After a four-round vote to replace IIHF President Renรฉ Fasel after a 27-year term, Luc Tardif Sr. today was voted in as new President of the International Ice Hockey Federation, following stints as IIHF Treasurer and President of the French Ice Hockey Federation.
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Category Archives: Women’s World Championship
IIHF Congress Approves Women’s World Championships In Olympic Years
After over twenty years of not holding the IIHF Women’s World Championship in years when the Olympics are taking place, today the IIHF Congress voted to allow for both tournaments to be held the same calendar year every four years, with the tournament moving from April to August in Olympic years, starting in 2022.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT) – 31 Aug 2021
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT)
Womenโs World Championship Gold Medal Game
WinSport Arena, Calgary ๐จ๐ฆ
Tuesday, 31 August 2021
Marie-Philip Poulin scored the golden goal at 7:22 of the first overtime period to give Canada a 3-2 win over the United States. It was Canada’s first Gold medal at the IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship since 2012 and ended a run of five in a row for their adversaries.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-0 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ – 30 Aug 2021
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-0 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Womenโs World Championship Semifinal
WinSport Arena, Calgary ๐จ๐ฆ
Monday, 30 August 2021
Canada did exactly what it had to do tonight against Switzerland and skated to a dominating 4-0 win to advance to the Women’s Worlds Gold medal game against the United States tomorrow night for the first time since 2017.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 7-0 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช – 28 Aug 2021
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 7-0 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Womenโs World Championship Quarterfinal
WinSport Arena, Calgary ๐จ๐ฆ
Saturday, 28 August 2021
Canada defeated Germany tonight by a 7-0 score to advance to the semi-finals on Monday. They will play either Switzerland or Czechia, depending on the outcome of the final game tonight. With the loss, Germany will head to the 5th-8th placement games grouping which begins tomorrow.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 26 Aug 2021
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Womenโs World Championship Preliminary Round
WinSport Arena, Calgary ๐จ๐ฆ
Thursday, 26 August 2021
Canada scored early and often and defeated the United States emphatically, 5-1, to claim first place in Group A. They did it without their captain, Marie-Philip Poulin, but Jamie Lee Rattray stepped up and contributed two goals in the win.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 6-0 Russian Olympic Committee ๐ท๐บ – 24 Aug 2021
๐บ๐ธ United States 6-0 Russian Olympic Committee ๐ท๐บ
Womenโs World Championship Preliminary Round
WinSport Arena, Calgary ๐จ๐ฆ
Tuesday, 24 August 2021
Itโs all history, all the time in Calgary. Hilary Knight scored her 45th career Womenโs Worlds goal to surpass fellow American legend Cammi Granato for the all-time tournament record as the unbeaten U.S. thrashed the ROC team 6-0 on Tuesday.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 3-0 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 22 Aug 2021
๐บ๐ธ United States 3-0 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Womenโs World Championship Preliminary Round
WinSport Arena, Calgary ๐จ๐ฆ
Sunday, 22 August 2021
So, we meet again! The defending champion U.S. blanked 2019 Silver medalist Finland 3-0 in Sundayโs late game at Calgaryโs WinSport Arena.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 3-0 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ – 20 Aug 2021
๐บ๐ธ United States 3-0 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Womenโs World Championship Preliminary Round
WinSport Arena, Calgary ๐จ๐ฆ
Friday, 20 August 2021
With a dazzling 55-save performance, Swiss goalie Andrea Brรคndli made sure it wasn’t a cakewalk for the U.S. on Day One. The defending champions had to work hard for their 3-0 victory over Switzerland in the third game at Calgaryโs WinSport Arena.
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IHLC Preview – 2021 Women’s World Championship
Following an eighteen month delay of no major international women’s hockey thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw one World Championships cancelled and another delayed, the puck is finally set to drop on the 2021 IIHF Women’s World Championship, the twentieth edition of the tournament, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, bringing the world’s top ten women’s nations in their first major competition since early 2020.
