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A new World Champion has been crowned.

The Syracuse Crunch continue to run roughshod over the AHL; Marty gets anther nomination; who is on drugs among hockey analysts?

Pop some popcorn, as Bruce Ratner and unseen forces behind MSG's Coliseum redevelopment bid compete for attention.

How's it going on the other side of the pond, for Lightning players and in the tournament as a whole?

Update on the World Championship tourney after one week of play.

Five Lightning players are participating this year. Here's what you need to know.

Countries like Hungary, Japan and Ukraine don't usually bring up thoughts of Olympic hockey, but those three nations will host tournaments this weekend to try and make it to Sochi 2014.

If you tried to predict the outcome of the 2012 IIHF World Championships, and I'm sure you did, chances are you were wrong. That's okay. Pretty much everyone was.