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(2 x IIHF) Day 5 Recap - The Final Push for Playoffs - ghamss - 10-02-2024 The final day of the group stage has come and gone. WOW!!! What a day it was! Only three teams, all from Group B, are in the same position they were heading into today. So let’s recap what happened and what this means for the playoffs. Group A had a crazy day on day five in which every single team moved around the standings. You can find a comparison of the Group A standings below. Finland :finalnd: needed to win out on day 5 to stay alive and they did just that beating Ireland in a shoot-out and Switzerland 5-2. Norway  took top spot in group A away from the hometown team going 2-0-0-1 on day 5 earning themselves 7 points. Both Germany and Quebec will be disappointed in their final day. They each had an opportunity to solidify their playoff picture but fell flat being leapfrogged by Ireland and Finland to finish as the bottom two in their pool. Despite the defending champs best efforts, they couldn’t quite make a miracle happen. After earning points in all their games on Day 5, the Irish lost out on goal differential. A new Champion will be crowned.  Group A After Day 4 Rank Team Name Record 1 Switzerland 6-1-3-1 2 Norway 5-1-2-1 3 Sweden 5-1-3-1 4 Germany 3-1-3-2 5 Quebec 3-1-5-0 6 Ireland 3-0-6-0 7 Finland 3-0-6-1 Group A After Group Stage Rank Team Name Record 1 Norway 7-1-2-2 2 Sweden 6-2-3-1 3 Switzerland 6-1-4-1 4 Finland 4-1-6-1 5 Ireland 4-1-6-1 6 Quebec 4-1-7-0 7 Germany 3-1-6-2 Although very exciting, Group B had less movement between day 4 and day 5. Latvia   was the only team to fall out of a playoff position with Japan , rising from the grave to replace them. Canada and France remained in the top two spots. Meanwhile, Czechia moved up into third and Japan took fourth. Japan earned 7 of a possible 9 points on the last day to beat out fifth place Latvia by 1 point. Group B Rank Team Name Record 1 Canada 9-1-1-1 2 France 5-1-3-3 3 Czechia 5-2-5-0 4 Japan 5-1-5-1 5 Latvia 5-1-6-0 6 United States 5-0-6-1 7 Great Britain 1-1-9-1 Playoff teams: v   v   v   v   Eliminated Teams:     (Quebec)       Game to watch  Sweden v Switzerland . The hometown team will be in tough as they face Sweden in the first round of the playoffs. These teams each won one of their two group stage matches. Switzerland topping Sweden 6-2 in their first matchup with roles being reversed in their second matchup as Sweden beat Switzerland 6-4. Players That Have Caught my Attention Forward Adam Prpich is leading Norway to first place in Group A and is hoping to lead them to a medal. Leading his team in goals, assists and points, Prpich is up there in the tournament leaderboard as well. Fourth in goals at 8, fourth in assists with 12 puts him in second with 20 points. Prpich is also sixth in shots. If Norway wants to make their way into the medals, Prpich will have to find a way to stay out of the penalty box as he’s third in penalty minutes with 14. Defense Guy Incognito has been nothing short of excellent on the Canadian blueline. He’s listed in 8 of the 12 leaderboards and is 1 blocked shot out of being in the top 10 for that category. I will admit, Guy is currently 6th in fights with zero…… as are all defenders in the tournament but all the other stats are legit! Incognito is second in goals with 4, seventh in assists with 7, seventh in points with 11, second in +/- with 13, seventh in shots with 28, first in power play goals, eleventh in shots blocked. All of this while racking up the eighth most penalty minutes. WAtching him play is nothing short of impressive.  Goalie Japan can thank their goalie, BASE PACK, for helping get them into the medal round. Boasting a goals saved above average of 7.07 and the most saves in the the tournament, PACK is unexpectedly standing on his head. Can his success continue as they face the #1 offense? I’m going to guess not. Enjoy the day off. We'll see you on Friday! NOTE: There is a one day break between the group stage and medal round. Games will start on October 4.   RE: (2 x IIHF) Day 5 Recap - The Final Push for Playoffs - Whikadoodle - 10-03-2024 Can't keep WINland down RE: (2 x IIHF) Day 5 Recap - The Final Push for Playoffs - TheOPSquid - 10-03-2024 RIP Latvia RE: (2 x IIHF) Day 5 Recap - The Final Push for Playoffs - Anthique - 10-06-2024  CANADA FIRST