Posts from 2008 World Ice Hockey Championship (Canada)

Here, I decided to create a thread to discuss this event =)

Event Time:

The 2008 Ice Hockey World Championship will be held in Canada from May 2nd to 18th.

Groups:

Group A: Sweden, Switzerland, Belarus, France
Group B: Canada, USA, Latvia, Slovenia
Group C: Finland, Slovakia, Germany, Norway
Group D: Russia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy

Group Stage Schedule:

May 2nd

Denmark - Czech Republic
Canada - Slovenia
Russia - Italy
USA - Latvia

May 3rd

Belarus - Sweden
Germany - Finland
Switzerland - France
Slovakia - Norway

May 4th

Czech Republic - Russia
Latvia - Canada
Italy - Denmark
USA - Slovenia

May 5th

Switzerland - Belarus
Finland - Norway
Sweden - France
Slovakia - Germany

May 6th

Russia - Denmark
Canada - USA
Czech Republic - Italy
Slovenia - Latvia

May 7th

Sweden - Switzerland
Finland - Slovakia
France - Belarus
Norway - Germany

I will definitely watch it.

Yep, I'm stocking up on beer and shrimp, wrapping myself in the Russian flag (which I have), and heading to the TV (or a sports bar) =)))

The Russian national team arrived in Quebec

On Saturday, April 26, 2008, the Russian national team, after flying out early in the morning from Moscow to Canada with a stopover in Frankfurt am Main, arrived in Quebec. According to the official website of the Russian Hockey Federation, Vyacheslav Bykov's team took almost a day to reach the city, where they will start at the World Championship on May 2. After landing in Montreal, the hockey players traveled to Quebec by bus for several hours and arrived at the "Lewis Le Concorde Hotel" in the early hours of the night. It is in this hotel that the Russians will stay during the World Championship.

In a friendly match, the Russian national team defeated Switzerland

On April 28, 2008, the Russian national team played its first of two friendly matches before the start of the World Championship in Canada, winning against the Swiss national team 6:2. The game was played on a small ice rink in the city of Trois-Rivières, located on the north bank of the St. Lawrence River, approximately between Quebec and Montreal. Before the match, forward Maxim Sushinsky was appointed as the captain of our team, and the top scorer of the Russian national team at the previous World Championship, forward Alexei Morozov, did not participate in this match - he is still recovering from an injury, staying with the team in Canada.
It should be noted that defenseman Dmitry Vorobyov scored 3 (2+1) points in this match.
The opponent in this friendly match for the Russian national team, by the way, will begin to compete in Group A at the World Championship - that is, there is every chance that they will meet again, already in the second group, the so-called "qualification" round, preceding the playoffs.

Russia – Switzerland – 6:2 (3:0, 1:1, 2:1)
1:0 Tereshchenko (Zaripov) 01:50 PP
2:0 Zaripov 05:27
3:0 Sushinsky (Vorobyov) 11:53
3:1 Wick (Di Pietro) 31:58
4:1 Vorobyov 36:20
5:1 Zinoviev (Afinogenov, Kovalchuk) 40:26
5:2 Bartchi (Wick, Ambühl) 51:25
6:2 Vorobyov (Gorovikov) 54:36 SH
Goalkeepers: Varlamov – Hiller

Source: "Championat.ru"

Russia defeated Canada in Quebec

On April 29, 2008, the Russian national team played its second friendly match and won against the Canadian national team

Canada - Russia - 1:4 (1:1, 0:2, 0:1)

Goals: Burns, 0:17 (1:0). Mozyakin (Tereshchenko, Sushinsky), 7:31 (1:1 - PP). F. Fedorov, 26:08 (1:2). Tereshchenko (F. Fedorov, Nikulin), 34:58 (1:3). Mozyakin, 58:51 (1:4 - EN).
Russia: Yeremenko. Korneev - Kalinin, Afinogenov - Zinoviev - Kovalchuk. Vorobyov - Medvedev, Sushinsky - Gorovikov - Mozyakin. Nikulin - Proshkin, Kulemin - Tereshchenko - Zaripov. Kuteykin - Grebeshkov, F. Fedorov - Schchastlivy - Artyukhin.

Artyukhin, Kulemin, Kuteykin and Schchastlivy will not play at the World Championship

The coaching staff of the Russian national team decided to abandon the services of four hockey players after the friendly matches. These include three forwards - Nikolai Kulemin ("Metallurg" Mg), Evgeny Artyukhin and Pyotr Schchastlivy (both - CSKA), as well as defenseman Andrey Kuteykin from "Salavat Yulaev", reports the official website of the Russian Hockey Federation. All players will return to Russia in the near future.
"Unfortunately, these players failed to make the roster for the World Championship, as other hockey players look stronger and, at this stage, better meet the tactical concept and game scheme of the team," said a statement from the coaching staff of the Russian national team.

