FIVE members of Sweden’s national junior team and their coach have been disciplined by the International Ice Hockey Federation for taking off their silver medals during the closing ceremony of this past year's tournament.

The IIHF issued multiple-game suspensions against the players, including defenceman Rasmus Dahlin, who is projected to be the number-one pick in the NHL draft in June.

Dahlin is suspended from playing the first two games of the Under-18 world championship next year, though the ban does not apply to any other league.