Written by Adam Peleshaty
The IIHF Men’s World Hockey Championship begins Apr. 29 in the Slovakian cities of Kosice and Bratislava. This year’s edition will be the 75th ever held but it will be the first one ever held in Slovakia. The Canadians will be looking to improve on a worst-ever 7th place finish last year in Germany, due to the fact that most players on the gold-medal Olympic winning hockey team declined to participate. Canada has not won a men’s world title since 2007. Last year, the Czechs upset the Russians for the gold medal.








