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IIHF 2017 Men's World Hockey Championships

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The 2017 MWHC's have begun.  This year's tournament takes place commencing May 5th to 21st in Cologne, Germany - Paris, France.


Team Canada roster:


Coach            Jon Cooper    (Tampa Bay)
Assistants        Gerard Gallant (Las Vegas)
                      Dave King

Goatenders      Calvin Pickard (Colorado)
                      Chad Johnson (Calgary)

Defence          Jason Demers (Florida))
                      Marc-Edouard Vlasic (San Jose)
                      Tyson Barrie  (Coorado)
                      Calvin de Haan (NYIslanders)
                      Josh Morrissey  (Winnipeg)
                      Mike Matheson (Florida)

Forwards        Jeff Skinner  (Carolina)
                      Ryan O'Reilly (Buffalo)
                      Matt Duchene (Colorado)

                      Claude Giroux (Philadelphia)
                      Nathan McKinnon (Colorado)
                      Brayden Schenn  (Philadelphia)

                      Alex Killorn  (Tampa Bay)
                      Wayne Simmonds (Philadelphia)
                      Mark Scheifele  (Winnipet)

                      Alex Konecny  (Philadelphia)
                      Brayden Point (Tampa Bay)
                      Mitch Marner  (Toronto)


Source:  Hockey Canada
 
Team Canada defeated Team Czech Republic 4-1 in yesterday's opening game in Paris, France.

Team Canada coach Jon Cooper got his first win at a Worlds tourney.

The arena was rife with enthusiastic fans (of both teams) as well those French fans who came to have a good time.

Game story:
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/canada-opens-world-championship-win-czechs/
 
Other 2017 MWHC results:

Before a throng of 16,000 in Cologne, Germany, Team Germany made good on it's promise to win in front of their fans, as they defeated Team USA 2-1, backed by NYIslander Thomas Greiss' solid netminding.

Story:
http://www.iihfworlds2017.com/en/news/usa-ger/



Elsewhere, Team Russia beat Team Sweden 2-1; Team Finland did away with Belurus 3-2.



Source:    IIHF.com
 
2017 WMHC Saturday results:

Team Latvia 3  Team Denmark 0.
Team Sweden 3  Team Germany 2.
Team Norway 3  Team France 2.
Team Slovakia 3  Team Italy 2  OT
Team Czech  Republic 6  Team Belarus 2.
Team Switzerland 5  Team Slovenia  4.

http://m.iihfworlds2017.com/en/
 
Team Canada beat Slovenia 7-2 in Sunday action in Paris as Nathan McKinnon earned his tour du chapeau (that's French for hat-trick -- three goals).  Other scorers were Giroux, Barrie, Skinner and the Leafs Mitch Marner who also chipped in with an assist on McKinnon's goal with his patented cross-ice pass.

Team Canada took a barrage of shots, 51 in total on the Slovenia net at Slovenian netminder Gasper Kroselj, while Canada's Chad Johnson faced only 14.

Game story:
http://www.iihfworlds2017.com/en/games/2017-05-07/SLO-vs-CAN/
 
Other 2017 MWHC  Saturday results:

Team Tampa Bay...oops...Team Russia blasted Team Italy 10-1 with an eight point performance from the Lightning duo of Vladimir Namestnikov & Nikita Kutcherov.  Poor Italy, they hardly got any shots on goal while the Russians swamped Frederic  Cloutier. 

Elsewhere Team USA with it's first win of the tournament after their opening loss to Germany, overwhelmed Team Denmark 7-2.

Team Latvia over Team Slovakia 3-1; Team Switzerland over Team Norway 3-0.

Team France outlasted Team Finland 5-1.  French goalkeeper Florian Hardy faced 43 shots while his opponent Finlandia Sebastian Aho faced 23.  Thanks to Hardy's superb netminding, which gave France more than a chance to stay in the game.  The result delighted the mostly French crowd here in Paris.  It was France' first win ever at a World tourney. Tres bien!


http://www.iihfworlds2017.com/#schedule-match-2017-05-07
 
https://twitter.com/BradyTrett/status/861261974100770816
www.twitter.com/BradyTrett/status/861261974100770816

I cut up so many onions for lunch.
 
