2012 World Senior Championship

World Championships 2012
Icehockey World Championships 2012 in Slovakia start in just two days. There are 16 nations battling for the championship in the following two weeks. Many believe that the team of USA will make a good run for the gold.

Here are the starting groups:
Group A
Canada
USA
Ukraine
Japan

Group B
Finland
Switzerland
Belarussia
Italy

Group C
Sweden
Russia
Norway
Poland

Group D
Czech
Slovakia
Slovenia
France

World Championships quarterfinals
World Championships have reached quarterfinal stage. Here are the final standings for the starting groups.
Group A PTS GF GA Group B PTS GF GA
Canada 6 20 8 Finland 6 18 9
USA 4 18 11 Switzerland 4 15 12
Japan 2 11 16 Belarussia 2 12 15
Ukraine 0 7 21 Italy 0 9 18
Group C PTS GF GA Group D PTS GF GA
Russia 6 16 11 Czech 6 18 9
Sweden 4 17 10 Slovakia 4 14 13
Poland 2 10 17 France 2 13 15
Norway 0 11 16 Slovenia 0 10 18

For quarterfinals, the pairs are:

Canada-Slovakia
Czech-USA
Finland-Sweden
Russia-Switzerland

World Championships semifinals
World Championships have reached semifinal stage. In the first semifinal on April 29th, Team Canada will meet Team Russia . In the second clash, Team Sweden will challenge Team USA. Winners from both games will meet on April 31st in the final game to decide the 2012 World Champion of icehockey.

World Championships finalists ready
Team Canada will meet Team USA in the final of the 2012 World Championships. Both teams will make a good run for the championship in this exciting game.

In the game for the bronze medal, Team Russia meets Team Sweden.

Team Canada wins World Championship
Team Canada has beaten Team USA in the final of the 2012 World Championships.

In the game for bronze medal, Team Sweden has beaten Team Russia.

Leading scorers in the tournament:
1. Nicklas Bäckström (SWE) 6+7=13
2. Alexei Yashin (RUS) 4+9=13
3. Joe Pavelski (USA) 1+11=12
4. Daniel Alfredsson (SWE) 7+4=11
5. Martin St. Louis (CAN) 5+6=11
6. Kyle Turris (CAN) 3+8=11
7. Alexander Frolov (RUS) 7+3=10
8. Wojtek Wolski (CAN) 7+3=10
9. Zach Parisé (USA) 5+5=10
10. Erik Johnson (USA) 1+8=9