Less than two weeks after being honoured in front of his adopted hometown of Toronto, Bรถrje Salming, the legendary Swedish defenceman who helped clear the path for European-trained players to star as professionals in the National Hockey League, today succumbed to ALS at the age of 71 in his native Sweden.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 4-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ – 20 Nov 2022
๐บ๐ธ United States 4-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Rivalry Series, Game 3
Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle ๐บ๐ธ
Sunday, 20 November 2022
Canada’s rough start to the Rivalry Series continues as the United States won 4-2 on Sunday for its third consecutive victory.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 2-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ – 17 Nov 2022
๐บ๐ธ United States 2-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Rivalry Series, Game 2
Sandman Centre, Kamloops ๐จ๐ฆ
Thursday, 17 November 2022
Canada dropped a second consecutive contest in Rivalry Series play to the United States Thursday, falling 2-1 at Sandman Centre.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 4-3 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (SO) – 15 Nov 2022
๐บ๐ธ United States 4-3 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (SO)
Rivalry Series, Game 1
Prospera Place, Kelowna ๐จ๐ฆ
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
Canada kicked off the seven-game Rivalry Series with a 4-3 shootout loss to the United States on Tuesday night at Prospera Place.
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Hockey Hall Of Fame Inducts Class Of 2022
The Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their 2022 Class, inducting five legendary players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.
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IHLC Results – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช – 13 Nov 2022
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Karjala Tournament
Gatorade Center, Turku ๐ซ๐ฎ
Sunday, 13 November 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:12 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Mรถller, cross checking
11:14 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PP GOAL – Bjรถrninen (Antonen, Lehtonen)
15:41 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Karjalainen, slashing
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IHLC Results – ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 3-2 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ (OT) – 12 Nov 2022
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 3-2 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ (OT)
Karjala Tournament
Gatorade Center, Turku ๐ซ๐ฎ
Saturday, 12 November 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
06:31 – ๐ธ๐ช GOAL – Petersson (Lindholm, Brรคnnstrรถm)
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NHL Announces Postponement Of World Cup Of Hockey
The National Hockey League and NHL Players Association today announced that the World Cup Of Hockey, which was being planned to return in February 2024, would be delayed until at least 2025, if not potentially longer.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 3-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ (SO) – 10 Nov 2022
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 3-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ (SO)
Karjala Tournament
Gatorade Center, Turku ๐ซ๐ฎ
Thursday, 10 November 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
09:20 – ๐จ๐ญ GOAL – Andrighetto (Ambรผhl, Bertschy)
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๐ซ๐ฎ Noora Rรคty Announces Retirement From Finnish National Team
Finnish goaltender Noora Rรคty, arguably the greatest goaltender in women’s hockey history, and a multiple World Championship and Olympic medallist, today announced in a shocking social media post that, at only age 33, she would no longer play for the Naisleijonat.
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๐จ๐ฆ ๐ท๐บ IHLC Classics: The Summit Series At Fifty
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, to commemorate the historic fiftieth anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series, we look back with a new IIHF feature on the historic final game, and final goal, of this epic international hockey showdown.
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-5 Soviet Union ๐ท๐บ
Summit Series, Game 8
Luzhniki Palace Of Sports, Moscow ๐ท๐บ
Thursday, 28 September 1972
โHenderson made a wild stab for it and fell. Hereโs another shotโฆright in front! They score! Henderson has scored for Canada!โ โ Foster Hewitt
It is the most famous goal call in Canadaโs long and rich hockey history, and it came from the gameโs greatest voice exactly 50 years ago today, at the Luzhniki Sports Palace in Moscow.
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๐จ๐ฆ P.K. Subban Retires Following 13 Year Career
Canadian defender P.K. Subban, a powerful offensive defenceman who became one of the most outgoing personalities in the National Hockey League, today announced his retirement from hockey due to recurring injuries at the age of 33.
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๐ธ๐ฐ Zdeno Chรกra Announces Retirement Following Illustrious 25 Year Career
Slovakian defenceman Zdeno Chรกra, whose towering presence (the tallest player in NHL history at 6’9) and dominating play terrorized NHL offences for a quarter century, today announced his retirement from hockey at the age of 45, following 25 pro seasons with Ottawa, Boston, Washington and the New York Islanders, ending his career signing a one-day contract with the Boston Bruins.
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๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ป 2023 World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2023 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Tampere, Finland and Rฤซga, Latvia, with the two previous Worlds hosts stepping in to replace Saint Petersburg, Russia as the hosts, who were stripped as hosts after Russia was banned from IIHF competition for their continued invasion of Ukraine.
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๐ท๐บ In Memoriam – Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 2011-12
Today marks the anniversary of the tragic air disaster of Yak-Service Flight 9633 on 07 September 2011, that crashed near Yaroslavl, Russia, and killed the entire roster and staff of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL, and all but one of the flight crew members, when a pilot error caused the aircraft to fail its takeoff, running off the runway and crashing into a tower mast.
IIHF president Renรฉ Fasel declared the crash as “the darkest day in the history of our sport,” as fans from across the world, and in particular Russia and the eight other nations represented by team players and staff, mourned for the shocking and tragic loss. On this sad anniversary, TheIHLC.com commemorates this deep loss, and remember those who perished in the accident.
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๐จ๐ฆ 2023 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the tournament set to return to being played during the holiday season in front of fans, with Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick hosting for Canada for the third straight year.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 2-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 04 Sep 2022
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 2-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Womenโs World Championship Gold Medal Game
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Sunday, 04 September 2022
Brianne Jenner scored both of Canada’s goals and Ann-Renรฉe Desbiens saved the Gold in the dying seconds, giving Canada their third straight major Gold with a 2-1 victory over the United States. It comes after the 2021 Women’s Worlds last August and Olympic Gold in Beijing this past February.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 10-1 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ – 03 Sep 2022
๐บ๐ธ United States 10-1 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
Womenโs World Championship Semifinal
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Saturday, 03 September 2022
Team USA scored six goals in the first period to put the game out of reach with speed and seeming ease, defeating Czechia by a 10-1 count and advancing to the Gold medal game tomorrow night. They will face the winner of tonightโs Canada–Switzerland tilt.
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๐จ๐ฟ Czechia Becomes Newest Women’s IHLC Contender
Just two days after Hungary became the first women’s hockey team to compete for the IHLC in a dozen years, today history was made once again at the 2022 Women’s World Championship, with Czechia stunning Finland in overtime of the quarterfinals, setting up a semifinal (and IHLC) matchup against the United States.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 12-1 Hungary ๐ญ๐บ – 01 Sep 2022
๐บ๐ธ United States 12-1 Hungary ๐ญ๐บ
Womenโs World Championship Quarterfinal
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Thursday, 01 September 2022
Itโs not often that a team wins a playoff game to advance to the semi-finals of a tournament that that is of secondary importance, but that was the case this afternoon.
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International Hockey Lineal Championship 