With a huge 7-4 win over defending champion Sweden, the Russians hold down top spot in our sixth Power Rankings as we prepare for the quarter-finals. Canada stays in second place, while Germany jumps up to third place.

1		RUS	Comrades, we have turned the Swedish coach’s beard grey!
2		CAN	Oh, Mark. How could you go behind Cory’s back like that?
3		GER	“Joachim? We decided we need a Finnish coach for Qatar...”
4		FIN	Woo hoo, Forsberg and Sundin aren’t playing!
5		SWE	Woo hoo, we’ve never heard of any of these dudes!
6		CZE	Voracek is voracious, perspicacious, and efficacious
7		SUI	All our goalies are good, except that invisible guy
8		USA	It’s the Kremlin on Line One
9		SVK	We will Ladis-love you forever
10		LAT	Elvis? Enjoy Bob’s condo
11		DEN	Duckly needs off-season beak surgery
12		NOR	Bonsaksen’s goal song is “Hit Me With Your Best Shot”
13		GBR	It’s coming home, it’s coming home!
14		ITA	Veni, vidi, McMonagle
15		FRA	They’re “Bigger Than Us”
16		AUT	We like Raffls, not lotteries

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