Following years of instability for the Premier Hockey Federation, largely due to COVID-19 restrictions and delays, the 2022-23 successful season, which introduced a seventh expansion team in Montréal, came to a thrilling conclusion tonight in Tempe, Arizona, with the Toronto Six capturing the Isobel Cup with a 4-3 overtime victory over the Minnesota Whitecaps.
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🇺🇸 Brianna Decker Retires From Pro Hockey
American forward Brianna Decker, a six-time World Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist, NCAA champion and unofficial member of the women’s Triple Gold Club with two Clarkson Cups and an Isobel Cup, today announced her retirement from hockey at the age of 31, moving into a full-time coaching capacity.
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🇷🇺 Five-Time Gagarin Cup Champion Danis Zaripov Retires From Hockey
Russian winger Danis Zaripov, a three-time World champion and record five-time Gagarin Cup champion, today announced his retirement from pro hockey, following the final regular season matchup for his club Ak Bars Kazan, in advance of the 2023 Gagarin Cup Playoffs.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-0 United States 🇺🇸 – 22 Feb 2023
🇨🇦 Canada 5-0 United States 🇺🇸
Rivalry Series, Game 7
Place Bell, Laval 🇨🇦
Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Blayre Turnbull led all scorers with two goals as Canada used a four-goal second period to fuel a 5-0 win over the U.S. to claim the Rivalry Series.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-1 United States 🇺🇸 – 20 Feb 2023
🇨🇦 Canada 5-1 United States 🇺🇸
Rivalry Series, Game 6
Colisée Vidéotron, Trois-Rivières 🇨🇦
Monday, 20 February 2023
Circle Wednesday on the calendar if you enjoy do-or-die showdowns between acrimonious rivals.
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🇸🇪 2024 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the tournament set to be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, with Sweden hosting for the first time in a decade, Gothenburg hosting the World Juniors for the first time ever, and marking the first post-pandemic tournament to be held outside of Canada.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 12 Feb 2023
🇸🇪 Sweden 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Beijer Hockey Games
Malmö Arena, Malmö 🇸🇪
Sunday, 12 February 2023
BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:25 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Tikka, tripping
11:53 – 🇸🇪 PP GOAL – Lennström (Pudas, Sörensen)
12:02 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Rasmussen, delay of game
16:20 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Innala, high sticking
19:00 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Lander, tripping
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 6-1 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 11 Feb 2023
🇫🇮 Finland 6-1 Czechia 🇨🇿
Beijer Hockey Games
Malmö Arena, Malmö 🇸🇪
Saturday, 11 February 2023
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:46 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Flynn, slashing
11:56 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Matinpalo (Aaltonen, Sallinen)
14:56 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Aaltonen (Sallinen, Kossila)
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 2-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT) – 09 Feb 2023
🇨🇿 Czechia 2-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT)
Beijer Hockey Games
Malmö Arena, Malmö 🇸🇪
Thursday, 09 February 2023
BOXSCORE
1st Period
17:16 – 🇸🇪 PEN – de la Rose, cross checking
17:57 – 🇨🇿 PP GOAL – Kovář (Lakatoš, Zámorský)
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🇸🇪 Joel Lundqvist Announces Retirement At Age 40
Swedish centre Joel Lundqvist, a mainstay of both the Swedish Hockey League and national team for over two decades, today announced his retirement just shy of his 41st birthday, a year and a half after his twin brother Henrik hung up his skates.
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🇨🇦 Bobby Hull: 1939-2023
Bobby Hull, the Canadian two-time league MVP and Hockey Hall of Famer whose accomplishments on the ice were almost as prominent as his checkered life off the ice, today was announced to have died at the age of 84.
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🇨🇦 2023 Women’s World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship has been released, being hosted in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, with the hosts looking to “three-peat” as champions for the first time in nearly two decades.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Czechia 🇨🇿 (OT) – 05 Jan 2023
🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Czechia 🇨🇿 (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Scotiabank Centre, Halifax 🇨🇦
Thursday, 05 January 2023
Dylan Guenther scored his second goal of the game at 6:22 of the unlimited three-on-three overtime to give Canada the Gold Medal at the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship in Halifax.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 6-2 United States 🇺🇸 – 04 Jan 2023
🇨🇦 Canada 6-2 United States 🇺🇸
World Junior Championship Semifinal
Scotiabank Centre, Halifax 🇨🇦
Wednesday, 04 January 2023
Canada fought off a sluggish start and a 2-0 deficit to beat the United States 6-2 and advance to the Gold Medal game tomorrow against Czechia. The U.S. will play Sweden earlier in the day for Bronze.
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🇦🇹 Austria Relegated From World Junior Championship
After consecutive losses of 5-2 and 4-2 in their relegation series against Latvia, Austria was today relegated to the World Junior Division IA in 2024, returning to the lower division for the first time since 2020.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-3 Slovakia 🇸🇰 (OT) – 02 Jan 2023
🇨🇦 Canada 4-3 Slovakia 🇸🇰 (OT)
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
Scotiabank Centre, Halifax 🇨🇦
Monday, 02 January 2023
Connor Bedard scored at 5:17 of three-on-three overtime to give Canada a thrilling 4-3 win over Slovakia and advance to the semi-finals on Wednesday against the United States.
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IHLC 2022 In Review – Junior
After the year 2022 started with complete uncertainty in the world of junior hockey, the calendar stabilized with the re-playing of the 2022 World Junior Championship in August, and the (thus far) successful completion of the 2023 World Juniors in December, bringing an unusually busy year for junior hockey and the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 31 Dec 2022
🇨🇦 Canada 5-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Scotiabank Centre, Halifax 🇨🇦
Saturday, 31 December 2022
Connor Bedard set up three Canada goals in the first 12 minutes of the game – and added a fourth in the third period – to lead the team to a hard-fought 5-1 win over Sweden.
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IHLC 2022 In Review – Men’s
The international hockey season saw a relative return to normal 2022, with both the Olympics and World Championships taking place amidst a pandemic, political turmoil, and a number of major swings in the balance of global hockey power.
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IHLC 2022 In Review – Women’s
After a relative return to normalcy in the international hockey calendar, the women’s circuit saw two major tournaments in the same year for the first time ever, with the IHLC contended at both the Olympics and Women’s World Championship, and twenty one games total over the course of 2022.
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International Hockey Lineal Championship 