The man who guided the United States hockey team to its first ever Olympic Gold in “The Forgotten Miracle,” Jack Riley, has died in Cape Cod, Massachusetts at the age of 95.
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Category Archives: IHLC News
IHLC At Centre Of Three All-Star Games
Over the last two weekends, the top male and female hockey players on the planet gathered for the All Star Games of the CWHL, KHL and NHL, with International Hockey Lineal Champions abound showcasing their talents.
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2016 KHL All Star Game Rosters Announced
After a fan vote to set the starting lineup, and a media vote to set the second lines, the Kontinental Hockey League today announced the rosters for the 2016 KHL All Star Game in Moscow, Russia on 23 January.
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2016 NHL All Star Game Rosters Announced
After a major overhaul to the All Star Game format, the National Hockey League today announced the 11-man rosters for all four divisions to parttake in the 2016 NHL All-Star Game, made up of a 3-on-3 tournament in Nashville on 31 January.
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IHLC Winners On Display At 2016 Winter Classic
Former winners of the International Hockey Lineal Championship played a large role in the NHL’s marquee Winter Classic event, as the Montréal Canadiens scored early and often to elevate them to a 5-1 thumping over their hated rivals, the Boston Bruins.
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IHLC 2015 In Review – Men’s
2015 was a wild year for the International Hockey Lineal Championship, with the Euro Hockey Tour and World Championship providing much drama as the title changed through the hands of three world powers by the close of the 2015 Worlds in Czechia.
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IHLC 2015 In Review – Women’s
2015 was the year of Team USA in women’s hockey (and for the International Hockey Lineal Championship in particular), with the Americans running the table throughout the calendar year to establish their dominance over the world.
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🇫🇮 Leijonat To Retire Numbers Of Four Legends At 2016 World Juniors
With Helsinki hosting the 2016 World Junior Championships this winter, the Finnish Ice Hockey Association will retire the numbers of four national team legends during the tournament, with the numbers of Teemu Selänne, Saku Koivu, Jere Lehtinen and Ville Peltonen to be forever enshrined in the rafters of Hartwall Arena.
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IIHF Announces Hall Of Fame 2016 Class
The International Ice Hockey Federation announced their 2016 Hall Of Fame class, to be inducted during the 2016 World Championships in Russia. The class includes five players and two coaches from six different countries, including two posthumous inductions, that have held a myriad of World Championship, Olympic and World Cup medals, along with a number of International Hockey Lineal Championship titles.
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2016 World Cup Exhibition Schedule Released
The exhibition schedule in advance of the 2016 World Cup in Toronto has been unveiled, with 12 games on tilt the week before the tournament in 10 cities across six nations on two continents.
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🇺🇸 Concussions Force Keith Ballard Into Early Retirement
After a year away from the game following his fifth concussion while with the Minnesota Wild, American defenceman Keith Ballard today announced his retirement from pro hockey after a ten-year pro career.
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HHOF Inducts Five International Legends To Class Of 2015
The Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their 2015 Class, inducting five world-class players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.
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IHLC Preview – 2015 Four Nations Cup
For the 20th season, the top four nations in women’s hockey will face off in Sundsvall, Sweden, when Canada, the United States, Sweden and Finland face off in the Four Nations Cup.
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🇷🇺 Sergei Gonchar Retires, Joins Penguins Coaching Staff
After much speculation following his failure to make the Pittsburgh Penguins roster for this season, veteran defenceman Sergei Gonchar today announced he is joining the Penguins as a defensive development coach, ending his illustrious 20 year playing career.
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2016 Women’s World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2016 IIHF Women’s World Championship was today announced in the host city of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, with the tournament kicking off with a rematch of last year’s final (and every Gold Medal Game in tournament history), between the bitter rivals Canada and the United States.
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🇨🇦 Simon Gagné Announces Retirement At Age 35
After a fourteen year professional career, highlighted by a Stanley Cup in 2012 and Olympic Gold in 2002, Canadian winger Simon Gagné today announced his retirement from hockey, after playing just 23 games with Boston in the 2014-15 NHL season.
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NHL Releases Roster Projections For 2016 World Cup
The NHL, who will be restarting the World Cup Of Hockey after a twelve-year absence, has unveiled the last of its projected lineups for the six national and two pan-national teams partaking next September in Toronto, speculating on who will wear their nation’s colours for the first best-on-best global tournament since the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
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🇨🇦 Hefford, Apps & Ward All Retire From Canadian Women’s National Team
A trio of star players for the Canadian women’s team announced today they are all retiring, with forwards Jayna Hefford and Gillian Apps, along with defender Catherine Ward, hanging up their skates for the 2015-16 season.
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2016 World Cup Of Hockey Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey leaked today, confirming the already reported Group structure from earlier this year, along with the full tally of games in Toronto next fall to crown the newest World Cup of Hockey global champion.
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🇷🇺 Russia Fined For World Championship Walkout
After storming off the ice shortly after their World Championship Gold Medal loss to Canada, skipping the flag raising and the Canadian national anthem, the Russian national team was today fined 80,000 Swiss francs by the IIHF for the infraction.
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