The IIHF events that have taken place over the last few weeks have seen three of the four hosts clinch gold whilst going unbeaten throughout the event. Indeed their dominance has been so great that all apart from Ukraine won their games in regular time with the anomaly being Netherlands losing out to an Oleg Tymchenko goal [...]
Since 1992 Italy have spent sixteen years in the IIHF’s Top Division. This year, after demotion they have found themselves competing against the likes of Korea, Great Britain and Hungary rather than the more esteemed company of Russia, Sweden and Canada. Any attempt to go off previous IIHF World Championship results against their opposition this [...]
We mentioned in our IIHF 2013 Division III preview that some of the nations this week do not instantly jump out as natural hockey playing nations. So far this week some of those nations have lived up to that billing. We predicted that South Africa, as hosts and also a nation that has recently played in [...]
There are currently four IIHF 2013 World Championship events taking place throughout Europe & Africa and naturally there are some nations that will be pleased with their performances and results so far and others that will be looking to improve in the concluding games. Whilst Ukraine have taken advantage of their hosting of the Division [...]
When you think about ice hockey some nations do not come to mind. When it comes to the event starting in Cape Town on April 15th you have a full house of nations you would not expect. South Africa will be hosting Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, North Korea and the United Arab Emirates in an event [...]
