Following an IIHF Council meeting, the International Ice Hockey Federation today confirmed that their ban on Russian and Belarusian teams, dating back to their invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, was extended through the 2026-27 hockey season.
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Full 2026 Men’s Olympic Rosters Released
Starting with France being the first to release their roster on 23 December, and capped by the host Italians releasing their final roster today (20 January), the final roster selections for all twelve Olympic men’s hockey teams are now complete.
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Full 2026 Women’s Olympic Rosters Released
Starting with France being the first to release their roster on 23 December, and to be capped by the host Italians releasing their final roster today (20 January), the final roster selections for all ten Olympic women’s hockey teams are now complete.
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Triple Gold Club: Who Can Join In Milan?
With the calendar finally turning over to 2026, and final rosters for the 2026 Milan Olympics being released daily, there has emerged a select field of fourteen men and three women from five countries who, if successful in winning Gold at next month’s Games, will gain the unique distinction of joining the Triple Gold Club.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 4-2 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 05 Jan 2026
🇸🇪 Sweden 4-2 Czechia 🇨🇿
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul 🇺🇸
Monday, 05 January 2026
Sweden slowly and surely built a 3-0 lead by the early part of the third period and barely withstood a wild Czech rally in the dying minutes to win World Junior Championship Gold with a thrilling 4-2 win.
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🇷🇺 Sergei Andronov Retires From Hockey At 36
Russian forward Sergei Andronov, a KHL veteran with two Gagarin Cups and an Olympic title under his belt, today confirmed his retirement from hockey at the age of 36 after his release from Salavat Yulaev Ufa this past August, following a fifteen-year pro career.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 4-3 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO) – 04 Jan 2026
🇸🇪 Sweden 4-3 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO)
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul 🇺🇸
Sunday, 04 January 2026
Anton Frondell scored the shootout winner as Sweden beat Finland 4-3 in the early 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship semi-final.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 6-3 Latvia 🇱🇻 – 02 Jan 2026
🇸🇪 Sweden 6-3 Latvia 🇱🇻
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul 🇺🇸
Friday, 02 January 2026
It was business as usual. Undefeated Sweden employed a balanced attack to down Latvia 6-3 in the first quarter-final of the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship on Friday.
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🇩🇰 Denmark Relegated From World Junior Championship
For the third straight year, Germany once again avoided relegation at the World Junior Championship, this time eliminating Denmark in an 8-4 victory to send the Lions back down to Division IA in 2027 in their relegation match-up in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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IHLC 2025 In Review – Junior
The 2025 international junior calendar saw the United States capture their first back-to-back world title in 2025, followed by the emergence of Sweden dominating across three tournaments, capping the calendar year off with a commanding performance at the 2026 World Junior Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 6-3 United States 🇺🇸 – 31 Dec 2025
🇸🇪 Sweden 6-3 United States 🇺🇸
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul 🇺🇸
Wednesday, 31 December 2025
Sweden scored four goals in a wild second period to race away to a 6-3 win over the United States tonight at Grand Casino Arena.
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IHLC 2025 In Review – Men’s
The 2025 international hockey men’s calendar saw the title competed over in six different countries over two continents in five tournaments, with seven different countries capturing the International Hockey Lineal Championship in only a three month-span of competition.
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IHLC 2025 In Review – Women’s
2025 saw a continuation of closer parity in international women’s hockey, with the juggernauts of the United States and Canada continuing to set the tone in the lead-up to the 2026 Milan Olympics, competing for World Championship, Rivalry Series and International Hockey Lineal Championship glory.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 8-1 Germany 🇩🇪 – 29 Dec 2025
🇸🇪 Sweden 8-1 Germany 🇩🇪
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul 🇺🇸
Monday, 29 December 2025
Captain Jack Berglund, Anton Frondell, and Viggo Björck scored two goals apiece to pace Sweden to a 8-1 thumping of Germany in Monday’s early Group A action.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 4-2 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 28 Dec 2025
🇸🇪 Sweden 4-2 Switzerland 🇨🇭
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul 🇺🇸
Sunday, 28 December 2025
Sweden scored two goals early in the third period to erase a 2-1 Switzerland lead en route to a 4-2 win this afternoon at Grand Casino Arena.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 3-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 26 Dec 2025
🇸🇪 Sweden 3-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul 🇺🇸
Friday, 26 December 2025
Ivar Stenberg scored the winner with 3:57 left and added an assist as Sweden defeated Slovakia 3-2 at the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The hard-working, youthful Slovaks rallied from a two-goal second-period deficit, but fell short.
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IHLC Preview – 2026 World Junior Championship
The eyes of the hockey world are looking just beyond the holiday season, with Boxing Day marking the kickoff of the fiftieth annual IIHF World Junior Championship, this time being hosted by the defending champion Americans in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, with the home team looking to “three-peat” for the first time in history.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 7-3 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 23 Dec 2025
🇸🇪 Sweden 7-3 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Exhibition Game
Rochester Recreation Center, Rochester 🇺🇸
Tuesday, 23 December 2025
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:27 – 🇨🇭 GOAL – Aeschlimann (Henry, Haas)
05:07 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Borradori, tripping
09:05 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Danielsson, slashing
12:36 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Genborg (Gustafsson, V. Björck)
19:16 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Borradori, hooking
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 4-2 Canada 🇨🇦 – 20 Dec 2025
🇸🇪 Sweden 4-2 Canada 🇨🇦
Exhibition Game
Canada Life Place, London 🇨🇦
Saturday, 20 December 2025
Jack Berglund scored twice in the third period, including a short-handed marker 43 seconds into the frame, as Sweden rallied to beat Canada 4-2 in a pre-World Junior Hockey Championship contest on Saturday night.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 2-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 17 Dec 2025
🇨🇦 Canada 2-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
Exhibition Game
Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener 🇨🇦
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
Brady Martin and Gavin McKenna have quickly found chemistry for Canada’s world junior team.
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International Hockey Lineal Championship 