After over a year and a half of no international women’s hockey competition due to COVID-19, the puck is set to drop on a historic Women’s World Championship in Denmark, as the IIHF for the first time is hosting the tournament in the same year as an Olympic tournament.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-1 United States 🇺🇸 – 23 Aug 2022
🇨🇦 Canada 3-1 United States 🇺🇸
Exhibition Game
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning 🇩🇰
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
After golden years for the United States, the last 12 months were Canada’s months in women’s hockey. Gold at the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship on home ice in Calgary last August, Olympic Gold in Beijing last February and again Gold at the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship on American ice in Madison, Wisconsin.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 (OT) – 20 Aug 2022
🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Rogers Place, Edmonton 🇨🇦
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 – 🇨🇦 Canada 14-1 Denmark 🇩🇰 – 20 Aug 2022
🇨🇦 Canada 14-1 Denmark 🇩🇰
Exhibition Game
Rødovre Centrum Arena, Rødovre 🇩🇰
Saturday, 20 August 2022
Marie-Philip Poulin and Sarah Fillier both scored four goals as Canada beat Denmark 14-1 in Rødovre.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-2 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 19 Aug 2022
🇨🇦 Canada 5-2 Czechia 🇨🇿
World Junior Championship Semifinal
Rogers Place, Edmonton 🇨🇦
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. They’ll play the winners of tonight’s Sweden–Finland semi-finals. It will be their fifth appearance in the ultimate game in the last six years.
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🇨🇦 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 – 🇨🇦 Canada 6-3 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 17 Aug 2022
🇨🇦 Canada 6-3 Switzerland 🇨🇭
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
Rogers Place, Edmonton 🇨🇦
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 – 🇨🇦 Canada 6-3 Finland 🇫🇮 – 15 Aug 2022
🇨🇦 Canada 6-3 Finland 🇫🇮
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton 🇨🇦
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 – 🇫🇮 Finland 9-3 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 14 Aug 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 9-3 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton 🇨🇦
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 – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 Czechia 🇨🇿 (SO) – 11 Aug 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 Czechia 🇨🇿 (SO)
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton 🇨🇦
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 – 🇫🇮 Finland 6-1 Latvia 🇱🇻 – 09 Aug 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 6-1 Latvia 🇱🇻
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton 🇨🇦
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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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-2 United States 🇺🇸 – 05 Aug 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 5-2 United States 🇺🇸
Exhibition Game
Rogers Place, Edmonton 🇨🇦
Friday, 05 August 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:15 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Stramel, slashing
13:33 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Simontaival (Määttä, Järventie)
15:58 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Rafkin, cross checking
17:25 – 🇺🇸 PP GOAL – Cooley (Peart, McKown)
19:17 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Savage (Kleven, Mazur)
19:54 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Hirvonen, cross checking
20:00 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Bordeleau, butt-ending double minor
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🇨🇿 Jan Hlaváč Announces Retirement From Hockey At Age 45
Veteran Czech winger Jan Hlaváč, 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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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT) – 04 Aug 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT)
Exhibition Game
Rogers Place, Edmonton 🇨🇦
Thursday, 04 August 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:43 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Edvinsson, hooking
02:13 – 🇸🇪 SH GOAL – Grans (Olsson, Stjernborg)
13:02 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Rafkin, tripping
16:24 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Järventie, high sticking
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 6-4 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 27 Jul 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 6-4 Czechia 🇨🇿
Exhibition Game
Vierumäki Ice Arena, Vierumäki 🇫🇮
Wednesday, 27 July 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
14:23 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Karvinen (Rafkin, Viro)
18:16 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Gut, tripping
18:24 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Järventie, high sticking
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 26 Jul 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Exhibition Game
Vierumäki Ice Arena, Vierumäki 🇫🇮
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:57 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Taibel, high sticking
08:06 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Ottavainen, holding
14:12 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Kemell (Puutio, Räty)
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🇸🇪 Mattias Sjögren Retires From Rögle At Age 34
Swedish centre Mattias Sjögren today announced his retirement from pro hockey, retiring with a pair of league championships from Sweden and Switzerland, a World Championship Silver and Bronze medal, and capping his career with the 2021-22 Champions Hockey League title.
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🇺🇸 Dani Cameranesi Announces Retirement From Hockey At 27
American forward Dani Cameranesi today officially announced her retirement from professional hockey at the age of 27, capping an over-decade long career highlighted by two NCAA Championships, two World Championships and an Olympic Gold Medal.
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🇸🇰 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
