Romania survives
A Romanian goal-spree downed Croatia 7-3 in the battle against relegation to stay in the Division I Group B. Croatia takes the step down to Division IIA. Romania finally found the goal with ease when...
View ArticleKazakhstan hopes
Kazakhstan beat Poland 6-1 and can still hope for promotion depending on the other results. With the fourth loss in five games Poland is relegated. After two disappointing losses, Kazakhstan keeps its...
View ArticleFinns finish off Sweden
Finland is bound for its fourth straight U18 World Championship gold medal game after beating archrival Sweden 2-0 in Saturday’s first semi-final. The Finns remain the only team to win all their games...
View ArticleJapan routs Ukraine
Japan was in command from start to finish as they strolled to brush aside Ukraine 7-1 in their final game of Division IB. Two powerplay goals and a helper from Japan's top scorer Ryo Hashimoto led the...
View ArticleItaly wins empty-net clash
With a tie not helping either team first Slovenia then Italy both pulled their goalie for a sixth skater. Diego Kostner scored the game-winner for Italy. It was one of these curious moments in this...
View ArticleU.S. to face Finns for gold
The defending champs are one win away. The U.S. downed a gutsy Czech squad 4-1 in the semi-finals to move on to Sunday's gold medal game against Finland. It'll be a tough matchup for coach Seth...
View ArticleLithuania moving up
In front of 10,170 ecstatic home fans, Lithuania celebrates winning gold in Division 1B after downing Estonia, 4-1. In the battle of the Baltics, Pavilas Vernis scored a brace while blueliners Nerijus...
View ArticlePerlini MVP
After the last game it was time for the individual awards. Brett Perlini was voted as Most Valuable Player by the media. It was a tight race but Perlini, co-scoring leader within Great Britain together...
View ArticleGreat Britain & Italy up!
Great Britain got the point it needed when Robert Farmer tied the game against Hungary at two with 15.8 seconds left in regulation time. “We are going up! We are going up!” the British fans chanted on...
View ArticleSwedes bring home bronze
Sweden captured its fourth IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship bronze medal of all time with a solid 5-2 win over the Czechs on Sunday in Chelyabinsk. It’s tough to lose a semi-final and play a game...
View ArticleBack in the high life again
For the third time in the last five years, it was Tampere Tappara and Karpat Oulu that met in the Finnish Liiga final. Karpat has won eight titles since 2000, most of all teams in the league, while...
View Article"Real hockey cities"
Frank Gonzalez, U18 World Championship chairman, in a press scrum before the gold medal game offered very high assessment of Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk. Can you comment on the attendance at this...
View ArticleHughes named MVP
The best players of the 2018 U18 World Championship have been selected by the tournament Directorate and the media. The U.S.’s Jack Hughes was named MVP. The Directorate hands out individual awards to...
View ArticleFinland wins it all!
Niklas Nordgren's shorthanded goal with 9:19 left gave the Finns a thrilling 3-2 final victory over the Americans. It's Finland's fourth U18 gold medal ever. The defending champion U.S. came back from...
View ArticleIce Blacks move up
New Zealand U18s won gold in 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division III Group B, topping a three-team tournament on home ice in Queenstown. The junior Ice Blacks faced off against South...
View ArticleDutch Dominance
Similar to 2016, the Netherlands made sure their stay in Division IIA would be limited to just a single year. Carrying the pressure of being the gold medal favourite, the Netherlands thrived on home...
View ArticleMagic number reached
The IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship starts on Friday – but there is already reason to celebrate. The goal of 300,000 tickets sold has been reached, and so the Danish ice hockey lions and the rest of...
View ArticlePirates grab Danish trophy
It had been a long time coming, but the Aalborg Pirates are Danish champions again. The last time that happened, it was a world in which there was no Indiana Jones or Donkey Kong, Kool and the Gang’s...
View ArticleWidening the appeal
With an average of 7,368 watching its home favourites win gold in Div. IB, the host city of Kaunas is now in sharp focus as Lithuanian hockey targets growth. Bernd Haake's Lithuanian dream team...
View ArticleGame 7 heroes
After a bad regular season in seventh place, few expected the ZSC Lions Zurich to win the Swiss championship despite being one of the biggest and most powerful hockey clubs in Switzerland. But in a...
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