Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Hockey Lineal Championship only saw seven games of competition this year on the junior side, nearly a year apart, all in Edmonton, and cut short thanks to the outright cancellation of the 2022 World Junior Championship thanks to the Omicron variant.
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IHLC 2021 In Review – Men’s
With the international hockey calendar returning (relatively) to normal in 2021, the IHLC saw a flurry of activity throughout the year, bookended with stops on the Euro Hockey Tour, and a relocated World Championship in between. Continue reading
IHLC 2021 In Review – Women’s
After a tumultuous year that saw the IIHF Women’s Championship be cancelled for the second straight year, then revived in August, the IHLC finally saw a return to relative normalcy in the second half of 2021, in the lead-up to the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
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Remainder Of 2022 World Junior Championship Cancelled
After the third game in two days needed to be cancelled due to positive cases on an individual team, today the IIHF announced that the remainder of the 2022 World Junior Championships in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, Canada would be cancelled.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 1-0 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ (FF) โ 29 Dec 2021
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 1-0 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ (FF)
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Wednesday, 29 December 2021
Due to a mandated team quarantine following a positive test result of one of its players, Team Czechia will be unable to participate in its 29 December preliminary round game against Finland at the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship.
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๐จ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ธ Remainder Of 2021-22 Rivalry Series Cancelled
After their scheduled matchup for 20 December in Saint Paul, Minnesota was cancelled due to the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, today Hockey Canada announced the final two games of the series, set to take place in early January in Alberta, have been cancelled as well.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 7-1 Austria ๐ฆ๐น โ 27 Dec 2021
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 7-1 Austria ๐ฆ๐น
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Monday, 27 December 2021
Just another day at the office for the boys in blue and white. Finland stayed perfect in Group A with a 7-1 dismantling of underdog Austria on Monday at Rogers Place.
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IIHF Confirms No Relegation From 2022 World Junior Championship
After a degree of uncertainty surrounding how the IIHF would handle the 2023 World Junior Championships after the bottom two division tournaments set to take place in January 2022 were cancelled due to COVID-19, today they announced no teams in the ongoing Top Division would be relegated in 2022.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-1 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช โ 26 Dec 2021
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-1 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Sunday, 26 December 2021
At long last, the excitement of the IIHF World Junior Championship is back. Finland kicked off the 2022 tournament in Edmonton with a hard-fought 3-1 win over Germany on Sunday.
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๐ท๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ฝ IIHF Cancels January 2022 Tournaments, Including Junior Division IIB & III
Thanks to the rapid spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant across the globe, the IIHF today announced that all tournaments set to begin in January 2022 will be cancelled, including the entire Under-18 Women’s World Championship, and the two bottom Divisions in the World Junior Championship.
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IHLC Preview – 2022 World Junior Championship
After COVID-19 forced the 2021 World Junior Championship into a bubble, the tournament returns to Alberta, Canada for 2022, with Edmonton and Red Deer hosting the world’s top under-20 hockey teams in front of fans for the first time since January 2020, just before the world changed forever.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-3 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT) โ 23 Dec 2021
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-3 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT)
Exhibition Game
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Thursday, 23 December 2021
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:17 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL – Simontaival (Hirvonen, Mรคenpรครค)
04:49 – ๐บ๐ธ PEN – Mazur, delay of game
12:26 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Rafkin, kneeing major + game misconduct
14:37 – ๐บ๐ธ PEN – Cooley, holding
17:57 – ๐บ๐ธ GOAL – Dickinson
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NHL Withdraws From 2022 Olympics Due To COVID Postponements
After having to cancel fifty games in the past week over protocols due to the new Omicron COVID-19 variant, the National Hockey League today officially announced that due to the material impact of these postponements on the 2021-22 season, they will be withdrawing their players from participating in the upcoming 2022 Beijing Olympic Games.
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๐จ๐ญ Philippe Furrer Announces Retirement From Hockey At 36
Just short of the NLA’s holiday and Olympic breaks, veteran Swiss defender Philippe Furrer today announced his retirement from hockey, leaving HC Fribourg-Gottรฉron at the age of 36.
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IHLC Results – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-2 Russia (OT) ๐ท๐บ – 19 Dec 2021
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-2 Russia ๐ท๐บ (OT)
Channel One Cup
CSKA Arena,ย Moscowย ๐ท๐บ
Sunday, 19 December 2021
In a dramatic battle, Russia only managed to claim one point against Finland in the concluding match of the 2021 Channel One Cup in Moscow, conceding a narrow 3-2 defeat in overtime.
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๐ง๐พ Belarus Promoted To World Junior Top Division In 2023
After a one-year stasis of the same ten teams in the World Junior Championship Top Division thanks to COVID-19, today Belarus punched their ticket to Russia in 2023 by emerging victorious atop Division IA in Denmark, going a perfect 5-0 in the tournament and sealing their victory with a win over Norway.
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IHLC Results – ๐ท๐บ Russia 5-2 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ – 18 Dec 2021
๐ท๐บ Russia 5-2 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
Channel One Cup
CSKA Arena,ย Moscowย ๐ท๐บ
Saturday, 18 December 2021
In the third match of the 2021 Channel One Cup, the senior Russian national team comfortably defeated the Czech Republic at the CSKA Arena in Moscow, emerging victorious by a score of 5-2.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT) – 17 Dec 2021
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT)
Rivalry Series, Game 6
Centene Community Ice Center, Maryland Heights ๐บ๐ธ
Friday, 17 December 2021
Marie-Philip Poulin scored at 3:31 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 victory over the United States on Friday night in Game 6 of the pre-Olympics women’s hockey series.
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IHLC Results – ๐ท๐บ Russia 1-0 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช – 16 Dec 2021
๐ท๐บ Russia 1-0 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Channel One Cup
CSKA Arena,ย Moscowย ๐ท๐บ
Thursday, 16 December 2021
In a tight, tense contest, Russia edged Sweden in the second match of the 2021 Channel One Cup, holding on to claim an important 1-0 victory at the CSKA Arena.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 2-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT) – 15 Dec 2021
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 2-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT)
Rivalry Series, Game 5
Centene Community Ice Center, Maryland Heights ๐บ๐ธ
Wednesday, 15 December 2021
Marie-Philip Poulin scored her second goal of the night in overtime as Canada edged the United States 2-1 on Wednesday in Game 5 of the Rivalry Series.
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