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Was Solberg cut?
Odd he played last year and was cut this year - or was it because of injury he didn’t make the team?
 
is there any legal way to watch the division 1a? surprised tsn never buys the rights to it tbh considering they got 5 channels these days
 
GermanSpitfire said:
Was Solberg cut?
Odd he played last year and was cut this year - or was it because of injury he didn’t make the team?
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The last game he played for Valerenga was more than a month ago so certainly an injury.
hockey20000 said:
is there any legal way to watch the division 1a? surprised tsn never buys the rights to it tbh considering they got 5 channels these days
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From what I understand, there is no legal or illegal way to watch most games as IIHF usually publishes the official stream and it's not the case this time.

Pretty sure this is an official broadcast for all the Kazakh games though:
 
SoundAndFury said:
To be fair, Danish fans have been talking about this for years, they too seem to think few superstars covered the fact that their program isn't actually any good, fundamentally. At this point, it seems like a sure thing they will be going down to 1-2 NHLers after Eller retires.

I think the truth is in the middle (much like with Norway over the last 10 years or so). I really can't imagine they are 1B team from now on.

Hungary, meanwhile, prove in yet another game they can play against anyone in this division (as it is now).
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Hungary have built many new ice rinks the later years.
According to IIHF stats, Hungary had 17 ice rinks in 2007. In 2022 they have 57. From 2019 to 2022 they've increased the number of rinks from 46 to 57. That's impressive. They now have more rinks than Norway(54).

Denmark have not built a single rink the last three years. They only have 27 rinks.
Since 2007 Norway have built 23 new ice rinks. Hungary have built 40 new rinks since 2007.

So it's no surprise that Hungary is getting better, and Denmark is stagnating.
 
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Looks like DIV 1B is Ukraine or Japan(Japan wins in OT or regulation and they advance to DIV1A). Was really hoping to see a stronger performance from Italy with some of their talented major junior players and goaltender. Perhaps starting out against a strong Ukraine team wasnt the formula they needed.
 
IIHFjerseycollector said:
Looks like DIV 1B is Ukraine or Japan(Japan wins in OT or regulation and they advance to DIV1A). Was really hoping to see a stronger performance from Italy with some of their talented major junior players and goaltender. Perhaps starting out against a strong Ukraine team wasnt the formula they needed.
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OT win for Japan is not enough, they must win in regulation to earn promotion.
 
IIHFjerseycollector said:
Looks like DIV 1B is Ukraine or Japan(Japan wins in OT or regulation and they advance to DIV1A). Was really hoping to see a stronger performance from Italy with some of their talented major junior players and goaltender. Perhaps starting out against a strong Ukraine team wasnt the formula they needed.
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Italy is still likely to finish 2nd. Considering they played in the D2A last year, that's not a bad result at all. Sure they could have put up more of a fight in the game against Ukraine but not like Ukrainians don't have legitimately talented players.

ozo said:
OT win for Japan is not enough, they must win in regulation to earn promotion.
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And an OT loss would still likely push them all the way down to 3rd so it's really a regulation win-or-bust situation.
 
Heart in the mouth the whole third period. Good win, now lets hope there is no OT in Poland - Korea game.
 
Ok, losing to Estonia does actually count as a pretty big disapointing for Italy.

But, well done Estonia. I guess their boys delivered when it counts.
 
GermanSpitfire said:
Was Solberg cut?
Odd he played last year and was cut this year - or was it because of injury he didn’t make the team?
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Solberg has been injured since the middle of November unfortunately. Would have been a lock in this team if not.
Hopefully he will be back in January
 
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I already was excited for eventual 1B Denmark - Croatia matchup, but France didn't deliver in their final game. Slovenia goes down after all.
 
Japan looks set for the promotion midway through the game with Ukraine. Unbelievable what they are doing even without the superstar Aito Iguchi. :sarcasm:
 
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Japan looks set for the promotion midway through the game with Ukraine. Unbelievable what they are doing even without the superstar Aito Iguchi. :sarcasm:
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They deserve it
Good luck to them in 1A

And thanks to our Ukrainian boys for the great games
I look forward to see how this guys will do in pro hockey

Sydorenko is a great player at this level
 
Looks like a bad day for Eastern Europe, as Norway is beating Kazakhstan while Ukraine is losing to Japan.
 
Crazy last day in both divisions, nothing is going to end up being how it seemed...
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Looks like a bad day for Eastern Europe, as Norway is beating Kazakhstan while Ukraine is losing to Japan.
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If Kazakhstan is Eastern Europe maybe we can adopt Japan as well? :sarcasm:
 
Norway beats Kazakhstan 5-3 and wins the tournament. One special thing is that only 6 of the players in our squad is born in 2003, so this means that most of the squad can play in the WJC next year as well.

Petter Vesterheim was Norways best player in the tournament imo.
 
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Joka12 said:
Norway beats Kazakhstand 5-3 and wins the tournament. One special thing is that only 6 of the players in our squad is born in 2003, so this means that most of the squad can play in the WJC next year as well.

Petter Vesterheim was Norways best player in the tournament imo.
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The last time Norway stayed at the top level was 1990 I believe.

They had a really good 6th place finish... placed above the USA.
 
ozo said:
I already was excited for eventual 1B Denmark - Croatia matchup, but France didn't deliver in their final game. Slovenia goes down after all.
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To be fair, I don't think Denmark belongs in 1B. They are too good to be relegated IMO.
I thought Kazakhstan and Denmark along with us would be favourites to win the tournament, but surprisingly other nations like Hungary and France played very well and showed some good effort as well.

Joka12 said:
Norway beats Kazakhstan 5-3 and wins the tournament. One special thing is that only 6 of the players in our squad is born in 2003, so this means that most of the squad can play in the WJC next year as well.

Petter Vesterheim was Norways best player in the tournament imo.
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I was so nervous before this evnings final game vs Kazakhstan. After two periods I almost told my girlfriend to turn off the TV, and start to decorate our Christmastree instead, I was so nervous I could barely watch.

Gothenburg 2024 here we come:partytime:
 
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how did Brandsegg-Nygard look? Saw he had some points in the final game and I know he’s Norways next best chance to have an NHLer
 
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