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Jimmie Ericsson awarded Guldpucken

(08 May 2013, 20:52) | The captain of the Swedish champion Skellefteå AIK, Jimmie Ericsson, has been awarded guldpucken ("The golden puck") as the best player in Swedish ice hockey 2012/13. Read more»

The Swiss winning streak continues

(08 May 2013, 18:54) | Switzerland still unbeaten after a comfortable 7-1 win against Slovenia. "A demonstration of modern hockey" says Slovenia's coach Kopitar. Read more»

Germany grabs derby win in a poor game

(08 May 2013, 18:29) | Team Germany recorded their first win of the World Championship and climbed to 5th spot in Group A courtesy of a moment of magic from Marcus Kink in otherwise unspectacular game against Team Austria. Read more»

Zuccarello might be banned from Norwegian national team

(08 May 2013, 17:37) | Norwegian NHLer Mats Zuccarello Aasen might be stopped from joining the Norwegian roster at the World Championship even if his team is eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs due to a private sponsor deal. Read more»

Canada runs over Norway

(07 May 2013, 22:56) | Canada took a huge step towards the quarterfinals with a more than clear 7-1 win against completely helpless Norwegians. Read more»

Russia still perfect

(07 May 2013, 21:49) | The two teams with a still perfect record of the Helsinki group, Russia and USA, faced each other tonight. Russia stays atop of the group with a 5-3 win. Read more»

First points for Denmark and Slovenia

(07 May 2013, 20:07) | When Denmark and Slovenia played in Stockholm both sides earned their first points of the World Championship but it was Denmark who got the important overtime goal. Read more»

Another Latvian loss

(07 May 2013, 19:33) | Austria got an important win and Latvia lost for the third consecutive game when the teams met in Helsinki this afternoon. Read more»

Shaky Swedes beat Belarus

(06 May 2013, 22:24) | Sweden wins 2-1 over Belarus but still has a lot to improve. Read more»

Finland with hard-earned victory

(06 May 2013, 21:45) | Underdogs France kept the game against Finland open very long and caused the co-hosts of the 2013 WC more problems than most experts had believed before the match. In the end though the 3-1 is a big step for Finland towards the quarterfinal qualification and a top spot in the Helsinki group. Read more»

After Norway-Denmark, suspensions and injuries

(06 May 2013, 21:04) | Norway's Tolleftsen and Holtet suspended while Denmark's Daniel Nielsen is out of the tournament. Read more»

Switzerland going for medals?

(06 May 2013, 19:07) | After a few bad years at the World Championship Switzerland are suddenly moving up as a big medal candidate after being the three top seeded teams in the Stockholm group. Today the Czech Republic was defeated 5-2. Read more»

Slovakia´s late rally beats Germany

(06 May 2013, 17:59) | Team Germany came close to winning for a third time in a row in the game against Slovakia. Two late goals by Tomas Zaborsky ensured Slovaks a 3-2 victory and a good path to quarterfinals. Read more»

Thoresen’s late winner sinks Denmark

(05 May 2013, 22:32) | Denmark did another good game at the World Championship but in the end Norway won after a late game winning goal by Norway's super star Patrick Thoresen. Read more»

USA continues with another victory

(05 May 2013, 21:26) | Team USA did not have to be at the very top of their game tonight in Helsinki in order for them to beat the Latvian national team 4:1. Bobby Butler finished the game with a goal and an assist, while Paul Stastny had two assists. Read more»