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2016 World Championships will be held in Russia

(13 May 2011, 13:43) | Denmark and Ukraine withdraw bids. 2016 tournament to be played in Moscow and St.Petersburg. Read more»

"It’s a huge disappointment," confesses Canadian power-forward

(13 May 2011, 06:28) | It is not usual that the checking line gets a better +/- rating than the first scoring line. But it was the case in the Canadian national team. Chris Stewart has played in NHL for three seasons and he has been impressing right from the first one. The last one was influenced by injury and an unpredictable trade, but his star still shines. Read more»

Russia’s late turnaround dumps Canada

(12 May 2011, 22:55) | Team Russia scored two goals in the third period to come back from being one goal down and beat Team Canada 2-1 in the quarterfinals of World Championship. Ilya Kovalchuk scored the game winning goal with seven minutes to go. Read more»

Immonen’s power-play déjà vu

(12 May 2011, 18:50) | Jarkko Immonen scored two identical power-play goals as Finland beat Norway 4-1 in the quarterfinals of World Championship in Slovakia. Finnish team had a hard time finding its way past a resilient opponent, but was helped on its way to the semifinals by Norwegian penalties. Finland has never been beaten by Norway in 17 World Championships meetings. Read more»

Finnish globetrotter says about the medals:"You just gotta get them all!"

(12 May 2011, 06:30) | When he goes around you on skates he looms as a mountain. He hits hard and it is nearly impossible to avoid him on the ice. But when he comes to you and starts talking you suddenly stand in front of a warm-hearted giant who has smiles to give away. Ossi Väänänen. Read more»

Sweden will go for the revanche

(11 May 2011, 22:39) | In the 2nd quarterfinals of the World championship Sweden beat Germany 5-2. The Swedes dominated mainly in the 2nd period where they build the crucial three goals advantage. Sweden advanced to the 10th straight semifinals at the World championships. Read more»

Jagr, Jagr, Plekanec, Jagr

(11 May 2011, 18:49) | Jaromir Jagr scores three goals and Tomas Plekanec one when Czech Republic beats USA 4-0 to qualify as the first team for the semi finals in Bratislava. Read more»

We need more space for Austrians in our league, says Gerhard Unterluggauer

(11 May 2011, 09:23) | Austria was able to come back among the best hockey teams in the world within a year. However, in Bratislava the Austrians were unable to secure their spot for the 2012 World Championship, which will be played in Stockholm and Helsinki. Read more»

Pavol Demitra quits the career in the national team. And shows tears

(11 May 2011, 07:34) | It is not usual to see Pavol Demitra crying. He is a tough hockey player, one of the Slovakian legend. First time he cried was in 2003 when he won his only medal (bronze) at the World championships. Then he cried in Vancouver, when Slovaks lost the bronze medal game. Read more»

Slovak Sniper leaves a message: "Fans, we are sorry. You have been awesome!"

(10 May 2011, 14:48) | He started his NHL career as the biggest Slovak prospect in history. The third draft pick overall of the 2000 entry draft was chosen by the newcomer in the league Minnesota Wild and started to write its history. A few years later as a symbol of thankfulness to his hometown he built a new practice ice-rink for junior hockey players. Slovak sniper Marián Gáborík. Read more»

The 2010 champion continues to win

(09 May 2011, 22:53) | Czech Republic wins again. Tonight Germany had to surrender to last year’s World Champion. Read more»

Canada vs. Russia in the quarter finals

(09 May 2011, 22:26) | After beating Sweden 3-2 Canada will play Russia in quarter final and has the change to revenge for the lost last year. Read more»

Fine but useless victory for Switzerland

(09 May 2011, 19:33) | The European team, already eliminated, closed its tournament with a positive game. USA will play Quarter-final against Czech Republic Read more»

Finland beats Russia after penalty shots

(09 May 2011, 18:45) | Despite strong Russian start with two quick goals they failed to beat Finland and Russia will play Sweden or Canada in the semi final. Read more»

Slovakia ends the home championship with a win

(09 May 2011, 16:27) | Slovakia wanted more and defeated Denmark 4-1 in the last game of the tournament for both teams. After the game Slovakia’s captain Pavol Demitra confirmed that he retires from the national team. Read more»