Ovechkin will play at the World Championship

President of the Russian Hockey Federation Vladislav Tretyak confirmed that all formalities related to оформление insurance for forward Alexander Ovechkin have been practically resolved. On Tuesday, the Russian Hockey Federation made the necessary amount to pay for the insurance of the "Washington Capitals" forward, and now Ovechkin will be able to play for the Russian national team at the World Championship in Canada, reports the official website of the Russian Hockey Federation.

How will the 2008 Hockey World Championship be shown on TV

According to a correspondent for Sport-Express, in the Far East - in Khabarovsk, Nakhodka, Petropavlovsk, Vladivostok - local authorities, independently of each other, came up with a "hockey" initiative. Employees of government institutions are planning to be allowed to watch live broadcasts of the Russian national team's games at their workplace from May 2 (the start of the world championship). Residents of the Pacific coast will really be the most "privileged" viewers of those games that, according to Canadian time, will take place in the evening, according to Moscow time - late at night, and according to Far Eastern time - closer to noon.
General Director of Channel One Konstantin Ernst previously announced plans to buy the rights to broadcast the World Championship, but there will be no broadcasts from Canada on the first "button". NTV Plus will also not show the world championship. The matches of the 2008 World Championship will be broadcast live and on tape delay on "Sport". It is planned that this TV channel will cover the Canadian tournament in a very serious volume. The broadcast is planned to include 40 matches of the championship out of 56 and more than one hundred hours of broadcasting.
As reported by the press service of "Sport", the most interesting games will be selected for the broadcast. There is no unified broadcast schedule for the entire championship yet. But it was possible to find out that the least rated matches will remain "outside" the broadcasts. Almost certainly, six matches of the consolation round, as well as the least interesting matches of the group tournaments, for example, Switzerland - France or Denmark - Italy, will not be shown.
The broadcasts of the hockey World Championship will be one of the main sports events on "Sport" in May. According to preliminary information, the live broadcast from Canada will be "interrupted" only once during the period from May 2 to 18 - during the basketball "Final Four" in Madrid with the participation of CSKA. Two or three live broadcasts are planned for each game day. They will take place at 21:00, 23:30 and 3:00 am Moscow time - this is the time the World Championship matches start. The time of evening broadcasts, if necessary, will sometimes be "shifted" by an hour - for example, this will happen with the Canada - Slovenia match on the first day of the tournament broadcasts.
Replays of the most interesting matches can be seen the next day. So far, the exact broadcast schedule from Canada exists only for the first game days of the World Championship. As can be seen from the proposed schedule, the matches will be shown on tape delay at about ten in the morning, one in the afternoon and at 17:40. The press service of "Sport" confirmed that the most "tasty" airtime - 17:40 - will be given to matches with the participation of the Russian national team. For example, the night match of the group tournament Russia - Italy will be shown in replay at this time. It was possible to find out that the most rated matches (Czech Republic - Russia, quarter-final with the participation of the Russian team) will be shown on tape delay two or three times. On average, "Sport" plans to have two replays per day.
During the World Championship, this TV channel will also broadcast the traditional "diary" of the tournament, which will include "highlights" of the best moments of all matches of the game day.

Thanks for the information, Hero In. I think we're on the same page. I get goosebumps just thinking about the upcoming event. The World Hockey Championship is a kind of separate entity within the hockey world. It's the only spectacle that makes me want to "jump out of bed" in the middle of the night (except maybe volleyball). I'm looking forward to it...

... and the captain of the Russian national team at the last World Championship, forward Alexei Morozov, will not participate in this match - he is still recovering from an injury and is with the team in Canada...

At the last Championship, Pyotr Schastlivy was the captain, who, by the way, didn't make it into the current lineup...

Yeah, it's going to be something =)
+ this year, the arenas are narrower, and there's speed, lots of shots, and dynamics in general =)
But our team showed they could hold their own against the Canadians, it's a shame it wasn't broadcast... There's still a lot to come =)

As for the captain, I'm finding conflicting information... I actually saw somewhere that it was Schastny, but it seems to me that it was Morozov... I need to do some more research online =)
(although they're going to cut off my internet access any minute now - I didn't pay on time... but it's not a big deal, I'll take care of it first thing tomorrow)))

P.S. Yes, I apologize... it was indeed Schastny... here, I found my post from another forum, where I covered the previous championship:

May 12, 2007

That's it, we're screwed... our team lost =(((
Which isn't surprising, considering that three of our key players were injured - Morozov
(the tournament's top scorer), Schastny (the team captain), and Markov (a key player in power play situations), and as a result, all the established lines fell apart... it's a mess... Well, maybe we'll still take bronze if we beat the Swedes...

