The Power Rankings are for the enjoyment of IIHF.com readers, and reflect the progress of teams during the IIHF World Championship. They are distinct from the official IIHF World Ranking.
Power Rankings (as of May 12)
1.
CZECH REPUBLIC Hats off to #68
2.
RUSSIA Kovalchuk = right guy at the right place at the right time
3.
SWEDEN What could be more Swedish than a quarter-final win?
4.
FINLAND Yesterday, Gretzky and Kurri...today, Granlund and Immonen (this space sponsored by Granlund's mom)
5.
CANADA Kovalchuk = wrong guy at the wrong place at the wrong time
6.
NORWAY It's better than being dunked in an icy fjord
7.
GERMANY Not all tournaments can be held in Germany
8.
USA Too much Jagr is as fatal as too much McDonald's
9.
SWITZERLAND We could still win something this weekend: Eurovision!
10.
SLOVAKIA If we keep improving like this, next year we'll be eighth
11.
DENMARK If this was handball, we'd be second
12.
FRANCE Our twelfth-place finish has generated little buzz at Cannes
13.
LATVIA Bring back Helmut Balderis
14.
BELARUS Not enough shots from center ice
15.
AUSTRIA We keep getting sucked back into the addictive Division I lifestyle
16.
SLOVENIA We gave good post-game interviews, and nobody can take that away from us