Krupp embraces national team experience
2018 has been a whirlwind year for Bjorn Krupp. Between his regular season in the DEL, the Olympics and now the IIHF World Championships, Krupp and his fellow German teammates have played a lot of...
View ArticleLatvia wins as fight for 4th intensifies
Latvia won a tight and close-checking game this afternoon in Herning, defeating Germany by a 3-1 score and making a race for the fourth and final playoff spot in Group B even tighter. "It was a huge...
View ArticleSweden edges Slovakia in overtime
Sweden dropped its first points at this year's World Championship after Slovakia battled to a 3-3 tie in regulation. The Tre Kronor finally wrapped up the win in overtime with a power play goal...
View ArticleDenmark ekes out win over Korea
Denmark took a big step forward in its quest to make the quarter-finals with a 3-1 win over Korea. Jesper Jensen’s goal in the second period put Denmark ahead and on course for their fourth win of the...
View ArticleAustria bids Belarus farewell
It was do or die, and Austria delivered. With a 4-0 victory over Belarus on Saturday, the Austrians booked their tickets to the 2019 IIHF World Championship and sent their opponents down to Division I...
View ArticleSpecial teams carry Finland, 5-1
Finland scored two quick power-play goals in the first period and killed off all five Canadian power plays, winning the game, 5-1, and exposing some of Canada's soft spots while playing their own game...
View ArticlePower Rankings
Do you enjoy singing "The Star-Spangled Banner"? If so, you'll enjoy seeing America atop our fifth Power Rankings of 2018 after its 13-1 win over Korea. 1 USA They have Kims, but we have Kim...
View ArticleOut on Olimb
There is no official IIHF record for this, but it is unlikely that any pair of brothers have played more consecutive World Championships than Mathis Olimb and his brother Ken Andre. They are an...
View ArticleHornqvist Sweden’s last addition
After a trio of Nashville Predators players, the Swedish Ice Hockey Association announced that Patric Hornqvist will join the Swedish national team in Copenhagen today for the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey...
View ArticleDenmark's dynamic deeds
Denmark is a fresh face among the elite hockey nations, but it’s firmly established its place in our family, especially in the new millennium. Let’s review the top-10 events in the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey...
View ArticleTurris to Herning
Hockey Canada announced the addition of Kyle Turris of the Nashville Predators for the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Copenhagen and Herning, Denmark. With the addition of Turris, Canada’s...
View ArticlePastrnak's pair sparks Czechs past France
There are hungry Bruins on the prowl in Copenhagen. David Pastrnak scored two first-period goals to spark the Czech Republic to a 6-0 romp over France on Sunday. Roman Horak also tallied twice and...
View ArticleUSA offence is its best defence
Team USA dominated Norway en route to an 9-3 win at Jyske Bank Boxen. Once again, the power play was the fuel feeding the American fire. Two goals in the first period by Patrick Kane, both on the power...
View ArticleSwiss battle, Swedes prevail
Sweden stays out in front in Group A after defeating Switzerland to record its sixth win in Copenhagen. New arrival Patric Hornqvist made an instant impact with a goal in his first game of the...
View ArticleEisenschmid scores the winner in OT
Markus Eisenschmid scored at 2:00 of overtime to give Germany a 3-2 win over Finland in Group B action in Herning. The OT win, though, means Germany's playoff hopes are gone, while Finland can still...
View ArticleUSA's Hughes is poised and prepared
It’s not often that you find a player as young as Quinn Hughes on the senior men’s roster for Team USA at the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. There have been many draft eligible players over the...
View ArticleWhere did it all go wrong?
Yesterday’s loss against Austria condemned Belarus to relegation from the top division. It’s a big blow for an established top-tier nation, one that was reaching quarter-finals as recently as 2014 and...
View ArticleFreddy comes home
Just a few months before Danish goalie Frederik Andersen was born, in Herning, in 1989, the national team finished eighth and dead last in the B-Pool of the World Championship and was demoted to the...
View ArticleWin with Danish hockey trivia
Are you ready to celebrate Danish hockey? Test your knowledge of the 2018 host nation by answering these 10 trivia questions to win prizes. The deadline for contest entries is 20 May 2018. Three...
View ArticleYes, the U.S. beat Norway, but…
Team USA coach Jeff Blashill makes tough decisions every day about who to play, with whom, for how long, and under what situations. But somewhere, somehow, he just had to find a way to get backup...
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