May 13, 2007

We beat the Swedes 3-1 - bronze is ours =) And in general, we won all our matches at the championship except for one, where we just didn't have any luck, and the Finns did... So we'll still take first place with this team and with this coach =)

I've corrected the previous post... thanks for the correction =)

PRELIMINARY NATIONAL TEAM ROSTERS

Group A: Sweden, Switzerland, Belarus, France

SWEDEN (roster as of April 30)

Goaltenders: Stefan Liv (ХВ-71), Erik Ersberg ("Los Angeles", NHL), Mikael Tellqvist ("Phoenix", NHL)

Defensemen: Daniel Fernholm ("Linköping"), Magnus Johansson ("Florida", NHL), Niklas Wallin ("Carolina", NHL), Sunny Lindström ("Timrå"), Alexander Edler ("Vancouver", NHL), Jonas Frögren ("Färjestad"), Kenny Jönsson ("Rögle"), Anton Strölman ("Toronto", NHL)

Forwards: Nils Ekman ("Khimik" MO, Russia), Tony Mårtensson ("Linköping"), Patrik Hörnqvist ("Djurgården"), Carl Fabricius ("Frölunda"), Rikard Wallin ("Färjestad"), Johan Andersson ("Timrå", Michael Holmqvist ("Frölunda"), Linus Videll ("Södertälje"), Niklas Bäckström ("Washington", NHL), Marcus Nilson ("Calgary", NHL), Robert Nilsson ("Edmonton", NHL), Daniel Widing ("Brynas"), Fredrik Varg (MODO), Mattias Weinhandl ("Linköping"), Per Ledin (ХВ-71)

Head Coach: Bengt-Åke Gustafsson
Coaches: Anders Eldebrink, Jan Karlsson

SWITZERLAND (roster as of April 28)

Goaltenders: Martin Gerber ("Ottawa", NHL), Jonas Hiller ("Anaheim", NHL), Ronny Rüegger ("Kloten")

Defensemen: Goran Bezina ("Servette"), Severin Blindenbacher ("Zurich"), Raphael Diaz ("Bern"), Beat Forster ("Zurich"), Philippe Furrer ("Bern"), Beat Gerber ("Bern", Matthias Seger ("Zurich"), Julien Vauclair ("Lugano").

Forwards: Andres Ambühl ("Davos"), Patrick Bärtschi ("Bern"), Thomas Deruns ("Servette"), Paul Di Pietro ("Zug"), Peter Guggisberg ("Davos"), Sandy Gennan ("Lugano"), Romano Lemm ("Kloten"), Thibaut Monnet ("Zurich"), Thierry Paterlini ("Lugano"), Marc Reichert ("Bern"), Ivo Rütemann ("Bern"), Raphael Zannitcz ("Lugano"), Julien Sprunger ("Fribourg-Gottéron"), Roman Wick ("Kloten"), Thomas Ziegler ("Bern")

Head Coach: Ralph Krueger
Coaches: Jakob Kölliker, Peter John Lee

BELARUS (roster as of April 19)

Goaltenders: Vitaly Koval ("Neman"), Dmitry Karpikov ("Keramin"), Dmitry Milchakov ("HC Vitebsk").

Defensemen: Alexander Makritsky ("Keramin"), Andrey Antonov ("Keramin"), Viktor Kostuchenok ("Yunost"), Oleg Leontev ("Yunost"), Sergey Kolosov ("Dinamo" Mn), Alexander Zhurik ("Dinamo" Mn), Andrey Bashko ("Metallurg").

Forwards: Andrey Mikhalev ("Keramin"), Yaroslav Chuprys ("Keramin"), Alexander Borovkov ("Yunost"), Artem Senkevich ("Yunost"), Alexander Kulakov ("Dinamo" Mn), Dmitry Dudik ("Dinamo" Mn), Evgeny Kurilin ("Dinamo" Mn), Sergey Demagin ("Dinamo" Mn), Sergey Zadelenov ("HC Gomel"), Dmitry Meleshko ("Spartak", Russia), Oleg Antonenko (HC MVD, Russia), Alexey Kalyuzhny ("Avangard", Russia), Alexey Ugarov ("Neftekhimik", Russia), Konstantin Koltsov ("Salavat Yulaev", Russia).

Head Coach: Curt Fraser.
Coaches: Glen Heaton, Eduard Zankovets, Vladimir Tsyplakov

FRANCE (roster as of April 23)

Goaltenders: Fabrice Lemry ("Esbjerg", Denmark), Eddie Fery ("Grenoble"), Cristobal Hue ("Washington", NHL).

Defensemen: Baptiste Amar ("Grenoble"), Vincent Bachet ("Amiens"), Nicolas Bech ("Vaasa", Finland), Jean-François Bonnard ("Grenoble"), Simon Lacroix ("Angers"), Benoît Kessandier ("Rouen"), Teddy Trabbiche ("Grenoble").

