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Allez Les Bleus!

(12 May 2012, 15:48) | Switzerland and France had an important match up today. Switzerland had to win to keep up with Slovakia in the race for place four and France needed points to secure their place in group A. Read more»

Hard work gives Norway the win against Latvia

(12 May 2012, 15:10) | Norway puts themselves in a good position to reach the quarter finals after beating Latvia 3-0 earning some lucky goals by putting up a great performance of hard work. Read more»

Mezin leaves Belarus team

(12 May 2012, 12:00) | Goaltender Andrei Mezin has unexpectedly quit the Belarus team. Coach Kari Heikkila doesn't know why. (Updated) Read more»

Slovakia ends Belarus’ dreams about quarterfinals

(12 May 2012, 11:47) | Belarus got two big names into their roster for this game when Kostitsyn brothers Sergei and Andrei came from Nashville. That didn't help much since you barely noticed them on the ice which was also understandable since they have been flying around the world during the past two days. Read more»

Two Russian players under review

(12 May 2012, 00:03) | The IIHF Disciplinary Panel is investigating two incidents from a physical match between Russia and Sweden. Read more»

Five points by Malkin in a crazy game

(11 May 2012, 23:23) | Evgeny Malkin scored three goals and added two assists when Russia came back from 1-3 to a 7-3 win in a entertaining game with a lot of emotions. Read more»

Canada recovers from Finland’s big start

(11 May 2012, 19:49) | Friday night, Ice Hockey World Championships, full house, Finland against Canada. What more could you ask for? Well, maybe a home-team victory would have crowned it. Read more»

Czech Republic wins easy without shining

(11 May 2012, 19:01) | The Czechs didn't had to play at their best to beat a weak Italian side 6-0. Read more»

First point for Kazakhstan

(11 May 2012, 18:25) | Kazakhstan got its first point of the World Championship after losing todays game to USA in overtime. Justin Faulk saved the Americans with two goals, including the winner. Read more»

Three points for the Czechs after a hard job against Latvia

(10 May 2012, 23:16) | The direct battle for the third spot in the Stockholm group standings goes for the Czech Republic after 3-1 victory over Latvia. Read more»

Finland practised goal scoring against France

(10 May 2012, 22:05) | France managed to keep it only 0-1 against Finland for 30 minutes, but after captain Koivu scored 0-2 collapsed France completely. Read more»

Two good goalies when Russia beats Denmark

(10 May 2012, 19:11) | The game between Denmark and Russia had a total of 88 shots on goal but Simon Nielsen and Konstantin Barulin made sure that only four goals were scored. Read more»

USA too much for Belarus

(10 May 2012, 17:53) | Belarus had a good fight against USA but most likely lost chances for QF's when losing by 3-5. Read more»

Giulio Scandella awaiting the KHL dream

(10 May 2012, 12:35) | Italy is showing a nice performance at the World Championship and especially two of its players are easily recognizable – goalie Daniel Belissimo and forward Giulio Scandella. Read more»

Ted Nolan: "I’d rather win ugly than lose"

(10 May 2012, 08:02) | Latvia has earned six points out of their first three games. Head coach Ted Nolan can be satisfied, but despite good results and a comprehensive five-goal win over Italy, he still found something lacking. Read more»