Canadian goaltender Charline Labonté today announced her retirement from both the Canadian national team and the Montréal Canadiennes, capping a nearly 20 year career where she won four Olympic Gold Medals, two World Championships and a Clarkson Cup.
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🇨🇦 🇷🇺 IHLC Classics: Gretzky To Lemieux
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, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 1987 Canada Cup, we highlight the third game of the Cup finals, one of the most historic showdowns between the Soviet Union and Canada in history.
🇨🇦 Canada 6-5 Soviet Union 🇷🇺
Canada Cup Final, Game 3
Copps Coliseum, Hamilton 🇨🇦
Tuesday, 15 September 1987
Although the history of hockey has many touchstones for any ideal of greatness, there was arguably no finer hockey ever played than in the best-of-three finals of the 1987 Canada Cup between the host nation and the Soviet Union. Of course, there have been other exceptional moments in the game.
But 1987 had it all. It featured games in the modern era, where every minute of every game could be captured on film and appreciated time and again and compared to other great modern moments; it had familiar players; it had late-game heroics; and, most of all, it featured a pure level of skill that has never been matched before or since.
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🇷🇺 🇨🇦 IHLC Classics: The Red Army Shocks The World
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, to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series, we feature the opening game of the tournament, a stunning Soviet victory in Montréal.
🇷🇺 Soviet Union 7-3 Canada 🇨🇦
Summit Series, Game 1
Forum de Montréal, Montréal 🇨🇦
Saturday, 02 September 1972
The withdrawal of Canada from international hockey in 1970 was the result of an increasingly bitter feud between that country and other top European countries, notably the Soviet Union. Canada had long believed that Iron Curtain countries used professional players in World Championship and Olympic competition because their players did nothing but play hockey eleven months of the year.
The withdrawal, though, did have one benefit—it produced the Summit Series in September 1972, an eight-game showdown between Canada’s professionals from the NHL and the best from the Soviet Union (essentially their World Championship / Olympic team).
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🇨🇦 Shane Doan Announces Retirement From Coyotes Organization
Arizona Coyotes forward Shane Doan, a mainstay of the organization for over 20 years since their days in Winnipeg, today announced his retirement after being released from the team, putting an end to his historic 21-year career in the league.
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🇺🇦 Ukrainian Players Caught Up In Division IA Bribery Scandal
A bribery scandal has struck the hockey world, with news coming from Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat that two Ukrainian players were caught accepting bribes to throw the 2017 World Championship Division IA, which clinched Korea their first promotion in history to the 2018 World Championships, putting the legitimacy of their win, along with Korea’s future, in potential doubt.
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2017-18 Euro Hockey Tour Schedule Released
The full schedule for the 2017-18 Euro Hockey Tour has been announced, the highlights being the moving of the Sweden Hockey Games to April (due to this year’s Olympics in February), and the addition of teams from Canada, Switzerland and Korea, all preparing for the Games in PyeongChang.
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🇸🇰 Ján Lašák Announces Retirement From Bílí Tygři Liberec
Netminder Ján Lašák, a mainstay in the net for Slovakia for nearly two decades, announced his retirement from pro hockey, instead opting to help overhaul a Slovak Hockey Association heading in a new direction under the leadership of former teammate and national team GM Miroslav Šatan.
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2018 World Championship Schedule Released
The IIHF has released the full schedule for the 2018 World Championship in Copenhagen and Herning, Denmark, with defending champions Sweden opening the tournament against Belarus, while hosts Denmark open the tournament against Germany on opening day.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 7-5 Canada 🇨🇦 – 05 Aug 2017
🇺🇸 United States 7-5 Canada 🇨🇦
World Junior Summer Showcase
USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth 🇺🇸
Saturday, 05 August 2017
Joey Anderson netted a hat trick and Adam Fox registered five points as the U.S topped Canada, 7-5, in the final game of the 2017 World Junior Summer Showcase.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 4-3 Finland 🇫🇮 – 04 Aug 2017
🇺🇸 United States 4-3 Finland 🇫🇮
World Junior Summer Showcase
USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth 🇺🇸
Friday, 04 August 2017
Adam Fox scored twice and David Farrance netted the game-winner with 6:10 to play as Team USA erased a two-goal deficit to beat Finland, 4-3, here tonight at the 2017 World Junior Summer Showcase at USA Hockey Arena.
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🇨🇦 Mike Fisher Retires As Predators Captain
Canadian forward Mike Fisher, who captained the Nashville Predators to within two games of a Stanley Cup, announced his retirement from professional hockey after an 18 year career.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 02 Aug 2017
🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Junior Summer Showcase
USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth 🇺🇸
Wednesday, 02 August 2017
Three different U.S. players scored and both Logan Brown and Casey Mittelstadt had multi-point games for the second-straight night as Team USA earned a 3-2 victory over Sweden here today at the World Junior Summer Showcase.
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2018 Euro Hockey Challenge Schedule Confirmed
The Euro Hockey Challenge will return in the lead-up to the 2018 World Championships this season, with yet another scheduling reformat thanks to the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, with national teams fine-tuning their rosters before heading to Copenhagen and Herning.
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2018 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship in Buffalo, New York is highlighted by the first ever outdoor game in IIHF competition, a tilt between defending champs Team USA and their cross-border rivals, Canada, on 29 December, at New Era Field in nearby Orchard Park.
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Introducing…The World Junior IHLC!
In the heat of a quiet, hockey-free summer, we are proud to introduce the next iteration of the International Hockey Lineal Championship – the Junior IHLC!
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🇨🇿 František Ševčík: 1942-2017
Czech star forward František Ševčík, an integral part of the 1960’s teams that went toe-to-toe with the juggernaut Soviet Union, died today in Brno at the age of 75.
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🇺🇸 🇫🇮 IHLC Classics: The Impossible Dream Comes True
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, to celebrate Independence Day in the United States, we feature the finale of the 1980 Lake Placid Games, Team USA’s post-Miracle victory to clinch Olympic Gold on home ice.
🇺🇸 United States 4-2 Finland 🇫🇮
Olympic Medal Round
Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid 🇺🇸
Sunday, 24 February 1980
It was a Sunday morning 30 years ago today.
You didn’t have to be a hockey fan to want to tune your television set to ABC at 11 a.m. You didn’t even have to be a sports fan, for that matter. If you were an American who wanted to see something magical and inspiring, you made an appointment with your TV that morning because you knew that the greatest of all underdogs had a chance to do something remarkable in the tiny village of Lake Placid, NY.
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🇨🇦 🇸🇪 IHLC Classics: Canada Makes It Two In Torino
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, to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday, we shine a light on Canada’s 2006 women’s Olympic Gold victory, Canada’s second of four (and counting) Olympic titles.
🇨🇦 Canada 4-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
Olympic Gold Medal Game
Palasport Olimpico, Turin 🇮🇹
Monday, 20 February 2006
Canada won their second consecutive Olympic women’s ice hockey gold with a 4-1 win over Sweden in Turin on Monday.
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Hockey Hall Of Fame Announces 2017 Class
The Hockey Hall Of Fame today announced the newest members that will join as the Class of 2017 on 13 November, with Teemu Selänne, Paul Kariya, Mark Recchi, Dave Andreychuk and Danielle Goyette entering the Hall, bringing their professional and international accolades (along with their International Hockey Lineal Championship reigns) to Toronto.
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🇸🇪 Nils Nilsson: 1936-2017
Swedish hockey giant Nils Nilsson, one of the first true superstars of the Tre Kronor, died today in Sweden after an illness at the age of 81.
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