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🇸🇮 🇭🇺 Slovenia, Hungary Relegated From 2023 World Championship

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A day before the group round came to a close at the 2023 World Championship, both relegation spots to Division IA in 2023 were confirmed, with Hungary and Slovenia gaining the dubious distinction of being sent down after both gained promotion in 2022, with Slovenia finishing winless while Hungary was eliminated in a sudden-death shootout to Austria.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-2 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 21 May 2023

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🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-2 Czechia 🇨🇿
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Sunday, 21 May 2023

Andres Ambühl, the 39-year-old wonder of the Swiss team, scored two goals less than five minutes apart in the second period to break a 1-1 tie and send his team to a 4-2 win over Czechia in Group B action tonight.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 – 20 May 2023

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🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Saturday, 20 May 2023

In a battle between Group B’s only two remaining unbeaten teams, Switzerland defeated Canada 3-2 before a mostly pro-Swiss crowd of 8,234 at Arena Rīga.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 18 May 2023

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🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Thursday, 18 May 2023

Switzerland remains Group B’s only perfect team with 12 points after four games following a 4-2 victory over Slovakia.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 5-0 Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 – 16 May 2023

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🇨🇭 Switzerland 5-0 Kazakhstan 🇰🇿
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Tuesday, 16 May 2023

Switzerland continued its winning ways with an impressive and dominating 5-0 win over Kazakhstan tonight in Rīga. The win gives the Swiss nine points on three regulation wins, good enough for top spot in Group B.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-0 Norway 🇳🇴 – 14 May 2023

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🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-0 Norway 🇳🇴
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Sunday, 14 May 2023

For the first time since 1939, Switzerland has opened the IIHF World Championship with back-to-back shutouts following a 3-0 win over Norway.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 7-0 Slovenia 🇸🇮 – 13 May 2023

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🇨🇭 Switzerland 7-0 Slovenia 🇸🇮
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Saturday, 13 May 2023

In their first game of the 2023 IIHF World Championship, the Swiss were solid in a 7-0 win over Slovenia. Denis Malgin and Gaëtan Haas led the offence with three points each, while veteran Leonardo Genoni made 14 saves for the shutout.
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IHLC Preview – 2023 World Championship

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The top teams in international hockey will converge on Tampere, Finland and Rīga, Latvia starting this Friday, 12 May, kicking off the premiere event of the global hockey calendar, the 2023 IIHF World Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-2 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 07 May 2023

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🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-2 Czechia 🇨🇿
Czech Hockey Games
Winning Group Arena, Brno 🇨🇿
Sunday, 07 May 2023

BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:29 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Kempný (Smejkal, Chlapík)
05:24 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Beránek, checking from behind major + 20 min. misconduct
06:29 – 🇨🇭 PP GOAL – Haas (Loeffel)
17:31 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Künzle, tripping
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 4-3 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 06 May 2023

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🇨🇿 Czechia 4-3 Sweden 🇸🇪
Czech Hockey Games
Winning Group Arena, Brno 🇨🇿
Saturday, 06 May 2023

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:02 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Kubalík, holding
04:05 – 🇸🇪 PEN – A. Lindholm, tripping
05:05 – 🇸🇪 SH GOAL – Lindberg
06:43 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Persson, tripping
15:07 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Sedlák, roughing
15:07 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Pudas, roughing
15:51 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Košťálek, slashing
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🇵🇱 🇬🇧 Poland, Great Britain Promoted To 2024 World Championship

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The Division IA World Championship tournament in Nottingham, England saw the top two spots for promotion to the 2024 World Championship in Ostrava and Prague, Czechia locked up on the final day of competition, with hosts Great Britain and Poland both clinching their returns to the Top Division.
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🇸🇪 Sweden Victory Clinches 2022-23 Euro Hockey Tour Title

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By virtue of their 3-0 victory over Switzerland to kick off the 2023 Czech Hockey Games in Gothenburg, Sweden, Tre Kronor officially clinched their sixth Euro Hockey Tour title, and second straight, by moving eight points ahead of Finland and Czechia in the tournament table with just two games to go.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 3-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 04 May 2023

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🇸🇪 Sweden 3-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Czech Hockey Games
Scandinavium, Gothenburg 🇸🇪
Thursday, 04 May 2023

BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:56 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Künzle, hooking
05:23 – 🇸🇪 PP GOAL – Raymond (Sandin, Carlsson)
05:44 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Corvi, hooking
08:03 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Li. Johansson, tripping
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 27 Apr 2023

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🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
Euro Hockey Challenge
Winpos Arena, Umeå 🇸🇪
Thursday, 27 April 2023

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:57 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Pakarinen, tripping
18:07 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Rasmussen (Karlkvist, Lindberg)
19:47 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Li. Johansson, slashing
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🇫🇮 Petri Kontiola To Retire Following Ilves Season

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Finnish centre Petri Kontiola, a mainstay in the Leijonat system for two decades, today confirmed his retirement from hockey at the age of 38, following Ilves’ bronze medal victory over HIFK in the Liiga playoffs.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 5-0 Norway 🇳🇴 – 20 Apr 2023

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🇸🇪 Sweden 5-0 Norway 🇳🇴
Euro Hockey Challenge
Östersund Arena, Östersund 🇸🇪
Thursday, 20 April 2023

BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:17 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Johannesson (Sörensen, de la Rose)
19:45 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Lindholm, interference
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🇺🇸 Megan Bozek Announces Retirement At Age 32

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American defender Megan Bozek, a mainstay in both the premier North American women’s pro leagues and the Team USA roster for over a decade, today formally announced her retirement from the sport at the age of 32.
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