With eight months to go until the NHL makes its return to the Winter Olympics after a twelve year absence, the provisional rosters for each of the twelve participating men’s nations were revealed today by each nations’ respective international association, naming six active professionals to each roster that will face off in Milan in February 2026.
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Category Archives: Four Nations Face-Off
🇨🇦 🇫🇮 🇸🇪 🇺🇸 IHLC To Miss Four Nations Face-Off Final
Just as it was uncertain that the IHLC would even be contended at the Four Nations Face-Off to begin with, necessitating a Finland win with less than a week before the tournament began, the IHLC will now be leaving North America, by virtue of Sweden‘s 2-1 round robin final victory over the United States, meaning that the IHLC will not be paired with the Four Nations title.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 2-1 United States 🇺🇸 – 17 Feb 2025
🇸🇪 Sweden 2-1 United States 🇺🇸
Four Nations Face-Off Group Round
TD Garden, Boston 🇺🇸
Monday, 17 February 2025
Although Sweden knew prior to the game that it would not be able to advance to the championship of the Four Nations Face-Off, its players said they would still play with pride against the United States.
And that’s exactly what they did.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-1 Canada 🇨🇦 – 15 Feb 2025
🇺🇸 United States 3-1 Canada 🇨🇦
Four Nations Face-Off Group Round
Centre Bell, Montréal 🇨🇦
Saturday, 15 February 2025
As the enemy in a hostile environment, in front of a pro-Canada sellout crowd, the United States showed the hockey world who is boss.
For now.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 6-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 13 Feb 2025
🇺🇸 United States 6-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Four Nations Face-Off Group Round
Centre Bell, Montréal 🇨🇦
Thursday, 13 February 2025
Brady and Matthew Tkachuk had never played a meaningful hockey game together on the same team before Thursday.
They turned their first into one for the ages.
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World Cup Of Hockey Set To Return In 2028
On the eve of the inaugural (and potentially only) Four Nations Face-Off, the NHL and NHLPA today announced the return of the World Cup Of Hockey, set to debut in February 2028 as a mid-season, rather than preseason, tournament, and recurring every four years thereafter.
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IHLC Preview – 2025 Four Nations Face-Off
For the first time in nearly a decade, the NHL will be presenting a true “best on best” international tournament, but in a smaller format than usual, with teams from Canada, Sweden, Finland and the United States facing off in the inaugural Four Nations Face-Off.
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🇨🇦 🇫🇮 🇸🇪 🇺🇸 IHLC To Be Contended At Four Nations Face-Off
By virtue of a 20-save shutout from Oskari Salminen and a three point game from Julius Nättinen in Stockholm earlier today, the IHLC will officially be brought to the inaugural Four Nations Face-Off next week, as Finland’s win over Czechia guarantees that Finland or Sweden will bring the title across the Atlantic to Montréal.
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🇨🇦 🇫🇮 🇸🇪 🇺🇸 Final Roster Spots Announced For Four Nations Face-Off
The remaining spots for each Four Nations Face-Off roster today were finalized, and the 92 players set to represent Finland, Sweden, Canada and the United States are now set for the tournament in Montréal and Boston that takes place this coming February.
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🇨🇦 🇫🇮 🇸🇪 🇺🇸 Provisional Rosters Named For 2025 Four Nations Face-Off
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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🇨🇦 🇫🇮 🇸🇪 🇺🇸 2025 Four Nations Face-Off Schedule Released
The schedule for the NHL’s mid-season 2025 tournament, the Four Nations Face-Off, was announced today prior to the start of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final, with Boston, United States and Montréal, Canada set to host their respective host nations, along with Sweden and Finland, next February, a tune-up to the NHL’s Olympic return at the 2026 Olympics.
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🇨🇦 🇫🇮 🇸🇪 🇺🇸 NHL Releases Roster Projections For 2025 Four Nations Face-Off
The NHL, who will be staging a “light” version of the World Cup Of Hockey with the Four Nations Face-Off in February 2025, has unveiled its projected lineups for the four national squads partaking next year in Montréal and Boston, speculating on who will wear their nation’s colours for the first best-on-best global tournament since the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
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NHL Announces Participation In 2026 & 2030 Olympics, Debut Of Four Nations Face-Off
At a press conference during the 2024 NHL All-Star Weekend in Toronto, Canada, both NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and IIHF President Luc Tardif announced a number of international hockey developments, including the return of NHL players to the Winter Olympics and a new tournament to debut in February 2025.
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