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๐จ๐ฆ Revised 2021 Womenโs World Championship Schedule Released
After having to delay for a year following the 2019-20 outbreak of the COVID-19 virus across the world, delaying another month to meet Canadian quarantine protocols, and finally delaying another three months due to a last-minute cancellation by the Nova Scotia government, today the IIHF announced the schedule for the 2021 IIHF Women’s World Championship in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, set to open up on 20 August after no international women’s hockey tournaments for two and a half years.
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๐บ๐ธ ๐จ๐ฆ IHLC Classics: Wendell’s Winner Nets First Gold For Team USA
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 American Independence Day, we feature the first Gold Medal for the United States women’s team, captured in a thrilling shootout in 2005.
๐บ๐ธ United States 1-0 Canada ๐จ๐ฆย (SO)
Women’s World Championshipย Gold Medal Game
Cloetta Center,ย Linkรถping ๐ธ๐ช
Saturday, 09 April 2005
Few team sports have been dominated so emphatically by one country as womenโs hockey by Canada. Since the inception of the World Womenโs Championship into the IIHF program in 1990, Team Canada won all eight championships leading up to the ninth Womenโs World tournament in Sweden in 2005. Additionally, Canada had won the 2002 Olympic gold. The only blemish to Canadaโs womenโs record was USAโs win in the 1998 Olympics.
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๐จ๐ฆ IIHF Confirms Calgary As New 2021 Women’s World Championship Host
The IIHF today announced that the 2021 Women’s World Championship, which was cancelled in 2020, then postponed in 2021, is set to be hosted now in Calgary, Alberta this August.
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๐บ๐ธ Multiple Gold Medallist Kacey Bellamy Retires From Team USA
American defender Kacey Bellamy, one of the most decorated medallists in American hockey history, today announced her retirement from hockey at the age of 34, leaving the sport behind with a staggering 23 medals to her name.
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๐ธ๐ช Johanna Olofsson Retires From SDHL At Age 29
Swedish defender Johanna Olofsson, a member of the national team for the past eleven years and a two-time Swedish champion, announced her retirement from hockey at the age of 29, following her second Swedish Cup championship.
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๐จ๐ฆ IIHF Schedules Tentative New 2021 Women’s World Championship Dates
Just nine days after the Nova Scotia government announced the 2021 IIHF Women’s World Championship would be cancelled due to a spike in COVID-19 cases in the province, the IIHF announced tentative rescheduled dates for the tournament later in summer 2021.
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๐จ๐ฆ 2021 Women’s World Championship Cancelled In Nova Scotia
With just over two weeks before the IIHF Women’s World Championship was set to begin in Halifax and Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, following a year delay, the IIHF today announced the tournament in Nova Scotia would be cancelled after failing to reach an agreement with federal and provincial government health authorities. The IIHF will instead look to reschedule the tournament for later in the summer of 2021 at an alternate location.
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๐จ๐ฆ 2021 Womenโs World Championship Schedule Released
After having to delay for a year following the 2019-20 outbreak of the COVID-19 virus across the world, and delaying another month to meet Canadian quarantine protocols, today the IIHF announced the schedule for the 2021 IIHF Women’s World Championship in Halifax and Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, who will host after postponing the 2020 edition of the tournament.
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๐บ๐ธ Boston Pride Capture 2021 Isobel Cup In Home-Ice Bubble
Despite entering the delayed NWHL playoffs as the fourth and final seed, the Boston Pride used unique pandemic circumstances to capitalize on home ice and capture their second Isobel Cup Saturday night, defeating the Minnesota Whitecaps in Boston to win the NWHL championship.
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๐บ๐ธ Lamoureux Twins Announce Joint Retirement From Hockey
At only the age of 31, American team mainstays and identical twin sisters Jocelyne and Monique Lamoureux today announced their joint retirement, after an illustrious 14 year career with Team USA.
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