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Whale Even the Series at Two

(08 May 2012, 16:42) | HARTFORD,CT-The Connecticut Whale with stifling defense, timely goaltending pulled away in the third period and beat the Norfolk Admirals 4-1 to even the best of seven series two games apiece. Read more»

Sweden outplays Denmark but only wins by two

(07 May 2012, 22:21) | Sweden had a 6-1 lead after a completely outplaying Denmark for 60 minutes but Denmark some how managed to give the game some nerve and the final score was only 6-4. Read more»

Slovakia takes an important 4-2 win against USA

(07 May 2012, 21:39) | USA's sloppy start of the game and Slovakia's superb one brought Slovakia a big win and made Helsinki group very interesting. And even better for Slovakia, their win today was totally deserved. Read more»

Czechs beat Norway, but need a shootout

(07 May 2012, 19:12) | Ales Hemsky was the only player to score in the shootout, giving the Czechs a 4-3 win and two points. Norway got their first point of the tournament. Read more»

The World Championship in two countries is a bad idea

(07 May 2012, 19:09) | Former player Darius Kasparaitis criticizes the double location Read more»

Sharp’s 5 points lead Canada past Les Bleus

(07 May 2012, 17:58) | Canada's Sharp-RNH-Benn line was hot, scoring a total of 11 points in a one-sided hockey game. Read more»

Treille’s tournament probably over

(07 May 2012, 17:02) | French forward Sasha Treille has been suspended for a total of five games for a hit to the head-and-neck area of Kazakh forward Roman Starchenko. Read more»

Latvia beats Germany

(06 May 2012, 23:22) | Canadian coach Ted Nolan has won his first game at the World Championships as the head coach of Latvia. Latvians managed to win 3:2 in a very narrow game. The game-winning goal was scored by Aleksejs Sirokovs (pictured). With both Germans and Latvians being eager on qualifying for the quarterfinals, this was a very crucial game for both of the teams. Read more»

Switzerland took second win and is on the way to QF

(06 May 2012, 21:37) | Belarus and Switzerland put up an exciting late night hockey show in Helsinki including a penalty shot in the closing minutes. In the end Switzerland took their second win with one goal margin by 3-2.  Read more»

"It is a scandal"

(06 May 2012, 20:05) | Norwegian head coach Roy Johansen was upset with a disallowed goal after losing 4-2 to Russia in Stockholm on the third day of the World Championship.  Read more»

Finland continues to put up football scores

(06 May 2012, 18:01) | Finland posted another 1-0 win when they beat Slovakia in Helsinki. There weren't too many scoring chances in this game, but one goal was again enough for the host team. Read more»

We need to keep improving, says Czech forward David Krejci

(06 May 2012, 16:25) | David Krejci is one of the biggest stars of the Czech team at the IIHF World Championship in Stockholm. The Czechs are off to a slow start, under pressure from Denmark despite beating them 2-0 and then losing convincingly, 4-1 to Sweden. "We are starting to getting used to each other. I really hope it will get better with every game," said Krejci. Read more»

Italy celebrates overtime win against Denmark

(06 May 2012, 15:17) | Giulio Scandella scored the game winner and added two assists, while Matt de Marchi had two goals as Italy created the first surprise of this year's World Championship. Read more»

Key win for France on election day

(06 May 2012, 13:37) | On the same day as the French people elect a president, the hockey team takes an important win to increase the chances to remain in the top division. Read more»

MOL League 2012-2013 will expand

(06 May 2012, 08:10) | Important decisions were taken last Friday in a MOL League meeting held in Budapest. The competition will run from 2012-2013 on a full season, ie from the autumn to the end of March. In the regular season the teams will play 50-games, Play-off format will be decided later. Read more»

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