Red Machine takes over, again; Germany jumps to 9th
Pavel Datsyuk (#13) and Ilya Kovalchuk (#71) couldn't celebrate with the gold medals, but they led Russia to the number-one position in the 2010 IIHF World Ranking. Photo: Jukka Rautio / HHOF-IIHF Images
COLOGNE – Russia did not only win the silver medals at the 2010 IIHF World Championship, thanks to their successful World Championship campaign they took over the top position in the newest IIHF World Ranking.