Thomas Vanek, the most decorated Austrian hockey player in history, today announced his retirement at age 36 after not being claimed during the 2020 NHL Trade Deadline, ending his 15 year professional career with stops in eight cities.
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๐บ๐ธ ๐ท๐บ IHLC Classics: The Miracle On Ice
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 โIHLC Classics.โ Today, we celebrate the 40th anniversary of perhaps the most historic game in international hockey, “The Miracle on Ice.”
๐บ๐ธ United States 4-3 Soviet Union ๐ท๐บ
Olympic Medalย Round
Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid ๐บ๐ธ
Friday, 22 February 1980
The Olympic Fieldhouse in Lake Placid, New York, hardly seemed like the place where hockey history could be made, but on one afternoon in 1980, the greatest moment in international hockey took place. It was a moment that transformed the game in one country and, over time, around the world.
It was a moment that came to define Olympic success. It was a moment that came to inspire dreams. After 22 February 1980, anything was possible.
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๐ฉ๐ช Marcel Goc Announces Retirement From Adler Mannheim
Marcel Goc, the longtime centre who was part of the first wave of German NHL stars during his NHL career from 2004-15, announced his retirement from Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, capping a 22 season pro hockey career.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 4-3 Russia ๐ท๐บ (SO) โ 09 Feb 2020
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 4-3 Russia ๐ท๐บ (SO)
Beijer Hockey Games
Ericsson Globe, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Sunday, 09 February 2020
BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:03 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – team, delay of game
11:24 – ๐ท๐บ PP GOAL – Kayumov (Zernov, Golyshev)
12:45 – ๐ท๐บ PEN – Sergeyev, cross checking
17:11 – ๐ท๐บ PEN – Mironov, checking from behind minor + 10 min. misconduct
19:14 – ๐จ๐ฟ GOAL – Flek (Hyka, ล ulรกk)
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 4-3 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT) – 08 Feb 2020
๐บ๐ธ United States 4-3 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT)
Rivalry Series, Game 5
Honda Center, Anaheim ๐บ๐ธ
Saturday, 08 February 2020
Megan Bozek scored on the power play 42 seconds into overtime to lift the U.S. Women’s National Team to a thrilling 4-3 victory over Canada in the final game of the 2019-20 Rivalry Series before a record-breaking crowd here tonight at Honda Center.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ โ 08 Feb 2020
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Beijer Hockey Games
Ericsson Globe, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Saturday, 08 February 2020
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:55 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Klok, high sticking
03:53 – ๐จ๐ฟ SH GOAL – Horรกk
10:00 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL – Karjalainen (Junttila, Salo)
14:46 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Seppรคlรค, holding
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-0 Russia ๐ท๐บ โ 06 Feb 2020
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-0 Russia ๐ท๐บ
Beijer Hockey Games
Helsingin jรครคhalli, Helsinki ๐ซ๐ฎ
Thursday, 06 February 2020
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:37 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL – Pulkkinen
05:43 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL –ย Nรคttinen (Koivisto)
06:54 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL –ย Junttila (Vittasmรคki, Karjalainen)
10:15 – ๐ท๐บ PEN – Svetlakov, tripping
17:35 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Pulkkinen, tripping
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๐ท๐บ Alexander Skvortsov: 1954-2020
Alexander Skvortsov, a Soviet winger part of the Red Army juggernaut that dominated international hockey throughout the late 1970’s and 1980’s, passed away in Moscow on 04 February at the age of 65.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 3-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ – 05 Feb 2020
๐บ๐ธ United States 3-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Rivalry Series, Game 4
Rogers Arena, Vancouver ๐จ๐ฆ
Wednesday, 05 February 2020
The U.S. Womenโs National Team used a pair of third period goals on the way to a 3-1 victory over Canada in game four of the 2019-20 Rivalry Series here tonight at Rogers Arena.
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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2020 Inductees
The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2020, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Zรผrich, Switzerland, with two native Swiss players highlighting the class, as the IIHF will induct Ryan Smyth, Alexei Yashin, Kimmo Timonen and countrymen Mark Streit and Mathias Seger to the Hall.
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