IIHF removes Russian-owned Helsinki Halli as venue for 2022 World Championship, new arena named
The IIHF announced on Saturday that Helsinki Halli, which is owned by Russian oligarchs Roman Rotenberg and Gennady Timchenko, will no longer be used as one of the venues for the 2022 World Hockey Championship in May.
Instead, Helsinki Ice Hall (pictured), home of HIFK in Finland's Liiga, will host Group A at the World Championship. Group A will feature Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Slovakia, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Italy, and France, who was named as a replacement for Russia on Friday.
The 2022 IIHF World Hockey Championship will get underway on Friday, May 13th with four games, France vs Slovakia, United States vs Latvia, Germany vs Canada, and Finland vs Norway.
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Taylor Hall | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Brayden Point | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Brock Nelson | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Bryan Rust | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Pavel Zacha | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Quinn Hughes | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Carter Verhaeghe | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Erik Karlsson | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Elias Lindholm | - | 3 | 3 | |
| David Pastrnak | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Dylan Holloway | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Brad Marchand | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Aleksander Barkov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sam Bennett | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sean Couturier | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Alex DeBrincat | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jack Drury | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cutter Gauthier | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Adrian Kempe | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Alexander Killorn | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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Jets | 22 | 18 | 4 | - | 36 | |
Devils | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 32 | |
Hurricanes | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 31 | |
Wild | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 30 | |
Golden Knights | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 30 | |
Capitals | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 29 | |
Maple Leafs | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Flames | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 20 | 13 | 7 | - | 26 | |
Rangers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
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