For International Hockey Coverage

In our final IIHF World Championships preview, Puck Worlds looks at the top five ranked teams in the world, the most recent champions of the tournament. Here we preview Canada, Russia, Czech Republic, Sweden, and of course, the defending champion and hosts Finland.

The Gagarin Cup Finals, the championship round of the Kontinental Hockey League playoffs, are about to start today in Ufa, Russia. See how Salavat Yualev Ufa matches up against their Eastern Conference challengers, Atlant Moscow Oblast.