* At the World Hockey Under-20 Championship in Sweden (through January 15):
Russia edged out Czech Republic 3:2 in Group B.
Results and standings:
Group B
Czech Republic - Russia - 2:3
Belarus - Finland - 4:3
1 Belarus - 1 game/3 points/goal difference +1
2 Russia - 1/3/+1
3 Switzerland - 0/0/0
4 Finland - 1/0/-1
5 Czech Republic - 1/0/-1
Group A
Germany - United States - 2:1
Sweden - Canada - 0:2
1 Canada - 1/3/+2
2 Germany - 1/3/+1
3 Slovakia - 0/0/0
4 United States - 1/0/-1
5 Sweden - 1/0/-2
* SuperLeague hockey results and standings (host teams listed first):
Traktor Chelyabinsk - CSKA Moscow - 1:2
Metallurg Magnitogorsk - Vityaz Podolsk - 2:1 (OT)
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - Dinamo Moscow - 3:2
1 Ak Bars Kazan - 34 games/76 points
2 Avangard Omsk - 35/73
3 Khimik Voskresensk - 35/68
4 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 34/65
5 Sibir Novosibirsk - 33/65
6 Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 33/60
7 CSKA Moscow - 35/55
8 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 34/52
9 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 33/47
10 HK MVD Tver - 33/45
11 Lada Togliatti - 33/44
12 Severstal Cherepovets - 33/43
13 SKA St. Petersburg - 33/43
14 Dinamo Moscow - 34/39
15 Vityaz Podolsk - 34/37
16 Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 33/32
17 Traktor Chelyabinsk - 33/31
18 Amur Khabarovsk - 33/24
19 Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 33/21
