World Championships

[CarltonTheBear]

Interesting to see the difference in spelling for Kulemin's name.

For this tournament it's spelled "Kulyomin".

Why aren't we (meaning the Leafs) spelling it that way?

www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/new-rules-for-russian-names.html?tx_ttnews

 

[riff raff]

Interesting to see the difference in spelling for Kulemin's name.

For this tournament it's spelled "Kulyomin".

Why aren't we (meaning the Leafs) spelling it that way?

www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/new-rules-for-russian-names.html?tx_ttnews

Cool.

Maybe the Leafs should adopt that spelling.

Fresh start and all.

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

Interesting to see the difference in spelling for Kulemin's name.

For this tournament it's spelled "Kulyomin".

Why aren't we (meaning the Leafs) spelling it that way?

www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/new-rules-for-russian-names.html?tx_ttnews

Cool.

Maybe the Leafs should adopt that spelling.

Fresh start and all.

I can't wait until I start reading about "Cool Yeoman".

 

[hockeyfan1]

Interesting to see the difference in spelling for Kulemin's name.

For this tournament it's spelled "Kulyomin".

Why aren't we (meaning the Leafs) spelling it that way?

www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/new-rules-for-russian-names.html?tx_ttnews

Gonna take some getting used to.

 

[hockeyfan1]

Interesting to see the difference in spelling for Kulemin's name.

For this tournament it's spelled "Kulyomin".

Why aren't we (meaning the Leafs) spelling it that way?

www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/new-rules-for-russian-names.html?tx_ttnews

Cool.

Maybe the Leafs should adopt that spelling.

Fresh start and all.

I can't wait until I start reading about "Cool Yeoman".

He goes from a "Cool Lemon" to a "Cool Yeoman".    Not bad, not bad at all.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

That link takes me to some article from 2007.  ???

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

Not from the WC, but I don't know where else to post it:

 

[L K]

That link takes me to some article from 2007.  ???

http://www.iihf.com/nc/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/new-rules-for-russian-names.html

That should take you to the proper article.  It's essentially spelling the Russian name phonetically because Semyon Varlamov got sick of being called Semen Varlamov.

It was a problem where '?' was being translated to 'e' when it should really have been translated to a 'yo' coming out of Cyrillic to english. 

Kulemin's cyrillic name 'Кулёмин' should be translated Kulyomin rather than calling him Nikolai Kul-uh-min

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Thanks for that.

In 2014 Olympics news...Canada has a favourable grouping:

Kevin Gibson ‏@TSNResearch

Sochi 2014 Groups will be(each group needs to add a qualifier) Group A-RUS, SVK, USA, +1 Group B-FIN, CAN, NOR, +1 Group C-CZE, SWE, SUI, +1

 

[Stebro]

Not from the WC, but I don't know where else to post it:

From the 2nd league in Sweden, that's funny

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Thanks for that.

In 2014 Olympics news...Canada has a favourable grouping:

Kevin Gibson ‏@TSNResearch

Sochi 2014 Groups will be(each group needs to add a qualifier) Group A-RUS, SVK, USA, +1 Group B-FIN, CAN, NOR, +1 Group C-CZE, SWE, SUI, +1

Canada gets knocked out first round and they get a favourable grouping? Another reason the World Championships don't really matter?

 

[bustaheims]

Canada gets knocked out first round and they get a favourable grouping? Another reason the World Championships don't really matter?

Seriously. Russia won gold and ended up in what might be the toughest of the 3 groups.

 

[Bonsixx]

Thanks for that.

In 2014 Olympics news...Canada has a favourable grouping:

Kevin Gibson ‏@TSNResearch

Sochi 2014 Groups will be(each group needs to add a qualifier) Group A-RUS, SVK, USA, +1 Group B-FIN, CAN, NOR, +1 Group C-CZE, SWE, SUI, +1

Canada gets knocked out first round and they get a favourable grouping? Another reason the World Championships don't really matter?

Apparently Norway's surprise ascension threw things for a bit of a loop.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Apparently Norway's surprise ascension threw things for a bit of a loop.

Norway finished 8th out of the top-9 teams. Even if they were ranked 9 and Switzerland moved up to 8th Canada would still be in a pretty decent group.

It could be argued that having the top spot on the IIHF rankings actually puts you in the most competitive group. Right now, there are 7 countries that seem to have separated themselves from the rest. Each of the three group gets 2 of those top-7 teams, with Group A getting the final one (US) and Group's B and C getting the less competitive teams in Norway and Switzerland.

 

[seahawk]

Apparently Norway's surprise ascension threw things for a bit of a loop.

Norway finished 8th out of the top-9 teams. Even if they were ranked 9 and Switzerland moved up to 8th Canada would still be in a pretty decent group.

It could be argued that having the top spot on the IIHF rankings actually puts you in the most competitive group. Right now, there are 7 countries that seem to have separated themselves from the rest. Each of the three group gets 2 of those top-7 teams, with Group A getting the final one (US) and Group's B and C getting the less competitive teams in Norway and Switzerland.

The groups for Sochi are based from the IIHF World Rankings. The rankings on results at the Worlds and Olympics over a 4 year period.

http://www.iihf.com/competition/272/homeiihf/world-ranking.html

 

[hockeyfan1]

Hockey Canada's Bob Nicholson a possible shoo-in for the IIHF presidency, and, IIHF current president Rene Fasel possible replacement for eventual outgoing IOC President Jacque Rogge.

For more, go to:

http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/48432-Could-IIHF-president-Rene-Fasel-become-IOC-leader.html