Although the IIHF Worlds had to say goodbye to tournament high-scorer Antoine Roussel, who missed the first playoff round with his French team by only one point, there are several Dallas Stars still in the running for the ultimate prize of the championship.
In the two games that have already taken place today, Finland and Russia prevailed over the USA and Czech Republic, respectively, keeping Julius Honka and Valeri Nichushkin in the race for their countries.
The outstanding player of the two has been Honka, who has made great use of his two-way game and has risen to one of the highest scoring defensemen on Finland’s roster.