๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ IHLC Classics: Prochรกzka’s Golden Goal

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 Czech Independence Day, we feature Czechia’s first World Championship title as an independent nation, twenty five years after stunning Canada with two goals in the final minute of play.

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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 4-2 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น
Sunday, 05 May 1996

Patera, Prochรกzka…and then the puck was shaking viciously in the net. Whoever saw it will not forget. The last minute of the final period of the 1996 World Cup has an indelible golden tinge for Czech hockey. The group from the heart of Europe then became world champions in Vienna after an eleven-year wait.
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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 3-2 United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ – 25 Oct 2021


๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 3-2 United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Rivalry Series, Game 2
XL Center, Hartford ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Monday, 25 October 2021

Amanda Kessel isn’t panicking after the United States women’s hockey team opened its pre-Olympic series with two straight losses to rival Canada.
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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 3-1 United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ – 22 Oct 2021


๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 3-1 United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Rivalry Series, Game 1
PPL Center, Allentown ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Friday, 22 October 2021

Emily Clark scored twice, including the go-ahead goal 5:05 into the third period, and Canada beat the United States 3-1 in Game 1 of a nine-game pre-Olympic Rivalry Series between the national womenโ€™s hockey teams Friday night.
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Provisional Olympians Named For Beijing 2022


As part of the NHL’s re-entry into the Olympics with the upcoming games in Beijing this February, the NHL and IIHF collectively announced provisional NHL players for each team, naming three active professionals to each roster.
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