๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Rivalry Series, Game 5
SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon ๐จ๐ฆ
Wednesday, 07 February 2024
Ashton Bell and Renata Fast scored in a 2:38 span of the third period and Canada stayed alive in the Rivalry Series, rallying to beat the United States 4-2 on Wednesday night in Game 5.
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After nearly two years since the Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal, and the subsequent cover-up, broke in the news, the London Police Service formally charged five members of the 2018 World Junior squad with sexual assault.
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At a press conference during the 2024 NHL All-Star Weekend in Toronto, Canada, both NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and IIHF President Luc Tardif announced a number of international hockey developments, including the return of NHL players to the Winter Olympics and a new tournament to debut in February 2025.
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The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2024, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Prague, with five different nationalities highlighting the class, including a trio of native Czechoslovak legends heading the class.
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๐บ๐ธ United States 6-2 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Scandinavium, Gothenburg ๐ธ๐ช
Friday, 05 January 2024
The United States made the most of their chances and skated to an almost flawless 6-2 victory over Sweden to capture their sixth all-time Gold medal. They won their first in 2004 and most recent one in 2021, and have won those six in a 21-year span.
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๐บ๐ธ United States 3-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
World Junior Championship Semifinal
Scandinavium, Gothenburg ๐ธ๐ช
Thursday, 04 January 2024
Cutter Gauthier’s late power-play goal gave the United States a come-from-behind 3-2 win over Finland to earn the team a spot in the Gold medal game tomorrow night against hosts Sweden.
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For the first time in history, the World Junior Championship relegation round came down to a single game, with Germany defeating Norway 5-4 in overtime to send Norway back down to Division IA in 2025, after just one year in the Top Division.
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๐บ๐ธ United States 7-2 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
Frรถlundaborg, Gothenburg ๐ธ๐ช
Tuesday, 02 January 2024
The American offence went into high gear in Tuesday’s 7-2 quarter-final romp over Latvia. The all-18-year-old line of Will Smith, Ryan Leonard and Gabe Perreault dominated, combining for six points. Blueliner Seamus Casey chipped in three assists.
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The story of the world junior calendar year of 2023 came down really to two countries, with Canada dominating the top of the calendar, while it was American dominance nearly a full calendar year later setting the stage for a thrilling finish to the 2024 World Junior Championship.
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๐บ๐ธ United States 10-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Frรถlundaborg, Gothenburg ๐ธ๐ช
Sunday, 31 December 2023
In the New Year’s Eve showdown for first place in Group B, the U.S. left no doubt, hammering Slovakia 10-2 at Frรถlundaborg. Captain Rutger McGroarty set the tone with a hat trick and goalie Trey Augustine shone when tested with 38 stops.
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The 2023 international men’s hockey calendar was one full of surprises, with the emergence of competing Cinderella stories at the 2023 World Championship that captivating the hockey world, before a familiar face emerged as world champions once again.
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The 2023 calendar year saw another fourteen heavyweight matchups between the United States and Canada on the international hockey stage, with both nations fighting for Gold medals, world supremacy, and the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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๐บ๐ธ United States 4-3 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ (SO)
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Frรถlundaborg, Gothenburg ๐ธ๐ช
Friday, 29 December 2023
Isaac Howard got the shootout winner as the U.S. beat Czechia 4-3 in Group B action on Friday.
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๐บ๐ธ United States 11-3 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Frรถlundaborg, Gothenburg ๐ธ๐ช
Thursday, 28 December 2023
Jimmy Snuggerud scored a hat trick in the first period as the U.S. trounced Switzerland 11-3 on Thursday at Frรถlundaborg. It was a showcase of the skill and speed that the USA Hockey National Team Development Program preaches in Plymouth, Michigan.
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๐บ๐ธ United States 4-1 Norway ๐ณ๐ด
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Frรถlundaborg, Gothenburg ๐ธ๐ช
Tuesday, 26 December 2023
Newly promoted Norway surprisingly kept it scoreless with the stacked Americans until Jimmy Snuggerud scored at the midway mark. That sparked the U.S. to a 4-1 win on Day One of the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship in Gothenburg.
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With the season upon us, this means the inevitable return of the IIHF World Junior Championship, which will return to Europe for the first time since January 2020, with Gothenburg, Sweden hosting the world’s top under-20 teams starting on 26 December.
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๐บ๐ธ United States 6-5 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT)
Exhibition Game
Kungsbacka Ishall, Kungsbacka ๐ธ๐ช
Friday, 22 December 2023
Ryan Leonard netted a pair of goals and Lane Hutson notched the overtime-winner to lift the U.S. National Junior Team past Canada, 6-5, in pre-tournament action at Kungsbacka Ishall ahead of the 2024 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship.
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๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-3 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Exhibition Game
Catena Arena, รngelholm ๐ธ๐ช
Friday, 22 December 2023
Canada continued to ramp up ahead of the World Junior tournament, defeating Switzerland 6-3 on Friday morning for its second-straight pre-tournament victory.
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๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Rivalry Series, Game 4
Progressive Auto Sales Arena, Sarnia ๐จ๐ฆ
Saturday, 16 December 2023
Marie-Philip Poulin scored in a shootout as Canada finally got into the win column in the women’s hockey Rivalry Series with a 3-2 victory over the United States on Saturday at Progressive Auto Sales Arena in Sarnia, Ontario.
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๐บ๐ธ United States 3-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT)
Rivalry Series, Game 3
Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener ๐จ๐ฆ
Thursday, 14 December 2023
Captain Hilary Knight scored the overtime winner as the United States womenโs national hockey team improved to 3-0 in its Rivalry Series with a 3-2 win over Canada on Thursday.
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International Hockey Lineal Championship 