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Euro Curve takes a look at the latest international hockey headlines.(picture shown courtesy of http://www.russianprospects.com/)-Apparently Anson Carter has signed with Lugano of the Swiss League.- According to hokej.cz HC RI Okna Zlin has signed slovak forward Peter Barinka and czech defenseman Tomas Kloucek on a try-out basis. ( Thanks to http://vakfan.blogspot.com/ Click this link for a great website that always seems to break stories from across the pond. Check it out! It's worth the time) Some might remember Kloucek as a New York Ranger, Nashville Predator or Atlanta Thrasher. He was drafted by the Rangers in 1998 (5/31). Kloucek played 68 games with the Syracuse Crunch last year, registering 2 goals and 9 assists in 68 games.- Check out this scouting report/profile of Kirill Petrov, courtesy of http://www.russianprospects.com/. He is widely considered one of the top prospects of the 2008 Draft class. He is playing as a 17-year-old with Ak Bars Kazan.- Here is the 2007 International Ice Hockey Federation's World Rankings ( courtesy of http://www.iihf.com/)** Some significant ranking changes: Italy has moved up 4 spots since the last rankings, Kazakhstan have fallen 5 spots and ( Ouch!) The Democratic Republic of South Korea has plumetted 8 spots to 44th in the world. 2007 IIHF World RankingsOfficial Senior RankingsThe 2007 IIHF World Ranking is based on the performance at the 2006, 2005, and the 2004 World Championship and at the 2006 Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament in Turin. 1.Sweden- 3740 points2.Canada-3670 points3. Finland- 3640 points4. Czech Republic- 3595 points5. Russia- 3535 points6. Slovakia- 3390 points7. U.S.A- 3375 points8. Switzerland-3250 points9. Belarus- 3025 points10. Latvia- 2995 points11. Germany- 2925 points12. Denmark- 2855 points13. Italy- 2815 points14. Norway- 2780 points15. Ukraine- 2740 points16. Kazakhstan- 2740 points17. Austria- 2695 points18. Slovenia- 2640 points19. France- 2525 points20. Poland- 2395 points21. Hungary- 2320 points22. Japan- 2305 points23. Estonia- 2165 points24. Netherlands- 2155 points25. Lithuania- 2105 points26. Romania- 1970 points27. China- 1860 points28. Croatia- 1850 points29. Great Britain- 1605 points30. Serbia- 1555 points31. Bulgaria- 1500 points32. Korea- 1320 points33. Australia- 1260 points34. Israel- 1260 points35. Belgium- 1200 points36. Spain- 1105 points37. Iceland- 920 points38. Mexico- 915 points39. New Zealand- 900 points40. Turkey- 830 points41. South Africa- 770 points42. Luxembourg- 710 points43. Ireland- 710 points44. DPR Korea- 660 points45. Armenia- 390 points46. Monaco- 260 pointsFor Illegal Curve, I'm Ezra Ginsburg

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