Unable to return to the ice following surgery to remove a blood clot from his pelvis nearly a year ago, goalie veteran Tomáš Vokoun has decided to call it a career, after 16 seasons in the NHL playing for Montréal, Nashville, Florida, Washington and Pittsburgh.
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Category Archives: World Cup Of Hockey
🇪🇺 2016 World Cup “Euro All-Stars”: What If?
Amid reports of a European “All-Star” team making up a seventh team at the 2016 World Cup Of Hockey, which would be comprised of players from nations not already fielding full teams (Sweden, Finland, Russia and Czechia), much speculation has already begun about what that potential team would look like. Matt Larkin of The Hockey News took the speculation a step further, setting a full projected roster for 2016, which brings up a very unique and interesting looking squad.
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🇸🇪 Lingering Back Injury Forces Daniel Alfredsson Into Retirement
Ending months of speculation on whether he would return for a final season with the Detroit Red Wings, 18-year NHL veteran and longtime Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson has opted to retire, with a nagging back injury ending his career at the age of 41, resigning with Ottawa for the day to retire as a Senator.
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🇨🇦 Pat Quinn: 1943-2014
Former NHL player and coach Pat Quinn, who led Canada to their first Olympic Gold Medal in 50 years, along with leading them to a perfect World Cup in 2004, has died in Vancouver at the age of 71.
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🇫🇮 The Finnish Flash Retires: Teemu Selänne Not Returning To Jokerit
After a brilliant 21-year NHL career, an impressive start with his hometown Jokerit, and one of the greatest international careers in hockey history, Teemu Selänne has confirmed that he will not be making a “victory lap” with Jokerit, after retiring from the Anaheim Ducks at the end of last season.
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World Cup Update: Euro, Rookie All-Star Teams To Compete?
As first reported by Sportsnet, representatives from the NHL and IIHF met in Toronto in advance of the Hockey Hall Of Fame Class of 2014 induction ceremony to discuss the 2016 World Cup Of Hockey logistics, mainly the status of the two final spots to round out a field of eight teams to play in Toronto.
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HHOF Inducts Four International Legends
Tomorrow, the Hockey Hall Of Fame will enshrine four new members into its players category as the Class of 2014 – not just players who shined in their National Hockey League careers, but also for the tremendous careers they achieved internationally. Dominik Hašek, Peter Forsberg, Rob Blake and Mike Modano share numerous Olympic, World Championship and World Cup championships between them, in addition to all having held the International Hockey Lineal Championship in their illustrious careers.
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🇨🇦 2016 World Cup Set To Be Hosted In Single City: Toronto
As first reported by ESPN, part of the delay for the anticipated 2016 World Cup Of Hockey announcement were discussions between the NHL and the Montréal Canadiens, in the hopes that Centre Bell could co-host the tournament with Toronto in September 2016. However, the league has expressed a desire to keep the entire tournament in a single city, hosted out of the Air Canada Centre (pictured above), home of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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2016 World Cup Of Hockey Details Released
According to a report by Hokej.cz, details regarding the next iteration of the World Cup Of Hockey in 2016 were released at the annual IIHF Congress in Tenerife, Spain, with dates being confirmed for the tournament rumoured to be hosted in Toronto.
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🇸🇰 Miroslav Hlinka: 1972-2014
As reported by SME, former Slovakian national team forward Miroslav Hlinka, a member of the stalwart team that shocked the world with a Gold Medal performance at the 2002 World Championships, has died of suicide at the age of 42.
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🇫🇮 “Captain K” Hanging It Up: Saku Koivu Retires
After an 18-year NHL career, and an illustrious span as the captain of Finland since 1998, Saku Koivu announced his retirement from the Anaheim Ducks.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 – 14 Sep 2004
🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮
World Cup Of Hockey Final
Air Canada Centre, Toronto 🇨🇦
Tuesday, 14 September 2004
Canada rules the World and now they have the trophy to prove it.
