
Former NHL player and coach Pat Quinn, who led Canada to their first Olympic Gold Medal in 50 years, along with leading them to a perfect World Cup in 2004, has died in Vancouver at the age of 71.
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Monthly Archives: November 2014
🇷🇺 Viktor Tikhonov: 1930-2014

Former Soviet head coach Viktor Tikhonov, who coached the dominant Red Army team from 1977 to 1994, winning eight World Championships, three Olympic Gold Medals and the 1981 Canada Cup, has died in Moscow following a long illness at the age of 84.
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🇫🇮 The Finnish Flash Retires: Teemu Selänne Not Returning To Jokerit

After a brilliant 21-year NHL career, an impressive start with his hometown Jokerit, and one of the greatest international careers in hockey history, Teemu Selänne has confirmed that he will not be making a “victory lap” with Jokerit, after retiring from the Anaheim Ducks at the end of last season.
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World Cup Update: Euro, Rookie All-Star Teams To Compete?

As first reported by Sportsnet, representatives from the NHL and IIHF met in Toronto in advance of the Hockey Hall Of Fame Class of 2014 induction ceremony to discuss the 2016 World Cup Of Hockey logistics, mainly the status of the two final spots to round out a field of eight teams to play in Toronto.
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HHOF Inducts Four International Legends

Tomorrow, the Hockey Hall Of Fame will enshrine four new members into its players category as the Class of 2014 – not just players who shined in their National Hockey League careers, but also for the tremendous careers they achieved internationally. Dominik Hašek, Peter Forsberg, Rob Blake and Mike Modano share numerous Olympic, World Championship and World Cup championships between them, in addition to all having held the International Hockey Lineal Championship in their illustrious careers.
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🇯🇵 Japan Qualifies For 2015 Women’s World Championship

Japan has nabbed the eighth and final qualification spot for the 2015 Women’s World Championship in Malmö, Sweden, defeating the Czechs 2-1 in the third and final game of their qualification playoff series in Yokohama, Japan.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 3-0 Finland 🇫🇮 – 09 Nov 2014

🇸🇪 Sweden 3-0 Finland 🇫🇮
Karjala Tournament
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Sunday, 09 November 2014
BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:43 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Lundqvist, holding
14:26 – 🇸🇪 PEN – team, too many players
17:58 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Klasen (Fransson)
19:17 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Axelsson, slashing
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 United States 🇺🇸 (SO) – 08 Nov 2014

🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 United States 🇺🇸 (SO)
Four Nations Cup Gold Medal Game
Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Saturday, 08 November 2014
Brianne Jenner scored the only goal of the shootout as Canada defeated the United States 3-2 to win the 2014 Four Nations Cup.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 4-3 Czechia 🇨🇿 (SO) – 08 Nov 2014

🇸🇪 Sweden 4-3 Czechia 🇨🇿 (SO)
Karjala Tournament
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Saturday, 08 November 2014
BOXSCORE
1st Period
none
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 07 Nov 2014

🇨🇦 Canada 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Four Nations Cup Preliminary Round
Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Friday, 07 November 2014
If it weren’t for Meeri Räisänen, Canada might have ran up the score against Finland in the Four Nations Cup round-robin finale at Interior Savings Centre on Friday, 07 November.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 5-4 Russia 🇷🇺 (SO) – 06 Nov 2014

🇸🇪 Sweden 5-4 Russia 🇷🇺 (SO)
Karjala Tournament
Tegera Arena, Leksand 🇸🇪
Thursday, 06 November 2014
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:28 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Medvedev, holding
01:35 – 🇸🇪 PP GOAL – Hersley (Danielsson, Klasen)
02:07 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Janmark, interference
07:10 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Kugryshev, holding
11:07 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Janmark, tripping
12:21 – 🇸🇪 SH GOAL – Engqvist (Brithén)
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 United States 🇺🇸 – 05 Nov 2014

🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 United States 🇺🇸
Four Nations Cup Preliminary Round
Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Wednesday, 05 November 2014
Haley Irwin and Rebecca Johnston scored 46 seconds apart in the third period as Canada erased a late one-goal deficit to defeat the United States and send 4,500 fans home happy Wednesday night.
IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 2-0 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 04 Nov 2014

🇨🇦 Canada 2-0 Sweden 🇸🇪
Four Nations Cup Preliminary Round
Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Tuesday, 04 November 2014
Jillian Saulnier and Jamie Lee Rattray each scored their first goals with Canada’s National Women’s Team as the host side shut out Sweden, 2-0, Tuesday night at the 2014 Four Nations Cup.
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IHLC Preview – 2014 Karjala Tournament

Thanks to Russia’s dethroning of Finland in the finals of the 2014 IIHF World Championships this past May, the IHLC is guaranteed to join the Euro Hockey Tour circuit, with the first stop being the Karjala Tournament in Helsinki, Finland.
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IHLC Preview – 2014 Four Nations Cup

For the first time since February’s Sochi Olympics, the top four nations in women’s hockey will meet in Kamloops, British Columbia, to compete in the nineteenth annual Four Nations Cup, pitting Canada, the United States, Sweden and Finland against each other.
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