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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Category Archives: World Championship
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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IHLC Results – ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-0 Great Britain ๐ฌ๐ง – 17 May 2022
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-0 Great Britain ๐ฌ๐ง
World Championship Preliminary Round
Nokia Arena, Tampere ๐ซ๐ฎ
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
Sweden is the second team in Group B to reach nine points in three games following a 6-0 victory over Great Britain in Tampere at the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.
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IHLC Results – ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 5-3 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ – 15 May 2022
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 5-3 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
World Championship Preliminary Round
Nokia Arena, Tampere ๐ซ๐ฎ
Sunday, 15 May 2022
Rasmus Asplund led Sweden to its second victory with two markers in Sundayโs 5-3 win over Czechia.
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๐บ๐ธ 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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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 5-1 Great Britain ๐ฌ๐ง – 14 May 2022
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 5-1 Great Britain ๐ฌ๐ง
World Championship Preliminary Round
Nokia Arena, Tampere ๐ซ๐ฎ
Saturday, 14 May 2022
It took some time, but Czechia delivered the expected victory over Great Britain in its opening game.
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IHLC Preview – 2022 World Championship
The top teams in international hockey will converge on Tampere and Helsinki, Finland starting this Friday, 13 May, kicking off the premiere event of the global hockey calendar, the 2022 IIHF World Championship.
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๐จ๐ฆ 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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๐ธ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐บ Slovenia, Hungary Promoted To 2023 World Championship
The Division IA World Championship tournament in Ljubljana saw the top two spots for promotion to the 2023 World Championship locked up a day before the tournament wrapped, with hosts Slovenia and Hungary both locking up returns to the Top Division.
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๐ท๐บ IIHF To Move 2023 World Championship From Russia
The IIHF today announced, that “out of concern for the safety and well-being of all participating players, officials, media, and fans,” that the 2023 IIHF World Championship, set to take place in Saint Petersburg, Russia next May, would be moved to a different location, due to Russia’s continued and deepening of invasion of Ukraine.
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๐จ๐ฆ 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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๐จ๐ฆ Guy Lafleur: 1951-2022
Just a week after the loss of NHL legend and native Quรฉbecer Mike Bossy, it was today announced that Guy Lafleur, the Montrรฉal Canadiens legend and Quรฉbec native, tragically lost his battle with lung cancer today at the age of 70.
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๐ซ๐ฎ Mika Pyรถrรคlรค Retires Following Kรคrpรคt Elimination
Finnish forward Mika Pyรถrรคlรค, a mainstay of Oulun Kรคrpรคt for the majority of his twenty-two year pro hockey career, announced his retirement from the game following Kรคrpรคt’s elimination from the 2022 Liiga postseason, at the age of 40.
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๐ท๐บ 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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