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.
CANADA 91, 92, 94...this is working well so far...let's add 99!
2.
RUSSIA We used to start Worlds by beating East Germany 17-1, but this'll do
3.
SWEDEN ABBA sold more albums than a-ha, and we scored more goals than Norway
4.
CZECH REPUBLIC Escargots taste good with Pilsner
5.
SWITZERLAND Sean Simpson's winning percentage is better than Viktor Tikhonov's
6.
DENMARK We beat Finland like Lars Ulrich beats his drums on “Enter Sandman”
7.
SLOVAKIA Help us, Obi-Wan Demitra, you're our only hope
8.
BELARUS You don't mess with the Zankovets
9.
GERMANY Totally invincible when we play in front of 77,803 fans
10.
USA Next time we play in a soccer stadium, we're dressing Mia Hamm
11.
LATVIA In the third period, Znaroks should have played Helmut Balderis more
12.
FINLAND Losing to Denmark...is there any way we could blame this on the volcano?
13.
NORWAY Just a little too neighbourly
14.
FRANCE On the positive side, we didn't let Ondrej Pavelec score
15.
ITALY We told them not to put sauerkraut on our pre-game pizza. But did they listen? No!