Belarus changes coach
The Belarusian Ice Hockey Association has announced a change of the head coach position. As of today Sergei Pushkov will be the head coach of the men’s national team at the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World...
View ArticleTimo Meier joins Swiss
Timo Meier will play his first IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship for Switzerland the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation confirmed on Tuesday. The San Jose Sharks gave green light last night for the...
View ArticleTwo Sharks join Denmark
Great news for the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship host country: Mikkel Boedker and Jannik Hansen will soon join the Danish national team in Herning. The San Jose Sharks have given green light...
View ArticleFour games to save Belarus
Sergei Pushkov took charge of his first training session as head coach of the Belarusian national team on Tuesday morning – and spoke of the need for an instant upswing in the team’s fortunes. Belarus...
View ArticleThe Slovaks revive
Slovakia’s players and fans have endured a long wait to hear their anthem played at a World Championship game. In Cologne, the team’s solitary victory – an anxious overtime success against...
View ArticleLatvia back on track
Latvia defeated Korea 5-0 to record its second win at the 2018 IIHF World Championships. Two first period goals carved out a lead that Latvia would not relinquish. They successfully rebounded from an...
View ArticleFinland dances to easy victory
Finland moved into first place in Group B with its third win in a row, this over Norway to the tune of 7-0. The win was impressive for its total dominance of possession and relentless puck pursuit....
View ArticleCzechs edge Swiss in shootout thriller
Czech goalie Pavel Francouz saved one Swiss penalty shot in regulation and went on to win the game for his team in the shootout. The Traktor Chelyabinsk man, who shot to fame when he won Olympic...
View ArticleFollowing in familiar footsteps
Kasperi Kapanen is no stranger to playing for Finland. As a junior age player, he represented Finland at the U20 World Championships in 2016, scoring the game winning goal in overtime against Russia...
View ArticleGronborg builds Sweden
Rikard Gronborg has been a coach in the Swedish national program for eight years. Before that, he played and coached in the USA – an unusual path for a Swede. “I went to a camp in Montreal and I was...
View ArticleTwo Germanys in one season
Germany has started the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship with three losses—shootout losses to Denmark and Norway, and then 3-0 to the United States yesterday. More was expected of the team after...
View ArticleGermany gets first win
Germany kickstarted its World Championship with an important 6-1 win over Korea this afternoon in Herning. The win, the team’s first in four games, puts Germany in fifth place in Group B standings,...
View ArticleVermin's pair leads Swiss past Belarus
Switzerland bounced back from a shootout loss to the Czechs by thumping Belarus 5-2 in Group A. The Belarusians remain pointless after shockingly making a coaching change on Tuesday. The former Soviet...
View Article200,000 fans in five days
Ice hockey fever is battling with the spring heat in Denmark. After five days of the international folk festival and at full speed ahead both in the stands and on the ice, it’s a very pleased President...
View ArticleVlasic to join Canada
Hockey Canada announced the addition of 2017 silver-medallist Marc-Edouard Vlasic (San Jose Sharks) for the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Copenhagen and Herning, Denmark. With the addition...
View ArticleDenmark stuns Finland
Nichlas Hardt’s third-period power-play goal lifted Denmark to an unexpected but definitely welcome 3-2 win over Finland. The last time Denmark defeated Finland was at the 2010 IIHF Ice Hockey World...
View ArticleBruins duo for Czechs
The Czech national team will be joined on Thursday by Boston Bruins forwards David Krejci and David Pastrnak. The players have been cleared by the club to play at the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World...
View ArticleRakell in form as Sweden wins big
Rickard Rakell was in inspired form for Sweden as the Tre Kronor eased to a fourth straight victory in Copenhagen. The 25-year-old collected two goals and an assist as the Swedish top line dominated...
View ArticleNot just a famous name
For Slovak hockey, the name Bondra is forever linked with World Championship glory. But 16 years after Peter Bondra scored his gold-medal goal to defeat Russia and put his country on top of the world...
View ArticleWill they or won’t they?
The Swedes made history when they won Olympic gold and IIHF World Championship gold in the same year (2006). Could the Russians replicate that feat this year? Of course, there are certain distinctions...
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