For the first time in nearly a decade, the NHL will be presenting a true “best on best” international tournament, but in a smaller format than usual, with teams from Canada, Sweden, Finland and the United States facing off in the inaugural Four Nations Face-Off.
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🇸🇪 Loui Eriksson Confirms Retirement After Two Year Absence
Two years after his most recent game in the Swedish Hockey League semifinals, Loui Eriksson today confirmed his retirement from pro hockey, leaving the sport at age 39 after twenty pro seasons across three countries.
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🇯🇵 🇸🇪 🇩🇪 Japan, Sweden, Germany Clinch Final Milan 2026 Women’s Olympic Qualifying Spots
After three months of Olympic qualifiers, with 24 teams competing across two rounds of play, came to a conclusion today for the final three spots in Milan, with the spots being clinched locked up by Japan, Sweden and Germany for the 2026 Olympics.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 09 Feb 2025
🇫🇮 Finland 4-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
Beijer Hockey Games
Avicii Arena, Stockholm 🇸🇪
Sunday, 09 February 2025
BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:43 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Erholtz (Björninen, Mäntykivi)
09:17 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Viitasalo, hooking
11:04 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Mäntykivi, embellishment
11:04 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Hartmann, holding
14:35 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Pulli (Kossila, Nättinen)
15:09 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Sörensen, hooking
17:13 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Dahlbeck, high sticking double minor
18:10 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Kapanen, roughing
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-1 United States 🇺🇸 – 08 Feb 2025
🇨🇦 Canada 3-1 United States 🇺🇸
Rivalry Series, Game 5
Credit Union Place, Summerside 🇨🇦
Saturday, 08 February 2025
Jennifer Gardiner scored at 13:16 of the third period to snap a 1-1 tie and lifted Canada to a 3-1 victory over the United States in the fifth and deciding game of the 2024-25 Rivalry Series on Saturday at Credit Union Place.
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🇨🇦 🇫🇮 🇸🇪 🇺🇸 IHLC To Be Contended At Four Nations Face-Off
By virtue of a 20-save shutout from Oskari Salminen and a three point game from Julius Nättinen in Stockholm earlier today, the IHLC will officially be brought to the inaugural Four Nations Face-Off next week, as Finland’s win over Czechia guarantees that Finland or Sweden will bring the title across the Atlantic to Montréal.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 3-0 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 08 Feb 2025
🇫🇮 Finland 3-0 Czechia 🇨🇿
Beijer Hockey Games
Avicii Arena, Stockholm 🇸🇪
Saturday, 08 February 2025
BOXSCORE
1st Period
none
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Canada 🇨🇦 (SO) – 06 Feb 2025
🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Canada 🇨🇦 (SO)
Rivalry Series, Game 4
Scotiabank Centre, Halifax 🇨🇦
Thursday, 06 February 2025
Gwyneth Philips was a standout for the United States in leveling the women’s hockey Rivalry Series against Canada.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 4-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 06 Feb 2025
🇨🇿 Czechia 4-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
Beijer Hockey Games
Avicii Arena, Stockholm 🇸🇪
Thursday, 06 February 2025
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:32 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Chlapík (Zohorna)
03:57 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Hartmann (Lindberg, Berglund)
11:53 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Galvas, tripping
14:59 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Berglund, tripping
15:46 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Lenc, interference
18:06 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Everberg, high sticking
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🇷🇺 🇧🇾 IIHF Extends Russia, Belarus Ban Into 2025-26 Season
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 2025-26 hockey season.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 4-3 Finland 🇫🇮 (OT) – 05 Jan 2025
🇺🇸 United States 4-3 Finland 🇫🇮 (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa 🇨🇦
Sunday, 05 January 2025
Teddy Stiga took a breakaway pass from Zeev Buium and beat Petteri Rimpinen between the pads at 8:04 of overtime to give the United States the Gold medal at the 2025 World Junior Championship. This is the first time the Americans have won back-to-back Gold.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT) – 04 Jan 2025
🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT)
World Junior Championship Semifinal
Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa 🇨🇦
Saturday, 04 January 2025
Benjamin Rautiainen scored with 38 seconds left in overtime as Finland defeated Sweden 4-3 in the first semi-final of the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship.
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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2025 Inductees
The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2025, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Stockholm, with five different nationalities and a pair of Swedish goaltenders highlighting the class.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-3 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 02 Jan 2025
🇫🇮 Finland 5-3 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
The Arena At TD Place, Ottawa 🇨🇦
Thursday, 02 January 2025
Powered by three first-period goals, Finland held on for a 5-3 quarter-final win over Slovakia on Thursday night in Ottawa.
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🇰🇿 Kazakhstan Relegated From World Junior Championship
For the second straight year, Germany narrowly avoided relegation at the World Junior Championship, this time eliminating Kazakhstan in a 4-3 victory to send the Kazakhs back down to Division IA in 2026, after only one year in the Top Division.
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IHLC 2024 In Review – Junior
The 2024 international junior calendar saw the United States dominate throughout the year, capturing Gold in early January 2024 and looking to repeat as world champions again, for the first time ever, in 2025.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 3-0 Latvia 🇱🇻 – 31 Dec 2024
🇫🇮 Finland 3-0 Latvia 🇱🇻
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa 🇨🇦
Tuesday, 31 December 2024
Finland finished the preliminary round with a 3-0 win over Latvia this afternoon in Ottawa. Petteri Rimpinen stopped 28 shots for the shutout, while Benjamin Rautiainen had a goal and assist for the winners.
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IHLC 2024 In Review – Men’s
The 2024 international men’s hockey calendar saw four different nations capture the title throughout the year, with a European champion ensuring a more active back half of the year than Canada’s 2023 Gold medal victory originally allowed for.
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IHLC 2024 In Review – Women’s
The 2024 calendar year saw a reduction in international competition due to the rise of the Professional Women’s Hockey League, but there was still plenty of drama between the United States and Canada all throughout North America over the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 United States 🇺🇸 (OT) – 29 Dec 2024
🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 United States 🇺🇸 (OT)
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa 🇨🇦
Sunday, 29 December 2024
The plot thickens. On the strength of Tuomas Uronen’s overtime winner, Finland beat the U.S. 4-3 on Sunday at the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship. It was the first American loss at this tournament after two regulation-time wins.
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