June 2019 / Vol
I Welcome I Bulletin I IIHF I Competition I Results I Gallery I Interview I i I IceTimesJune 2019 / Vol. 23, No. 3 Finland's Lions roar once more What we learned: 2019 World Championship International club competions recap I Welcome I Bulletin I IIHF I Competition I Results I Gallery I Interview I i I 2 IceTimes June 2019 / Vol. 23, No. 3 From the IIHF President Slovakia was, once again, an amazing host. The World Championship also saw the intro- The decision to place the Slovak team in Ko- duction of the new 3-on-3 overtime format. sice was a wise one, as the fans that bought Watching 3-on-3 sudden death hockey pla- day tickets to support their home team inva- yed at this level was an incredibly entertai- Super Slovakia riably attended the other games being held ning experience, and I thank the teams for that day at Steel Arena. It turned the arena, supporting this new format. I commend the By René Fasel the fanzone, and the entire city into a veritable IIHF Competition Committee and the Sport hockey festival. Department for their work in coming up with It was déjà-vu all over again! The 2019 this proposal, as well as for the new false fa- World Championship closed out with I also commend the Slovakia 2019 organizing ceoff rule which will now be adopted across Finland once again raising the trophy on committee for making a concerted effort to all IIHF competitions. the ice in Bratislava, just as it did eight bring in fans from other nations to cheer on years earlier.
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