๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 1-0 Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ
World Championship Preliminary Round
Elektrum Olimpiskais centrs, Rฤซga ๐ฑ๐ป
Sunday, 23 May 2021
A night after opening the tournament with a 5-2 win over the Czech Republic, Switzerland shut out Denmark 1-0 to move into a three-way tie with Russia and Slovakia atop Group A with six points each.
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๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 5-2 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
World Championship Preliminary Round
Elektrum Olimpiskais centrs, Rฤซga ๐ฑ๐ป
Saturday, 22 May 2021
Switzerland broke a 1-1 tie with two goals in the second period en route to an impressive 5-2 win over the Czech Republic. Ten years ago, five years ago, you might have called this an upset, but that is no longer the case.
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Finnish forward Jussi Jokinen, a journeyman forward in the professional ranks who was a constant on the Leijonat roster, today announced his retirement following the end of the Liiga season, capping a 21 year professional career across eleven teams in four countries.
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American defender Kacey Bellamy, one of the most decorated medallists in American hockey history, today announced her retirement from hockey at the age of 34, leaving the sport behind with a staggering 23 medals to her name.
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After a year away during one of the most tumultuous years in human history, with a pandemic and political strife seeing a year-long delay and a change in venue, the international hockey calendar sees some sense of normalcy return with the resurgence of the IIHF World Championship, set to take place this year in Rฤซga, Latvia.
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Swedish winger Dick Axelsson, a domestic star with two Elitserien titles and a World Championship Gold Medal to boot, today announced his retirement from the spot at the age of 34 following his third pro season with Djurgรฅrdens IF.
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๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 2-1 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป
Euro Hockey Challenge
Elektrum Olimpiskais centrs, Rฤซga ๐ฑ๐ป
Saturday, 15 May 2021
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:55 – ๐จ๐ญ GOAL – Simion (Hofmann)
01:58 – ๐ฑ๐ป PEN – Meija, interference
13:49 – ๐จ๐ญ PEN – Alatalo, interference
16:29 – ๐จ๐ญ PEN – Untersander, slashing
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๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 3-0 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป
Euro Hockey Challenge
Arฤna Rฤซga, Rฤซga ๐ฑ๐ป
Friday, 14 May 2021
BOXSCORE
1st Period
08:19 – ๐จ๐ญ GOAL – Simion (Corvi)
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Swedish defender Johanna Olofsson, a member of the national team for the past eleven years and a two-time Swedish champion, announced her retirement from hockey at the age of 29, following her second Swedish Cup championship.
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๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 1-0 Russia ๐ท๐บ
Euro Hockey Challenge
Tissot Arena, Biel ๐จ๐ญ
Saturday, 01 May 2021
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:24 – ๐จ๐ญ PEN – Fora, holding
12:24 – ๐จ๐ญ PEN – Frick, tripping
13:21 – ๐ท๐บ PEN – Kraskovski, slashing
18:16 – ๐ท๐บ PEN – Dronov, high sticking
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Just nine days after the Nova Scotia government announced the 2021 IIHF Women’s World Championship would be cancelled due to a spike in COVID-19 cases in the province, the IIHF announced tentative rescheduled dates for the tournament later in summer 2021.
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๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 3-1 Russia ๐ท๐บ
Euro Hockey Challenge
Tissot Arena, Biel ๐จ๐ญ
Friday, 30 April 2021
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:57 – ๐ท๐บ PEN – K. Marchenko, slashing
04:17 – ๐จ๐ญ PEN – Bertschy, interference
16:43 – ๐จ๐ญ GOAL – Mottet (Fuchs)
17:52 – ๐จ๐ญ PEN – Herzog, tripping
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Czech winger Jaroslav Bednรกล, a part of the Czech Extraliga and Narodnitym since 1994, announced his retirement from pro hockey following HC Slavia Praha’s elimination from the Chance Liga playoffs at the age of 44, ending a remarkable 27 season career played across the globe.
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American goaltender Ryan Miller, whose nearly 20 season career set a number of records for U.S.-born goaltenders, today announced he will retire from the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks at the end of this current season, at the age of 40.
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On the backs of a lone goal from Cup MVP Sergei Tolchinski, and a shutout from ล imon Hrubec, Avangard Omsk defeated CSKA Moscow 1-0 to complete their Gagarin Cup series victory in six games, capturing their first ever KHL championship.
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๐ท๐บ Russia 2-0 Belarus ๐ง๐พ
Euro Hockey Challenge
VTB Arena, Moscow ๐ท๐บ
Saturday, 24 April 2021
In the second of two 2020-21 Euro Hockey Challenge duels between the nations, the Russian Olympic national team proved too strong for Belarus, earning a confident 2-0 victory at the VTB Arena in Moscow.
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๐ท๐บ Russia 6-3 Belarus ๐ง๐พ
Euro Hockey Challenge
VTB Arena, Moscow ๐ท๐บ
Friday, 23 April 2021
In the first of two scheduled 2020-21 Euro Hockey Challenge matches between the two nations, the senior Russian national team managed to defeat Belarus at the VTB Arena in Moscow, beating the visitors 6-3 in an entertaining duel.
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With just over two weeks before the IIHF Women’s World Championship was set to begin in Halifax and Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, following a year delay, the IIHF today announced the tournament in Nova Scotia would be cancelled after failing to reach an agreement with federal and provincial government health authorities. The IIHF will instead look to reschedule the tournament for later in the summer of 2021 at an alternate location.
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Russian forward Viktor Shuvalov, the sole surviving member of the historic Soviet 1954 World Championship and 1956 Olympic teams, today passed away from COVID-19 complications in Moscow at the age of 97.
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After having to delay for a year following the 2019-20 outbreak of the COVID-19 virus across the world, and delaying another month to meet Canadian quarantine protocols, today the IIHF announced the schedule for the 2021 IIHF Women’s World Championship in Halifax and Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, who will host after postponing the 2020 edition of the tournament.
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