Today the International Ice Hockey Federation announced that hosting rights for the 2028 World Juniors have been awarded to Tampere and Turku, Finland, with the tournament set to begin on 26 December 2027.
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Category Archives: World Junior Championship
๐ณ๐ด Norway Promoted To World Junior Top Division In 2027
After a two-year stint in Division IA, Norway will be returning to the World Junior Championship Top Division, thanks to a late Kazakh comeback victory over Austria, locking up their spot in the Top Division even before their final match against hosts Slovenia at the Division IA tournament in Bled.
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๐ซ๐ฎ๐บ๐ธ IHLC Classics: Kakko’s Dagger Captures Junior Gold
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.”ย Today, Today, in honour of Finnish Independence Day (itsenรคisyyspรคivรค), we feature Finland’s most recent World Junior Championship title, a stunning victory over the Americans on the back of a late Kaapo Kakko game winning goal.
๐ซ๐ฎย Finlandย 3-2ย United Statesย ๐บ๐ธ
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Rogers Arena, Vancouver ๐จ๐ฆ
Saturday, 05 January 2019
Kaapo Kakko scored the winner with 1:26 left as Finland edged the U.S. 3-2 in the 2019 World Junior Gold medal game on Saturday night.
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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2026 Inductees
The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2026, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Zรผrich, with six players from four different nationalities highlighting the class.
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๐จ๐ฆ ๐ท๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ธ Hockey Hall Of Fame Inducts Class Of 2025
The Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their 2025 Class, inducting six legendary players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.
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๐จ๐ฟ ๐ท๐บ IHLC Classics: Czechia Wins Inaugural World Juniors Gold
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.”ย Today, in honour of Czech Independence Day, we feature Czechia’s first ever World Junior Championship title, captured in 2000 amidst the “Golden era” of Czech hockey at the turn of the 21st century.
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 1-0 Russia ๐ท๐บ (SO)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Skellefteรฅ Kraft Arena, Skellefteรฅ ๐ธ๐ช
Tuesday, 04 January 2000
The Czech Republic won the World Junior Hockey Championship for the first time ever with a 1-0 shootout win over defending champion Russia yesterday.
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๐ธ๐ฐ Jaroslav Halรกk Confirms Retirement From Hockey At 40
Journeyman Slovak goaltender Jaroslav Halรกk, who backstopped seven different NHL teams and the Slovakian national squad for twenty pro seasons, today confirmed his retirement from hockey, two years after his last professional game.
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๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช IHLC Classics: Halischuk’s Heroics Lead To Four-Peat
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 Canada Day, we look back at Canada’s unprecedented fourth straight World Juniors medal, captured by the overtime heroics of Matt Halischuk.
๐จ๐ฆ Canadaย 3-2ย Sweden ๐ธ๐ชย (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
ฤEZ Arรฉna, Pardubice ๐จ๐ฟ
Saturday, 05 January 2008
Color Canada Gold for a fourth straight year at the IIHF World Junior Championship.
Matt Halischuk jammed the puck into the net at 3:36 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 triumph over Sweden on Saturday in the Gold medal game.
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๐ซ๐ฎ Pentti Matikainen: 1950-2025
Pentti Matikainen, the long-time coach of numerous clubs across Finland’s Liiga, as well as a multi-event medalist in leading the Finnish national team, passed away from cancer at the age of 74 in Helsinki.
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๐บ๐ธ 2026 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the United States looking to “three-peat” as world champions for the first time in history, looking to do some on home ice in Minnesota, with the Americans hosting the tournament’s fiftieth edition for the first time since 2018.
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๐จ๐ฆ ๐ท๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ธ Hockey Hall Of Fame Announces Class Of 2025
The Hockey Hall Of Fame today announced the newest members that will join as the Class of 2025 on 10 November, with long-time nominee Alexander Mogilny finally getting the call, alongside Jennifer Botterill, Brianna Decker, and first-time nominees Zdeno Chรกra, Duncan Keith and Joe Thornton, all to join the ranks of the Hall in Toronto.
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๐จ๐ญ King Of The Worlds: Andres Ambรผhl Formally Retires At 41
Swiss forward Andres Ambรผhl, the six-time Swiss champion and all-time leader in IIHF World Championship tournaments and games played, today played his 151st and final World Championship game following Switzerland’s Gold Medal overtime loss, formalizing his retirement from the sport at the age of 41 after a two decade-plus professional career.
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๐จ๐ฆ Flower Out: Marc-Andrรฉ Fleury Retires At Age 40
The “Flower” has bloomed for the last time – after confirming his retirement at the beginning of the 2024-25 NHL season, Marc-Andrรฉ Fleury has officially played in his final NHL game at the age of 40, following Minnesota’s elimination from the Stanley Cup playoffs, ending a remarkable 21-season career spanning stops in Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, Chicago and the Twin Cities.
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๐ซ๐ฎ Valtteri Filppula Confirms Retirement At Age 41
Finnish forward Valtteri Filppula, the first Finn to become a member of the Triple Gold Club by virtue of his 2008 Stanley Cup, and Olympic and World Championship titles both in 2022, today confirmed his retirement following at the age of 41.
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๐ท๐บ It’s Officially Official – Ilya Kovalchuk Retires From Hockey At Age 41
After initially claiming his career was over in early March, soon correcting that to clarify he was simply a free agent, Russian winger Ilya Kovalchuk today made it official that, at the age of 41, he would be stepping away from hockey for good, following an illustrious career highlighted by one Olympic and two World Championship titles.
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๐ธ๐ช Loui Eriksson Confirms Retirement After Two Year Absence
Two years after his most recent game in the Swedish Hockey League semifinals, Loui Eriksson today confirmed his retirement from pro hockey, leaving the sport at age 39 after twenty pro seasons across three countries.
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๐ท๐บ ๐ง๐พ IIHF Extends Russia, Belarus Ban Into 2025-26 Season
Following an IIHF Council meeting, the International Ice Hockey Federation today confirmed that their ban on Russian and Belarusian teams, dating back to their invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, was extended through the 2025-26 hockey season.
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IHLC Results โ ๐บ๐ธ United States 4-3 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ (OT) – 05 Jan 2025
๐บ๐ธ United States 4-3 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa ๐จ๐ฆ
Sunday, 05 January 2025
Teddy Stiga took a breakaway pass from Zeev Buium and beat Petteri Rimpinen between the pads at 8:04 of overtime to give the United States the Gold medal at the 2025 World Junior Championship. This is the first time the Americans have won back-to-back Gold.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-3 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช (OT) – 04 Jan 2025
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-3 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช (OT)
World Junior Championship Semifinal
Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa ๐จ๐ฆ
Saturday, 04 January 2025
Benjamin Rautiainen scored with 38 seconds left in overtime as Finland defeated Sweden 4-3 in the first semi-final of the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship.
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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2025 Inductees
The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2025, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Stockholm, with five different nationalities and a pair of Swedish goaltenders highlighting the class.
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