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 13)
1.
RUSSIA When Ovi scores a goal a game, life is good
2.
SWITZERLAND No Hiller, no Streit...we just took it easy on Canada
3.
SWEDEN “I feel like I win when I lose” (ABBA, “Waterloo”)
4.
CZECH REPUBLIC Hubba-Hubba Hubacek!
5.
CANADA Remind us again why Switzerland has Andy Murray and we don't
6.
SLOVAKIA You can't contain Ivan Ciernik, you can't even try to contain him
7.
FINLAND John Wayne called it true grit – we call it sisu
8.
GERMANY Germans Can't Score is no longer in production
9.
NORWAY Let's see Olimb pull that move again in the gold medal game
10.
DENMARK Don't book the victory parade at Legoland yet
11.
LATVIA Time to paint the town maroon
12.
BELARUS These respectable two-goal losses do not build 2014 Worlds fever
13.
USA Obama announces national hockey education plan
14.
FRANCE Mon Dieu, it is those Italians again!
15.
ITALY Mamma mia, it is those Frenchmen again!
16.
KAZAKHSTAN Toto? I don't think we're in Ust-Kamenogorsk anymore