After a sweeping recommendation from the International Olympic Committee to remove Russia and Belarus from international sporting competitions, following their invasion of Ukraine that began on 24 February, today the International Ice Hockey Federation announced a number of updates regarding their respective participation and hosting of future competitions.
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Category Archives: World Championship
IHLC 2021 In Review – Men’s
With the international hockey calendar returning (relatively) to normal in 2021, the IHLC saw a flurry of activity throughout the year, bookended with stops on the Euro Hockey Tour, and a relocated World Championship in between. Continue reading
๐จ๐ญ Philippe Furrer Announces Retirement From Hockey At 36
Just short of the NLA’s holiday and Olympic breaks, veteran Swiss defender Philippe Furrer today announced his retirement from hockey, leaving HC Fribourg-Gottรฉron at the age of 36.
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๐จ๐ฆ Dion Phaneuf Formally Announces Retirement
Just days after fellow punishing defender Braydon Coburn announced his retirement from hockey, his counterpart Dion Phaneuf, a three-time NHL All-Star inactive for the past three seasons, today formally announced he is stepping away from the game at age 36.
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๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ Hockey Hall Of Fame Inducts Class Of 2020 Following Delay
After a sixteen-month pandemic delay, the Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their Class of 2020, inducting five legendary players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.
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๐จ๐ฆ Braydon Coburn Retires From Hockey At Age 36
Bruising Canadian defenceman Braydon Coburn, who spent sixteen NHL seasons with five clubs, amassing nearly 1000 games played and a Stanley Cup ring, today announced his retirement from the sport at the age of 36.
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๐ธ๐ฐ Mariรกn Gรกborรญk Formally Announces Retirement From Pro Hockey
After spending the past three seasons on injured reserve due to a herniated disk, Slovak star forward Mariรกn Gรกborรญk officially announced his retirement from pro hockey at the age of 39.
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๐จ๐ฟ ๐จ๐ฆ IHLC Classics: Prochรกzka’s Golden Goal
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 Czech Independence Day, we feature Czechia’s first World Championship title as an independent nation, twenty five years after stunning Canada with two goals in the final minute of play.
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 4-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna ๐ฆ๐น
Sunday, 05 May 1996
Patera, Prochรกzka…and then the puck was shaking viciously in the net. Whoever saw it will not forget. The last minute of the final period of the 1996 World Cup has an indelible golden tinge for Czech hockey. The group from the heart of Europe then became world champions in Vienna after an eleven-year wait.
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๐ซ๐ท๐จ๐ญ Tardif Named New IIHF President, Fasel Inducted To IIHF Hall Of Fame
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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๐จ๐ฟ Czech Goaltender Jakub Kovรกล Retires At Age 33
Citing health reasons for his early retirement, Czech goaltender Jakub Kovรกล today announced he was leaving KHL club Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg after just one start in the 2021-22 KHL season, ending his professional career.
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๐จ๐ฟ Ladislav Lubina: 1967-2021
Ladislav Lubina, the Czech winger who captured a number of medals for the Narodnitym throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s, today sadly passed away from brain cancer at the age of 54.
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๐บ๐ธ American Forward David Backes Retires As Blue At Age 37
American forward David Backes, who has seen limited playing time over the past two seasons due to recurring injuries, today officially signed with St. Louis for a day to retire as a Blue, ending his career at the age of 37.
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๐ท๐บ Vladimir Shadrin: 1948-2021
Vladimir Shadrin, the Russian centreman who starred on some of the most powerful Soviet squads of the 1970’s, today passed away in Moscow from COVID-19 complications at the age of 73.
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๐จ๐ญ Swiss Defender Severin Blindenbacher Announces Retirement At 38
Swiss defender Severin Blindenbacher, a mainstay on the Eisgenossen blueline for over a decade, today announced his retirement from the ZSC Lions at age 38.
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๐จ๐ฟ Jan Suchรฝ: 1944-2021
Jan Suchรฝ, the Czech defenceman who anchored some of the most successful club and international teams in the history of the Czech hockey program, and is both a member of the IIHF and Czech Hockey Hall of Fame, today passed away at age 76.
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๐บ๐ธ Jimmy Hayes: 1989-2021
The hockey world today was again struck with tragic news, as the news of 31 year old American forward Jimmy Hayes, a former NHL and international player who recently became a new father, had unexpectedly passed away in his home state of Milton, Massachusetts, USA.
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๐จ๐ฆ Rod Gilbert: 1941-2021
Rod Gilbert, the Hall of Fame winger and top scorer in New York Rangers history, today passed away at the age of 80, just twelve days following the death of fellow 1972 Summit Series teammate Tony Esposito.
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๐ธ๐ช Long Live The King: Henrik Lundqvist Announces Retirement
Swedish goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, a Gold Medal winner at both the Olympics and World Championship, and the sixth winningest goaltender in NHL history after an illustrious 15-year career with the New York Rangers, today officially retired from hockey at age 39, after missing the 2020-21 NHL campaign after undergoing open heart surgery.
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๐ซ๐ฎ 2022 World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2022 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Tampere and Helsinki, Finland, returning to the nation for the first time since Helsinki hosted consecutively in 2012-13.
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๐จ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ธ Tony Esposito: 1943-2021
Anthony “Tony O” Esposito, the legendary Chicago Black Hawks goaltender who was a three-time Vezina Trophy winner, and one of the backstops in Canada’s historic 1972 Summit Series, today died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 78. Continue reading
