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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Category Archives: IHLC News
🇸🇪 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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IHLC Winners Pick Up 2017 NHL Awards Hardware
The National Hockey League handed out its hardware to the best players in the world for the 2016-17 season in Las Vegas, with seven IHLC holders representing three countries taking home trophies.
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🇷🇺 Sergei Mylnikov: 1958-2017
Former Soviet netminder Sergei Mylnikov, the backstop of the Red Machine in the late 1980’s, has died at the age of 58, according to the Russian ice hockey federation.
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Penguins Repeat As Stanley Cup Champions On Backs Of IHLC Winners
The Pittsburgh Penguins were able to tune out the chanting, the media and the determined Nashville Predators to capture the Stanley Cup in six games, avoiding overtime on a late Patric Hörnqvist goal to become repeat champions.
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🇫🇮 Niko Kapanen Retires From HPK After 22 Year Pro Career
Finnish forward Niko Kapanen, a long-time veteran of the NHL, KHL and Leijonat, today announced his retirement from HPK of the Finnish Liiga at the age of 39.
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KHL IX Gala Hands Out Awards To IHLC Winners
The KHL tonight handed out its awards to the best players in the league at the KHL IX ceremony in Moscow, with Metallurg star Sergei Mozyakin once again dominating the ceremony, taking home four trophies (including league MVP), along with nine other IHLC winners from four countries also winning awards.
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🇨🇦 Bill White: 1939-2017
Former NHL star Bill White, a key defender both in his 17 year pro career and with Team Canada at the 1972 Summit Series, has died in his hometown of Toronto at the age of 77.
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Major Announcements Made At 2017 IIHF Congress
The IIHF Annual Congress today was held on the off day at the 2017 World Championships in Cologne, Germany, with a number of major announcements voted on to impact the future of international hockey in the coming years.
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🇫🇷 🇩🇰 2017 World Championship Spell Retirement For Huet, Meunier, Green
Three legends of emerging squads both played their final international matches today at the 2017 World Championship, as French goalie Cristobal Huet, French captain Laurent Meunier and Danish captain Morten Green played their final games of the tournament, finalizing their retirements that were announced before the tournament began.
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🇸🇮 🇮🇹 Slovenia, Italy Relegated From World Championship
Still with a day until the end of the 2017 World Championship group round, the two relegated teams for 2018 have already been determined, with both Slovenia and Italy, who only gained promotion in 2016, set to return to Division IA next season.
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IHLC Preview – 2017 World Championship
The grand finale of the international hockey calendar is set to begin on 05 May in both Cologne and Paris, with the top 16 hockey nations on earth meeting to compete at the 2017 IIHF World Championship.
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🇷🇺 🇨🇭 Russia Wins Euro Hockey Tour, Switzerland Wins Euro Hockey Challenge
With the conclusion of both the Euro Hockey Tour and Euro Hockey Challenge, as the season ends to ring in the start of the 2017 World Championships in Paris and Cologne, the winners of both the four-nation Euro Hockey Tour and 12-nation Euro Hockey Challenge have been crowned for the 2016-17 season.
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🇦🇹 🇰🇷 Austria, South Korea Promoted To 2018 World Championship
The two teams that narrowly missed promotion to the 2017 World Championship today both punched their tickets to the 2018 tournament in Denmark, with Austria and South Korea locking up their spots at the World Championship Division IA finals in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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🇯🇵 🇨🇿 Japan Promoted, Czechia Relegated At Women’s Worlds
After falling to Switzerland in a best-of-three relegation series, Czechia has been demoted to Division I Group A in 2018, while Japan, victors of 2017 Group IA in Graz, Austria, will be promoted for the 2019 Women’s World Championships, with no tournament being held in 2018 due to the PyeongChang Olympics.
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SKA Wins Second Gagarin Cup On Backs Of IHLC Winners
SKA Saint Petersburg roared back from an early deficit to win Game 5 of the Gagarin Cup finals 5-3 over Metallurg Magnitogorsk, capturing their second Cup in three seasons, with goals from five different scorers and a 42 save performance by Mikko Koskinen locking up the title.
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NHL Confirms Players Will Not Attend 2018 PyeongChang Olympics
After months of speculation and negotiations, the National Hockey League today announced that they will not actively participate in the 2018 Olympics in Korea, ending a 20-year span of NHL participation in the Games.
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🇨🇿 Patrik Eliáš Announces Retirement After 20 Seasons With Devils
Czech winger Patrik Eliáš, a career member of the New Jersey Devils who was their offensive star and all-time leading scorer, today announced his formal retirement after 20 seasons, spending the entire 2016-17 season attempting to come back from injury.
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🇺🇸 U.S. Women’s Team, USA Hockey Strike New Agreement
In a good news story after weeks of bad blood between the U.S. Women’s National Team and USA Hockey, a new four year agreement has been agreed upon by both parties, ensuring that the U.S. team will suit up for the Women’s World Championships, which begin in just three days time in Plymouth, Michigan.
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IHLC Preview – 2017 Women’s World Championship
A cloud of uncertainty and tension hangs over Plymouth, Michigan this week, with the biggest story leading up to the 2017 Women’s World Championships being told off the ice, as to whether Team USA will end up attending, or continue their boycott against USA Hockey over unequal treatment.
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