The schedule for the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the tournament set to return to being played during the holiday season in front of fans, with Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick hosting for Canada for the third straight year.
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Category Archives: World Junior Championship
IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ (OT) โ 20 Aug 2022
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Saturday, 20 August 2022
Kent Johnson knocked in a loose puck at 3:20 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 win over Finland and take the Gold medal at the 2022 World Junior Championship.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-2 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ โ 19 Aug 2022
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-2 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
World Junior Championship Semifinal
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Friday, 19 August 2022
Wearing their snazzy, red, throwback sweaters, Canada blasted past the underdog Czechs by a 5-2 score this afternoon to advance to the gold medal game Saturday night, 6pm local time. Theyโll play the winners of tonightโs Sweden–Finland semi-finals. It will be their fifth appearance in the ultimate game in the last six years.
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๐จ๐ฆ Kyle Turris Retires From Playing Career, Turns To Management
Canadian centre Kyle Turris today announced he is stepping away from playing hockey, moving into a management role with the Coquitlam Express of the BCHL, putting an end to his fifteen year professional career, highlighted by a World Junior Championship Gold and World Championship Silver medal.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-3 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ โ 17 Aug 2022
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-3 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Wednesday, 17 August 2022
Propelled by a four-goal first period, Canada defeated Switzerland 6-3 in Thursday’s marquee quarter-final in front of a happy Rogers Place crowd. Coach Dave Cameron’s team will face either the Finns or the Czechs in the semi-finals on Friday.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-3 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ โ 15 Aug 2022
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-3 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Monday, 15 August 2022
Canada scored three goals on 10 first-period shots en route to a 6-3 victory over rival Finland to stay perfect at Rogers Place and clinch first place in Group A. The result gives the host nation a quarter-final matchup with Switzerland on Wednesday.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 9-3 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ โ 14 Aug 2022
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 9-3 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Sunday, 14 August 2022
Rule of thumb: if you can’t kill penalties, they will kill you. The Slovaks learned that the hard way on Sunday afternoon at Rogers Place. Brimming with confidence, Finland converted five times with the power play in a 9-3 dismantling of Slovakia.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-3 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ (SO) โ 11 Aug 2022
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-3 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ (SO)
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Thursday, 11 August 2022
Kasper Simontaival scored the shootout winner to break a 3-3 tie and send Finland on to victory over Czechia this afternoon at Rogers Place. The win keeps Finland perfect (2-0) and drops the Czechs to 1-1 so far.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 6-1 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป โ 09 Aug 2022
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 6-1 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Tuesday, 09 August 2022
It’s been a stellar year for Finnish hockey, and the U20 boys did their part to maintain that tone on Tuesday, kicking off with a 6-1 win over Latvia at the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship in Edmonton.
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IHLC Preview – 2022 World Junior Championship (Take II)
After playing the 2021 World Junior Championship in a bubble, and having to cancel the original iteration of the 2022 tournament in December after just nine games due to an outbreak of COVID-19, the second attempt at the 2022 Championship will begin on 09 August in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, hoping to complete the tournament successfully with fans in the stands for the first time since 2020.
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๐จ๐ฟ Jan Hlavรกฤ Announces Retirement From Hockey At Age 45
Veteran Czech winger Jan Hlavรกฤ, whose nearly three-decade career was highlighted with the Golden Goal of the 1999 World Championships, today announced his retirement from the sport at age 45, leaving the game with a Czech Extraliga title and four World Championship medals in hand.
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๐ธ๐ฐ Andrej Sekera Announces Retirement From Hockey At Age 36
Slovakian defender Andrej Sekera today officially announced his retirement from the Dallas Stars, ending a sixteen year NHL career that saw him journey across five NHL clubs, along with a World Championship and World Cup Silver medal. Continue reading
๐ท๐บ Alexander Syomin Retires Following Farewell Charity Game
Following a charity game held in his hometown of Krasnoyarsk, Russian forward Alexander Syomin’s career is officially over, wrapping after 19 pro seasons in both the United States and Russia, a Gagarin Cup title and two World Championship Gold medals.
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๐ธ๐ช ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฎ Hockey Hall Of Fame Announces Class Of 2022
The Hockey Hall Of Fame today announced the newest members that will join as the Class of 2022 on 14 November, with a trio of Swedish forwards, anchored by a Finnish defender and a Canadian goaltender, with numerous International Hockey Lineal Championships between them, joining the ranks of the Hall in Toronto.
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๐จ๐ฆ Restarted 2022 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the rescheduled 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, restarting the tournament in Edmonton, Canada following the cancellation of December’s tournament due to an outbreak of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
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๐ซ๐ฎ Valtteri Filppula Joins Triple Gold Club
The only player eligible to join in this year’s World Championship, forward Valtteri Filppula tonight joined Triple Gold Club by virtue of winning his second Gold Medal in three months with theย Leijonat,ย becoming the 31st male and first Finnish player to join the club, adding to his Stanley Cup and Olympic Gold medal.
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๐จ๐ฆ Jason Spezza Announces Retirement From Hockey At 38
Canadian forward Jason Spezza, who maintained a high level of play throughout his 19-year NHL career, along with numerous stints with the Canadian national team, today announced his retirement from hockey, opting to join the front office of his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs.
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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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๐จ๐ฆ IIHF Names Halifax & Moncton As 2023 World Junior Championship Hosts
After the IIHF stripped Russia of hosting duties for the 2023 World Junior Championship due to their ongoing invasion in Ukraine, today the Federation announced that hosting rights were instead awarded to Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, with the tournament set to begin on 26 December 2022.
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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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