🇸🇪 Sweden 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria 🇨🇦
Wednesday, 26 December 2018
In the latest installment of hockey’s great Nordic rivalry, Sweden’s potent power play ensured that the 2019 World Juniors didn’t start off on a special note for Finland.
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🇫🇮 Finland 5-2 Canada 🇨🇦
Exhibition Game
Rogers Arena, Vancouver 🇨🇦
Sunday, 23 December 2018
Morgan Frost and Barrett Hayton scored goals, but special-teams doomed Canada’s National Junior Team in a 5-2 loss to Finland in its final pre-tournament game Sunday ahead of the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship.
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🇨🇦 Canada 6-1 Slovakia 🇸🇰
Exhibition Game
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria 🇨🇦
Friday, 21 December 2018
Cody Glass had a goal and two assists for the second game in a row, and Canada’s National Junior Team rode a big first period to a 6-1 win over Slovakia on Friday night ahead of the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship.
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🇨🇦 Canada 5-3 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Exhibition Game
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria 🇨🇦
Wednesday, 19 December 2018
Maxime Comtois scored two goals and set up two others, sending Canada’s National Junior Team to a 5-3 win over Switzerland in its pre-tournament opener Wednesday ahead of the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship.
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🇷🇺 Russia 5-0 Finland 🇫🇮
Channel One Cup
Gazprom Arena, Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺
Sunday, 16 December 2018
In Saint Petersburg, the senior Russian national team took on Finland in the concluding match of the 2018 Channel One Cup match, with the Hockey Classic game taking place at the large Gazprom Arena.
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🇷🇺 Russia 7-2 Czechia 🇨🇿
Channel One Cup
CSKA Arena, Moscow 🇷🇺
Saturday, 15 December 2018
In Moscow, the senior Russian national team took on the Czech Republic in the second match of the 2018 Channel One Cup.
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🇨🇿 Czechia 4-3 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO)
Channel One Cup
Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere 🇫🇮
Thursday, 13 December 2018
BOXSCORE
1st Period
12:29 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Palve, hooking
18:53 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Hakulinen (Virtanen, Rajala)
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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 Finnish Itsenäisyyspäivä (Independence Day), we feature their second World Junior Championship Gold in three years, both won in overtime thrillers, this time by Kasperi Kapanen.
🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 Russia 🇷🇺 (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Hartwall Arena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Tuesday, 05 January 2016
In a tense and thrilling climax to the 2016 World Juniors, Kasperi Kapanen’s overtime winner at 1:33 gave host Finland a 4-3 gold medal victory over Russia.
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🇨🇿 Czechia 5-2 Russia 🇷🇺
Karjala Tournament
Hartwall Arena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Sunday, 11 November 2018
In the concluding match of the 2018 Karjala Cup, the senior Russian national team lost to the Czech Republic 2-5, however the result didn’t prevent our players from winning the competition.
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🇺🇸 United States 5-2 Canada 🇨🇦
Four Nations Cup Gold Medal Game
SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon 🇨🇦
Saturday, 10 November 2018
Hilary Knight scored twice and 10 other U.S. skaters registered points as the U.S. Women’s National Team topped Canada, 5-2, here tonight in Saskatoon to win the 2018 Four Nations Cup.
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🇷🇺 Russia 4-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
Karjala Tournament
Hartwall Arena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Saturday, 10 November 2018
In the second 2018 Karjala Cup match, the senior Russian national team eased past the challenge of Sweden, claiming a confident 4-1 victory to make it two wins in as many games.
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🇺🇸 United States 5-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
Four Nations Cup Preliminary Round
SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon 🇨🇦
Friday, 09 November 2018
Nine different U.S. skaters registered points as the U.S. Women’s National Team defeated Sweden, 5-1, here tonight in its final preliminary round game of the 2018 Four Nations Cup at SaskTel Centre.
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🇸🇪 Sweden 3-2 Czechia 🇨🇿
Karjala Tournament
Tipsport Arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Thursday, 08 November 2018
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:34 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Arnesson, cross checking
08:30 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Lilja (Larsson)
10:31 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Doudera (Kubalík)
10:54 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Krejčík, tripping
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🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Canada 🇨🇦
Four Nations Cup Preliminary Round
SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon 🇨🇦
Wednesday, 07 November 2018
Sydney Brodt scored the game-winner with 1:38 remaining in the third period to lift the U.S. Women’s National Team over Canada, 2-1, here tonight in its second preliminary round game of the 2018 Four Nations Cup at SaskTel Centre.
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🇺🇸 United States 5-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Four Nations Cup Preliminary Round
SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon 🇨🇦
Tuesday, 06 November 2018
The U.S. Women’s National Team scored five unanswered goals in the second period and 11 players registered points to power the U.S. past Finland, 5-1, here today in the opening game of the 2018 Four Nations Cup at SaskTel Centre.
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Swiss defensive forward Morris Trachsler, a staple in both the Swiss National League A and on the Swiss national team since 2003, announced his retirement after spending last season with EHC Kloten, leaving the game at the age of 34.
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René Fasel, the president of the International Ice Hockey Federation since 1994, has announced he will not be seeking re-election for a fifth consecutive term as IIHF President, where a successor will be named in 2020.
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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 Czech Independence Day, we feature their third consecutive World Championship Gold from 2001, capping off an unprecedented half-decade of international hockey success.
🇨🇿 Czechia 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 (OT)
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Preussag Arena, Hanover 🇩🇪
Sunday, 13 May 2001
The Czech Republic won its first IIHF World Championship as a new nation in 1996. This started an era of unprecedented success in Czech hockey history. The 1996 gold medal game against Canada was decided after Martin Procházka scored the winner with 19 seconds left to play of a 4-2 victory. Two years later, the Dominik Hašek-led Czechs won their first Olympic gold after the Dominator stunned all five Canadian shooters in a shootout in the semi-final and blanked Russia 1-0 in the final.
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Swedish defender Henrik Tallinder, whose career spanned over 20 years in the NHL, Swedish, Swiss and Finnish leagues, today announced his retirement from TPS of the Finnish Liiga, four years removed from his last game in both the NHL and with Tre Kronor.
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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 German Unity Day, we feature Germany’s shocking upset over Canada at February’s PyeongChang Olympics, thrusting Träger der Adler into their first ever Gold Medal Game.
🇩🇪 Germany 4-3 Canada 🇨🇦
Olympic Semifinal
Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung 🇰🇷
Friday, 23 February 2018
Germany has defeated Canada for the first time in Olympic hockey history after suffering 15 straight losses dating back to 1932 (including East and West).
The reward for this historic victory is a more historic opportunity to play the Olympic Athletes from Russia for the gold medal for the first time.
It’s improbable, implausible…but no longer impossible.
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