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.
Filed under Hockey · Tagged with 2017 IIHF World Championship, 2017 IIHF World Championship playoffs, 2017 IIHF World Championship quarter-finals, Canada, Canada hockey, Czech Republic, Czech Republic Hockey, Finland, Finland hockey, Germany, Germany hockey, Hockey, IIHF, IIHF Hockey, IIHF playoffs, IIHF World Championship, IIHF World Championship quarter-finals, IIHF World Championships playoffs, International Hockey, Russia, Russia hockey, Sweden, Sweden hockey, Switzerland, Switzerland hockey, USA, USA Hockey
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
Posted by thesportsjunky on May 15, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The IIHF round robin is beginning to wind down and the playoff race is only getting tougher especially after a surprising Day 10.
Filed under Hockey · Tagged with 2016 IIHF World Championship, 2016 IIHF World Championship playoffs, Germany, Germany hockey, IIHF, IIHF Hockey, IIHF World Championship, IIHF World Championship playoffs, Sweden, Sweden hockey, Switzerland, Switzerland hockey, USA, USA Hockey
Group A in the World Championship will see an all-European group that will get plenty of attention as they all look to be named the best in the world.
Filed under Hockey · Tagged with 2016 IIHF World Championship, Alex Wennberg, Brandon Bochenski, Christian Marti, Czech Republic, Czech Republic Hockey, David Pastrnak, Denmark, Denmark hockey, IIHF, IIHF Hockey, IIHF World Championship, IIHF World Championship Group A, IIHF World Championship Group A prediction, IIHF World Championship Group A preview, IIHF World Championship preview, Johannes Johannesen, Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan hockey, Latvia, Latvia hockey, Mathias From, Mats Zuccarello, Mikael Backlund, Nail Yakupov, Nikolaj Ehlers, Norway, Norway hockey, Pavel Datsyuk, Pavel Poluektov, Russia, Russia hockey, Sweden, Sweden hockey, Switzerland, Switzerland hockey, Tomas Plekanec, Yannick Weber, Zemgus Girgensons