While the top seeds have established their playoff spots heading into the final day, three teams will be fighting for just one spot. The other two teams will leave Utica relegated to Division I next year. Here is your IIHF Recap for Wednesday, April 10:
Two-time Olympic champion Vyacheslav Fetisov has reacted to the fact that the Russian national team was banned from the World Championship, local outlet Sport-Express reported on Feb. 13.
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) announced the decision to extend the suspension of the Russian and the Belarusian national and club teams into IIHF Competitions after the IIHF Council concluded that it is not yet safe to reincorporate them during one of its regularly scheduled meetings on Feb. 12.
NHL players are returning to the Olympics for the first time in more than a decade. The world's top hockey league will allow its players to participate in the Games in 2026 in Milan and in 2030 under an agreement announced Friday by the NHL, the NHL Players’ Association, International Ice Hockey Federation and the IOC. NHL players have not been at the Olympics since 2014 in Sochi.