In the final day of competition at the 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship, the final game on the calendar dictated which teams would be relegated to Division IA in 2025, with China and Denmark drawing the unfortunate distinction.
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Category Archives: Women’s World Championship
IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 1-0 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT) – 08 Apr 2024
๐บ๐ธ United States 1-0 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT)
Womenโs World Championship Preliminary Round
Adirondack Bank Center, Utica ๐บ๐ธ
Monday, 08 April 2024
Kirsten Simms scored at 3:38 of overtime to give the U.S. a 1-0 win over Canada and first place in the Group A standings with a perfect 4-0 record.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-0 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ – 07 Apr 2024
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-0 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
Womenโs World Championship Preliminary Round
Adirondack Bank Center, Utica ๐บ๐ธ
Sunday, 07 April 2024
Canada scored three goals in the first period to take control of a game they won in dominating fashion, beating Czechia 5-0 to stay a perfect 3-0 in Group A with the United States.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-0 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ – 05 Apr 2024
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-0 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Womenโs World Championship Preliminary Round
Adirondack Bank Center, Utica ๐บ๐ธ
Friday, 05 April 2024
Natalie Spooner drove hard to the net in the first period, resulting in two goals that spurred Canada to a tight 3-0 win over Switzerland this afternoon in Utica at the 2024 IIHF Womenโs World Championships.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 04 Apr 2024
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Womenโs World Championship Preliminary Round
Adirondack Bank Center, Utica ๐บ๐ธ
Thursday, 04 April 2024
Ella Shelton’s goal and pair of assists powered Canada to a 4-1 win over Finland at the 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship in Utica, New York on Thursday night.
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IHLC Preview – 2024 Women’s World Championship
The IIHF Women’s World Championship is coming back to upstate New York for the first time in three decades, as the reigning world champion Team USA will host the world’s top women’s players in the 23rd edition of the tournament from 03-14 April, with all games held at the Adirondack Bank Centre in Utica.
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๐จ๐ฆ Meghan Agosta Formally Announces Retirement From Hockey
Canadian forward Meghan Agosta, who starred on Team Canada since the age of seventeen, today made her retirement from hockey official twenty years after it begun, having not played competitively since 2018, following an illustrious career with three Olympic and two World Championship Gold Medals.
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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2024 Inductees
The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2024, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Prague, with five different nationalities highlighting the class, including a trio of native Czechoslovak legends heading the class.
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IHLC 2023 In Review – Women’s
The 2023 calendar year saw another fourteen heavyweight matchups between the United States and Canada on the international hockey stage, with both nations fighting for Gold medals, world supremacy, and the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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๐ซ๐ฎ Sanni Hakala Forced Into Retirement At 26 After On-Ice Paralysis
Finnish winger Sanni Hakala, who suffered a horrific injury in a Swedish League matchup less than a week ago which stunned the hockey world, today announced the end of her playing career at age 29, with the injury leaving her paralyzed from the chest down, with limited mobility in her arms and legs.
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๐ธ๐ช ๐จ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ธ Hockey Hall Of Fame Inducts Class Of 2023
The Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their 2023 Class, inducting five legendary players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.
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๐บ๐ธ 2024 Women’s World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship has been released, being hosted in Utica, New York, United States, with the hosts looking to repeat as champions for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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๐จ๐ฆ Meaghan Mikkelson Retires From Hockey, Pivots To Broadcasting
Canadian defender Meaghan Mikkelson, a mainstay of Team Canada’s blueline for almost fifteen years and almost as many Olympic, World Championship and club titles, confirmed her retirement from the sport, taking on a broadcasting role with the NHL’s Calgary Flames.
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๐จ๐ฆ Geneviรจve Lacasse Joins PWHL Staff, Retires From Hockey
Canadian goaltender Geneviรจve Lacasse, whose absence from the inaugural PWHL Draft spurred speculation about her coming retirement, confirmed today she is joining the PWHL’s Ottawa front office, confirming her retirement from the game at age 34, recapping a Triple Gold-winning career with Olympic, World Championship and CWHL titles to her name. Continue reading
๐จ๐ฆ Jennifer Wakefield Retires As Player, Pivots To Coaching
Canadian centre Jennifer Wakefield, a mainstay of the Canadian national team throughout the 2010’s, and a two-time Gold winner at the Olympics and World Championship, today announced her full-time transition to coaching, leaving the game as a player at the age of 34.
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๐จ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ China, Denmark Promoted To 2024 Womenโs World Championship
At the conclusion of the delayed Women’s World Championship Division IA tournament in Shenzhen, China today, it was hosts China and Denmark that finally scooped up the last promotion spots to the Top Division in 2024, solidifying for good the 2023-24 international hockey calendar.
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๐บ๐ธ ๐จ๐ฆ IHLC Classics: Knight’s Golden Journey Begins
From time to time, TheIHLC.com will feature detailed recaps and boxscores of some of the most legendary games in international hockey history, considered to be “IHLC Classics.” Today, in honour of not only American Independence Day, but Hilary Knight’s inaugural IIHF Female Player Of The Year victory, we feature her first of nine (and counting) World Championship titles.
๐บ๐ธ United States 4-3ย Canadaย ๐จ๐ฆ
Women’s World Championshipย Gold Medal Game
Baqu Arena, Harbin ๐จ๐ณ
Saturday, 12 April 2008
The U.S. Women’s National Team captured the Gold medal with a 4-3 win over Canada at the 2008 International Ice Hockey Federation World Women’s Championship here tonight at the Baqu Arena. Team USA finished with the tournament with a 4-0-1-0 record and ended with back-to-back victories over top-seeded Canada for its second Gold medal in the last three World Championships.
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๐จ๐ฆ IIHF Names Ottawa As 2025 World Junior Championship Host
Today the International Ice Hockey Federation announced that hosting rights for the 2025 World Juniors have been awarded to Canada’s capital, Ottawa, Ontario, with the tournament set to begin on 26 December 2024.
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๐ธ๐ช ๐จ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ธ Lundqvist, Ouellette Highlight Hockey Hall Of Fame Class Of 2023
The Hockey Hall Of Fame today announced the newest members that will join as the Class of 2023 on 13 November, with a trio of goaltenders, and a pair of Canadian forwards and builders, with numerous International Hockey Lineal Championships between them, joining the ranks of the Hall in Toronto.
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๐บ๐ธ Hilary Knight Named Inaugural IIHF Female Player Of The Year
American star forward Hilary Knight, who just a few months ago scored twice in 27 seconds with less than five minutes remaining in regulation to give Team USA their tenth World Championship title, was today awarded the IIHF’s inaugural Female Player Of The Year Award for the 2022-23 season.
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