๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Olympic Gold Medal Game
Cadillac Arena, Beijing ๐จ๐ณ
Thursday, 17 February 2022
Talk about revenge and rising to the occasion. Legendary captain Marie-Philip Poulin stepped up with two goals and an assist as Canada beat the U.S. 3-2 to win the 2022 Olympic womenโs hockey Gold medal on Thursday. Utterly relentless, the Canadians regained the title they lost to the Americans in PyeongChang four years ago.
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๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 5-1 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Olympic Quarterfinal
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing ๐จ๐ณ
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Clinical finishing and familiar resilience saw Finland advance to the semi-finals with a 5-1 victory over Switzerland. Three goals from 12 shots saw Jukka Jalonenโs men into a 3-0 lead early in the second period and that proved sufficient to sink Switzerland and set up a meeting with Slovakia in the final four.
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๐จ๐ฆ Canada 10-3 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Olympic Semifinal
Cadillac Arena, Beijing ๐จ๐ณ
Thursday, 17 February 2022
There was never any doubt. Canada scored five first-period goals and kept on rolling in a 10-3 semi-final rout of Switzerland. The reigning World Champions outshot the Swiss 61-13. Canada faces the winner of the U.S.–Finland semi-final in Thursdayโs Gold medal game.
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๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-3 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช (OT)
Olympic Preliminary Round
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing ๐จ๐ณ
Sunday, 13 February 2022
Harri Pesonen scored in overtime, pouncing on a turnover and firing a shot from the slot just inside the far post, to cap an incredible comeback for Finland, who were down 3-0 after two periods but eventually won 4-3.
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๐จ๐ฆ Canada 11-0 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Olympic Quarterfinal
Cadillac Arena, Beijing ๐จ๐ณ
Friday, 11 February 2022
Canada scored four goals in the first period and never looked back, skating to a one-sided 11-0 win over Sweden to advance to the semi-finals and send the Swedes packing. It was a dominating performance by the top-scoring team in the tournament, and they now have two full days off before playing again on Monday.
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๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-1 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป
Olympic Preliminary Round
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing ๐จ๐ณ
Friday, 11 February 2022
Finland battled past a resolute Latvian rearguard action to maintain its winning start in Beijing. The Leijonat had a hard time solving Jฤnisย Kalniลลก in the Latvian net, with the Baltic nation producing a solid defensive display before falling to a 3-1 loss.
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๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 6-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
Olympic Preliminary Round
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing ๐จ๐ณ
Thursday, 10 February 2022
Sakari Manninen scored three goals and Miro Aaltonen scored two goals and one assist for Finland and Juraj Slafkovskรฝ scored twice for Slovakia in Finlandโs 6-2 win in the first game for both teams at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
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After making a failed comeback attempt with the Boston Bruins this season, recurring hip injuries have forced Finnish goaltender Tuukka Rask into early retirement at the age of 34.
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๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Olympic Preliminary Round
Cadillac Arena, Beijing ๐จ๐ณ
Tuesday, 08 February 2022
It is one of the greatest rivalries in sports, and when Canada defeated the U.S. 4-2 to lock up first place in Group A, it was the most exciting hockey we’ve seen yet at these 2022 Olympics.
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๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-1 Russian Olympic Committee ๐ท๐บ
Olympic Preliminary Round
Cadillac Arena, Beijing ๐จ๐ณ
Monday, 07 February 2022
Canada overcame an unusual delay of more than an hour to the start of Mondayโs game with the ROC team and marched to a 6-1 victory, staying perfect atop Group A.
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For the second straight Olympics, the men’s hockey tournament will not feature NHL superstars (although this time due to COVID-19), making the Olympic tournament not necessarily a true “best on best,” but still a showcase of some of the world’s top talent looking to capture Gold and Olympic glory in Beijing.
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๐จ๐ฆ Canada 11-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Olympic Preliminary Round
Cadillac Arena, Beijing ๐จ๐ณ
Saturday, 05 February 2022
Once again, Sarah Fillier lit the fire and her Canadian teammates stoked the blaze. In an 11-1 rout of Finland, the preternaturallyย gifted 21-year-old Olympic rookie set the early tone with two goals, as she did in the 12-1 shellacking of Switzerland.
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๐จ๐ฆ Canada 12-1 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Olympic Preliminary Round
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing ๐จ๐ณ
Thursday, 03 February 2022
The cauldron has yet to be lit to start these 24th Olympic Winter Games but already Canadaโs womenโs team has come out with an emphatic 12-1 victory over the Swiss this afternoon at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing.
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The seventh ever women’s Olympic tournament is set to kick off this Thursday, with an anticipated showdown once again between Canada and the United States likely to highlight the Gold Medal Match for the sixth time.
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Clark Gillies, the Canadian enforcer and Hall of Famer who helped the New York Islanders to four straight Stanley Cups as part of their 1980’s dynasty, today sadly passed away at the age of 67.
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Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Hockey Lineal Championship only saw seven games of competition this year on the junior side, nearly a year apart, all in Edmonton, and cut short thanks to the outright cancellation of the 2022 World Junior Championship thanks to the Omicron variant.
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With the international hockey calendar returning (relatively) to normal in 2021, the IHLC saw a flurry of activity throughout the year, bookended with stops on the Euro Hockey Tour, and a relocated World Championship in between. Continue reading
After a tumultuous year that saw the IIHF Women’s Championship be cancelled for the second straight year, then revived in August, the IHLC finally saw a return to relative normalcy in the second half of 2021, in the lead-up to the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
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After the third game in two days needed to be cancelled due to positive cases on an individual team, today the IIHF announced that the remainder of the 2022 World Junior Championships in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, Canada would be cancelled.
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๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 1-0 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ (FF)
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Wednesday, 29 December 2021
Due to a mandated team quarantine following a positive test result of one of its players, Team Czechia will be unable to participate in its 29 December preliminary round game against Finland at the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship.
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