Category Archives: Euro Hockey Challenge

🇫🇮 Juhamatti Aaltonen Announces Retirement At 40

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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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🇨🇭 King Of The Worlds: Andres Ambühl Formally Retires At 41

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Swiss forward Andres Ambühl, the six-time Swiss champion and all-time leader in IIHF World Championship tournaments and games played, today played his 151st and final World Championship game following Switzerland’s Gold Medal overtime loss, formalizing his retirement from the sport at the age of 41 after a two decade-plus professional career.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 3-0 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 25 Apr 2025

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🇫🇮 Finland 3-0 Sweden 🇸🇪
Euro Hockey Challenge
Hämeenlinnan jäähalli, Hämeenlinna 🇫🇮
Friday, 25 April 2025

BOXSCORE
1st Period
13:50 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Merelä (Järvinen, Pesonen)
18:28 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Leino, roughing
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-0 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 24 Apr 2025

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🇫🇮 Finland 5-0 Sweden 🇸🇪
Euro Hockey Challenge
Kivikylän Areena, Rauma 🇫🇮
Thursday, 24 April 2025

BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:27 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Merelä (Järvinen, Virtanen)
01:41 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Lindberg, holding
02:58 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Hämeenaho, high sticking
04:02 – 🇸🇪 PEN – team, too many players
12:35 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Pulli, tripping
17:05 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Lindberg, kneeing
18:28 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Leppänen (Kiiskinen, Puistola)
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🇨🇦 🇫🇮 🇸🇪 🇺🇸 Provisional Rosters Named For 2025 Four Nations Face-Off

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With eight months to go until the NHL debuts the Four Nations Face-Off tournament, the provisional rosters for each participating nation (Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States) were revealed today by the NHL and each nations’ respective international association, naming six active professionals to each roster.
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IHLC 2023 In Review – Men’s

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The 2023 international men’s hockey calendar was one full of surprises, with the emergence of competing Cinderella stories at the 2023 World Championship that captivating the hockey world, before a familiar face emerged as world champions once again.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 27 Apr 2023

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🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
Euro Hockey Challenge
Winpos Arena, Umeå 🇸🇪
Thursday, 27 April 2023

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:57 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Pakarinen, tripping
18:07 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Rasmussen (Karlkvist, Lindberg)
19:47 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Li. Johansson, slashing
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 5-0 Norway 🇳🇴 – 20 Apr 2023

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🇸🇪 Sweden 5-0 Norway 🇳🇴
Euro Hockey Challenge
Östersund Arena, Östersund 🇸🇪
Thursday, 20 April 2023

BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:17 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Johannesson (Sörensen, de la Rose)
19:45 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Lindholm, interference
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 4-3 Norway 🇳🇴 (OT) – 19 Apr 2023

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🇸🇪 Sweden 4-3 Norway 🇳🇴 (OT)
Euro Hockey Challenge
Östersund Arena, Östersund 🇸🇪
Wednesday, 19 April 2023

BOXSCORE
1st Period
06:35 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Johannesson (Sylvegård)
14:30 – 🇳🇴 PEN – Steen, hooking
14:33 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Everberg, tripping
15:47 – 🇳🇴 GOAL – Olimb (Krogdahl, Øby-Olsen)
16:20 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Brännström (Lang)
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 4-2 Denmark 🇩🇰 – 12 Apr 2023

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🇸🇪 Sweden 4-2 Denmark 🇩🇰
Euro Hockey Challenge
Frøs Arena, Vojens 🇩🇰
Wednesday, 12 April 2023

BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:59 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Sylvegård (Nyström)
06:25 – 🇩🇰 PEN – Green, tripping
16:37 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Lang, interference
18:34 – 🇩🇰 PP GOAL – N. Andersen (O. Larsen)
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🇨🇿 Ondřej Němec Retires From Pro Hockey At 38

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Czech journeyman defender Ondřej Němec, a mainstay of both the Czech Extraliga and national teams, today confirmed his retirement from the sport, finishing his final pro season captaining VHK Vsetín of the Czech second division.
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IHLC 2022 In Review – Men’s

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The international hockey season saw a relative return to normal 2022, with both the Olympics and World Championships taking place amidst a pandemic, political turmoil, and a number of major swings in the balance of global hockey power.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-2 Austria 🇦🇹 – 30 Apr 2022

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🇫🇮 Finland 4-2 Austria 🇦🇹
Czech Hockey Games
Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava 🇨🇿
Saturday, 30 April 2022

BOXSCORE
1st Period
12:00 – 🇦🇹 PEN – Hackl, hooking
13:27 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Innala (Aaltonen, Lehtonen)
15:22 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Pesonen (Sallinen)
18:42 – 🇦🇹 PEN – Kragl, holding
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Czechia 🇨🇿 (SO) – 28 Apr 2022

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🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Czechia 🇨🇿 (SO)
Czech Hockey Games
Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava 🇨🇿
Thursday, 28 April 2022

BOXSCORE
1st Period
05:28 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Pesonen, high sticking double minor
13:56 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Budík, holding
15:20 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Hartikainen (Manninen)
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 6-2 Norway 🇳🇴 – 21 Apr 2022

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🇫🇮 Finland 6-2 Norway 🇳🇴
Euro Hockey Challenge
Mehtimäen jäähalli, Joensuu 🇫🇮
Thursday, 21 April 2022

BOXSCORE
1st Period
09:56 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Aaltonen, slashing
11:56 – 🇳🇴 GOAL – Jakobsson (K. Olimb, Johannesen)
12:50 – 🇳🇴 PEN – Lilleberg, hooking
14:57 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Rajala (Filppula, Innala)
18:15 – 🇳🇴 PEN – K. Olimb, slashing
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