At the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, Nate McKinnon & Jeff Skinner each had three points, while Mitch Marner added two assists, in powering Team Canada roster a 6-0 wallop of Team Belarus.

Canada, a perfect 3W-0L with a 17/3 GF/GA record, and Team Russia ( 2W-1OTW,18/5 GF/GA) are the top teams at this tournament so far. In fact, Canada & Russia dominate the scoring leaders chart, with Canada's McKinnon, Skinner, & Barrie just behind the leader Artemi Panarin of Russia.

Team Canada's next game is Thursday when they play host nation Team France.

http://www.iihfworlds2017.com/en/news/blr-can/
 
Other Monday results at the 2017 MWHC:

In Cologne, Germany at the Lanxess Arena,  Team Russia's offensive machine showed no mercy as Russia pummelled Team Germany 6-3.
A four point game led by Russia's Artemi Panarin, there was little the Germans could do to stop the Russian scoring attack though Germany goaltender Thomas Greiss was valiant in net.

Team Germany lost two of it's best forwards -- Tobias Rieder through injury and Patrick Hager through a major penalty & game misconduct for slew-footing Russia's Sergei Mozyakin.  Awful blow for the Germans.

More results to come...
 
Monday results at the same 2017 MWHC:

Team USA eked past Team Sweden 4-3 as US goalkeeper faced 42 shots from the high-flying while Sweden's Viktor Fasth faced 23; Team Czech Republic outlasted Team Finland 4-3.


Source:  IIHF.com
 
Tuesday's results at the 2017 MWHC:

Team France edged Team Switzerland in a shootout 4-3 in a thrilling game that delighted the fans of the host nation at the Accorhotels Arena in Paris.

Team Slovakia scored in overtime to defeat Team Denmark 4-3, but not before the Danes led 3-0 early in the game, only to see Slovakia tie it up forcing OT (and winning it too).

Team Latvia defeated Team Italy 2-1 thus vaulting Latvia into a first place tie in their group with Russia, while Team Norway put away Team  Team Slovakia 5-1.


Source.  Iihfworlds2017.com
 
Wednesday's results:

Team USA shutout Team Italy 3-2;  Team Germany defeated Team Slovakia 3-2; Team Switzerland whizzed past Team Belarus 3-0; Team Finland beat Team Slovenia 5-2.


http://www.iihfworlds2017.com/#schedule-match-2017-05-10.
 
Thursday's results:

Mon Dieu!  Team Canada eked out a 3-2 victory over Team France and thanks to the Maple Leafs Mitch Marner,  who's shot want wide with the rebound landing in the crease just as Marner went to the net checking French defenseman Jonathan Janil, who tried to swipe the puck away from the goal only to lose it and go into his own team's net.  Marner's persistence led to the goal.

That goal wasn't scored until late inton the third period.  Consider Canada lucky as the tenacious French put on a show in front of screaming fans at the Accorhotels Arena here in Paris.

The crowd was great," Canadian defenceman Jason Demers enthused. "They gave us a helluva game. It was great to see them push that hard. It?ll help us in the long run. A little adversity helped us, being down, and I thought we did a great job of coming together and holding strong."

"They?re tenacious," Johnson said of the French. "They?ve got an NHL style. They?re hard on the puck. They defend really well, too. They don?t seem to get flustered or lose their composure, even with the score or how we control the play. They really stick together and generate a little bit of scoring chances too. They keep it simple."

Once again, French 'keeper Florian Hardy was the hero  in facing 35 shots and was inspirational for the home side.

Canada now has an incredible 41-3 record at the senior level since the 2014 Olympics (6-0 in Sochi; 6-2 at 2014 Worlds; 10-0 at 2015 Worlds; 9-1 at 2016 Worlds; 6-0 at 2016 World Cup; and, 4-0 so far in Paris).

