Basically, rankings based on your own feelings and observations, not necessarily have to go along with the teams' records or when they were eliminated.
my ranking:
1. Canada - no question about it.
2. Europe - as much as this team was regarded as a pushover, they defeated two top 4 hockey nations, today they had a dominant second period vs Canada. I think deserve to be 2nd.
3. North America - Even though they didn't make the SF, they had an outstanding tournament, beating two top nations and outplaying Russia for 40 minutes. No doubt in my mind they would have given a good challenge to team Canada.
4. Russia - The only team to defeat NA, a solid performance against Finland and a snoozefest vs Sweden that could have ended in OT had Ovie touched the puck with his stick at the end of the game. The only team to give Canada a scare this tournament.
5. Sweden - I really was not impressed by team Sweden in any of the games they have played this tournament. All boring games, no flashy plays, barely squeezing victories against Russia and Finland and finally a shameful loss to team Europe in SF.
6. Czech Republic - Besides being blown out by team Canada, they had 2 good games, and with a little luck they could have made the SF.
7. USA - Terrible tournament by any means, there's hardly anything positive team USA had done this tournament. Ended up with no points.
8. Finland - Also unexpected result by the Finnish team, they were not the favorites, but they were expected to give a tougher challenge to any team. They were a bit unlucky in two last games, but in general they were not good.
my ranking:
1. Canada - no question about it.
2. Europe - as much as this team was regarded as a pushover, they defeated two top 4 hockey nations, today they had a dominant second period vs Canada. I think deserve to be 2nd.
3. North America - Even though they didn't make the SF, they had an outstanding tournament, beating two top nations and outplaying Russia for 40 minutes. No doubt in my mind they would have given a good challenge to team Canada.
4. Russia - The only team to defeat NA, a solid performance against Finland and a snoozefest vs Sweden that could have ended in OT had Ovie touched the puck with his stick at the end of the game. The only team to give Canada a scare this tournament.
5. Sweden - I really was not impressed by team Sweden in any of the games they have played this tournament. All boring games, no flashy plays, barely squeezing victories against Russia and Finland and finally a shameful loss to team Europe in SF.
6. Czech Republic - Besides being blown out by team Canada, they had 2 good games, and with a little luck they could have made the SF.
7. USA - Terrible tournament by any means, there's hardly anything positive team USA had done this tournament. Ended up with no points.
8. Finland - Also unexpected result by the Finnish team, they were not the favorites, but they were expected to give a tougher challenge to any team. They were a bit unlucky in two last games, but in general they were not good.
