The schedule for the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, returning to the originally planned hosts of Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, which was set for the 2021 tournament but instead played in a quarantine bubble only in Edmonton, in front of no fans.
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π¨πΏ π¨π¦ IHLC Classics: ProchΓ‘zka’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.
π¨πΏ Czechia 4-2 Canada π¨π¦
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna π¦πΉ
Sunday, 05 May 1996
Patera, ProchΓ‘zka…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 – π¨π¦ Canada 3-2 United States πΊπΈ – 25 Oct 2021
π¨π¦ Canada 3-2 United States πΊπΈ
Rivalry Series, Game 2
XL Center, Hartford πΊπΈ
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 – π¨π¦ Canada 3-1 United States πΊπΈ – 22 Oct 2021
π¨π¦ Canada 3-1 United States πΊπΈ
Rivalry Series, Game 1
PPL Center, Allentown πΊπΈ
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 womenβs 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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π«π·π¨π Tardif Named New IIHF President, Fasel Inducted To IIHF Hall Of Fame
After a four-round vote to replace IIHF President RenΓ© Fasel after a 27-year term, Luc Tardif Sr. today was voted in as new President of the International Ice Hockey Federation, following stints as IIHF Treasurer and President of the French Ice Hockey Federation.
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π¨π³ 2022 Men’s Olympic Hockey Schedule Released
The IIHF today released the schedule for the men’s tournament at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, with the tournament beginning on Wednesday, 09 February, with defending champions the Russian Olympic Committee starting their title defence on the opening day, in the first tournament since 2014 to feature NHL players on Olympic rosters.
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π¨π³ 2022 Women’s Olympic Hockey Schedule Released
The schedule for the women’s tournament at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, China were released by the IIHF today, kicking off hockey at the Olympics on Thursday, 03 February.
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IIHF Congress Approves Women’s World Championships In Olympic Years
After over twenty years of not holding the IIHF Women’s World Championship in years when the Olympics are taking place, today the IIHF Congress voted to allow for both tournaments to be held the same calendar year every four years, with the tournament moving from April to August in Olympic years, starting in 2022.
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π¨πΏ Czech Goaltender Jakub KovΓ‘Ε Retires At Age 33
Citing health reasons for his early retirement, Czech goaltender Jakub KovΓ‘Ε today announced he was leaving KHL club Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg after just one start in the 2021-22 KHL season, ending his professional career.
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π¨πΏ Ladislav Lubina: 1967-2021
Ladislav Lubina, the Czech winger who captured a number of medals for the Narodnitym throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s, today sadly passed away from brain cancer at the age of 54.
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πΊπΈ American Forward David Backes Retires As Blue At Age 37
American forward David Backes, who has seen limited playing time over the past two seasons due to recurring injuries, today officially signed with St. Louis for a day to retire as a Blue, ending his career at the age of 37.
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π¨π³ NHL, IIHF Reach Agreement On 2022 Olympic Participation
After the NHL and NHL Player’s Association came to an agreement last summer to participate at both the 2022 and 2026 Olympics, pending negotiations with the International Olympic Committee and IIHF, today it was announced that NHL players will in fact participate at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, marking their return to the Games after skipping the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics.
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IHLC Results – π¨π¦ Canada 3-2 United States πΊπΈ (OT) – 31 Aug 2021
π¨π¦ Canada 3-2 United States πΊπΈ (OT)
Womenβs World Championship Gold Medal Game
WinSport Arena, Calgary π¨π¦
Tuesday, 31 August 2021
Marie-Philip Poulin scored the golden goal at 7:22 of the first overtime period to give Canada a 3-2 win over the United States. It was Canada’s first Gold medal at the IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship since 2012 and ended a run of five in a row for their adversaries.
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IHLC Results – π¨π¦ Canada 4-0 Switzerland π¨π – 30 Aug 2021
π¨π¦ Canada 4-0 Switzerland π¨π
Womenβs World Championship Semifinal
WinSport Arena, Calgary π¨π¦
Monday, 30 August 2021
Canada did exactly what it had to do tonight against Switzerland and skated to a dominating 4-0 win to advance to the Women’s Worlds Gold medal game against the United States tomorrow night for the first time since 2017.
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πΈπ° π±π» π©π° Slovakia, Latvia, Denmark Clinch Final Beijing 2022 Men’s Olympic Qualifying Spots
After nearly two year of Olympic qualifiers that began in Luxembourg and China in November 2019, four rounds of play, 36 teams competing and a global pandemic in between, came to a conclusion today for the final three spots in Beijing, with the spots being clinched locked up by Slovakia, Latvia and Denmark for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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IHLC Results – π¨π¦ Canada 7-0 Germany π©πͺ – 28 Aug 2021
π¨π¦ Canada 7-0 Germany π©πͺ
Womenβs World Championship Quarterfinal
WinSport Arena, Calgary π¨π¦
Saturday, 28 August 2021
Canada defeated Germany tonight by a 7-0 score to advance to the semi-finals on Monday. They will play either Switzerland or Czechia, depending on the outcome of the final game tonight. With the loss, Germany will head to the 5th-8th placement games grouping which begins tomorrow.
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π·πΊ Vladimir Shadrin: 1948-2021
Vladimir Shadrin, the Russian centreman who starred on some of the most powerful Soviet squads of the 1970’s, today passed away in Moscow from COVID-19 complications at the age of 73.
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IHLC Results – π¨π¦ Canada 5-1 United States πΊπΈ – 26 Aug 2021
π¨π¦ Canada 5-1 United States πΊπΈ
Womenβs World Championship Preliminary Round
WinSport Arena, Calgary π¨π¦
Thursday, 26 August 2021
Canada scored early and often and defeated the United States emphatically, 5-1, to claim first place in Group A. They did it without their captain, Marie-Philip Poulin, but Jamie Lee Rattray stepped up and contributed two goals in the win.
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π¨π Swiss Defender Severin Blindenbacher Announces Retirement At 38
Swiss defender Severin Blindenbacher, a mainstay on the Eisgenossen blueline for over a decade, today announced his retirement from the ZSC Lions at age 38.
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