualified Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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