The Kontinental Hockey League formally wrapped their fourteenth season tonight in Moscow with their annual Closing Ceremony, awarding the league’s top teams, players and executives for their performance this year, with Gagarin Cup champions CSKA Moscow coming away as the big winners, and ten IHLC winners taking home trophies.
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IHLC Results – ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 3-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ (SO) – 18 May 2022
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 3-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ (SO)
World Championship Preliminary Round
Nokia Arena, Tampere ๐ซ๐ฎ
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
It took a shootout to give Sweden the verdict after these two great Nordic rivals shared a 2-2 tie in regulation. Emil Bemstrรถm was the only player to hit the target in the shootout, ending Finland’s unbeaten start on home ice at the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship and moving Sweden to the Group B summit after four wins in four games.
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IHLC Results – ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-0 Great Britain ๐ฌ๐ง – 17 May 2022
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-0 Great Britain ๐ฌ๐ง
World Championship Preliminary Round
Nokia Arena, Tampere ๐ซ๐ฎ
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
Sweden is the second team in Group B to reach nine points in three games following a 6-0 victory over Great Britain in Tampere at the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.
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IHLC Results – ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 5-3 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ – 15 May 2022
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 5-3 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
World Championship Preliminary Round
Nokia Arena, Tampere ๐ซ๐ฎ
Sunday, 15 May 2022
Rasmus Asplund led Sweden to its second victory with two markers in Sundayโs 5-3 win over Czechia.
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๐บ๐ธ Dustin Brown Retires Following Kings Playoff Elimination
American power forward Dustin Brown, who captained the Los Angeles Kings to two Stanley Cup titles, tonight formally ended his nineteen year hockey career at the age of 37, following the Kings’ elimination from the NHL playoffs at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 5-1 Great Britain ๐ฌ๐ง – 14 May 2022
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 5-1 Great Britain ๐ฌ๐ง
World Championship Preliminary Round
Nokia Arena, Tampere ๐ซ๐ฎ
Saturday, 14 May 2022
It took some time, but Czechia delivered the expected victory over Great Britain in its opening game.
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IHLC Preview – 2022 World Championship
The top teams in international hockey will converge on Tampere and Helsinki, Finland starting this Friday, 13 May, kicking off the premiere event of the global hockey calendar, the 2022 IIHF World Championship.
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๐จ๐ฆ Patrick Marleau Announces Retirement From Hockey At Age 42
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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๐จ๐ฟ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ช 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 – ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-0 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ – 08 May 2022
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-0 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Beijer Hockey Games
Avicii Arena, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Sunday, 08 May 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
19:12 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Jiลรญฤek, high sticking
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๐ธ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐บ 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 clinching their returns to the Top Division.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 07 May 2022
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Beijer Hockey Games
Avicii Arena, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Saturday, 07 May 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:30 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Krejฤรญ, hooking
09:48 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Krejฤรญk, delay of game
18:20 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Palmu, slashing
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๐จ๐ฆ 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 – ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 2-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช – 05 May 2022
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 2-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Beijer Hockey Games
Avicii Arena, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Thursday, 05 May 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:29 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Olofsson, cross checking
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IHLC Results – ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 2-0 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 01 May 2022
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 2-0 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Czech Hockey Games
Ostravar Arรฉna, Ostrava ๐จ๐ฟ
Sunday, 01 May 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
08:48 – ๐ธ๐ช GOAL – Sรถderblom (Roos, Pudas)
14:08 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Manninen, holding
16:55 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Lang, roughing
16:55 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Vatanen, roughing
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๐ซ๐ท 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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๐ท๐บ 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 – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-2 Austria ๐ฆ๐น – 30 Apr 2022
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-2 Austria ๐ฆ๐น
Czech Hockey Games
Ostravar Arรฉna, Ostrava ๐จ๐ฟ
Saturday, 30 April 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
12:00 – ๐ฆ๐น PEN – Hackl, hooking
13:27 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PP GOAL – Innala (Aaltonen, Lehtonen)
15:22 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL – Pesonen (Sallinen)
18:42 – ๐ฆ๐น PEN – Kragl, holding
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IHLC Results – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 2-1 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ (SO) – 28 Apr 2022
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 2-1 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ (SO)
Czech Hockey Games
Ostravar Arรฉna, Ostrava ๐จ๐ฟ
Thursday, 28 April 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
05:28 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Pesonen, high sticking double minor
13:56 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Budรญk, holding
15:20 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PP GOAL – Hartikainen (Manninen)
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๐ท๐บ 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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International Hockey Lineal Championship 