Eagle Eye Cherry
guitar player
I've read in several sites that 10 teams will be going to the Games in Vancouver instead of 12 whereas the NHL wants a reduction in games not to tire their players but IIHF will have at least more than just 3 round-robin games; that said if 10 teams do go and if the rankings pan out as they are now...
Current Rankings.
1.Sweden
2.Czech Republic
3.Canada
4.Finland
5.Russia
6.Slovakia
7.USA
8.Switzerland
9.Latvia
10.Belarus
Then that means it is likely the teams will be split into two groups, so the groups would look like this...
Group A
1.Sweden
3.Canada
5.Russia
7.USA
9.Latvia
Group B
2.Czech Republic
4.Finland
6.Slovakia
8.Switzerland
10.Belarus
It seems likely that top 4 in each group will advance to quarterfinals, which I hope will happen.
Current Rankings.
1.Sweden
2.Czech Republic
3.Canada
4.Finland
5.Russia
6.Slovakia
7.USA
8.Switzerland
9.Latvia
10.Belarus
Then that means it is likely the teams will be split into two groups, so the groups would look like this...
Group A
1.Sweden
3.Canada
5.Russia
7.USA
9.Latvia
Group B
2.Czech Republic
4.Finland
6.Slovakia
8.Switzerland
10.Belarus
It seems likely that top 4 in each group will advance to quarterfinals, which I hope will happen.