Forwards: Pierre-Édouard Bellemare ("Leksands", Sweden), Sébastien Bordeleau ("Bern", Switzerland), Olivier Coké ("Esbjerg", Denmark), Julien Derosier ("Rouen"), Laurent Gra ("Amiens"), Kevin Hekefuye ("Grenoble"), François Rosenthal ("Morzine"), Antoine Lucier ("Chaux-de-Fonds", Switzerland), Laurentunier ("Servette", Switzerland), Luc Tardif ("Morzine"), Yorick Treillet ("Ingolstadt", Germany), Sasha Treillet ("Grenoble"), Jonathan Zwikel ("Morzine").

Head Coach: Dave Henderson
Coach: Pierre Pousse

Group B: Canada, USA, Latvia, Slovenia

CANADA (roster as of April 26)

Goaltenders: Cam Ward ("Carolina"), Pascal Lacroix ("Columbus"), Mathieu Garon ("Edmonton")

Defensemen: Dan Hamhuis ("Nashville"), Jay Bouwmeester ("Florida"), Marc Giordano ("Dinamo", Russia), Brent Burns ("Minnesota"), Duncan Keith ("Chicago"), Steve Staios ("Edmonton"), Mike Green ("Washington"), Ed Jovanovski ("Phoenix").

Forwards: Derek Roy ("Buffalo"), Patrick Sharp ("Chicago"), Eric Staal ("Carolina"), Chris Kunitz ("Anaheim"), Dany Heatley ("Ottawa"), Jonathan Tavez ("Chicago"), Shane Dowes ("Phoenix"), Jamal Mayers ("St. Louis"), Jason Chimera ("Columbus", Martin St. Louis ("Tampa Bay"), Ryan Getzlaf ("Anaheim"), Rick Nash ("Columbus"), Sam Gagner ("Edmonton"), Jason Spezza ("Ottawa").

Head Coach: Ken Hitchcock
Coaches: Craig MacTavish, Mike Johnston, Pat Burns

USA (roster as of April 24)

Goaltenders: Craig Anderson ("Florida", NHL), Robert Ash ("Ak Bars", Russia), Tim Thomas ("Boston", NHL).

Defensemen: Keith Ballard ("Phoenix", NHL), Tom Gilbert ("Edmonton", NHL), Tim Gleason ("Carolina", NHL ), Matt Green ("Edmonton", NHL), Paul Martin ("New Jersey", NHL), Mark Stuart ("Boston", NHL), James Wisniewski ("Chicago", NHL) .

Forwards: David Baeks ("St. Louis"), David Booth ("Florida", NHL), Dustin Brown ("Los Angeles", NHL), Adam Burish ("Chicago", NHL), Jeff Halpern ("Tampa Bay", NHL), Patrick Kane ("Chicago", NHL), Phil Kessel ("Boston", NHL), Peter Mueller ("Phoenix", NHL), Patrick O'Sullivan ("Los Angeles", NHL), Zach Parise ("New Jersey", NHL), Jason Pominville ("Buffalo", NHL), Drew Stafford ("Buffalo", NHL), Lee Stempniak ("St. Louis", NHL).

Head Coach: John Tortorella
Assistants: Mike Sullivan, Kurt Kleinendorst

LATVIA (roster as of April 24)

Goaltenders: Sergey Naumov ("HC Gomel", Belarus), Dmitry Zhabotinsky ("Metallurgs"), Edgars Masaļskis ("Metallurg", Belarus)

Defensemen: Rodrigo Lavins ("Södertälje", Sweden), Arvids Rekis ("Augsburg", Germany), Agris Saviels ("Odense", Denmark), Guntis Galvins ("Alba Volan", Hungary), Alexander Erofeev ("Sparta", Czech Republic), Jakobs Redlich ("Plzeň", Czech Republic), Janis Andersons ("Třinec", Czech Republic), Krišjānis Redlich ("Hamburg", Germany), Georgi Puyats ("Lada", Russia)

Forwards: Janis Sprukts ("Lukko", Finland), Juris Štals ("Riga-2000"), Viktor Blinov ("HC Gomel", Belarus), Sergey Pechura (ASK "Ogre"), Lauris Darziņš ("HC Gomel", Belarus), Herbert Vasiliev ("Krefeld", Germany), Alexey Shirokov ("Metallurg", Belarus), Alexander Nizhiviy ("Torpedo", Russia), Armands Berzins ("Riga-2000"), Mikelis Redlich ("Metallurg", Belarus), Guntis Jeriņš ("Martin", Slovakia), Martin Cipulis ("Metallurg", Belarus), Alexander Macievsky ("Aalborg", Denmark)

Head Coach: Oleg Znarok
Assistant Coach: Harijs Vītoliņš

SLOVENIA (roster as of April 21)

Goaltenders: Gaber Glavic ("Acroni"), Andre Hočevar ("Acroni"), Robert Kristan ("Acroni").

