Norwegian broadcasters in the final seconds of their country’s 2-0 win over Latvia. Norway advances to the SF of the #iihfworlds for the first time.

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Thank you for the kind words @matttomic.bsky.social (and to @c0sm0s.bsky.social for pointing them out). I’m not sure I could pull off that example of names that you gave 😊I really enjoy what I do, I take pride in getting the names right and as much as it bothers me I do make mistakes now and then.

Switzerland truly is a spectacular country.

The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions.

Don't tell Pete Hegseth, but the most lethal and effective fighting force in the world today might be Ukraine. ICYMI @brynntannehill.bsky.social:

Wherever he goes… #2026IIHFMensWorlds

Fantastic. Great rink.

Sidney Crosby and Macklin Celebrini will be linemates tomorrow vs Sweden at the World Hockey Championship, Celebrini was named captain before Crosby decided to come, but will he wear the “C”? He and Crosby will discuss it today, for the record, Crosby told me it’s not a big deal to him.

The overwhelming consensus among the people I encountered during my visit was that separatists are a small but loud minority, fuelled by the algorithm on one particular social media platform (along with a large helping of foreign interference) that is bending reality into something unrecognizable.

I just spent a week in my home province of Alberta, went to dinners, visited friends, attended a surprise birthday party. In my time here (which was mostly in Calgary and Edmonton), I didn’t meet anyone in favour of separation. I’m a proud Albertan and Canadian, excited people want to remain both. 🇨🇦

Toronto Maple Leafs and Barrie Colts.

The top two stories in hockey on Monday were: A) Two second round Stanley Cup playoff games B) Two press conferences that went off the rails.

With Canada losing to Sweden and the US losing to Latvia in the QFS at the IIHF MU18 today, it marks the first time since Canada started sending teams to the tournament in 2002 that both Canada and the US will not be in the SFs.

Another NHL season is in the books, many thanks to my TSN colleagues who make this such a joy. And most of all, thanks to you, the audience. You’re why we put so much into it. Next stop: Switzerland and the World Hockey Championship in May.

My flight from Tor to NY was just on final approach to LGA when we pulled up suddenly prior to touchdown. The explanation we were given was that “there was a lot of traffic.” We circled around and landed safely. I’m not a nervous flier, but traveling in and and out of US airports puts me on edge.

I just re-upped with TSN, I feel good, I like what I do and I really like the people I work with. Looks like you’re stuck with me for the next few years at least.

Every now and then 😉

I’ll disclose a long-running secret code: for years my daughter gave me a word to say during a broadcast to say hello/goodnight to her. If you’re wondering why things like “kaleidoscope” “platypus” “hippopotamus” “explorer” or other random words popped up, that was me sending her a secret message.

That was a little message to Ray Ferraro, who had texted me a few minutes earlier that he was watching the game and wanted to see some goals 😂

Our hotel in San Jose is right down the street from Zoom’s head office. I’m tempted to stand outside and shout “Thanks for taking the conference call and making it infinitely worse, you f*****s!”

Woke up to the hotel swaying in San Jose last night. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

A stick tap to our United Airlines pilot on our flight this morning from Fort Lauderdale who announced before takeoff that due to incoming weather, we would be sitting out a ground hold of at least three hours. He paused and followed it up with “April Fools.” Most—but not all—of us laughed.

There will be talk in Toronto that the Leafs need an experienced General Manager, but it’s also worth pointing out that some of most successful GM’s in recent years (Julien BriseBois-TB, Kent Hughes-MTL, Kelly McCrimmon-VGK, Chris McFarlane-COL, Pat Verbeek-ANA and Bill Zito—FLA) are first time GMs.

On his 73rd birthday, IIHF president Luc Tardif announces that he will not be seeking another term. He guided the IIHF through the challenges of Covid and the fallout of the Russian invasion of Ukraine with a steady hand, while also successfully negotiating the return of NHL players to the Olympics.

No Nikita Kucherov or Nick Paul in the warmup for Tampa as the Lightning play host to the Senators at 1pm et.

