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IHLC Preview – 2026 World Junior Championship

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The eyes of the hockey world are looking just beyond the holiday season, with Boxing Day marking the kickoff of the fiftieth annual IIHF World Junior Championship, this time being hosted by the defending champion Americans in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, with the home team looking to “three-peat” for the first time in history.
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🇫🇮 IIHF Names Tampere & Turku As 2028 World Junior Championship Host

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Today the International Ice Hockey Federation announced that hosting rights for the 2028 World Juniors have been awarded to Tampere and Turku, Finland, with the tournament set to begin on 26 December 2027.
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🇳🇴 Norway Promoted To World Junior Top Division In 2027

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After a two-year stint in Division IA, Norway will be returning to the World Junior Championship Top Division, thanks to a late Kazakh comeback victory over Austria, locking up their spot in the Top Division even before their final match against hosts Slovenia at the Division IA tournament in Bled.
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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2026 Inductees

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The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2026, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Zürich, with six players from four different nationalities highlighting the class.
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🇨🇭 Surgery Forces Simon Moser Into Retirement At 36

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Swiss forward Simon Moser, a mainstay of both the Swiss National League and national team, confirmed that he would be forced to retire from hockey at age 36, following a career-ending surgery, capping a two-decade plus career highlighted by a pair of World Championship Silver medals.
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🇨🇦 🇷🇺 🇸🇰 🇺🇸 Hockey Hall Of Fame Inducts Class Of 2025

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The Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their 2025 Class, inducting six legendary players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.
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IIHF Confirms Women’s World Championships Moving To November As Of 2026

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At today’s IIHF Semi-Annual Congress in Nice, France, it was confirmed that the 2026 Women’s World Championships would be hosted by Denmark, but more consequentially would be held in November, confirmed to be a permanent shift in moving the typical spring tournament to early November going forward, just prior to the start of the Professional Women’s Hockey League pro seasons.
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🇫🇮 Juuso Hietanen Announces Retirement From Hockey At 40

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Finnish defender Juuso Hietanen confirmed his retirement from hockey at the age of 40, following a 20-plus year pro career spanned across Finland, Sweden, Russia and Switzerland, highlighted by being a backstop of Finland’s historic “Golden double” in 2022.
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🇨🇦 Rebecca Johnston Announces Retirement From Hockey At Age 36

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Canadian utility forward Rebecca Johnston, a nearly two-decade veteran of the CWHL, PWHPA and Canadian national team, today confirmed her retirement from pro hockey the day after her 36th birthday, capping her career with two Clarkson Cups, two World Championship titles and three Olympic Gold medals.
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🇷🇺 In Memoriam – Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 2011-12

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Today marks the anniversary of the tragic air disaster of Yak-Service Flight 9633 on 07 September 2011, that crashed near Yaroslavl, Russia, and killed the entire roster and staff of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL, and all but one of the flight crew members, when a pilot error caused the aircraft to fail its takeoff, running off the runway and crashing into a tower mast.

Then-IIHF president René Fasel declared the crash as “the darkest day in the history of our sport,” as fans from across the world, and in particular Russia and the eight other nations represented by team players and staff, mourned for the shocking and tragic loss. On this sad anniversary, TheIHLC.com commemorates this deep loss, and remember those who perished in the accident.
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🇺🇸 Amanda Pelkey Confirms Retirement From Hockey At 32

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American forward Amanda Pelkey confirmed her retirement from pro hockey at the age of 32, following spending the inaugural two seasons of the PWHL in Boston, capping a career highlighted by two World Championship and one Olympic Gold medals for Team USA.
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🇨🇭 2026 World Championship Schedule Released

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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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🇫🇮 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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🇸🇰 Jaroslav Halák Confirms Retirement From Hockey At 40

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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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🇫🇮 Pentti Matikainen: 1950-2025

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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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🇺🇸 2026 World Junior Championship Schedule Released

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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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Marie-Philip Poulin, Victoire Big Winners At 2025 PWHL Awards

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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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🇨🇦 🇷🇺 🇸🇰 🇺🇸 Hockey Hall Of Fame Announces Class Of 2025

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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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