🇨🇿 Czechia 7-4 Sweden 🇸🇪
Five Nations Cup
Rocknet Arena, Chomutov 🇨🇿
Saturday, 30 August 2025
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:40 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Žemlička (Klíma, Dravecký)
03:40 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Davidsson
06:09 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Orrsten, tripping
06:19 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Poletín, roughing
06:19 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Sterner, roughing
06:30 – 🇨🇿 PP GOAL – Curran (Benák, Jiříček)
12:27 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Hallquisth, elbowing
18:56 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Stockselius (Ihs-Wozniak)
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🇸🇪 Sweden 5-2 Finland 🇫🇮
Five Nations Cup
Rocknet Arena, Chomutov 🇨🇿
Friday, 29 August 2025
BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:39 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Orpana, tripping
12:00 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Olsson, holding
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🇸🇪 Sweden 3-1 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Five Nations Cup
Rocknet Arena, Chomutov 🇨🇿
Thursday, 28 August 2025
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:39 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Nörringer, tripping
07:09 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Körbler, tripping
10:11 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Olsson, holding
14:24 – 🇨🇭 GOAL – Ustinkov (Mottard, Wey)
18:26 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Giger, slashing
18:29 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Blessing, cross checking
19:13 – 🇸🇪 PP2 GOAL – Ihs-Wozniak (Sjöström, Sterner)
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🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 (OT)
Five Nations Cup
Rocknet Arena, Chomutov 🇨🇿
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:38 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Johnson, cross checking
03:38 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Lopnen, roughing
06:05 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Kopiloff (Orpana, Amhamdi)
10:14 – 🇨🇭 GOAL – Antenen (Haas)
19:48 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Giger, slashing
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The schedule for the 2026 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Zürich and Fribourg, Switzerland, with the host Eisgenossen looking to finally conquer the tournament after consecutive Silver medal finishes, only three months after the conclusion of the 2026 Olympics in Milan.
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Finnish forward Juhamatti Aaltonen, whose two-decade career spanned nearly a dozen teams over six European countries, along with numerous appearances for his native Leijonat, today confirmed his retirement from hockey at age 40, following the 2024-25 season with Jokerit Helsinki.
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🇫🇮 Finland 3-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Junior Summer Showcase
Ridder Arena, Minneapolis 🇺🇸
Saturday, 02 August 2025
The final day of games at the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase were played here today at Ridder Arena. Finland defeated Sweden, 3-1.
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🇸🇪 Sweden 8-4 Canada 🇨🇦
World Junior Summer Showcase
Ridder Arena, Minneapolis 🇺🇸
Friday, 01 August 2025
The penultimate day of games at the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase were played here today at Ridder Arena, as Sweden defeated Canada, 8-4.
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🇸🇪 Sweden 6-3 United States 🇺🇸
World Junior Summer Showcase
Ridder Arena, Minneapolis 🇺🇸
Wednesday, 30 July 2025
The fourth day of games at the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase were played here today at Ridder Arena, as Sweden defeated the U.S. 6-3.
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Josef Černý, the Czech winger whose dominant play led him to amass double digits in Czech league, World Championship and Olympic titles in his playing career from 1956-79, today passed away at the age of 85.
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Journeyman Slovak goaltender Jaroslav Halák, who backstopped seven different NHL teams and the Slovakian national squad for twenty pro seasons, today confirmed his retirement from hockey, two years after his last professional game.
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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 American Independence Day, and in light of Team USA’s first World Championship title in decades, we look back at the last time the Americans were crowned World Champions, at the 1960 Olympics – the aftermath of the original “Miracle On Ice.”
🇺🇸 United States 9-4 Czechoslovakia 🇨🇿
Olympic Medal Round
Blyth Memorial Ice Arena, Olympic Valley 🇺🇸
Sunday, 28 February 1960
The Americans had no time to celebrate (their previous day’s victory over the Soviet Union) because they were scheduled to be on the ice at eight the next morning to face the Czechs for the Gold medal.
Organizers expected the Canada–Soviet Union game to be for the Gold, so the USA-Czech game was scheduled for early Sunday.
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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 Canada Day, we look back at Canada’s unprecedented fourth straight World Juniors medal, captured by the overtime heroics of Matt Halischuk.
🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice 🇨🇿
Saturday, 05 January 2008
Color Canada Gold for a fourth straight year at the IIHF World Junior Championship.
Matt Halischuk jammed the puck into the net at 3:36 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 triumph over Sweden on Saturday in the Gold medal game.
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Pentti Matikainen, the long-time coach of numerous clubs across Finland’s Liiga, as well as a multi-event medalist in leading the Finnish national team, passed away from cancer at the age of 74 in Helsinki.
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The schedule for the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the United States looking to “three-peat” as world champions for the first time in history, looking to do some on home ice in Minnesota, with the Americans hosting the tournament’s fiftieth edition for the first time since 2018.
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The Professional Women’s Hockey League completed its awards distribution for the 2025 season at an awards ceremony in Ottawa, Ontario, with eight IHLC holders representing Canada and the United States taking home trophies following the league’s sophomore season.
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The Hockey Hall Of Fame today announced the newest members that will join as the Class of 2025 on 10 November, with long-time nominee Alexander Mogilny finally getting the call, alongside Jennifer Botterill, Brianna Decker, and first-time nominees Zdeno Chára, Duncan Keith and Joe Thornton, all to join the ranks of the Hall in Toronto.
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Swiss forward Sven Andrighetto, who captured the Swiss National League title, Champions League title and a World Championship Silver medal to cap his 2024-25 season, was today awarded the IIHF’s Male Player Of The Year Award.
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Canadian forward Marie-Philip Poulin, the most decorated Canadian women’s player in history, was today awarded the IIHF’s Female Player Of The Year Award for the 2024-25 season, capping a season in which she led the PWHL in scoring and captured tournament MVP honours at the 2025 Women’s World Championship.
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The Florida Panthers, once among the basement-dwellers of the National Hockey League, today captured their second consecutive Stanley Cup, once again besting the Edmonton Oilers to become the first repeat champions since 2021, clinching victory with a definitive 5-1 win over the Oilers in Game Six of the finals in Sunrise, Florida.
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