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 15)
1.
SWITZERLAND Schwiiz is hopping, big-time
2.
RUSSIA Go Ovi go go go, Ovi be good
3.
CANADA I looked over Jordan and what did I see, coming for to carry Canada home
4.
SWEDEN Pääjärvi-Svensson and Ekman-Larsson left Latvia seeing double
5.
FINLAND That's why they call Rinne "The Great Wall of Nashville"
6.
DENMARK Obviously we had a good first period
7.
GERMANY At least we made the Russians work for it
8.
CZECH REPUBLIC We did not make Prague-ress against the Swiss
9.
LATVIA If Chuck Norris is Latvian, let's use him against Norway
10.
BELARUS If you don't score, you can't win -- not even against Finland this year
11.
NORWAY Violence is not the answer
12.
SLOVAKIA There is something rotten in the state of Den...um, no, Slovakia
13.
USA Relegation schmelegation
14.
FRANCE “The word impossible is not in my dictionary” (Napoleon Bonaparte)
15.
ITALY The barbarians are at the gates
16.
KAZAKHSTAN All we need to improve is our offence, defence, and goaltending