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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Category Archives: Women’s World Championship
🇺🇸 U.S. Women’s Team Vows Boycott Of World Championship, USA Hockey Responds
In a shocking development less than a month before the 2017 Women’s World Championship in Plymouth, Michigan, the U.S. women’s national team today announced, in solidarity, that they will sit out the Worlds in protest of a lack of support from USA Hockey, the culmination of a year’s worth of legal proceedings with the American hockey body.
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IHLC 2016 In Review – Women’s
Unlike 2015, which was “the year of Team USA” in women’s hockey, there was a little more parity in the later months of 2016, with Canada finally striking multiple blows to Team USA’s dominance, ultimately ending the calendar year with the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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2017 Women’s World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2017 IIHF Women’s World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Plymouth, Michigan, USA, once again with opening night ending once again with a rematch of Canada vs. USA, for a likely preview of the Gold Medal Game.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 1-0 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT) – 04 Apr 2016
🇺🇸 United States 1-0 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT)
Women’s World Championship Gold Medal Game
Sandman Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Monday, 04 April 2016
Climaxing a tense final, Alex Carpenter scored at 12:30 of overtime as the U.S. beat Canada 1-0 to win Gold at the 2016 IIHF World Women’s Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 9-0 Russia 🇷🇺 – 03 Apr 2016
🇺🇸 United States 9-0 Russia 🇷🇺
Women’s World Championship Semifinal
Sandman Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Sunday, 03 April 2016
The U.S. scored five first-period goals in a 9-0 semi-final romp over Russia at the Sandman Centre on Sunday. The defending champions will play for Gold again.
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🇩🇪 🇯🇵 Germany Promoted, Japan Relegated For Women’s Worlds
After losing consecutive tilts to Switzerland in the relegation round, Japan has been demoted to Division I Group A in 2017, while Germany, sweeping this year’s Group A in Aalborg, Denmark, will be promoted to the 2017 Women’s World Championship next April in Plymouth, Michigan, USA.
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First Five Nations Qualify For 2018 Olympic Women’s Tournament
As a result of Switzerland’s stumble out of Group B and into the relegation round at the ongoing World Championships, Russia and Sweden locked up the final two spots available to qualify automatically for the women’s tournament at the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, Korea. They join Canada, the United States, Finland and hosts Korea, with the final two spots to be gained in a qualification tournament ending in February 2017.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 8-0 Russia 🇷🇺 – 31 Mar 2016
🇺🇸 United States 8-0 Russia 🇷🇺
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Sandman Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Thursday, 31 March 2016
The United States clinched the top seed in Group A and a semi-final berth with a 8-0 pounding of Russia. Monique Lamoureux and Hilary Knight both scored twice.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 29 Mar 2016
🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Sandman Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Tuesday, 29 March 2016
Persistence pays off. The U.S. proved that by outshooting Finland 51-7 in a 2-1 win on Tuesday at the Sandman Centre.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-1 Canada 🇨🇦 – 28 Mar 2016
🇺🇸 United States 3-1 Canada 🇨🇦
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Sandman Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Monday, 28 March 2016
The defending champion U.S. bounced back to beat Canada 3-1 in an exciting first-day showdown between the likely finalists at a sold-out Sandman Centre.
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IHLC Preview – 2016 Women’s World Championship
The U.S. women’s national team looks to continue its torrid winning streak since Sochi, looking to capture another clean sheet at the 2016 World Championships in Kamloops, British Columbia, after cleaning house at both the 2015 Worlds and 2016 Four Nations Cup.
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2017 Women’s Worlds Awarded To Plymouth, Michigan
Today the USA Hockey Arena, an arena in Plymouth, Michigan that was recently purchased by USA Hockey to house their National Development Team, announced that the 2017 IIHF Women’s World Championships would be held at the arena, tentatively set for 1-8 April 2017.
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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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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 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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🇨🇦 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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🇺🇸 Molly Schaus Retires From Blades, USWNT
Molly Schaus, a mainstay both in the Massachusetts women’s hockey scene and in net for Team USA, today announced her retirement from professional hockey, following an illustrious career at the peak of the American women’s team’s rise to prominence.
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🇨🇿 🇩🇪 Czechs Promoted, Germany Relegated For Women’s Worlds
As a result of their 3-0 win over Denmark, improving them to 4-0 at the Division I Group A tournament in Rouen, France, the Czech women’s team has secured the eighth and final spot at the 2016 Women’s World Championship next spring in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, taking the spot from the German squad that was relegated at this year’s Championship in Malmö, Sweden.
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🇨🇦 Caroline Ouellette Retires From Canadian National Team
After making the Canadian roster for the 2015 World Championships only by virtue of an injury to Haley Irwin, decorated Olympian and World Champion Caroline Ouellette played her final game for Canada in their 7-5 Gold Medal loss to the United States, after confirming prior to the tournament that these World Championships would be her last time putting on the red and white.
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International Hockey Lineal Championship 