Defensemen: Damjan Dervaric ("Acroni"), Sebahudin Kovacevic ("Acroni"), Ales Kranz ("Acroni"), Jakob Milavanovic ("Briançon", France), Ziga Pavlin ("Olimpija"), Miha Rebol ("Acroni"), Mitja Robar ("Acroni), Andre Tavzel ("Olimpija"), Dejan Varl ("Acroni"), Uroz Vidmar ("Acroni").

Forwards: Yuri Golichic ("Acroni"), Tomo Hafner ("Acroni"), Andre Hebar ("Acroni"), Ziga Jeglic ("Mladi"), Anze Kopitar (Los Angeles, NHL), Marjan Manfreda ("Acroni"), Egon Muric ("Olimpija"), Ales Muzic ("Olimpija"), Rok Pizic ("Vrchlabi", Czech Republic), Gregor Poloncic ("Acroni"), Boris Pretnar ("Acroni"), Tomaz Razinger ("Innsbruck", Austria), David Rodman ("Vienna", Austria), Marcel Rodman ("Vienna", Austria), Anze Terlikar ("Acroni").

Head Coach: Matz Valtin
Assistant Coaches: Matjaz Kopitar, Andre Brodnik.


Group C: Finland, Slovakia, Germany, Norway

FINLAND (roster as of April 24)

Goaltenders: Kari Ramo ("Tampa Bay", NHL), Sinuhe Wallinheimo ("Dinamo", Russia), Petri Vehanen ("Lukko").

Defensemen: Ville Koistinen ("Nashville", NHL), Pekka Saravo ("Luleå", Sweden), Ossi Vänänen ("Djurgården", Sweden), Antti-Jussi Niemi ("Frölunda", Sweden), Mikko Luoma (ХВ-71, Sweden), Joni Pitkanen ("Edmonton", NHL), Mikko Jokela (HIFK), Anssi Salmela ("Tappara").

Forwards: Mikko Koivu ("Minnesota", NHL), Esa Pirnes ("Färjestad", Sweden), Olli Jokinen ("Florida", NHL), Tuomo Ruutu ("Carolina", NHL), Ville Peltonen ("Florida", NHL), Hannes Hyvönen ("Kärpät"), Sean Bergenheim ("New York Islanders", NHL), Riku Hal ("Timrå", Sweden), Jarkko Immonen (JP), Jussi Jokinen ("Tampa Bay", NHL), Mika Pyörälä ("Timrå", Sweden), Nico Kapanen ("Phoenix", NHL), Lennart Petrell (HIFK).

Head Coach: Doug Shedden
Assistant Coaches: Jukka Peltonen, Timo Lehkonen

SLOVAKIA (roster as of April 26)

Goaltenders: Jan Lášak ("Pardubice"), Karol Križan (MODO, Sweden), Julius Gudacek ("Spišská Nová Ves").

Defensemen: Dominik Graňák ("Färjestad", Sweden), Branislav Mezei ("Florida", NHL), Peter Podgradsky ("Metallurg" Nk., Russia), Andre Sekera ("Buffalo", NHL), Tomas Starosta ("Neftekhimik", Russia), Martin Štrbák ("Metallurg" Mg., Russia), Rene Vydareni ("České Budějovice", Czech Republic), Ivan Maeski ("Linköping", Sweden), Lubomir Visnevski ("Los Angeles", NHL)

Forwards: Peter Fabuš ("Plzeň", Czech Republic), Marcel Hossa ("Phoenix", NHL), Andre Kollar (Dukla Trenčín), Peter Guzevka ("Dukla Trenčín"), Juraj Kolnik ("Servette", Switzerland), Miroslav Kovacik ("Skellefteå", Sweden), Ivan Chernik ("Cologne", Germany), Tibor Meliharek ("Sparta", Czech Republic), Andre Podkonicky ("Liberec", Czech Republic), Radovan Somik ("Pardubice", Czech Republic), Robert Petrovicki ("Leksands", Sweden), Frantisek Skladani ("Karlovy Vary", Czech Republic), Juraj Mikus ("Skalica").

Head Coach: Julius Šupler
Assistant Coaches: Miroslav Miklošovič, Peter Oremus

GERMANY (roster as of April 26)

Goaltenders: Dmitry Kochnev ("Nuremberg"), Dmitry Petzold ("San Jose", NHL), Robert Müller ("Cologne").

Defensemen: Jason Holland ("Ingolstadt"), Michael Bakosh ("Ingolstadt"), Chris Schmidt ("Iserlohn"), Sebastian Osterloh ("Frankfurt"), Frank Herdler ("Eisbären"), Dennis Seidenberg ("Carolina", NHL), Christoph Schubert ("Ottawa", NHL), Andreas Renz ("Cologne"), Andre Reiss ("Hannover").

