Posted by thesportsjunky on May 14, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The host teams are about to end their tournament with only one having a chance to continue their tournament into the playoffs and a couple days to get that playoff spot.
Posted by thesportsjunky on May 10, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The tournament is halfway through and there are some surprising results for more than just a few teams as the second half is going to be interesting with a few teams on the edge of making their mark.
Filed under Hockey · Tagged with 2017 IIHF World Championship, Canada, Canada hockey, Finland, Finland hockey, France, France hockey, Hockey, IIHF, IIHF Hockey, IIHF World Championship, International Hockey, Latvia, Latvia hockey, Russia, Russia hockey, Sweden, Sweden hockey, USA, USA Hockey
The French team didn’t start their home tournament off the best way but they came back in a big way with a win over a team they never should have beat that sent shockwaves through the tournament.
The host nations are on different paths as they have started their tournaments in different ways with one giving their home fans something to cheer about and the other not a lot to cheer about.
Group B is another one with favourites but with only two major powers there is a lot more up in the air as the group could see a big battle for the playoffs with more than a few teams in the hunt.
Filed under Hockey · Tagged with 2017 IIHF World Championship, 2017 IIHF World Championship Group B, 2017 IIHF World Championship Group B preview, 2017 IIHF World Championship prediction, 2017 IIHF World Championship preview, Andreas Martinsen, Andrei Kostitsyn, Antoine Russel, Belarus, Belarus hockey, Canada, Canada hockey, Cristobal Huet, Czech Republic, Czech Republic Hockey, David Pastrnak, Denis Holenstein, Finland, Finland hockey, France, France hockey, Group B, Hockey, IIHF, IIHF Hockey, IIHF World Championship Group B, IIHF World Championship preview, IIHF World Championships, International Hockey, Jan Urbas, Jesse Puljujarvi, Mark Scheifele, Mitch Marner, Nik Pem, Norway, Norway hockey, Patrick Thorensen, Pavel Vorobey, Petr Mrazek, Sebastien Aho, Slovenia, Slovenia hockey, Switzerland, Switzerland hockey, Tanner Richard
Group B might not get the most attention from their own countries but they still include some of the biggest teams including the defending champions.
Filed under Hockey · Tagged with 2016 Hockey World Championship, 2016 IIHF World Championship, 2016 IIHF World Championship Group B, Alexei Kalyuzhny, Andrej Sekera, Auston Matthews, Belarus, Belarus hockey, Canada, Canada hockey, Christian Ehrhoff, Connor McDavid, corey Perry, Cristobal Huet, Finland, Finland hockey, France, France hockey, Germany, Germany hockey, Hungary, Hungary hockey, IIHF, IIHF Hockey, IIHF World Championship, IIHF World Championship Group B, IIHF World Championship Group B prediction, Jesse Dudas, Leon Draisaitl, Marko Dano, Mikko Koivu, Patrik Laine, Peter Zsombor Garat, Sergei Kostitsyn, Slovakia, Slovakia hockey, USA, USA Hockey
The Sport Addiction 