HELSINKI/STOCKHOLM – The on-ice officials and the team colours for the quarter-final games of the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship have been assigned.
All quarter-final games in Helsinki and Stockholm will be staged on Thursday after a day off for the teams.
The semi-finals will take place on Saturday. The winner of Canada-Slovakia will play the winner of Sweden vs. Czech Republic, and the winner of the Russia-Norway game will face the winner of USA-Finland. All semi-finals on Saturday and medal games on Sunday take place in Helsinki.
Quarter-Finals in Helsinki: |
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Canada | vs. | Slovakia |
right bench | | left bench |
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Time: 13:00 (EET) |
Referees: Antonin Jerabek (CZE), Martin Frano (CZE) |
Linesmen: Martin Shelyanin (RUS), Martin Schulz (GER) |
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USA | vs. | Finland |
right bench | | left bench |
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Time: 18:30 (EET) |
Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov (RUS), Konstantin Olenin (RUS) |
Linesmen: Jesse Wilmot (CAN), Petr Blumel (CZE) |
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Quarter-Finals in Stockholm: |
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Russia | vs. | Norway |
left bench | | right bench |
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Time: 14:45 (CET) |
Referees: Lars Brüggemann (GER), Danny Kurmann (SUI) |
Linesmen: Anton Semionov (EST), Sakari Suominen (FIN) |
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Sweden | vs. | Czech Republic |
left bench | | right bench |
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Time: 20:15 (CET) |
Referees: Jari Levonen (FIN), Brent Reiber (SUI) |
Linesmen: François Dussureault (CAN), Jonathan Morrison (USA) |