Offical 2011 World Championship Thread
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:18 pm
http://www.iihf.com/en/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/homeiihf.html
The tourney taking place in Slovakia this year and the first game takes place tomorrow. For those of us who's teams aren't in the playoffs this is a chance for us to watch some of our favorite players and just watch some good hockey.
The Czech Republic are the defending champs and they've got a pretty strong team again this year.
Here's the breakdown of the groups and the power rankings going into the tourney:
Group A:
Russia
Slovakia
Germany
Slovenia
Group B:
Canada
Switzerland
Belarus
France
Group C:
Sweden
USA
Norway
Austria
Group D:
Finland
Czech Rep.
Latvia
Denmark
Power Rankings:
1. Russia
2. Czech Republic
3. Canada
4. Slovakia
5. Finland
The tourney taking place in Slovakia this year and the first game takes place tomorrow. For those of us who's teams aren't in the playoffs this is a chance for us to watch some of our favorite players and just watch some good hockey.
The Czech Republic are the defending champs and they've got a pretty strong team again this year.
Here's the breakdown of the groups and the power rankings going into the tourney:
Group A:
Russia
Slovakia
Germany
Slovenia
Group B:
Canada
Switzerland
Belarus
France
Group C:
Sweden
USA
Norway
Austria
Group D:
Finland
Czech Rep.
Latvia
Denmark
Power Rankings:
1. Russia
2. Czech Republic
3. Canada
4. Slovakia
5. Finland