The schedule for the 2026 IIHF Women’s World Championship has been released, with the Danish cities of Herning and Esbjerg set to host for the first time since 2022, with Team USA looking to repeat as World Champions, along with doubling up on their 2026 Olympic Gold medal.
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🇸🇪 🇷🇺 IHLC Classics: Juniorkronorna’s First World Junior Triumph
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), we look back at Sweden’s first ever World Junior Championship title in 1981 – a feat that would then not be replicated again until over three decades later.
🇸🇪 Sweden 3-2 Soviet Union 🇷🇺
World Junior Championship Final Round
Curt-Frenzel-Stadion, Augsburg 🇩🇪
Friday, 02 January 1981
Sweden defeated the defending champion Soviet Union, 3-2, Friday to win the ice hockey World Junior Championships.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 1-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭 (OT) – 31 May 2026
🇫🇮 Finland 1-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭 (OT)
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Swiss Life Arena, Zürich 🇨🇭
Sunday, 31 May 2026
Konsta Helenius scored the golden goal at 10:42 of the first overtime period to give Finland a 1-0 victory over Switzerland and World Championship Gold.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 6-0 Norway 🇳🇴 – 30 May 2026
🇨🇭 Switzerland 6-0 Norway 🇳🇴
World Championship Semifinal
Swiss Life Arena, Zürich 🇨🇭
Saturday, 30 May 2026
Saturday’s first semi-final brought more joy for Switzerland. Six different players scored as the host nation trounced Norway 6-0 to advance to the Gold medal game at the 2026 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.
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🇺🇸 Savannah Harmon Retires From Hockey At Age 30
American defender Savannah Harmon, a two-time World Champion and former Olympian, today confirmed her retirement from pro hockey at the age of 30, following her third PWHL season, and first full season, with the Toronto Sceptres.
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2026 IIHF Congress Provides Updates On Russia, Belarus, Future Tournaments
The 2026 IIHF Congress concluded today in Zürich, Switzerland, with a number of major announcements made, the main one being the surprising reversal on the status of Russia and Belarus’ team participation following the original extension of their competition ban, which has been in place since 2022.
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🇨🇦 Claude Lemieux: 1965-2026
Claude Lemieux, the pesky forward with a penchant for clutch performances, a multitude of trophies and medals, and one of a handful of players to win the Stanley Cup with three different clubs, sadly passed away today at the age of 60, just days after appearing in Montréal during the Canadiens’ current playoff run.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 28 May 2026
🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Championship Quarterfinal
Swiss Life Arena, Zürich 🇨🇭
Thursday, 28 May 2026
It was a hard fought battle but the Swiss came out on top. The hosts secured their semifinal berth with a 3-1 win over Sweden.
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🇷🇺 Sergei Shirokov Retires From Hockey At KHL Awards
Russian winger Sergei Shirokov, a mainstay of both the KHL and Russian national team, announced his retirement at the 2026 KHL Awards ceremony in Moscow during his acceptance speech for the Gimayev Prize, leaving the game after nearly two decades in pro hockey, capped with a Gagarin Cup, two World Championships and an Olympic Gold medal.
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Sharipzyanov, Anas Big Winners At 2026 KHL Closing Ceremony
The Kontinental Hockey League formally wrapped their eighteenth season tonight in Moscow with their annual Closing Ceremony, awarding the league’s top teams, players and executives for their performance this year, with six former IHLC winners taking home trophies.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-2 Finland 🇫🇮 – 26 May 2026
🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-2 Finland 🇫🇮
World Championship Preliminary Round
Swiss Life Arena, Zürich 🇨🇭
Tuesday, 26 May 2026
Switzerland landed a last-gasp Jäger bomb to see off Finland and clinch first place in Group A at the 2026 IIHF World Championship.
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🇬🇧 🇮🇹 Great Britain, Italy Relegated From 2026 IIHF World Championship
Division IA relegation at the 2026 World Championships came a full day before the end of group round competition, with Great Britain and Italy being relegated after a single year back up at the Top Division, meaning they will miss the 2027 Worlds in Germany.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 9-0 Hungary 🇭🇺 – 23 May 2026
🇨🇭 Switzerland 9-0 Hungary 🇭🇺
World Championship Preliminary Round
Swiss Life Arena, Zürich 🇨🇭
Saturday, 23 May 2026
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. When in Zürich, do as Roman Josi does.
Switzerland’s captain scored a hat-trick as the host nation rolled to another comfortable victory. Along the way, Josi moves to 53 (16+37) points from his 70 World Championship games, moving in front of Alexei Kasatonov to become the third most productive defender of all time.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-1 Great Britain 🇬🇧 – 21 May 2026
🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-1 Great Britain 🇬🇧
World Championship Preliminary Round
Swiss Life Arena, Zürich 🇨🇭
Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Switzerland eased to a fifth successive victory, dominating winless Great Britain to stay out in front in Group A at the 2026 IIHF World Championship.
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🇷🇺 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Repeat As Gagarin Cup Champions
Two years removed from being swept in their Gagarin Cup finals debut, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl is now in the midst of building a dynasty, repeating as champions with a 3-2 victory over Ak Bars in Game Six of the finals in Kazan.
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🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Five Players Join Triple Gold Club Following Victoire Walter Cup Win
Following the Montréal Victoire’s first Walter Cup championship, and the first title for a Canadian club, there are now five new members of the unofficial Women’s Triple Gold Club, as Canadians Marie-Philip Poulin, Laura Stacey, Ann-Renée Desbiens and Erin Ambrose, along with American Hayley Scamurra, have now added a Walter Cup to their existing Olympic and World Championship Gold medals.
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🇨🇦 Montréal Victoire Win 2026 Walter Cup, First For Canada
After two disappointing consecutive semifinal losses in the PWHL playoffs, the Montréal Victoire finally climbed the proverbial mountain, defeating the Ottawa Charge in four games to win the club’s, and Canada’s, first ever Walter Cup championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 9-0 Austria 🇦🇹 – 20 May 2026
🇨🇭 Switzerland 9-0 Austria 🇦🇹
World Championship Preliminary Round
Swiss Life Arena, Zürich 🇨🇭
Wednesday, 20 May 2026
Austria came into the game riding a historic high. Never before had they won all three of their first three games at an IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.
That streak ended today when Switzerland rolled to a convincing 9-0 win.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 6-1 Germany 🇩🇪 – 18 May 2026
🇨🇭 Switzerland 6-1 Germany 🇩🇪
World Championship Preliminary Round
Swiss Life Arena, Zürich 🇨🇭
Monday, 18 May 2026
Three was tonight’s magic number for Switzerland. Three goals in 3:33 blew this game open in the second period, and took the host nation to three wins from three games.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-2 Latvia 🇱🇻 – 16 May 2026
🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-2 Latvia 🇱🇻
World Championship Preliminary Round
Swiss Life Arena, Zürich 🇨🇭
Saturday, 16 May 2026
Switzerland secured a second win in two days at the 2026 IIHF World Championship. But while the tournament host took the points in Zürich, Latvian goalie Kristers Gudļevskis collected many of the plaudits.
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