๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 6-1 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Tuesday, 09 August 2022
It’s been a stellar year for Finnish hockey, and the U20 boys did their part to maintain that tone on Tuesday, kicking off with a 6-1 win over Latvia at the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship in Edmonton.
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After playing the 2021 World Junior Championship in a bubble, and having to cancel the original iteration of the 2022 tournament in December after just nine games due to an outbreak of COVID-19, the second attempt at the 2022 Championship will begin on 09 August in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, hoping to complete the tournament successfully with fans in the stands for the first time since 2020.
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๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 5-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Exhibition Game
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Friday, 05 August 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:15 – ๐บ๐ธ PEN – Stramel, slashing
13:33 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL – Simontaival (Mรครคttรค, Jรคrventie)
15:58 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Rafkin, cross checking
17:25 – ๐บ๐ธ PP GOAL – Cooley (Peart, McKown)
19:17 – ๐บ๐ธ GOAL – Savage (Kleven, Mazur)
19:54 – ๐ซ๐ฎย PEN – Hirvonen, cross checking
20:00 – ๐บ๐ธ PEN – Bordeleau, butt-ending double minor
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Veteran Czech winger Jan Hlavรกฤ, whose nearly three-decade career was highlighted with the Golden Goal of the 1999 World Championships, today announced his retirement from the sport at age 45, leaving the game with a Czech Extraliga title and four World Championship medals in hand.
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๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 2-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช (OT)
Exhibition Game
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Thursday, 04 August 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:43 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Edvinsson, hooking
02:13 – ๐ธ๐ช SH GOAL – Grans (Olsson, Stjernborg)
13:02 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Rafkin, tripping
16:24 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Jรคrventie, high sticking
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๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 6-4 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
Exhibition Game
Vierumรคki Ice Arena, Vierumรคki ๐ซ๐ฎ
Wednesday, 27 July 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
14:23 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL – Karvinen (Rafkin, Viro)
18:16 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Gut, tripping
18:24 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Jรคrventie, high sticking
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๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 2-1 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Exhibition Game
Vierumรคki Ice Arena, Vierumรคki ๐ซ๐ฎ
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:57 – ๐จ๐ญ PEN – Taibel, high sticking
08:06 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Ottavainen, holding
14:12 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL – Kemell (Puutio, Rรคty)
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Swedish centre Mattias Sjรถgren today announced his retirement from pro hockey, retiring with a pair of league championships from Sweden and Switzerland, a World Championship Silver and Bronze medal, and capping his career with the 2021-22 Champions Hockey League title.
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American forward Dani Cameranesi today officially announced her retirement from professional hockey at the age of 27, capping an over-decade long career highlighted by two NCAA Championships, two World Championships and an Olympic Gold Medal.
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Slovakian defender Andrej Sekera today officially announced his retirement from the Dallas Stars, ending a sixteen year NHL career that saw him journey across five NHL clubs, along with a World Championship and World Cup Silver medal. Continue reading
Canadian ironman defender Duncan Keith today officially announced his retirement from the Edmonton Oilers, wrapping up a seventeen year NHL career highlighted by three Stanley Cups, along with a pair of Norris Trophies and Olympic Gold Medals.
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From time to time, TheIHLC.com will feature detailed recaps and boxscores of some of the most legendary games in international hockey history, considered to be “IHLC Classics.” Today, in honour of American Independence Day, we feature the 2011 World Championship final, where the United States captured their third consecutive Gold medal, thanks to the overtime heroics of star forward Hilary Knight.
๐บ๐ธ United States 3-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆย (OT)
Women’s World Championshipย Gold Medal Game
Hallenstadion,ย Zรผrich ๐จ๐ญ
Monday, 25 April 2011
The United States has won Gold at the World Women’s Championship after an overtime goal by Hilary Knight at 7:48 of the 4-on-4 extra period.
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From time to time, TheIHLC.com will feature detailed recaps and boxscores of some of the most legendary games in international hockey history, considered to be “IHLC Classics.” Today, in honour of not only Canada Day, but Roberto Luongo’s recent induction to the Hockey Hall of Fame, we feature the historic 2010 Olympic Gold Medal Game, where the heroics of Sidney Crosby and “Bobby Lu” won Canada their eighth Olympic Gold medal.
๐จ๐ฆย Canada 3-2 United States ๐บ๐ธย (OT)
Olympic Gold Medal Game
Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver ๐จ๐ฆ
Sunday, 28 February 2010
Canada has capped the Golden Games with the medal that matters, beating the United States 3-2 in an Olympic hockey overtime thriller at Canada Hockey Place.
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Following a charity game held in his hometown of Krasnoyarsk, Russian forward Alexander Syomin’s career is officially over, wrapping after 19 pro seasons in both the United States and Russia, a Gagarin Cup title and two World Championship Gold medals.
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The Hockey Hall Of Fame today announced the newest members that will join as the Class of 2022 on 14 November, with a trio of Swedish forwards, anchored by a Finnish defender and a Canadian goaltender, with numerous International Hockey Lineal Championships between them, joining the ranks of the Hall in Toronto.
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After finishing dead last in the National Hockey League just five years ago, the Colorado Avalanche have come back to the top of the mountain in the hockey world, capturing the Stanley Cup in six games against the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning.
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The National Hockey League completed its awards distribution for the 2021-22 season with the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals, with thirteenย IHLC holders representing seven countries taking home trophies handed out over the past month.
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From time to time, TheIHLC.com will feature detailed recaps and boxscores of some of the most legendary games in international hockey history, considered to be “IHLC Classics.” Today, in honour of Swedish Sveriges nationaldag (National Day), and in light of Finland winning the most recent World Championship on home ice, we feature the last time the home team took home Gold, when Tre Kronor triumphed in Stockholm in 2013.
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 5-1 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
World Championshipย Gold Medal Game
Ericsson Globe, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Sunday, 19 May 2013
Switzerland scored first, but hosts Sweden dominated the last 55 minutes to become the first home team to win Gold since 1986. It is the nation’s ninth World Championship Gold medal.
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The schedule for the rescheduled 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, restarting the tournament in Edmonton, Canada following the cancellation of December’s tournament due to an outbreak of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
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For the first time in its history, the IIHF Women’s World Championship will take place in an Olympic year, with the world’s top ten women’s teams convening in Denmark on 25 August to compete for the title of the world’s best, just six months after wrapping up the Olympics in Beijing.
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