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 9)
1.
CZECH REPUBLIC Our goals-against is as gorgeous as Karolina Kurkova
2.
CANADA And congratulations to Bryan Adams on his new baby, too
3.
FINLAND Koivu. Backhand. Money.
4.
SWEDEN The main thing is we're not facing the mighty Norwegians
5.
NORWAY This summer, Ovechkin wants to train with Marius Holtet
6.
GERMANY Our goals-against started off as gorgeous as Heidi Klum
7.
RUSSIA We like Canadians in quarter-finals (except in Vancouver)
8.
USA We had prepared for Swaziland
9.
SWITZERLAND The Americans chirped us about our fondue. Nobody chirps us about our fondue.
10.
SLOVAKIA On the bright side, we're not Slovenia
11.
DENMARK Proudly supplying undead Viking warriors since 2003
12.
FRANCE "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" (roughly translated, it means “We didn’t get relegated”)
13.
LATVIA Still the world’s top Latvian-speaking hockey nation
14.
BELARUS We love our Andreis
15.
AUSTRIA Next time, no more pre-game Sacher Torte
16.
SLOVENIA We’d love to be tenth and have everyone moaning about how we flopped