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 23)
1.
CZECH REPUBLIC We are the Czechs, my friends, and we kept on fighting till the end
2.
RUSSIA Silver is the colour of heartbreak
3.
SWEDEN Anders Lindback was perfect in the bronze medal game
4.
GERMANY Do you believe in German miracles? Yes!
5.
SWITZERLAND Ask not for whom the cowbell tolls: it tolls for thee
6.
FINLAND Time for sauna and Koskenkorva
7.
CANADA Just like the Olympics (Turin, that is)
8.
DENMARK It's great to be number eight!
9.
NORWAY Got a year to work on our PK
10.
BELARUS We must clone Ruslan Salei
11.
LATVIA Once again, we're the world's number one Baltic hockey state
12.
SLOVAKIA For 2011, we guarantee great beer and gorgeous women
13.
USA Any chance we could hold this thing in Vegas?
14.
FRANCE We've completed the non-relegation hat trick!
15.
ITALY This sports car is out of gas
16.
KAZAKHSTAN Tournament's over, and not one joke about that comedian!