Forwards: John Tripp ("Hamburg"), Michael Hackert ("Mannheim"), Christoph Ullmann ("Mannheim"), Alexander Polacek ("Nuremberg"), Petr Fitzal ("Nuremberg"), Jannik Seidenberg ("Ingolstadt"), Michael Wolf ("Iserlohn"), Philipp Gogulla ("Cologne"), Marco Sturm ("Boston", NHL), Stefan Ushtorf ("Eisbären"), Florian Busch ("Eisbären"), Sven Felske ("Eisbären"), Andre Rankel ("Eisbären").

Head Coach: Uwe Krupp
Assistant Coaches: Ernst Höfner, Klaus Merk

NORWAY (roster as of April 25)

Goaltenders: Ruben Smith ("Sturhamar"), Paul Grotnes ("Komet Halden"), Andre Lysenston ("Stavanger").

Defensemen: Juha Kaunismaki ("Stavanger"), Jonas Huljes ("Sparta"), Tommy Jakobsen ("Graz 99", Austria), Erik Ryman ("AIK", Sweden), Mats Trygg ("Cologne", Germany), Henrik Odegard ("Frisk Asker"), Mathias Holmsted ("Komet Halden"), Anders Myrvold ("Vålerenga").

Forwards: Mads Hansen ("Brynas", Sweden), Marius Hultet ("Iowa Stars", AHL), Lars Erik Spets ("Duisburg", Germany), Eirik Skadsdammen ("Sturhamar"), Per-Åge Schröder ("MODO"), Anders Bastiansen ("Mura"), Morten Ask ("Duisburg", Germany), Martin Reimar (Sparta Sarpsborg), Kristian Forsberg (Sturhamar), Mats Frøshaug ("Linköping", Sweden), Chell Richard Hugord ("Vålerenga"), Steffen Toresen (Vålerenga), Mathis Ulimb (Augsburg, Germany), Mats Z. Aasen ("Frisk Asker").

Head Coach: Roy Johansen
Assistant Coach: Robert Nilsen


Group D: Czech Republic, Russia, Denmark, Italy

CZECH REPUBLIC (roster as of April 26)

Goaltenders: Milan Hnilicka ("Salavat Yulaev", Russia), Marek Pinc ("Liberec"), Adam Svoboda ("Slavia").

Defensemen: Tomas Kaberle ("Toronto", NHL), Filip Kuba ("Tampa Bay", NHL), Jan Hejda ("Columbus", NHL), Ladislav Smid ("Edmonton", NHL), Karel Rahunek ("New Jersey", NHL), Petr Caslava ("Severstal", Russia), Vladimir SicaK ("České Budějovice").

Forwards: Patrick Elias ("New Jersey", NHL), David Krejci ("Boston", NHL), Tomas Fleischmann ("Washington", NHL), Radim Vrbata ("Phoenix", NHL), Martin Hanzal ("Phoenix", NHL), Ales Kotalik ("Buffalo", NHL), Jiri Novotny ("Columbus", NHL), Zbynek Irgl ("Lokomotiv", Russia), Leos Cermak ("Liberec"), Tomas Rolinek ("Pardubice"), Ladislav Kon (CSKA, Russia), Jakub Klepis ("Slavia"), Petr Kumstat ("Karlovy Vary"), Vaclav Skuhravy ("Karlovy Vary").

Head Coach: Alois Hadamcik
Assistant Coaches: Josef Palecek, Frantisek Musil.

RUSSIA (roster as of April 30)

Goaltenders: Mikhail Biryukov ("MVD"), Semyon Varlamov ("Lokomotiv"), Alexander Yerenko ("Salavat Yulaev").

Defensemen: Dmitry Vorobyev ("Lada"), Denis Grebeshkov ("Edmonton", NHL), Dmitry Kalinin ("Buffalo", NHL), Konstantin Korneev (CSKA), Vitaly Proshkin ("Salavat Yulaev"), Daniil Markov ("Dinamo"), Evgeny Medvedev ("Ak Bars"), Ilya Nikulin ("Ak Bars").

Forwards: Maxim Afinogenov ("Buffalo"), Konstantin Gorovikov (SKA), Maxim Sushinsky (SKA), Danis Zaripov ("Ak Bars"), Sergey Zinoviev ("Ak Bars"), Alexey Morozov ("Ak Bars"), Ilya Kovalchuk ("Atlanta", NHL), Sergey Mozyakin ("Atlant"), Alexey Tereshchenko ("Salavat Yulaev"), Fedor Fedorov ("Dinamo"), Alexander Ovechkin ("Washington", NHL), Alexander Semin ("Washington", NHL), Sergey Fedorov ("Washington", NHL), Alexander Radulov ("Nashville", NHL).

