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25-05-2025
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IIHF President Luc Tardif Clarifies Position On Russia At Olympics
On Sunday in Stockholm, before the bronze-medal game, the IIHF held it's annual press conference to on the final day of the World Championship. Naturally, questions from the media were dominated by news that was revealed by numerous sources on Friday that Russia won't be competing in the men's and women's ice hockey tournaments. According to quotes from and IIHF President Luc Tardif explained that, ultimately, that decision lies with the International Olympic Committee. And while a decision has not officially been made, the IOC has requested that the IIHF send them schedules that do not include Russian teams. 'The IOC is the organizer – we only deal with the competition (the hockey tournaments) itself,' said Tardif. 'We have been pressuring them to make a decision, one way or another, because we're getting closer to the Olympics and we need to know.' Tardif continued, 'Recently they asked us to send them a schedule without Russia, so that's where we are. The official statement is pending but the IOC has told us that they are informing the Russian Olympic Committee that they are not participating in the Olympics.' So the IIHF has sent the IOC schedules for the men's and women's hockey tournaments that don't include Russian teams, and we should soon expect to hear from the IOC that Russian teams won't be allowed to participate. Photo: Russian players wearing "ROC" jerseys at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing © George Walker IV-Imagn Images Russia Excluded From 2026 Olympic Ice Hockey Tournaments Numerous international media outlets are reporting that the International Ice Hockey Federation has made the decision to ban Russian teams from competing in the men's and women's ice hockey tournaments at the Olympic Winter Games next February in Milan, Italy. The decision was reportedly made at Friday's annual congress in Stockholm, Sweden.
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24-05-2025
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Zibanejad, Nylander, Markström, Andersson Disappointed After Swedish Semifinal Loss To USA
They assembled a strong roster to try to win gold on home ice, and the path to victory seemed to grow a little wider when Canada got knocked out in the quarterfinals, but following a disappointing 6-2 loss to the USA in the semifinals, the best the Swedes can now do is bronze. Asked what was wrong, Mika Zibanejad answered, 'Quite a lot.' The veteran New York Ranger elaborated to 'I think we were too spread out, didn't play with enough urgency, and weren't quick enough moving the puck. I think they did a better job of pressuring us and not giving us the time that we might have had in the other games.' 'I think we played a little too much on the outside,' William Nylander agreed. 'We were maybe better in the third but it's a little too late when it's 4-0.' Nylander took the game's first penalty just 27 seconds in. And although the Americans didn't score on the power play, they had sustained pressure in what became a dominant first period. 'Yes, I hit him in the face,' the Toronto Maple Leafs winger admitted. 'He tried to pull my helmet off, so I sort of hit him back and got called. A little unnecessary.' Confirmed: William Nylander Will Join Swedish Team William Nylander has accepted an invitation to play for Sweden at the IIHF World Championship and is already on his way to Stockholm, Swedish website reported. on Wednesday morning. Jacob Markström was critical of himself. The New Jersey Devils goalie was beaten four times on 20 shots through 40 minutes. With Sweden trailing 4-0, Markström was lifted in favor of Samuel Ersson to start the third period. 'I have to be better,' said Markström. 'It's too bad in this atmosphere, this setting, being at home and not making the final. If I'd been better, we'd have had a better chance of winning.' Asked about the momentum change resulting from the two quick goals early in the third period to make it 4-2, Zibanejad said, 'We woke up a bit, both the team and the fans inside the arena and so on. Obviously, we didn't stop believing that we could do it. But then the 5-2 goal made it tough.' 'I'm sad, frustrated … all sorts of thoughts are going through my head and I'm mostly disappointed and pissed off,' said Calgary Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson. 'To some extent, it falls on me as captain in the room that we have that bad of a start. So it falls on my shoulders.' Asked what he could have done differently, Andersson answered, 'Try to push the boys even harder, maybe show the way more on the ice. It's easy to stand here and say it in retrospect, but if the team isn't ready, it falls on me as captain. 'It was a once in a lifetime opportunity that we squandered.' Photo © David Kirouac-Imagn Images Clayton Keller, Jackson LaCombe, Cutter Gauthier React To USA Semifinal Win Over Sweden The semifinal curse is dead. For the first time since the IIHF adopted a playoff format for the World Championship in 1992, the USA is in the final, following a 6-2 win over Sweden in Stockholm.
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13-05-2025
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Filip Forsberg Praises Nashville Teammate Juuse Saros After Sweden-Finland Game
It's never dull when Sweden takes on Finland. On Tuesday at the IIHF World Championship in front of their home fans in Stockholm, the Swedes were dominant, outshooting the Finns 41-19 and controlling the game in terms of possession and zone time. 'I think this was by far our best game,' Filip Forsberg said after the game as reported by 'I don't know what the zone time was, but we probably had 60-70 percent of the time in the attacking zone. We'll take that with us.' In the end, however, Sweden had to hang on to win 2-1, thanks in large part due to the play of Finnish goaltender Juuse Saros, who is Forsberg's teammate with the Nashville Predators. Forsberg was asked if he thought, given the wide edge in play, whether his team should have scored another goal or two. 'Yes, absolutely, but they had one of the best goalies in the world on the other side,' Forsberg said about Saros. 'He was so good. He's really the only reason it was still a game after two periods. 'He was standing on his head in goal.' Filip Forsberg: 'You Can Talk [Crap] About Austria As Much As You Want, But They're Good' After a dominant 5-0 win over Slovakia in their opening game of the 2025 IIHF World Championship, the Swedes had more trouble with their second game against Austria, needing a late comeback to win 4-2. Swedish media didn't seem impressed with the team's performance in the second game, but when asked about it Filip Forsberg was full of praise for the Austrian team. The score was 2-0 after 40 minutes and the shots were 33-9. Then the Finns came with a push in the third period, which was to be expected, and scored once. 'Then it's quite tight and you never know,' said Forsberg. 'A random puck goes in and suddenly, it's a game. You have to give credit to Juuse and to Finland for fighting on. A little more payoff (on our chances) and this game would have been over a little earlier.' The Finnish goal with just under seven minutes remaining was a strange play that Forsberg was in the middle of. A quck whistle while the puck was still loose appeared to negate it, and a couple of Finnish players quickly charged towards the nearest referee to argue. However, Forsberg quickly intercepted Harri Pesonen and Eemil Erholtz, allowing the referee to escape. 'Yes, they were going to argue with the referee, so you have to protect them sometimes,' he said. 'They do a good job out there so you gotta be there and 'police' a little sometimes.' After a review, the goal was counted but it's the only one Finland got. Eeli Tolvanen's Late Surge Rescues Snake-Bitten Finns Last year, Finland barely made the IIHF World Championship quarterfinals and the team's first two games this year have not been especially reassuring to the team's fans. Playing against Austria and France, teams that Finnish team in past years might have beaten easily, the Finns have managed wins of 2-1 and 4-3 in overtime.
