Talk about the True North strong and free. After thumping Slovakia 5-1 for a third straight win, the defending champion Canadians move into first place in our third edition of the Power Rankings. Host Finland is right behind them in second place, following a dominant victory over the Americans. Meanwhile, Sweden retains third place after demolishing Great Britain.

1		CAN	Dubois uses his belly like an all-star
2		FIN	Before games, we blast the old Nokia ringtone
3		SWE	When we scored 13 seconds in, Sundin felt a nice tingle
4		SUI	Like Colorado, but with better mountains
5		USA	Minnesota: 5.7 million. Finland: 5.5 million
6		GER	Pfoderl is pfreaking pfantastic!
7		DEN	Bow down to Bau now
8		AUT	Czech this out! That’s how ya get off the schneid!
9		LAT	We ain’t no monarchy, but Elvis is the king
10		SVK	Thou shalt not high-stick a fellow #44
11		FRA	Camus said: “We gotta get pucks deep”
12		CZE	Our pre-game meal lacked Pasta
13		NOR	Why you Hoff to be mad?
14		GBR	As a hockey nation, we’re good at making tea
15		ITA	We didn’t fiddle, but Rome still burned
16		KAZ	Can we play Canada in Hameenlinna? #1998WJChumor