Canada won the 2004 World Cup of Hockey Tuesday night, posting an emotional 3-2 victory over a very good Finland at the Air Canada Centre before a raucous sellout crowd that basked in the glow of their heroes’ triumph.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-3 Czechia 🇨🇿 (OT) – 11 Sep 2004
🇨🇦 Canada 4-3 Czechia 🇨🇿 (OT)
World Cup Of Hockey Semifinal
Air Canada Centre, Toronto 🇨🇦
Saturday, 11 September 2004
Pressed to the max by a never-say-die Czech Republic squad that threatened to ruin their World Cup party, Canada dug deep into its collective heart and soul Saturday night at the Air Canada Centre, advancing to the finals of the World Cup of Hockey Saturday night with a 4-3 overtime win over the Czechs.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-0 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 08 Sep 2004
🇨🇦 Canada 5-0 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Cup Of Hockey Quarterfinal
Air Canada Centre, Toronto 🇨🇦
Wednesday, 08 September 2004
Just 6:55 into the second period Slovakia coach Ján Filc was prowling his team’s bench giving them an earful. That’s because all of Slovakia’s fine first-period work against Team Canada was going up in a cloud of smoke.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-1 Russia 🇷🇺 – 04 Sep 2004
🇨🇦 Canada 3-1 Russia 🇷🇺
World Cup Of Hockey Group Round
Air Canada Centre, Toronto 🇨🇦
Saturday, 04 September 2004
The last time Mario Lemieux played against Russia, it was 1987 and he took a classic pass from Wayne Gretzky and lifted Canada to the Canada Cup in one of the greatest hockey games ever played.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-1 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 01 Sep 2004
🇨🇦 Canada 5-1 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Cup Of Hockey Group Round
Centre Molson, Montréal 🇨🇦
Wednesday, 01 September 2004
People of Canada, if you ever doubted that the 2004 version of Team Maple Leaf wasn’t ready to win this World Cup, understand now that it’s OK to dream about it. Just be cautious.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 2-1 United States 🇺🇸 – 31 Aug 2004
🇨🇦 Canada 2-1 United States 🇺🇸
World Cup Of Hockey Group Round
Centre Molson, Montréal 🇨🇦
Tuesday, 31 August 2004
Team Canada skated on to the Bell Centre ice Tuesday night decked out in a replica uniform commemorating the 1920 Winnipeg Falcons, a team that represented Canada in the first-ever Olympic hockey championships. The Falcons went on to win Olympic Gold in Antwerp.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 5-2 Canada 🇨🇦 – 14 Sep 1996
🇺🇸 United States 5-2 Canada 🇨🇦
World Cup Of Hockey Final, Game 3
Centre Molson, Montréal 🇨🇦
Saturday, 14 September 1996
By 1996, the United States had replaced the Soviet Union / Russia as Canada’s principle international rivalry. In part this was because the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 had rendered the Russians more vulnerable and not as dominant. In part, the rivalry had been as political as it was sporting, so without the cloak of the Iron Curtain, the two countries weren’t nemeses any more.
And, in part, it was because of the emergence of the U.S. as a true hockey power. Canada had defeated the Americans — not the Soviets — in the 1991 Canada Cup, and the core American players from that team were now in their prime in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 5-2 Canada 🇨🇦 – 12 Sep 1996
🇺🇸 United States 5-2 Canada 🇨🇦
World Cup Of Hockey Final, Game 2
Centre Molson, Montréal 🇨🇦
Thursday, 12 September 1996
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:39 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Suter, interference
05:13 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Coffey, hooking
07:06 – 🇺🇸 PP GOAL – LeClair (Suter, Modano)
08:47 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Deadmarsh, holding
09:23 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Shanahan (Lindros)
18:52 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Amonte, holding
18:52 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Shanahan, high sticking
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-3 United States 🇺🇸 (OT) – 10 Sep 1996
🇨🇦 Canada 4-3 United States 🇺🇸 (OT)
World Cup Of Hockey Final, Game 1
CoreStates Center, Philadelphia 🇺🇸
Tuesday, 10 September 1996
BOXSCORE
1st Period
05:36 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Damphousse, slashing
07:56 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Weight, slashing
15:01 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Guerin, holding
16:04 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Coffey, roughing
16:04 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Deadmarsh, roughing
16:04 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Shanahan, roughing
16:04 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Chelios, slashing
16:50 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Lindros (Blake, Gretzky)
19:23 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Niedermayer, tripping
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International Hockey Lineal Championship 