Head Coach: Vyacheslav Bykov
Assistant Coach: Igor Zakharkin

DENMARK (roster as of April 25)

Goaltenders: Patrick Galbraith ("Vojens"), Peter Hirsch ("Aalborg"), Simon Nielsen ("Rødovre").

Defensemen: Andreas Andersen ("Esbjerg"), Mads Bødker ("Rögle", Sweden), Morten Dalman ("Herlev"), Jesper Damgård ("Rødovre"), Stefan Lassen ("Herning"), Daniel Nielsen ("Leksands", Sweden), Mads Skorup ("Vojens").

Forwards: Mads Kristensen ("Herning"), Kasper Dain ("Nordsjælland"), Tor Dresler ("Odense"), Lars Eller ("Frölunda", Sweden), Morten Green ("Leksands", Sweden), Niklas Hardt ("Tappara", Finland), Christopher Kiergoerd ("Herning"), Kim Lukkeskov ("Vojens"), Morten Madsen ("Houston Aeros", AHL), Frans Nielsen ("New York Islanders", NHL), Bo Nordby-Andersen ("Aalborg"), Rasmus Olsen ("Aalborg"), Peter Regin ("Timrå", Sweden), Michael Schmidt ("Rødovre"), Kim Stöl ("Linköping", Sweden).

Head Coach: Mike Sirant
Assistant Coach: Stefan Lunner.

ITALY (roster as of April 20)

Goaltenders: Andrea Carpano ("Pontebba"), Günter Hell ("Allege"), Adam Russo ("Bolzano"), Thomas Tragust ("Fassa").

Defensemen: Christian Borgatello ("Bolzano"), Steven Patrick Gallas ("Val Pusteria"), Armin Helfer ("Innsbruck", Austria), Armin Hofer ("Val Pusteria"), Carlo Lorenzi ("Allege"), Andreas Lutz ("Pontebba"), Florian Ramoser ("Bolzano"), Andre Signoretti ("Herning", Denmark), Michel Strazzabosco ("Milan"), Carter Trevisani ("Milan").

Forwards: Luca Ansoldi ("Bolzano"), Paolo Bustreo ("Ritten Sport"), Mario Citarroni ("Allege"), Jason Chirone ("Flint Generals", IHL), Giorgio De Bettin ("Cortina"), Manuel De Toni ("Allege"), Nicola Fontanive ("Allege"), Patrick Nicola Iannone ("Milan"), Marco Insam ("Milan"), Stefano Margoni ("Pontebba"), John Parco ("Asiago"), Thomas Pichler ("Val Pusteria"), Jonathan Pittis ("Bolzano"), Roland Ramoser ("Bolzano"), Giulio Scandella ("Milan").

Head Coach: Michel Goulet
Assistant Coach: Fabio Poloni

Final Roster of the Russian National Team for the World Championship

The Russian national team has submitted its final roster for the preliminary stage games of the World Championship in Canada, which includes 22 hockey players, reports the Sport TV channel.
Among the players who were in the national team's training camp, those not included are injured goaltender Semyon Varlamov, defenseman Evgeny Medvedev and forward Fedor Fedorov.
Thus, the final roster of the Russian national team is as follows:

Goaltenders: Mikhail Biryukov (HC MVD), Alexander Yerenko ("Salavat Yulaev");
Defensemen: Dmitry Vorobyev ("Lada"), Denis Grebeshkov ("Edmonton", NHL), Dmitry Kalinin ("Buffalo", NHL), Konstantin Korneev (CSKA), Vitaly Proshkin ("Salavat Yulaev"), Daniil Markov ("Dinamo"), Ilya Nikulin ("Ak Bars");
Forwards: Maxim Afinogenov ("Buffalo", NHL), Konstantin Gorovikov (SKA), Maxim Sushinsky (SKA), Danis Zaripov ("Ak Bars"), Sergey Zinoviev ("Ak Bars"), Alexey Morozov ("Ak Bars"), Ilya Kovalchuk ("Atlanta", NHL), Sergey Mozyakin ("Atlant"), Alexey Tereshchenko ("Salavat Yulaev"), Alexander Ovechkin ("Washington", NHL), Alexander Semin ("Washington", NHL), Sergey Fedorov ("Washington", NHL), Alexander Radulov ("Nashville", NHL).

Alexey Morozov - Captain of the Russian National Team

By decision of the coaching staff of the Russian national team, forward Alexey Morozov of Kazan "Ak Bars" has been appointed captain of the team for the World Championship in Canada, and his assistants are Sergey Fedorov ("Washington Capitals") and Maxim Sushinsky (SKA Saint Petersburg), reports the official website of the FHR.

