Familiar foes in the gold medal game, familiar faces in the Power Rankings. The Canadians move into top spot again with their 6-1 thrashing of the Czechs in the semi-finals. Host Finland remains in second place after its 4-3 win versus the Americans, who are third as they get set to go for bronze yet again.

1		CAN	Well, that went better than Nagano!
2		FIN	Men of few words but many wins
3		USA	Life, liberty, and the pursuit of bronze
4		CZE	Who knew Canadians were so into rebounds?
5		SUI	Why wasn’t the Germany game the gold medal game?
6		SWE	Our relationship with Riga? It’s complicated
7		GER	Ja, it’s not so bad to lose the final 4-3...
8		SVK	No one can stop us from singing “Slovensko”
9		DEN	World’s greatest Lego-making hockey nation
10		LAT	How loud? Very loud! Louder than you!
11		AUT	Next year, let’s score five goals every period
12		FRA	Big hearts, but smaller contracts than Mbappe’s
13		NOR	Thirteen – the same age as Slovakia’s new stars!
14		KAZ	Is the world ready for Kazakhstan Mikita’s Donuts?
15		ITA	Bring back the no-relegation format
16		GBR	Blimey, the Italians actually have a point!

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