On the #MensWorlds side of things, it was recently announced by the IIHF that Divisions 2A and 4 have (at least for now) been cancelled due to ongoing situations in the regions where they were to be hosted.
(D2A in UAE, D4 in Kuwait)
No changes to TSN's coverage of the #U18MensWorlds this year in comparison to previous years:
All preliminary round games involving Canada or the U.S., and all games from the quarterfinals onward.
#MensWorlds - TSN will air all 64 games.
What's transpiring right now is exactly why I'm averse to people who call the #MensWorlds Championship, the "World Cup". They're not the same event.
Similarly to how the Four Nations Cup and Four Nations Faceoff were not the same event.
Team Canada's picture after winning the 2021 IIHF Men's World Championship in 3 on 3 OT
Team Canada's picture after winning the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship in 3 on 3 OT
Team Canada's picture after winning the 2022 World Junior Championship in 3 on 3 OT
Team Canada's picture after winning the 2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup in 3 on 3 OT
The problem wasn't the format. All of these were won in 3 on 3 OT.
#MensWorlds #WomensWorlds #WorldJuniors #HlinkaGretzkyCup
#MilanoCortina2026
2021 #MensWorlds and #WomensWorlds.
2022 #WorldJuniors.
2023 WJC.
2023 #HlinkaGretzkyCup.
2024 WWC.
All gold medals Canada won in 3 on 3 OT.
The format was not why we lost either gold medal game at #MilanoCortina2026, media.
Just stop.
Across all IIHF play since the start of 2024, Canada is 3-8 vs the U.S. ... and 73-10 vs everyone else
#WorldJuniors #U18WomensWorlds #U18MensWorlds #MensWorlds #WomensWorlds #MilanoCortina2026
Canada needs to come back with a vengeance at the #U18MensWorlds, #MensWorlds and #WomensWorlds.
Finland returns to the podium at a men's IIHF tournament since their 2022 #MensWorlds gold
#MilanoCortina2026
Canada/Finland: Traded GMG victories vs each other at the 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022 #MensWorlds
#MilanoCortina2026
Tiffels (GER): Scored OT winner in 2023 #MensWorlds semifinal vs USA to send Germany to the gold medal game
#MilanoCortina2026
Most frequent matchups from the QFs onward at any IIHF tournament since the start of 2024:
9 - CAN vs CZE
9 - CZE vs SWE
7 - SWE vs USA
6 - FIN vs SWE
6 - FIN vs USA
5 - CAN vs USA
* as of QFs of men's OG*
#WorldJuniors #U18WomensWorlds #U18MensWorlds #MensWorlds #WomensWorlds #MilanoCortina2026
Tiffels (GER): Scored OT winner vs USA at 2023 #MensWorlds semifinal to send Germany to gold medal game
#MilanoCortina2026
France: Is set to host the 2028 #MensWorlds and the 2030 Olympics.
Switzerland beat Italy 5-2 at the 2022 #MensWorlds; their last meeting prior to this one
#MilanoCortina2026
France: Beat Canada at the 2014 #MensWorlds
(in a twist of fate, that French team then went on to lose to Italy)
#MilanoCortina2026
Stone (CAN): Was MVP of the 2019 #MensWorlds
#MilanoCortina2026
Three shots nearly changed the trajectory of France's hockey tournament.
After not qualifying on their own and getting relegated from the #MensWorlds, France went to Italy to prove they could hang with the best.
Today, they showed that:
www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/france-...
Denmark: Beat Germany in the final preliminary round game of last year's #MensWorlds to take the final quarterfinal spot
#MilanoCortina2026
Latvia: Beat the U.S. in the bronze medal game of the 2023 #MensWorlds on their way to their first international medal
#MilanoCortina2026
Canada: Has not won a gold medal at home since the 2023 #WorldJuniors.
#U18WomensWorlds #U18MensWorlds #WomensWorlds #MensWorlds
CAN/USA: First head to head game at any IIHF tournament since last year's senior #WomensWorlds (did not meet at last year's #U18MensWorlds or #MensWorlds or this year's #WorldJuniors)
#U18WomensWorlds
Canada + Czechia: Meeting in a knockout game for the 8th time in the 12 IIHF tournaments since the start of 2024 (CZE has won 4 of the last 7)
#U18WomensWorlds
#WorldJuniors #U18MensWorlds #MensWorlds #WomensWorlds
If I'm correct (I don't have my data in front of me right now), 🇫🇮's relegation leaves 🇨🇦🇺🇸 as the only 2 (not currently banned) countries who have never been relegated from any top level IIHF tournament.
#U18WomensWorlds #U18MensWorlds #WomensWorlds #MensWorlds #WorldJuniors
For the 8th time in the last 12 IIHF tournaments, Canada and Czechia will meet in an elimination game.
#U18WomensWorlds
#WorldJuniors #U18MensWorlds #MensWorlds #WomensWorlds
This #U18WomnesWorlds is the 12th IIHF tournament since the start of 2024.
If Canada wins this game, it will be the 8th time in those 12 tournaments that Canada and Czechia meet at some point in the medal round (QF or later)
#WorldJuniors #U18MensWorlds #MensWorlds #WomensWorlds
Now, you may think "how can they play against each other if they're siblings?"
At the last #MensWorlds, brothers Atte Tolvanen (AUT) and Eeli Tolvanen (FIN) played against each other.
Did not meet:
- 2024 #U18MensWorlds (CZE eliminated by SVK in QF; CAN won gold)
- 2024 #MensWorlds (CAN eliminated by SUI in SF; CZE beat SUI for gold)
- 2025 #WomensWorlds (both eliminated by USA - CZE in SF; CAN in GMG)
- 2025 MWC (CAN eliminated by DEN; CZE eliminated by SWE; both in QF)
Canada since last #WorldJuniors gold:
#U18WomensWorlds - 🥇🥉🥇
#U18MensWorlds - 🥉🥇🥇
#WomensWorlds - 🥈🥇🥈
#MensWorlds - 🥇
You know why they won all those medals? They just played. Didn't try to be fancy.
Going back to the start of 2024, 10 IIHF tournaments have been played (this is the 11th). Canada and Czechia eliminated each other in 6 of them; this'll be the 7th of 11
#WorldJuniors #U18WomensWorlds #U18MensWorlds #MensWorlds #WomensWorlds
Other teams to benefit:
#U18WomensWorlds - Slovakia
#WomensWorlds - Sweden
#MensWorlds - France and Austria
Only the French senior men have since gone back down to D1A since coming up for this reason
(#U18MensWorlds - nobody)
