Posted by thesportsjunky on May 21, 2018 · Leave a Comment
the World Championships showed once again that the gap between the best and the rest is beginning to close but in the end a favourite took home their second straight gold medal.
Posted by thesportsjunky on May 16, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The World Championship has been one with plenty of surprises throughout but with the playoffs big teams will have to avoid those surprises to play for a medal.
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Hockey continues to grow throughout the world as teams that have rarely seen the top division are getting their shot but the division between the best teams and everyone else remains.
Group B will have plenty of battles all over the group as some teams are just hoping to extend their time in the top division while others look to make up for falling short of some very high expectations.
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Group A in the World Championships looks like an easy prediction but the fight for the top is not the most interesting fight throughout the group as it could be a better fight to stay out of the bottom.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on April 30, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The IIHF World Championships have always taken a bit of a backseat in North America but decisions made by the NHL are making this tournament the only one with NHL talent that represents the entire world of hockey all beginning in 2018.
Posted by thesportsjunky on May 21, 2017 · Leave a Comment
It was medal day in the World Championships and as two teams looked to finish with at least a medal the other two were looking to go out as the best team in the world.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on May 20, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The semi-finals are a good place to reach at the World Championship as all four teams will be playing for a medal but the four teams involved are not happy with just any medal.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on May 18, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The playoffs are here and as they started there was some potential for interesting games although that all gave way to the typical top teams who will be back competing for the medals for another year.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on May 16, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The round robin is over and eight teams are left as they pursue the medals with the beginning of the playoffs right around the corner and some interesting battles to enter the final eight teams.
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