With Denmark’s shocking elimination from the 2022 World Championship, the end of an era in Danish hockey has come to a close, as national team mainstay Frans Nielsen, the first Dane to find success in the NHL, announced his retirement from the sport at the age of 38.
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Category Archives: Olympic Games
🇺🇸 Dustin Brown Retires Following Kings Playoff Elimination
American power forward Dustin Brown, who captained the Los Angeles Kings to two Stanley Cup titles, tonight formally ended his nineteen year hockey career at the age of 37, following the Kings’ elimination from the NHL playoffs at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers.
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🇨🇦 Patrick Marleau Announces Retirement From Hockey At Age 42
Canadian ironman forward Patrick Marleau, who broke Gordie Howe’s longstanding record of most games played in an NHL career after nearly a quarter century in the NHL, today announced his retirement from hockey, signing a one-day contract with San Jose to retire officially as a Shark.
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🇨🇦 Ryan Getzlaf Retires From NHL At Age 36
Canadian forward Ryan Getzlaf, the longtime captain of the Anaheim Ducks, tonight played his final NHL game after announcing his retirement following the end of the Ducks’ season, wrapping a seventeen year career highlighted by a number of team records, two Olympic titles and a Stanley Cup.
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🇫🇮 Mika Pyörälä Retires Following Kärpät Elimination
Finnish forward Mika Pyörälä, a mainstay of Oulun Kärpät for the majority of his twenty-two year pro hockey career, announced his retirement from the game following Kärpät’s elimination from the 2022 Liiga postseason, at the age of 40.
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🇷🇺 Alexander Yeryomenko Announces Retirement Following Dynamo Elimination
Russian goaltender Alexander Yeryomenko, a two-time World Champion and six-time Russian league champion, today announced his retirement at the age of 41, after his club Dynamo Moscow was eliminated from the ongoing KHL playoffs.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Russian Olympic Committee 🇷🇺 – 20 Feb 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Russian Olympic Committee 🇷🇺
Olympic Gold Medal Game
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing 🇨🇳
Sunday, 20 February 2022
It was classic blue-and-white magic. Hannes Björninen scored the third-period winner as Finland captured its first Olympic men’s hockey Gold medal ever with a 2-1 victory over the ROC team on Sunday.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 2-0 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 18 Feb 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 2-0 Slovakia 🇸🇰
Olympic Semifinal
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing 🇨🇳
Friday, 18 February 2022
On the strength of Sakari Manninen’s first-period winner, Finland advanced to its second Olympic Gold medal game in history with a hard-fought 2-0 victory over Slovakia on Friday.
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🇨🇦 Five Canadian Players Join Triple Gold Club
By virtue of Canada’s dominant Gold Medal victory in Beijing, five new players from Team Canada have now joined the women’s version of the Triple Gold Club, all adding Olympic Gold to their World Championship Gold and Clarkson Cup titles.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 United States 🇺🇸 – 17 Feb 2022
🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 United States 🇺🇸
Olympic Gold Medal Game
Cadillac Arena, Beijing 🇨🇳
Thursday, 17 February 2022
Talk about revenge and rising to the occasion. Legendary captain Marie-Philip Poulin stepped up with two goals and an assist as Canada beat the U.S. 3-2 to win the 2022 Olympic women’s hockey Gold medal on Thursday. Utterly relentless, the Canadians regained the title they lost to the Americans in PyeongChang four years ago.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-1 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 16 Feb 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 5-1 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Olympic Quarterfinal
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing 🇨🇳
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Clinical finishing and familiar resilience saw Finland advance to the semi-finals with a 5-1 victory over Switzerland. Three goals from 12 shots saw Jukka Jalonen’s men into a 3-0 lead early in the second period and that proved sufficient to sink Switzerland and set up a meeting with Slovakia in the final four.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 10-3 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 14 Feb 2022
🇨🇦 Canada 10-3 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Olympic Semifinal
Cadillac Arena, Beijing 🇨🇳
Thursday, 17 February 2022
There was never any doubt. Canada scored five first-period goals and kept on rolling in a 10-3 semi-final rout of Switzerland. The reigning World Champions outshot the Swiss 61-13. Canada faces the winner of the U.S.–Finland semi-final in Thursday’s Gold medal game.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT) – 13 Feb 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT)
Olympic Preliminary Round
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing 🇨🇳
Sunday, 13 February 2022
Harri Pesonen scored in overtime, pouncing on a turnover and firing a shot from the slot just inside the far post, to cap an incredible comeback for Finland, who were down 3-0 after two periods but eventually won 4-3.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 11-0 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 11 Feb 2022
🇨🇦 Canada 11-0 Sweden 🇸🇪
Olympic Quarterfinal
Cadillac Arena, Beijing 🇨🇳
Friday, 11 February 2022
Canada scored four goals in the first period and never looked back, skating to a one-sided 11-0 win over Sweden to advance to the semi-finals and send the Swedes packing. It was a dominating performance by the top-scoring team in the tournament, and they now have two full days off before playing again on Monday.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 3-1 Latvia 🇱🇻 – 11 Feb 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 3-1 Latvia 🇱🇻
Olympic Preliminary Round
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing 🇨🇳
Friday, 11 February 2022
Finland battled past a resolute Latvian rearguard action to maintain its winning start in Beijing. The Leijonat had a hard time solving Jānis Kalniņš in the Latvian net, with the Baltic nation producing a solid defensive display before falling to a 3-1 loss.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 6-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 10 Feb 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 6-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰
Olympic Preliminary Round
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing 🇨🇳
Thursday, 10 February 2022
Sakari Manninen scored three goals and Miro Aaltonen scored two goals and one assist for Finland and Juraj Slafkovský scored twice for Slovakia in Finland’s 6-2 win in the first game for both teams at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
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🇫🇮 Recurring Injuries Force Tuukka Rask Into Retirement
After making a failed comeback attempt with the Boston Bruins this season, recurring hip injuries have forced Finnish goaltender Tuukka Rask into early retirement at the age of 34.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-2 United States 🇺🇸 – 08 Feb 2022
🇨🇦 Canada 4-2 United States 🇺🇸
Olympic Preliminary Round
Cadillac Arena, Beijing 🇨🇳
Tuesday, 08 February 2022
It is one of the greatest rivalries in sports, and when Canada defeated the U.S. 4-2 to lock up first place in Group A, it was the most exciting hockey we’ve seen yet at these 2022 Olympics.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 6-1 Russian Olympic Committee 🇷🇺 – 07 Feb 2022
🇨🇦 Canada 6-1 Russian Olympic Committee 🇷🇺
Olympic Preliminary Round
Cadillac Arena, Beijing 🇨🇳
Monday, 07 February 2022
Canada overcame an unusual delay of more than an hour to the start of Monday’s game with the ROC team and marched to a 6-1 victory, staying perfect atop Group A.
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IHLC Preview – 2022 Winter Olympics (Men’s)
For the second straight Olympics, the men’s hockey tournament will not feature NHL superstars (although this time due to COVID-19), making the Olympic tournament not necessarily a true “best on best,” but still a showcase of some of the world’s top talent looking to capture Gold and Olympic glory in Beijing.
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