Standings ---------------------------------- W L T Pts GF GA DIF 1. Russia (RUS) 5 1 0 10 26 16 10 2. Sweden (SWE) 5 1 0 10 17 12 5 3. Canada (CAN) 3 3 0 6 20 12 8 4. United States (USA) 3 3 0 6 22 19 3 6. Czech Republic (CZE) 2 4 0 4 19 26 -7 5. European Union (EPU) 2 4 0 4 17 26 -9 7. Finland (FIN) 1 5 0 2 14 25 -11 Note: - All teams make playoffs - 1st overall advances to semi finals (Ties go to wins and then GF/GA differential if needed) MVP Race (1st, 2nd and 3rd stars) ---------------------------------- TEAM 1st 2nd 3rd Pts Tommy Salo SWE 3 1 1 19 Espen Knutsen EPU 2 0 1 11 Doug Zmolek USA 2 0 0 10 Andrei Zyuzin RUS 1 1 0 8 Eric Lindros CAN 1 1 0 8 Peter Forsberg SWE 1 1 0 8 Travis Green CAN 1 1 0 8 Domink Hasek CZE 1 1 0 8 Radek Bonk CZE 1 1 0 8 Chris Pronger CAN 1 0 1 6 Bryan Smolinski USA 1 0 1 6 Ville Nieminen FIN 1 0 0 5 Igor Kravchuk RUS 1 0 0 5 Igor Korolev RUS 1 0 0 5 Marian Hossa EPU 1 0 0 5 Sergei Brylin RUS 1 0 0 5 Ruslan Salei EPU 1 0 0 5 Martin Rucinsky CZE 1 0 0 5 Niklas Sundstrom SWE 1 0 0 5 Sergei Krivokrasov RUS 1 0 0 5 Jere Lehtinen FIN 1 0 0 5 Marcus Nilson SWE 1 0 0 5 Jaromir Jagr CZE 1 0 0 5 Sergei Berezin RUS 0 1 1 4 Patrik Stefan CZE 0 1 1 4 Tomas Holmstrom SWE 0 1 1 4 Zdeno Chara CZE 0 1 1 4 Andreas Dackell SWE 0 1 0 3 Mark Parrish USA 0 1 0 3 Bill Lindsay USA 0 1 0 3 Evgeny Nabokov RUS 0 1 0 3 Todd Bertuzzi CAN 0 1 0 3 Mikko Eloranta FIN 0 1 0 3 Boris Mironov RUS 0 1 0 3 Keith Primeau CAN 0 1 0 3 Daniel Alfredsson SWE 0 1 0 3 Tomas Malec EPU 0 1 0 3 Pavol Demitra EPU 0 1 0 3 Keith Jones USA 0 1 0 3 Ed Jovanovski CAN 0 1 0 3 Hal Gill USA 0 1 0 3 Alexei Yashin RUS 0 1 0 3 Michal Grosek CZE 0 1 0 3 Todd Marchant USA 0 0 1 1 Mattias Ohlund SWE 0 0 1 1 Slava Kozlov RUS 0 0 1 1 Brian Rolston USA 0 0 1 1 Darcy Tucker CAN 0 0 1 1 Sami Kapanen FIN 0 0 1 1 Alexander Selivanov RUS 0 0 1 1 Markus Naslund SWE 0 0 1 1 Marian Gaborik EPU 0 0 1 1 Kenny Jonsson SWE 0 0 1 1 Janne Laukkanen FIN 0 0 1 1 Marty Turco CAN 0 0 1 1 Daniel Sedin SWE 0 0 1 1 Sergei Gonchar RUS 0 0 1 1 Dainius Zubrus EPU 0 0 1 1 Pavel Rosa CZE 0 0 1 1 Sergei Samsonov RUS 0 0 1 1 Mattias Norstrom SWE 0 0 1 1 Jiri Slegr CZE 0 0 1 1 Note: 5Pts for a 1st star 3Pts for a 2nd star 1Pt for a 3rd star Also counts in playoffs Schedule ---------------------------------- Day 1 (Monday, March 27, 2006) 1. EPU 2 - USA 6 2. FIN 2 - SWE 3 3. RUS 5 - CZE 3 Bye (CAN) Day 2 (Tuesday, March 28, 2006) 4. USA 6 - FIN 2 5. SWE 1 - RUS 4 6. CZE 2 - CAN 6 Bye (EPU) Day 3 (Wednesday, March 29, 2006) 7. FIN 5 - EPU 2 8. RUS 4 - USA 2 9. CAN 1 - SWE 2 Bye (CZE) Day 4 (Thursday, March 30, 2006) 10. EPU 4 - RUS 2 11. USA 0 - CAN 5 12. SWE 4 - CZE 1 Bye (FIN) Day 5 (Friday, March 31, 2006) 13. RUS 7 - FIN 4 14. CAN 3 - EPU 4 15. CZE 1 - USA 5 Bye (SWE) Day 6 (Saturday, April 1, 2006) 16. FIN 0 - CAN 3 17. EPU 4 - CZE 7 18. USA 3 - SWE 4 Bye (RUS) Day 7 (Sunday, April 2, 2006) 19. CAN 2 - RUS 4 20. CZE 4 - FIN 2 21. SWE 3 - EPU 1 Bye (USA) Preliminary Round (Monday, April 3, 2005) RUS - Bye to semi finals 1. SWE 6 - FIN 1 2. CAN 3 - EPU 2 3. USA 2 - CZE 3 Semi Finals (Tuesday, April 4, 2005) 4. RUS 3 - CZE 4 5. CAN 1 - SWE 4 World Cup Finals (Wednesday, April 5, 2005) 6. CZE 2 - SWE 3