Veteran Czech winger Jan Hlavรกฤ, whose nearly three-decade career was highlighted with the Golden Goal of the 1999 World Championships, today announced his retirement from the sport at age 45, leaving the game with a Czech Extraliga title and four World Championship medals in hand.
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Category Archives: World Championship
๐ธ๐ช Mattias Sjรถgren Retires From Rรถgle At Age 34
Swedish centre Mattias Sjรถgren today announced his retirement from pro hockey, retiring with a pair of league championships from Sweden and Switzerland, a World Championship Silver and Bronze medal, and capping his career with the 2021-22 Champions Hockey League title.
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๐บ๐ธ Dani Cameranesi Announces Retirement From Hockey At 27
American forward Dani Cameranesi today officially announced her retirement from professional hockey at the age of 27, capping an over-decade long career highlighted by two NCAA Championships, two World Championships and an Olympic Gold Medal.
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๐ธ๐ฐ Andrej Sekera Announces Retirement From Hockey At Age 36
Slovakian defender Andrej Sekera today officially announced his retirement from the Dallas Stars, ending a sixteen year NHL career that saw him journey across five NHL clubs, along with a World Championship and World Cup Silver medal. Continue reading
๐จ๐ฆ Duncan Keith Retires From Edmonton Oilers At Age 38
Canadian ironman defender Duncan Keith today officially announced his retirement from the Edmonton Oilers, wrapping up a seventeen year NHL career highlighted by three Stanley Cups, along with a pair of Norris Trophies and Olympic Gold Medals.
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๐ท๐บ Alexander Syomin Retires Following Farewell Charity Game
Following a charity game held in his hometown of Krasnoyarsk, Russian forward Alexander Syomin’s career is officially over, wrapping after 19 pro seasons in both the United States and Russia, a Gagarin Cup title and two World Championship Gold medals.
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๐ธ๐ช ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฎ Hockey Hall Of Fame Announces Class Of 2022
The Hockey Hall Of Fame today announced the newest members that will join as the Class of 2022 on 14 November, with a trio of Swedish forwards, anchored by a Finnish defender and a Canadian goaltender, with numerous International Hockey Lineal Championships between them, joining the ranks of the Hall in Toronto.
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๐ธ๐ช ๐จ๐ญ IHLC Classics: Tre Kronor Sparkles In Stockholm
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 Swedish Sveriges nationaldag (National Day), and in light of Finland winning the most recent World Championship on home ice, we feature the last time the home team took home Gold, when Tre Kronor triumphed in Stockholm in 2013.
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 5-1 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
World Championshipย Gold Medal Game
Ericsson Globe, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Sunday, 19 May 2013
Switzerland scored first, but hosts Sweden dominated the last 55 minutes to become the first home team to win Gold since 1986. It is the nation’s ninth World Championship Gold medal.
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๐ซ๐ฎ Valtteri Filppula Joins Triple Gold Club
The only player eligible to join in this year’s World Championship, forward Valtteri Filppula tonight joined Triple Gold Club by virtue of winning his second Gold Medal in three months with theย Leijonat,ย becoming the 31st male and first Finnish player to join the club, adding to his Stanley Cup and Olympic Gold medal.
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IHLC Results – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-3 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT) – 29 May 2022
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-3 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT)
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Nokia Arena, Tampere ๐ซ๐ฎ
Sunday, 29 May 2022
Sakari Manninen scored at 6:42 of the three-on-three unlimited overtime with a one-timer on a power play to give Finland a thrilling 4-3 win over Canada to win World Championship Gold.
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๐จ๐ฆ Jason Spezza Announces Retirement From Hockey At 38
Canadian forward Jason Spezza, who maintained a high level of play throughout his 19-year NHL career, along with numerous stints with the Canadian national team, today announced his retirement from hockey, opting to join the front office of his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs.
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IHLC Results – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-3 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 28 May 2022
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-3 United States ๐บ๐ธ
World Championship Semifinal
Nokia Arena, Tampere ๐ซ๐ฎ
Saturday, 28 May 2022
In a hard-fought, back-and-forth semi-final clash, Finland defeated the U.S. 4-3 on Saturday afternoon in Tampere to advance to the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship final.
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๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ป IIHF Names Tampere & Rฤซga As 2023 World Championship Hosts
After stripping Saint Petersburg, Russia of hosting duties for the 2023 World Championship due to their ongoing invasion in Ukraine, today the IIHF announced at their annual Congress that hosting rights would now be split between to the last two hosts of the World Championships, with 2021 hosts Rฤซga, Latvia and current 2022 hosts Tampere, Finland hosting next year, from 12-28 May 2023.
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IHLC Results – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ – 26 May 2022
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
World Championship Quarterfinal
Nokia Arena, Tampere ๐ซ๐ฎ
Thursday, 26 May 2022
Finnish cult hero Marko Anttila produced another big display in World Championship knock-out play, leading the host nationโs fightback to beat Slovakia 4-2.
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IHLC Results – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-0 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ – 24 May 2022
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-0 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
World Championship Preliminary Round
Nokia Arena, Tampere ๐ซ๐ฎ
Tuesday, 24 May 2022
Finland wrapped up an impressive Group B campaign with a 3-0 victory over Czechia in Tampere. Tuesdayโs victory secures top spot in the preliminary round and gives Jukka Jalonenโs team a quarter-final match-up against Slovakia here on Thursday.
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๐ฉ๐ฐ Frans Nielsen Retires Following Denmark’s Elimination From Worlds
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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๐ฎ๐น ๐ฌ๐ง Italy, Great Britain Relegated From World Championship Top Division
A day before the group round came to a close at the 2022 World Championship, both relegation spots to Division IA in 2023 were clinched, with Italy and Great Britain gaining the dubious distinction of being sent down, at the hands of Kazakhstan and Austria, respectively.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 1-0 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 23 May 2022
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 1-0 United States ๐บ๐ธ
World Championship Preliminary Round
Nokia Arena, Tampere ๐ซ๐ฎ
Monday, 23 May 2022
Czechia has secured a spot in the quarter-finals of the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship thanks to a 1-0 win over the USA in both teamsโ penultimate game in the group stage.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 3-2 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช (OT) – 21 May 2022
๐บ๐ธ United States 3-2 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช (OT)
World Championship Preliminary Round
Nokia Arena, Tampere ๐ซ๐ฎ
Saturday, 21 May 2022
A packed program of Saturday hockey in Tampere got off to a flying start as Team USA went the full distance against Group B’s unbeaten team, Sweden. Both teams held the lead during a 2-2 tie in regulation before Adam Gaudette won it for the U.S. with 11.4 seconds remaining in overtime.
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IHLC Results – ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 3-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ (SO) – 18 May 2022
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 3-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ (SO)
World Championship Preliminary Round
Nokia Arena, Tampere ๐ซ๐ฎ
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
It took a shootout to give Sweden the verdict after these two great Nordic rivals shared a 2-2 tie in regulation. Emil Bemstrรถm was the only player to hit the target in the shootout, ending Finland’s unbeaten start on home ice at the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship and moving Sweden to the Group B summit after four wins in four games.
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