
Canadian ironman forward Patrick Marleau, who broke Gordie Howe’s longstanding record of most games played in an NHL career after nearly a quarter century in the NHL, today announced his retirement from hockey, signing a one-day contract with San Jose to retire officially as a Shark.
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🇨🇿 🇫🇮 🇨🇭 🇸🇪 Switzerland Confirmed As Russian Replacement On Euro Hockey Tour Through 2023-24

After participating as a replacement for Russia at this weekend’s Beijer Hockey Games in Stockholm, it was today confirmed that Switzerland will replace Russia on the Euro Hockey Tour for at least the next two seasons, due to Russia being kicked off the tour for their invasion of Ukraine.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 3-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 08 May 2022

🇨🇿 Czechia 3-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Beijer Hockey Games
Avicii Arena, Stockholm 🇸🇪
Sunday, 08 May 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
19:12 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Jiříček, high sticking
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🇸🇮 🇭🇺 Slovenia, Hungary Promoted To 2023 World Championship

The Division IA World Championship tournament in Ljubljana saw the top two spots for promotion to the 2023 World Championship locked up a day before the tournament wrapped, with hosts Slovenia and Hungary both locking up returns to the Top Division.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 07 May 2022

🇨🇿 Czechia 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Beijer Hockey Games
Avicii Arena, Stockholm 🇸🇪
Saturday, 07 May 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:30 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Krejčí, hooking
09:48 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Krejčík, delay of game
18:20 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Palmu, slashing
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🇨🇦 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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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 2-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 05 May 2022

🇨🇿 Czechia 2-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
Beijer Hockey Games
Avicii Arena, Stockholm 🇸🇪
Thursday, 05 May 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:29 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Olofsson, cross checking
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 2-0 Finland 🇫🇮 – 01 May 2022

🇸🇪 Sweden 2-0 Finland 🇫🇮
Czech Hockey Games
Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava 🇨🇿
Sunday, 01 May 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
08:48 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Söderblom (Roos, Pudas)
14:08 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Manninen, holding
16:55 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Lang, roughing
16:55 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Vatanen, roughing
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🇫🇷 France Promoted To 2023 Women’s World Championship

After two years of no promotion or relegation at the Women’s World Championship thanks to COVID-19, today France gained promotion back to the Top Division for 2023, for the first time in three years, after a winner-take-all victory over Norway on home ice in Angers, France.
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🇷🇺 CSKA Moscow Captures Second Gagarin Cup

CSKA Moscow today completed a stunning comeback in the 2022 Gagarin Cup Finals, overcoming a 3-1 series deficit to Metallurg Magnitogorsk to come back and capture their second Gagarin Cup after a 4-1 victory.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-2 Austria 🇦🇹 – 30 Apr 2022

🇫🇮 Finland 4-2 Austria 🇦🇹
Czech Hockey Games
Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava 🇨🇿
Saturday, 30 April 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
12:00 – 🇦🇹 PEN – Hackl, hooking
13:27 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Innala (Aaltonen, Lehtonen)
15:22 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Pesonen (Sallinen)
18:42 – 🇦🇹 PEN – Kragl, holding
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Czechia 🇨🇿 (SO) – 28 Apr 2022

🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Czechia 🇨🇿 (SO)
Czech Hockey Games
Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava 🇨🇿
Thursday, 28 April 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
05:28 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Pesonen, high sticking double minor
13:56 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Budík, holding
15:20 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Hartikainen (Manninen)
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🇷🇺 IIHF To Move 2023 World Championship From Russia

The IIHF today announced, that “out of concern for the safety and well-being of all participating players, officials, media, and fans,” that the 2023 IIHF World Championship, set to take place in Saint Petersburg, Russia next May, would be moved to a different location, due to Russia’s continued and deepening of invasion of Ukraine.
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🇨🇦 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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🇨🇦 Guy Lafleur: 1951-2022

Just a week after the loss of NHL legend and native Québecer Mike Bossy, it was today announced that Guy Lafleur, the Montréal Canadiens legend and Québec native, tragically lost his battle with lung cancer today at the age of 70.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Norway 🇳🇴 – 22 Apr 2022

🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Norway 🇳🇴
Euro Hockey Challenge
Data Group Areena, Kuopio 🇫🇮
Friday, 22 April 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
13:04 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Pelli (Pesonen, Sallinen)
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 6-2 Norway 🇳🇴 – 21 Apr 2022

🇫🇮 Finland 6-2 Norway 🇳🇴
Euro Hockey Challenge
Mehtimäen jäähalli, Joensuu 🇫🇮
Thursday, 21 April 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
09:56 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Aaltonen, slashing
11:56 – 🇳🇴 GOAL – Jakobsson (K. Olimb, Johannesen)
12:50 – 🇳🇴 PEN – Lilleberg, hooking
14:57 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Rajala (Filppula, Innala)
18:15 – 🇳🇴 PEN – K. Olimb, slashing
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 7-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 16 Apr 2022

🇫🇮 Finland 7-2 Sweden 🇸🇪
Four Nations Cup
Zimní stadion Příbram, Příbram 🇨🇿
Saturday, 16 April 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:54 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Dower Nilsson, hooking
13:26 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Juhola, interference
15:42 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Rajaniemi, slashing
19:06 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Dower Nilsson, hooking
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🇨🇦 Mike Bossy: 1957-2022

Within a year where both Jean Potvin and Clark Gillies have been lost, it was announced today that after a lengthy battle with lung cancer, Canadian forward Mike Bossy, one of the most prolific goal scorers in NHL history and a New York Islanders legend, today lost his battle, passing away at the age of 65.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-1 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 15 Apr 2022

🇫🇮 Finland 5-1 Slovakia 🇸🇰
Four Nations Cup
Zimní stadion Příbram, Příbram 🇨🇿
Friday, 15 April 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:18 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Hirvonen (Mäenpää)
12:28 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Krajcovic, holding
15:58 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Koponen
20:00 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Stripai, holding
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