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[Kuno of Gersenau]

Switzerland - Canada 1:5 :sad:

No surprise happened. Unfortunately couldn't see the match because I had school and driving lesson afterwards, but from what I read in the Internet they didn't play that bad but played much too passiv...

[Mircoslavux]

wow Finns beat Russian Bear in OT 2-1..interesting..

very interesting match is the second semifinal - Can lead after 1. period
very clearly 3-0 againts Sweden...:eek:

[Mircoslavux]

Gratulation team to Canada...


IIHF announces awards, '08 groups
The tournament MVP is: Rick Nash (CAN)

The IIHF Directorate announced its winners for the 2007 World Championship.
BEST GOALIE--Kari Lehtonen (FIN)
BEST DEFENSEMAN--Andrei Markov (RUS)
BEST FORWARD--Alexei Morozov (RUS)

The media All-Star Team was also announced:
Goal: Kari Lehtonen (FIN)
Defense: Petteri Nummelin (FIN), Andrei Markov (RUS)
Forward: Alexei Morozov (RUS), Evgeni Malkin (RUS), Rick Nash (CAN)

Total attendance for the 56 games in Mytischi and Moscow was 330,708.

There were no new Triple Gold Club members added as a result of Canada's gold medal victory today.

The updated World Ranking for the top 16 teams looks like this:

1. Sweden
2. Canada
3. Finland
4. Czech Republic
5. Russia
6. Slovakia
7. USA
8. Switzerland
9. Belarus
10. Latvia
11. Germany
12. Denmark
13. Italy
14. Norway
15. Slovenia
16. France

The groups for Canada 2008 have now been finalized. Groups B and C will play in Halifax and Groups A and D will play in Quebec City:

Group A
Sweden
Switzerland
Belarus
France

Group B
Canada
USA
Latvia
Slovenia

Group C
Finland
Slovakia
Germany
Norway

Group D
Czech Republic
Russia
Denmark
Italy