I see around 150 ice hockey matches every season as an expert at national Swedish TV and there and in the Nordic’s, the ice hockey fans know me as a motor-mouth in the know. I’m honest and frank; I have always been like that, also when I was a coach in Sweden and Switzerland.

So how will the hockey tournament end?

Canada will win on home-soil with the best squad, but Russia will challenge and Sweden is a huge outsider, as well as USA and Finland.

There is no team that you just run over and I think that we will see one or two surprises along the way. Teams like Norway, Germany and Switzerland should not be underestimated.

Don’t miss my ranking and analyzes of all the teams at this space closer to the tournament face-off.

See you!

- Niklas Wikegård, Mr Hockey Expekt.com, Vancouver