2022 IIHF World Championship Finland

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

As the Ice Hockey World Championship games are arranged in my country this year, I think it is only fitting that I post this thread. We will have quite an extensive representation, even Germany and Czechia have Finnish head coaches, Toni Söderholm and Kari Jalonen, respectively. Due to the situation in Ukraine, ROC (Russia) and Belarus are replaced by Austria and France. Here are the games, at least for this weekend, the results are going to be updated. Group A and part of the quarter-finals will play in Helsinki, while Group B, part of the quarter-finals, semifinals, bronze game and the final game will take place in another city, Tampere.

Group A
HELSINKI

May 13th
2 FRA v SLK 4
3 GER v CAN 5

May 14th
9 DEN v KAZ 1
5 SUI v ITA 2
1 SLK v GER 2

May 15th
1 ITA v CAN 6
2 FRA v KAZ 1
0 DEN v SUI 6

Group B
TAMPERE

May 13th
4 USA v LAT 1
5 FIN v NOR 0

May 14th
3 SWE v AUT 1
5 CZE v GBR 1
1 LAT v FIN 2

May 15th
4 NOR v GBR 3 (so)
2 AUT v USA 3 (ot)
3 CZE v SWE 5

Then the games for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Group A
HELSINKI

May 16th
1 SVK v CAN 5
2 FRA v GER 3

May 17th
1 ITA v DEN 2
3 SUI v KAZ 2

May 18th
2 FRA v ITA 1
5 SUI v SVK 3

Group B
TAMPERE

May 16th
3 LAT v NOR 2
4 FIN v USA 1

May 17th
1 CZE v AUT 2 (so)
6 SWE v GBR 0

May 18th
5 NOR v AUT 3
2 FIN v SWE 3 (so)

Again, new games coming up, Denmark vs Germany is ATM postponed due to a fire alarm

Group A
HELSINKI

May 19th
1 GER v DEN 0
6 CAN v KAZ 3

May 20th
9 GER v ITA 4
3 KAZ v SVK 4

May 21st
3 DEN v FRA 0
3 CAN v SUI 6
1 ITA v SVK 3

Group B
TAMPERE

May 19th
0 GRB v USA 3
5 CZE v LAT 1

May 20th
0 GBR v FIN 6
4 LAT v AUT 3

May 21st
3 USA v SWE 2 (ot)
0 AUT v FIN 3
1 NOR v CZE 4

Then the rest of the Preliminary round:

Group A
HELSINKI

May 22nd
4 KAZ v GER 5
5 SUI v FRA 2

May 23rd
5 KAZ v ITA 2
2 CAN v DEN 3

May 24th
3 GER v SUI 4
7 SVK v DEN 1
7 CAN v FRA 1

Group B
TAMPERE

May 22nd
3 GBR v LAT 4
7 SWE v NOR 1

May 23rd
0 USA v CZE 1
5 AUT v GBR 3

May 24th
1 SWE v LAT 0
4 USA v NOR 2
3 FIN v CZE 0

[Drago]

[Knight of Time]

I second that; I sure hope Canada's team does well. At least Russia isn't in this tournament, though I'm sad Ukraine's not in it either.

[Austrian ViceMaster Alex]

Hooray, we play at the WC and will relegate once more.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Don't forget Blademaster's Canada smiley.

We beat the Norwegians, Canada won the game against Germany, and congrats USA as well. Today, my dear neighbour Sweden will face Austria and Latvia is our opponent. It's nice to begin a tournament with a victory.

[Austrian ViceMaster Alex]

Woot, Austria beat the Czech. That's one for the history books. First win against a top team since a 3 - 0 against the US in 2001.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

That was cool. IIRC, Kari Jalonen faced a lot of critique back when he was Finland's head coach.

My namesake Mikael Granlund is an awesome NHL reinforcement, he played a big role already in his first game. We Finns are really looking forward to the game against Sweden. Although some people may be even too excited.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

IMPORTANT DOUBLE POST.

We have made our way to quarterfinals!

May 26th
1 GER v CZE 4
3 SWE v CAN 4 (ot)

0 SUI v USA 3
4 FIN v SVK 2

[Drago]

*gloats in canadian*

[Austrian ViceMaster Alex]

Canada looking strong again, same with the Czech. Also, seems like Switzerland is finally faltering.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Yes, particularly Canada's rise against Sweden was spectacular.

May 28th

4 FIN v USA 3
6 CAN v CZE 1

And we're playing for gold again!

May 29th

8 CZE v USA 4
4 FIN v CAN 3 (ot)

[Austrian ViceMaster Alex]

Finland's in the final! The Czech came back to demolish the US 8-4 after being down 1-3.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

We won! That was an exciting game. Both Olympic Gold Medal and World Championship Gold Medal on the same year.

[Austrian ViceMaster Alex]

Well done, Finland.