🇺🇸 🇸🇪 IHLC Classics: Grimaldi, Gibson Prove No Miracles Needed

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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 revisit Team USA’s third ever World Junior title, where Rocco Grimaldi and John Gibson carried the Americans to a dominant title win over Sweden in Ufa, Russia.


🇺🇸 United States 3-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Ufa Arena, Ufa 🇷🇺
Saturday, 05 January 2013

On the strength of two Rocco Grimaldi goals, the United States became World Junior champions by defeating Sweden 3-1 at Ufa Arena on Saturday.
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🇨🇦 🇷🇺 IHLC Classics: Canada Runs The Table For Gold #11

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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 Canada Day, we look back at Canada’s perfect run to Gold in 2005, shutting out Russia 5-0 in the final to capture the World Junior title in Vancouver.


🇨🇦 Canada 5-0 Russia 🇷🇺
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
General Motors Place, Vancouver 🇨🇦
Thursday, 05 January 2006

For the second straight year, Canada is on top of the junior hockey world.

In a 5-0 victory over Russia at Vancouver’s GM Place on 05 January, the Canadians succeeded in neutralizing super sniper Yevgeni Malkin and fulfilling Head Coach Brent Sutter’s defence-first plan to perfection.
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🇨🇦 🇫🇮 🇺🇸 Hockey Hall Of Fame Announces Class Of 2026

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The Hockey Hall Of Fame today announced their Class of 2026 to be inducted on 09 November, with first-ballot nominees Patrice Bergeron and Carey Price joining Pekka Rinne, Keith Tkachuk, Cindy Curley and Brian Burke, who will all enter the ranks of the Hall in Toronto.
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🇫🇷 IOC Confirms 2030 Olympic Ice Hockey Moving From Nice To Lyon

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Nearly two years after the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2030 Winter Olympics to the French Alps, with Nice set to host ice sports (including hockey), today the IOC Executive Board approved the plan to move ice sports nearly 500 kilometres north to Lyon, after political upheaval in Nice left the Games without a venue.
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🇨🇦 Jonathan Toews Formally Announces Retirement From Hockey

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Canadian centre Jonathan Toews, one of the top forwards of his generation, a three-time Stanley Cup, two-time Olympic and one-time World Champion, today confirmed his retirement from hockey at the age of 38, following a single season return to his hometown Winnipeg Jets after his career was put on hold due to health issues.
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🇺🇸 Caroline Harvey Named 2026 IIHF Female Player Of The Year

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On the day she is set to be the top draft pick in the 2026 PHWL Draft, American defender Caroline Harvey was today awarded the IIHF’s Female Player Of The Year Award for the 2025-26 season, capping a season in which she won the Patty Kazmaier Award as top NCAA player, along with MVP honours at the 2026 Olympics in Milan.
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Frankel, Pannek Highlight Top Winners At 2026 PWHL Awards

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The Professional Women’s Hockey League completed its awards distribution for the 2025-26 season at an awards ceremony in Detroit, Michigan, with six IHLC holders representing Canada and the United States taking home trophies following the league’s third season.
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🇨🇦 Kyle Calder: 1979-2026

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Kyle Calder, the Canadian journeyman forward who saw his thirteen season pro career take him to the U.S., Canada, Sweden and Kazakhstan, along with capturing World Championship Gold and World Junior Championship Silver, sadly passed away today at the age of 47 after a brief illness.
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🇺🇸 Carolina Hurricanes Capture Second Franchise Stanley Cup

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The Carolina Hurricanes, long known for their inability to advance deep into the playoffs, today conquered the mountain again for the first time in two decades, going on a 16-3 playoff run to defeat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 in Game Six of the Stanley Cup Finals to win their first championship since 2006.
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🇩🇰 2026 Women’s World Championship Schedule Released

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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

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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), 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

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🇫🇮 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

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🇨🇭 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

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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

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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

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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

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🇨🇭 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

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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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