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Too many countries in World Championships? - No!

(16 May 2012, 08:15) | All the way from year 1992 since World Championships group A games grew from eight teams to a twelve team tournament there has been discussions if there are too many countries participating in the World Championships group A. At the very beginning I would answer to the question saying no, there are not too many countries participating and I think this year's tournament has proved it.  Read more»

USA beats Switzerland 5-2 and will meet Finland again

(16 May 2012, 07:36) | The last game in Helsinki preliminary group didn't have much meaning when USA met Switzerland, at least not for Switzerland. What was still to be decided who will USA meet in quarterfinals. A two point win would have been enough for them to avoid Canada and that of course was a big thing for USA although they beat Canada earlier.  Read more»

Sweden beats Latvia

(15 May 2012, 22:32) | Latvia played their third consecutive game without scoring when Sweden dominated the game and scored three power play games to win 4-0. Read more»

Germany collapses again

(15 May 2012, 19:08) | 4-12 against Norway was followed by an even worse performance and a 1-8 loss to a quick Czech side. Read more»

France fought bravely but it wasn’t enough

(15 May 2012, 18:36) | France needed a three point win to qualify for the quarterfinals. Slovakia shattered those dreams by beating France 5-4. Read more»

Norway wins again

(15 May 2012, 16:52) | Patrick Thoresen new WC top scorer after another four points in a 6-2 win against Denmark. Read more»

Canada wins Helsinki group

(15 May 2012, 14:18) | Canada didn't let Belarus surprise themselves in their final game of preliminary round. Canada took an easy 5-1 win in a game which included totally 153 penalty minutes.  Read more»

Russia finishes the group stage with only wins

(15 May 2012, 02:25) | Russia wins against Italy 4-0 and reaches wins in all games at the World Championship, when Italy lost all their chances to survive in the top division. Read more»

Finland wins a very one sided hockey game

(14 May 2012, 21:37) | Team Finland got back on track with their play by beating Kazakhstan 4-1. Not very effective scoring and goalie Vitali Kolesnik kept the goal figures pretty small.  Read more»

Denmark’s win sends Norway to the quarter finals

(14 May 2012, 19:05) | Denmark is also likely to avoid relegation while Latvia is out of the quarter finals after another loss.  Read more»

France keeps the hopes alive

(14 May 2012, 18:25) | France beat Belarus 2-1 with a late third period goal and will qualify to the quarterfinals if they beat Slovakia in their final game.  Read more»

Norway humiliates Germany

(13 May 2012, 22:53) | Norway made a big step towards the quarter finals by giving Germany an almost historical 12-4 defeat. Read more»

Jan Laco kept Switzerland without goals

(13 May 2012, 19:48) | Switzerland and Slovakia had a very important and interesting game on mothersday evening. With a win Slovakia could practically secure their place in the quarterfinals but with a Swiss win the situation would remain still wide open. Read more»

Russia blanks Czechs to remain unbeaten

(13 May 2012, 19:12) | Russia won their sixth consecutive game beating the Czech Republic 2-0 in a close game with two good goalies.  Read more»

USA demolished Finland

(13 May 2012, 15:50) | Finland was trying to make up the disappointment which they had against Canada by beating another North American team USA. Instead they got even a bigger disappointment. Read more»

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