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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 standings and IIHF World Ranking.

Power Rankings (as of 19 May)

1.		RUSSIA Forget about The Avengers – Malkin’s a REAL superhero
2.		SLOVAKIA Satan never gets old
3.		CZECH REPUBLIC Hey, little bro, that hurt!
4.		FINLAND [Insert bad Finnish words here] home ice curse!
5.		CANADA It gets worse: we hear the next Olympics aren’t in North America
6.		SWEDEN Now none of us will get a date with Lisbeth Salander
7.		USA Are you serious, Canada? Well, that bums us right out
8.		NORWAY Crosby 2006: 9-8-8-16. Thoresen 2012: 8-7-11-18.
9.		FRANCE Jean Dujardin will star as Baptiste Amar
10.		LATVIA In other highlights, Guntis Galvins was +3
11.		SWITZERLAND We’ll take a few weeks off and then start milking cows again
12.		GERMANY Didn’t sing enough Rammstein on the bench
13.		DENMARK We need to play the right way, not with LEGO
14.		BELARUS This won’t be mentioned in Belarusian history books
15.		ITALY Advice for Slovenia: bring lots of Kopitar
16.		KAZAKHSTAN Advice for Austria: bring lots of Vanek

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