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 14 May)
1.
SWITZERLAND Scotty Bowman wrote the book, Sean Simpson made the movie
2.
CANADA Guys like Stamkos live for these games with Slovenia
3.
RUSSIA In QF, we win 16-8, in SF, 32-16...no problem
4.
SWEDEN Daniel and Henrik are taking us to the ABBA Museum!
5.
FINLAND The easy way is not the Finnish way
6.
UNITED STATES Too bad we weren’t playing the Leafs
7.
SLOVAKIA We respect the Pope, but not the Bishop
8.
CZECH REPUBLIC When we say “Tomas,” Norway says “No mas”
9.
GERMANY We’d like to dedicate this one to Justin Bieber’s monkey
10.
NORWAY Odin wept
11.
LATVIA Heys, its coulds bes worses
12.
FRANCE We’ll always have Russia
13.
DENMARK Okay, who put “Dong Energy” on our foreheads?
14.
BELARUS Gomel, Belarus will not be renamed “Gomez”
15.
AUSTRIA As Isaac Newton said, “What goes up must come down”