Thomas Vanek, the most decorated Austrian hockey player in history, today announced his retirement at age 36 after not being claimed during the 2020 NHL Trade Deadline, ending his 15 year professional career with stops in eight cities.
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๐บ๐ธ ๐ท๐บ IHLC Classics: The Miracle On Ice
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, we celebrate the 40th anniversary of perhaps the most historic game in international hockey, “The Miracle on Ice.”
๐บ๐ธ United States 4-3 Soviet Union ๐ท๐บ
Olympic Medalย Round
Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid ๐บ๐ธ
Friday, 22 February 1980
The Olympic Fieldhouse in Lake Placid, New York, hardly seemed like the place where hockey history could be made, but on one afternoon in 1980, the greatest moment in international hockey took place. It was a moment that transformed the game in one country and, over time, around the world.
It was a moment that came to define Olympic success. It was a moment that came to inspire dreams. After 22 February 1980, anything was possible.
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๐ฉ๐ช Marcel Goc Announces Retirement From Adler Mannheim
Marcel Goc, the longtime centre who was part of the first wave of German NHL stars during his NHL career from 2004-15, announced his retirement from Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, capping a 22 season pro hockey career.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 4-3 Russia ๐ท๐บ (SO) โ 09 Feb 2020
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 4-3 Russia ๐ท๐บ (SO)
Beijer Hockey Games
Ericsson Globe, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Sunday, 09 February 2020
BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:03 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – team, delay of game
11:24 – ๐ท๐บ PP GOAL – Kayumov (Zernov, Golyshev)
12:45 – ๐ท๐บ PEN – Sergeyev, cross checking
17:11 – ๐ท๐บ PEN – Mironov, checking from behind minor + 10 min. misconduct
19:14 – ๐จ๐ฟ GOAL – Flek (Hyka, ล ulรกk)
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 4-3 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT) – 08 Feb 2020
๐บ๐ธ United States 4-3 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT)
Rivalry Series, Game 5
Honda Center, Anaheim ๐บ๐ธ
Saturday, 08 February 2020
Megan Bozek scored on the power play 42 seconds into overtime to lift the U.S. Women’s National Team to a thrilling 4-3 victory over Canada in the final game of the 2019-20 Rivalry Series before a record-breaking crowd here tonight at Honda Center.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ โ 08 Feb 2020
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Beijer Hockey Games
Ericsson Globe, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Saturday, 08 February 2020
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:55 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Klok, high sticking
03:53 – ๐จ๐ฟ SH GOAL – Horรกk
10:00 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL – Karjalainen (Junttila, Salo)
14:46 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Seppรคlรค, holding
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-0 Russia ๐ท๐บ โ 06 Feb 2020
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-0 Russia ๐ท๐บ
Beijer Hockey Games
Helsingin jรครคhalli, Helsinki ๐ซ๐ฎ
Thursday, 06 February 2020
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:37 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL – Pulkkinen
05:43 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL –ย Nรคttinen (Koivisto)
06:54 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL –ย Junttila (Vittasmรคki, Karjalainen)
10:15 – ๐ท๐บ PEN – Svetlakov, tripping
17:35 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Pulkkinen, tripping
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๐ท๐บ Alexander Skvortsov: 1954-2020
Alexander Skvortsov, a Soviet winger part of the Red Army juggernaut that dominated international hockey throughout the late 1970’s and 1980’s, passed away in Moscow on 04 February at the age of 65.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 3-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ – 05 Feb 2020
๐บ๐ธ United States 3-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Rivalry Series, Game 4
Rogers Arena, Vancouver ๐จ๐ฆ
Wednesday, 05 February 2020
The U.S. Womenโs National Team used a pair of third period goals on the way to a 3-1 victory over Canada in game four of the 2019-20 Rivalry Series here tonight at Rogers Arena.
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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2020 Inductees
The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2020, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Zรผrich, Switzerland, with two native Swiss players highlighting the class, as the IIHF will induct Ryan Smyth, Alexei Yashin, Kimmo Timonen and countrymen Mark Streit and Mathias Seger to the Hall.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT) – 03 Feb 2020
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT)
Rivalry Series, Game 3
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria ๐จ๐ฆ
Monday, 03 February 2020
Brigette Lacquette tied it on the power play with 6:48 left and Victoria Bach won it 3:22 into overtime, giving Canadaโs National Womenโs Team a 3-2 extra-time victory over the United States in Game 3 of the Rivalry Series on Monday night.
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๐จ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ธ Canada, United States Face Off In 3-On-3 Women’s Tournament At NHL All-Star Weekend
The top female players from around the world today convened to take over the NHL All-Star Skills Competition in St. Louis, taking part in a Canada vs. USA 3-on-3 game in front of a packed crowd at Enterprise Center in advance of their upcoming Rivalry Series and the 2020 Women’s World Championship.
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๐ธ๐ช Jimmie Ericsson Announces Retirement Following Failed Achilles Rehab
Swedish winger Jimmie Ericsson, a longtime member ofย Tre Kronorย and a standout in the Swedish Hockey League, today announced that after failing to rehab an injured Achilles tendon, he would retire from hockey at the age of 39.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-3 Russia ๐ท๐บ โ 05 Jan 2020
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-3 Russia ๐ท๐บ
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Ostravar Arรฉna, Ostrava ๐จ๐ฟ
Sunday, 05 January 2020
Akil Thomas chased down a loose puck just as he and it got to the top of the goal crease. He managed to backhand the puck in the far side as he fell, breaking a 3-3 tie at 16:02 and giving Canada a dramatic come-from-behind victory in another classic Canada-Russia Gold medal game at the World Juniors.
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๐ฐ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐น Kazakhstan Relegated, Austria Promoted From World Junior Championship
After managing to force a third and decisive final game in their relegation series, Kazakhstan today was dispatched by Germany to be relegated to Division IA in 2021, returning to the lower division after a two-year stay in the Top Division.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-0 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ โ 04 Jan 2020
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-0 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
World Junior Championship Semifinal
Ostravar Arรฉna, Ostrava ๐จ๐ฟ
Saturday, 04 January 2020
Canada defeated the team that beat it last year at the U20, and now it will face the team that handed it its worst loss in U20 history, a 6-0 pasting just last week. Will vengeance be theirs, or will Russia continue its roll this year?
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๐จ๐ฆ Bailey Bram Retires From Team Canada After 100 Games
Canadian forward Bailey Bram, who saw her 13-year career take her from the NCAA to CWHL, Swedish league and top levels of international hockey, today announced her retirement from hockey at the age of 29.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 1-0 United States ๐บ๐ธ โ 02 Jan 2020
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 1-0 United States ๐บ๐ธ
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
Werk Arena, Tลinec ๐จ๐ฟ
Thursday, 02 January 2020
The defending champs are still rolling. Joonas Oden scored in the third period to give Finland a 1-0 win over the U.S. and a berth in the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship semi-finals.
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IHLC 2019 In Review โ Junior
The International Hockey Lineal Championship saw seven different champions hold the belt over the course of 21 games in 2019, including the end of the 2019 World Juniors and the start of the subsequent 2020 tournament.
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IHLC 2019 In Review – Men’s
The International Hockey Lineal Championship this year stayed within the confines of the Euro Hockey Tour, with only Russia, Czechia, Sweden and Finland holding the title over the course of 28 games throughout 2019.
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