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 6 May)
1.
RUSSIA Geno is a very dangerous man
2.
SWEDEN We love playing in front of sold-out arenas
3.
USA If you're a French-speaking nation, we will beat you
4.
SWITZERLAND Yo, any other former Soviet republics want a piece of this?
5.
FINLAND Our mothers taught us never to waste goals
6.
CANADA Congrats to USA Hockey on the greatest victory in your history
7.
CZECH REPUBLIC Three goals? Jagr used to get that in one period
8.
LATVIA DJ Miks always gets the party started for us
9.
GERMANY Three goals in a row is better than three penalties in a row
10.
ITALY Wow, was that Giulio Scandella or Guy Lafleur?
11.
FRANCE Kazakhstan will never trash-talk our croissants in the warm-up again
12.
NORWAY Could we switch over to cross-country skiing?
13.
DENMARK There once was a guy named Jannik, whose absence created a panic
14.
SLOVAKIA It's kind of like last year, without the beating Slovenia part
15.
BELARUS Is Coach Heikkilä giving all his pump-up speeches in Finnish?
16.
KAZAKHSTAN Our dream now is to limit Belarus to five goals