I don’t think he could hear me 😊

Sincere condolences to the families, friends and colleagues of the two Air Canada pilots who were tragically killed last night in the crash at NY’s LaGuardia Airport. If you’re traveling in the near future, keep in mind that Air Canada employees are working with heavy hearts.

The @iihf runs 40+ men’s and women’s tournaments over the course of a season in various divisions, like the recently completed MU18 Div IIIB in Hong Kong. They don’t get noticed a lot and they generate very little revenue but they’re a big part of supporting and growing the game globally.

Troy captained Canada to its’ first ever World Junior Championship in 1982, was a heart and soul NHL player, a terrific broadcaster and an absolute joy to be around. RIP 🙏

Ranked by Pts %, Edmonton is currently 9th in the Western Conference standings: Central 1. COL .762 2. DAL .694 3. MIN .667 Pacific 1. ANA .589 2. VGK .571 3. SEA .549 Wild Card 1. UTA .565 2. SJS .542 ——————— 3. EDM .540 4. LAK .525 5. NSH .516

As we mark the 4th anniversary of the full scale invasion of Ukraine, the people there remain defiant and strong. I was proud to partner with the Canada/Ukraine Foundation to raise funds to send 125 parahockey sleds to Ukraine to help men and women of all ages continue their rehabilitation journey.

Correction: Canada played in three of the four Gold Medal Game Shootouts, Sweden defeated Switzerland at the 2018 Men’s worlds.

There were fears of multiple OT periods, which would cause trouble for international broadcast partners and in the case of the Olympics,overlap with the closing ceremony. The IIHF decided to adopt the NHL's 3 on 3 OT format, which makes multiple OT periods highly unlikely. 3/3

Canada played in all four of those games, and led the push to have gold medal game OT's continue until a winning goal was scored, the feeling being that shootouts are a bad way for GMGs to end. 2/3

Here’s how the IIHF's 3 on 3 OT format in gold medal games came to be. Prior to 2019, tied gold medal games had one full sudden death period of 4 on 4 and then a shootout. The gold medal games of the 2017 WJC, the 2018 MWC, the 2018 WOG and the 2019 WWC were all settled in shootouts. 1/3

Tomorrow everyone will be asking: when will the Russo-Ukrainian war end? The right question is: what can we do to make the Russian invasion fail?

The charter flights carrying the Canadian and American NHL players back to North America were originally scheduled to fly from Milan to JFK airport in NY Monday morning, but they’ve been diverted to Miami due to the storm hitting the east coast. The players will disperse from there.

QF and SF games have 10 min OTs and a shootout if necessary, gold medal games are played until there’s a winner, so there is an intermission before OT starts.

Well, no lower seeds won today, but 3 of the 4 QF games did go to OT 😊

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in 35+ years covering @iihf.bsky.social events, it’s that in a four game quarterfinal format, at least one lower seed will beat a higher seed in the QFs.

Greatest female player of all time.

A great escape last week to Runaway Hill Inn on Harbour Island, Bahamas. Terrific location, great staff and the innkeeper puts a lot of passion and effort into it. No surprise there, it’s owned by Mark Messier.

Alex Vesia addressed the media today for the first time about his daughter’s death during the World Series. He thanked the Dodgers and Blue Jays for their support, and encouraged people who are struggling to seek therapy. Hat tip to @fabianardaya.bsky.social for transcribing Vesia’s full statement.

Marie-Philip Poulin needs to get healthy. Quickly.

This was complete domination by the US. Some of the numbers from Sportlogiq: USA CAN Expected goals 3.05 0.61 High Danger Chances 13 3 O Zone Time 28:20 18:38 Puck Battle Win % 71.4% 28.6%

I was ridiculed on the other site several years ago for suggesting that the IOC was going to have to take some kind of action because climate change was severely limiting the number of countries willing/able to host the Winter Olympics. Well, here we are: apple.news/ABndY28nlRA6...

Awful news. An absolutely brilliant performer and a kind, generous human being.