Latvian forward Kaspars Daugaviลลก, who captained his country to their historic first ever World Championship medal in 2023, today announced his sudden retirement from the sport at age 36, ending a 20+ year pro career spanning teams across seven countries, citing family issues as the reason for the sudden, mid-season announcement.
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๐บ๐ธ ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ท๐บ Hockey Hall Of Fame Inducts Class Of 2024
The Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their 2024 Class, inducting five legendary players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 10 Nov 2024
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Rivalry Series, Game 3
Idaho Central Arena, Boise ๐บ๐ธ
Sunday, 10 November 2024
Jocelyne Larocque scored less than four minutes into the game, Sarah Nurse added a goal midway through the first period and Canada cruised to a 4-1 win over the United States in Boise, Idaho on Sunday to take a 2-1 lead in the five-game Rivalry Series.
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IHLC Results – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 5-4 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช – 10 Nov 2024
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 5-4 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Karjala Tournament
Helsingin jรครคhalli, Helsinki ๐ซ๐ฎ
Sunday, 10 November 2024
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:14 – ๐ธ๐ช GOAL – Sellgren (Friberg, Lang)
05:02 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Andreasson, tripping
15:15 – ๐ธ๐ช GOAL – Steen (Pettersson, Peterson)
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IHLC Results – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-0 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ – 09 Nov 2024
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-0 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
Karjala Tournament
Helsingin jรครคhalli, Helsinki ๐ซ๐ฎ
Saturday, 09 November 2024
BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:52 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL – Pesonen
10:56 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Larmi, delay of game
19:36 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL – Rajala
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-4 United States ๐บ๐ธ (SO) – 08 Nov 2024
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-4 United States ๐บ๐ธ (SO)
Rivalry Series, Game 2
Maverik Center, West Valley City ๐บ๐ธ
Friday, 08 November 2024
Marie-Phillip Poulin scored the go-ahead goal and 17-year-old Chloe Primerano scored her first career goal to clinch a 2-0 shootout win for Team Canada to even the Rivalry Series with the U.S. at a win apiece on Friday night.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 5-2 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช – 07 Nov 2024
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 5-2 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Karjala Tournament
KV Arena, Karlovy Vary ๐จ๐ฟ
Thursday, 07 November 2024
BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:02 – ๐จ๐ฟ GOAL – Gazda
10:02 – ๐จ๐ฟ GOAL – Pyrochta (Kovaลฤรญk)
15:16 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Weissbach, slashing
16:55 – ๐จ๐ฟ PP GOAL – Kousal (Kaut, Kodรฝtek)
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 7-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ – 06 Nov 2024
๐บ๐ธ United States 7-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Rivalry Series, Game 1
Tech CU Arena, San Jose ๐บ๐ธ
Wednesday, 06 November 2024
A five-goal first period led Team USA past Canada, 7-2, in the opening contest of the 2024-25 Rivalry Series in San Jose, California on Wednesday night.
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๐ธ๐ช Anton Strรฅlman Confirms Retirement From Hockey, Shift To Football
After a one-season return to the Swedish league, following a sixteen year NHL career, journeyman defender Anton Strรฅlman today confirmed his retirement from hockey at age 38, surprisingly announcing a shift to coaching women’s football, following a two-decade plus career across twelve clubs in Canada, the United States and his native Sweden.
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๐ธ๐ช Alexander Edler Signs One-Day Contract To Retire As Canuck
Inactive for the past season, Swedish defender Alexander Edler today signed a one-day contract with the Vancouver Canucks in order to retire with the franchise, wrapping a nearly two-decade NHL career, marked with over 1,000 games played, and a trio of international medals won with his native Sweden.
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๐จ๐ฆ Lauriane Rougeau Announces Retirement, Shift To Hockey Ops
Canadian defender Lauriane Rougeau, a key cog of Team Canada’s blueline for the past decade and a half, today confirmed her retirement from the game after just one season in the PWHL, at the age of 34, announcing a move to hockey operations with her former club in Toronto.
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๐ธ๐ช Oscar Mรถller Confirms Retirement Following Long-Term Injury
Swedish winger Oscar Mรถller, whose long tenure with both the league’s top tier and national team was cut short due to injury, confirmed his retirement today at age 35, following Skellefteรฅ capturing their fourth Le Mat Trophy to end last season, minus Mรถller on the active roster.
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๐บ๐ธ Gigi Marvin Confirms Retirement From Hockey At Age 37
With details around the 2024-25 PWHL season set to be revealed soon, a major part of the American women’s game for the past nearly two decades confirmed she will not take part, as Gigi Marvin today announced her retirement from hockey at the age of 37.
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๐จ๐ฆ ๐ท๐บ IHLC Classics: The Second Summit Series At Fifty
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, to commemorate the historic fiftieth anniversary of the second and final Summit Series in 1974, we look back at the oft-forgotten Series between the top Soviet players facing off against the best Canadian players from the upstart World Hockey Association.
๐ท๐บ Soviet Union 3-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Summit Series, Game 8
Palace Of Sports Of The Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow ๐ท๐บ
Sunday, 06 October 1974
Unlike in 1972, there would be no climatic Game 8 in 1974. Team Canada had lost the series.
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๐จ๐ฟ 2025 Women’s World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2025 IIHF Women’s World Championship has been released, being hosted for the first time by Czechia in the Bohemian city of ฤeskรฉ Budฤjovice, with defending champions Canada looking to win their fourth Gold medal in five years.
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๐จ๐ฆ Tyler Ennis Confirms Retirement From Hockey At 34
After injuries hampered his NHL prospects, sending him to two seasons in Europe, Canadian journeyman winger Tyler Ennis today confirmed his retirement from hockey at age 34, following a 15 year pro career with seven different teams, along with a pair of Gold medals won with Team Canada.
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๐จ๐ฆ 2025 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the tournament set to be held in Canada’s capital of Ottawa, Ontario, with the tournament returning to the city for the first time since 2009, and Canada’s twenty-first time hosting overall.
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๐ฑ๐ป ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ Latvia, Denmark, Slovakia Clinch Final Milan 2026 Men’s Olympic Qualifying Spots
After nearly a year of Olympic qualifiers that began last December, with 30 teams competing across three rounds of play, came to a conclusion today for the final three spots in Milan, with the spots being clinched locked up by Latvia, Denmark and Slovakia for the 2026 Olympics, in a carbon copy clinching scenario from three years earlier.
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๐บ๐ธ Johnny Gaudreau: 1993-2024
Johnny Gaudreau, the American winger who dazzled NHL fans with his skill and talent despite his small stature, today was tragically announced dead at the age of 31 following a cycling accident involving a drunk driver in his home state of New Jersey, alongside his younger brother Matthew, aged 29.
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๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช 2025 World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2025 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Stockholm, Sweden and Herning, Denmark, with both hosts looking to repeat the luck of 2024’s hosts Czechia by capturing World Championship Gold on home ice.
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