Day off (except Russia, Ottawa and SJ)

Robert Nilsson's confidence was never in doubt, was it?

Sunday, by the way, was the fifth anniversary of the longest game the Sound Tigers have yet played, a double-overtime Game 3 at St. John's. Juraj Kolnik won it with 1:24 left in the fifth period. That let me just barely make first-edition deadline, which is amazing considering Newfoundland is an hour and a half ahead of us and the game started at 6 Eastern...

Far across the sea, nothing weird happened, though it came close in one case. Canada beat Norway 4-2, having to come from behind once and needing two goals in the third to break a tie. The Slovaks beat up on Germany late. Sweden beat up on Latvia, though Herbert Vasiljevs had an assist; Andy points out in the comments below how Dickie Tarnstrom's all over the scoresheet. And in a horrific result, Switzerland beat Italy 2-1, though Mario Chitaroni took two penalties, including a cross-checking minor at the buzzer.

Each of the four groups has gone deadly according to the seeds, leaving an elimination game in each group: Latvia-Italy; Austria-Belarus; Germany-Norway; Denmark-Ukraine. A tie would go to the first team named in each of those matchups.