Finnish winger Tomi Kallio, a veteran of the NHL, SHL and Liiga, as well as the Leijonat, today announced his retirement from TPS of the Liiga at the age of 41, bringing his career to an end where it started over 20 years earlier.
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The KHL formally closed their tenth season tonight in Moscow with their annual Closing Ceremony, awarding the league’s top teams, players and executives for their performance this year, with finalists SKA Saint Petersburg and Ak Bars Kazan drawing in the biggest haul and thirteen IHLC winners taking home trophies.
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Sweden 3-2 Switzerland 
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World Championship Gold Medal Game
Royal Arena, Copenhagen 
Sunday, May 20, 2018
Filip Forsberg’s shootout goal lifted Sweden to a 3-2 win over Switzerland and a second straight IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship gold medal in Copenhagen on Sunday.
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Marián Hossa, sidelined for the entire 2017-18 NHL season due to a skin disorder, confirmed today to a Slovakian newspaper that his hockey career was over, and he will formally retire once his current contract expires in 2020.
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Sweden 6-0 United States 
World Championship Semifinal
Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Saturday, May 19, 2018
Sweden advanced to the gold medal game with a 6-0 win over Team USA, advancing to tomorrow evening’s final against the winner of Canada-Switzerland and the chance for back-to-back championship titles.
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United States 3-2 Czechia 
World Championship Quarterfinal
Jyske Bank BOXEN, Herning
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Team USA edged out a 3-2 win against the Czech Republic sending them to the semi-final of the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. Riding the exploits of Patrick Kane and the goaltending of Keith Kinkaid, the Americans move to Copenhagen for the final four.
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Dave Henderson and Pierre Pousse, who helmed the France national team’s bench together as head and assistant coaches respectively since 2004, today both coached their final game, a 5-1 loss to Switzerland at the 2018 World Championships, ending a remarkable 14 year streak of bringing French hockey back to the Top Division to stay.
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Czechia 4-3 Austria 
World Championship Preliminary Round
Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Monday, May 14, 2018
The Czech Republic rounded off its Group A campaign with a win against Austria, with Tomáš Hyka contributing three points in a 4-3 victory.
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An expected team and a very unexpected team both clinched the unwanted spots of relegation to Division IA at the 2018 IIHF World Championship, with Korea Republic clinching the second relegation, after Belarus, with a day still remaining in group play at the tournament in Denmark.
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Czechia 6-0 France 
World Championship Preliminary Round
Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Sunday, May 13, 2018
There are hungry Bruins on the prowl in Copenhagen. David Pastrňák scored two first-period goals to spark the Czech Republic to a 6-0 romp over France on Sunday.
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