Sacre bleu!

http://www.iihfworlds2017.com/en/games/2017-05-11/CAN-vs-FRA/
 
Other Thursday results at 2017 MWHC:

All shutouts...

Team Russia defeated Team Denmark 3-0; Team Sweden got past Team Latvia 2-0; Team Czech Republic over Team Norway 1-0.


Source:  iihfworlds2017.com
 
Several NHLers whose  teams were eliminated from most recent  playoff  rounds are slated to join their respective countries as soon as possible:

Henrik Lundqvist (Goaltender, NYRangers) for Team Sweden; Leon Draisaitl (Forward, Edmonton Oilers) for Team Germany; Brady Hayes (Fotward, NYRangers)  and Brian Skjei (Defenceman, NYRangers) for Team USA; Niklas Backstrom (Forward, Washington Capitals) for Team Sweden; Philip Grubauer (Goaltender, Washington Captals) for Team Germany.


Colton Parayko (Defenceman, St.Louis Blues) for Team Canada; Vladimir Sobotka (Forward, St.Louis Blues) for Team Czech Republic.



Source:  iihfworlds2017.com
 
Fridays' s results at the 2017 MWHC:

Team Sweden blasted Team Italy 8-1; Team Czech Republic finished off Slovenia 5-1.

Team Denmark upset Team Germany 3-2 in OT as the Danes rallied back from a 2-0 deficit, much to the disappointment of the crowd at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne,  and Team France sneaked past Team Belarus 4-3 in an OT that saw the French penalty kill off not one but two penalties while Fr3nch goalkeeper Cristobal Huet was superb.


Source:  iihfworlds2017.com


Source:  iihfworlds2017.com
 
Egads!  Team Switzerland beat Team Canada 3-2 Saturday in overtime.  The pesky and persistent Swiss never gave up, not even behind a 2-0 deficit.  They finally solved Canadian 'keeper Calvin Pickard and eventually forced the OT.

Though the Canadians dominated the OT, the Swiss made the most of their chances with what little of them they had.  Fabrice Herzog scored the overtime winner for Team Switzerland

"They never quit," said Canada's Travis Konecny. "We kind of got away from our game a bit. We should have gotten more pucks to the net. We had a little bit more to give and we gave them opportunities and they took advantage."

Team Canada is without defenceman Tyson Barrie (out for tournament due to injury).  In his place was Chris Lee (Canadian KHLer).

The Maple Leafs Mitch Marner was among the scorers for Team Canada, who outshot the Swiss 45-26.


http://www.iihfworlds2017.com/en/games/2017-05-13/CAN-vs-SUI/
 
Other Saturday results:

Team USA defeated Team Latvia 5-3; Team Finland squeaked past Team Norway 3-2; Team Russia shutout Team Slovakia 6-0; Team Germany over Team Italy 4-1; and Team Belarus beat Team Slovenia 5-2, thus avoiding relegation.


Source:  iihfworlds2017.com
 
Sunday action at the 2017 MWHC:

Before a capacity crowd of 17,900 plus fans at rhe LANXESS Arena in Cologne, Germany, and that number already having set a record for the highest afternoon game in a attendance in a Worlds toirney, Team USA sailed past Team Latvia 6-1.

Later, Team Sweden beat Team Denmark 4-2.

Meantime at the Accorhotels Arena in Paris, Team Czech Republic held off Team France 5-2; and Team Finland defeated Team Switzerland 3-2 in OT.  The Swiss who had previously upset Team Canada 3-2, racked up an early two goal lead only to see it evaporate and eventually lose in overrime.


Source:  iihfworlds2017.com
 
Attendance at these 2017 Men's World Championships is exceeding expectations with tournament being hosted by Paris (France) & Cologne (Germany).

Story:
http://m.iihfworlds2017.com/en/news/modern-day-record-in-cologne/
 
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