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Canadians riding high before final

Published 16.05.2015 23:12 GMT+2 | Author IIHF.com
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Heading into the final against Russia, Canada’s Jason Spezza (right, with Sidney Crosby) tops the scoring parade with 14 points. Photo: Andre Ringuette / HHOF-IIHF Images
After topping the Czechs 2-0 in the semis, Canada remains first in our eighth Power Rankings. Russia’s second and the U.S. is third.
1.  Canada  Canada:  Gold or bust – and frankly, we prefer gold
2.  Russia Russia:  Big guns gonna do what big guns gonna do
3.  USA  United States:  We want bronze...why are you looking at us like that?
4.  Czech  Czech Republic:  One Jagr statue coming up – in bronze!
5.  Sweden Sweden:  On the bright side, next year Forsberg gets 82 goals
6.  Finland Finland:  Puck, puckity, puck puck puck
7.  Belarus  Belarus:  Canada lost 9-0 to Sweden in 1987 – so there!
8.  Suisse  Switzerland:  Cooly! Cooly!
9.  Slovakia Slovakia:  Goooly! Goooly!
10.  Germany Germany:  Can you tournament-hosting freaks pipe down?
11.  Norway  Norway:  We rule at winter sports – when we wear spandex
12.  France France:  Cologne & Paris 2017: it’s not a brand of perfume
13.  Latvia  Latvia:  Ozo, Jagr’s 43. You’re 42. Retirement is not an option!
14.  Denmark  Denmark:  Herning was named after a herring with a hernia
15.  Austria  Austria:  Best PK, worst PP...God, we’d be perfect for Torts
16.  Slovenia  Slovenia:  Non sequitur of the day goes to Denmark

 
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