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Well then, here we go =)

ROUND 1

Group B

Canada – Slovenia – 5:1 (1:0, 3:1, 1:0)

1:0 – 03.45 Hamhuis (Heatley, Getzlaf)

2:0 – 20.41 Heatley (Getzlaf, Nash)

3:0 – 30.18 St. Louis (E.Staal, Keith), PP

3:1 – 32.19 Kopitar (Razinger, M.Rodman), PP

4:1 – 35.07 Heatley (Nash, Burns), PP

5:1 – 50.25 Heatley (Getzlaf)

Goaltenders: Ward – Kristan.

USA – Latvia – 4:0 (1:0, 1:0, 2:0)

1:0 – 07.21 Brown (Kane, Martin), PP

2:0 – 28.44 Kane (Martin), PP

3:0 – 47.09 Parise (Brown, Kane)

4:0 – 51.05 O'Sullivan (Mueller, Martin), PP

Goaltenders: Thomas – Masalkis.



Group D

Russia – Italy – 7:1 (1:0, 5:0, 1:1)

1:0 – 04.02 Semin (Grebeshkov)

2:0 – 23.39 Ovechkin (Semin, Fedorov)

3:0 – 29.01 Morozov (Kovalchuk, Zinoviev)

4:0 – 31.12 Tereshchenko (Afinogenov, Proshkin)

5:0 – 31.18 Semin (Grebeshkov)

6:0 – 36.58 Sushinsky (Gorovikov)

6:1 – 52.29 Chirone (Scandella, Iannone)

7:1 – 56.03 Zaripov (Zinoviev, Morozov), PP

Goaltenders: Yerenko – Tragust (Hell, 40.00 – 60.00).

Denmark – Czech Republic – 2:5 (2:2, 0:2, 0:1)

1:0 – 0.31 Lassen (Damgård, Hansen)

1:1 – 8.00 Vrbata

1:2 – 13.49 Kotalik, PP

2:2 – 18.03 Hansen

2:3 – 24.35 Vrbata (Fleischmann)

2:4 – 31.31 Irgl

2:5 – 50.52 Hejda (Hanzal, Fleischmann)

Goaltenders: Hirsch – Hnilicka.

Today, I went to bed at five in the morning. ...well, what an idea! - On the t-shirts of our team "USSR" - the guys are on fire!!! Canada is good, as are ours. Hockey is my idol, and like some others, I probably won't sleep for the next two weeks.

I went to bed at five in the morning today.
...well, what an idea!!! - On the t-shirts of our team "USSR" - the guys are on fire!!!
Canada is good, as are ours.
Hockey is my idol, and like some others, I probably won't sleep for the next two weeks.

And I woke up at six :D. The t-shirts are part of a retro campaign to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the IIHF. I won't be sleeping much either. It's time for us to reclaim our title as world champions. In the homeland of hockey, it will be symbolic :)

... similar to many, I probably won't be sleeping for the next two weeks.

I think it would be more accurate to say "similar to many." And this is despite the fact that interest in hockey in Russia has significantly "waned" recently due to the national team's lackluster performance (I'm not taking into account the last championship in Moscow, although third place is clearly not the limit of their dreams). For me, for example, old games really help to maintain interest in the world hockey forum at the level of "goosebumps" and "sleepless nights."

The Belarusians made us happy, well done... 5:6 against the Swedes... they were even leading three times... =)

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Radulov will replace Afinogenov in the match against the Czech Republic

In the Russian national team, which is preparing for the match against the Czech Republic, there is one change, reports Sports.ru correspondent Alexei Shevchenko. Together with Alexei Tereщенко and Danis Zaripov, Alexander Radulov is training. Maxim Afinogenov has been moved to the reserve. The rest of the team's hockey players are working in the main group. Semyon Varlamov and Evgeny Medvedev will be offered to stay in Canada until the end of the championship at the expense of the Russian Hockey Federation

After the match against the Czechs (we won 5-4 in overtime), I'm overflowing with emotions. I won't be able to sleep tonight. What a performance!

The Belarusians made us happy, they were great... 5:6 against the Swedes... they were even leading three times... =)

I understand that many people are used to saying Belarusians, but actually, the correct way is Belarusians. And yes, I agree that they did a great job!

I'm overwhelmed with emotions after the match against the Czechs (we won 5-4 in overtime). I won't be able to sleep tonight. Great job, guys!

Yes, it was intense... So many nerves =) Yeremenko's injury was very upsetting... Kovalchuk's shot hitting the post... But Morozov put a good end to it =)

Guys, I'm going to let you in on a secret... We, along with Luchik, did it all. When the score was 4-4, we were so invested that losing was impossible. But seriously, for the first time, I saw our team truly show their character. We had to come back, and we did. We defended well while shorthanded at the end, and we learned how to win face-offs (at the end, it was approximately 46-34 in our favor). And we didn't give up after all those missed shots. Overall, WELL DONE. P.S. It's a bit off-topic, but why isn't Schchastlivy in the national team, and what's up with Yashin?