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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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 5-3 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ – 02 Jan 2025
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 5-3 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
The Arena At TD Place, Ottawa ๐จ๐ฆ
Thursday, 02 January 2025
Powered by three first-period goals, Finland held on for a 5-3 quarter-final win over Slovakia on Thursday night in Ottawa.
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๐ฐ๐ฟ Kazakhstan Relegated From World Junior Championship
For the second straight year, Germany narrowly avoided relegation at the World Junior Championship, this time eliminating Kazakhstan in a 4-3 victory to send the Kazakhs back down to Division IA in 2026, after only one year in the Top Division.
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IHLC 2024 In Review – Junior
The 2024 international junior calendar saw the United States dominate throughout the year, capturing Gold in early January 2024 and looking to repeat as world champions again, for the first time ever, in 2025.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-0 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป – 31 Dec 2024
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-0 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa ๐จ๐ฆ
Tuesday, 31 December 2024
Finland finished the preliminary round with a 3-0 win over Latvia this afternoon in Ottawa. Petteri Rimpinen stopped 28 shots for the shutout, while Benjamin Rautiainen had a goal and assist for the winners.
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IHLC 2024 In Review – Men’s
The 2024 international men’s hockey calendar saw four different nations capture the title throughout the year, with a European champion ensuring a more active back half of the year than Canada’s 2023 Gold medal victory originally allowed for.
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IHLC 2024 In Review – Women’s
The 2024 calendar year saw a reduction in international competition due to the rise of the Professional Women’s Hockey League, but there was still plenty of drama between the United States and Canada all throughout North America over the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-3 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT) – 29 Dec 2024
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-3 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT)
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa ๐จ๐ฆ
Sunday, 29 December 2024
The plot thickens. On the strength of Tuomas Uronen’s overtime winner, Finland beat the U.S. 4-3 on Sunday at the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship. It was the first American loss at this tournament after two regulation-time wins.
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IHLC Results โ ๐บ๐ธ United States 5-1 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป โ 28 Dec 2024
๐บ๐ธ United States 5-1 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa ๐จ๐ฆ
Saturday, 28 December 2024
The United States won their 10th straight World Junior Championship game (stretching over three tournaments) this afternoon in Ottawa, defeating a beleaguered Latvian team by a 5-1 count.
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IHLC Results โ ๐บ๐ธ United States 10-4 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช โ 26 Dec 2024
๐บ๐ธ United States 10-4 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa ๐จ๐ฆ
Thursday, 26 December 2024
On Thursday, the defending champion U.S. hammered Germany 10-4 to kick off the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship in Ottawa. Living up to its advance billing, the top American line dazzled as James Hagens and Gabe Perreault led the way with two goals and two assists apiece. Blueliner Cole Hutson racked up five assists.
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IHLC Preview – 2025 World Junior Championship
With the holidays approaching, this means that immediately after Christmas ends, the IIHF World Junior Championship will begin, this time being hosted in Canada’s capital of Ottawa, Ontario, with the world’s top under-20 teams convening for the title of global supremacy.
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IHLC Results โ ๐บ๐ธ United States 5-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ โ 23 Dec 2024
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๐บ๐ธ United States 5-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Exhibition Game
Ed Lumley Arena, Cornwall ๐จ๐ฆ
Monday, 23 December 2024
Gabe Perreault and James Hagens each registered three assists to help the U.S. National Junior Team to a 5-2 victory over Finland here today before a capacity crowd at the Cornwall Civic Complex in pre-tournament action ahead of the 2025 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship.
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IHLC Results โ ๐บ๐ธ United States 6-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ โ 21 Dec 2024
๐บ๐ธ United States 6-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
Exhibition Game
Slush Puppie Place, Kingston ๐จ๐ฆ
Saturday, 21 December 2024
Ryan Leonard had two goals and an assist, while Cole Hutson added three assists to help the U.S. National Junior Team to a 6-2 victory over Slovakia here tonight at Slush Puppie Place in pre-tournament action ahead of the 2025 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship.
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๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark Promoted To World Junior Top Division In 2026
For the first time since 2019, Denmark will be returning to the World Junior Championship Top Division, after being pushed to the brink by Austria before upsetting them in a do-or-die final showdown in Bled, Slovenia, winning 5-4 in regulation to capture the Division IA tournament and book their ticket to Minnesota in 2026.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 5-3 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช – 15 Dec 2024
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 5-3 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Swiss Ice Hockey Games
BCF Arena, Fribourg ๐จ๐ญ
Sunday, 15 December 2024
BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:50 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – de la Rose, tripping
08:51 – ๐จ๐ฟ GOAL – Chlapรญk (Zadina, Sedlรกk)
14:14 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Ollas Mattsson, hooking
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 2-0 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ – 14 Dec 2024
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 2-0 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Swiss Ice Hockey Games
BCF Arena, Fribourg ๐จ๐ญ
Saturday, 14 December 2024
BOXSCORE
1st Period
11:07 – ๐จ๐ฟ GOAL – Zadina (Kundrรกtek, Krejฤรญk)
19:39 – ๐จ๐ฟ GOAL – Strรกnskรฝ (Tomรกลกek, Zรกbranskรฝ)
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 12 Dec 2024
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Swiss Ice Hockey Games
Enteria arena, Pardubice ๐จ๐ฟ
Thursday, 12 December 2024
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:47 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN SHOT – Kovaลฤรญk stopped
16:10 – ๐จ๐ฟ GOAL – Kubalรญk (Smejkal, Zรกbranskรฝ)
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International Hockey Lineal Championship 