American forward Meghan Duggan, who has captained Team USA to Olympic and World Championship Gold success for over a decade, today formally announced her retirement from pro hockey at age 33.
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๐จ๐ฆ “Mr. Game 7” Justin Williams Retires After 19 NHL Seasons
Canadian forward Justin Williams, who put off retirement for the 2019-20 NHL season to help the Carolina Hurricanes in the NHL playoff bubble, today announced his retirement from pro hockey at age 39.
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๐ฉ๐ช ๐บ๐ธ IHLC Classics: Wunder von Innsbruck
From time to time, TheIHLC.com will feature detailed recaps and boxscores of some of the most legendary games in international hockey history, considered to be “IHLC Classics.” Today, in honour of the thirtieth anniversary of German Unity Day (also known as Tag der Deutschen Einheit), we feature Trรคger der Adler’s surprising Bronze medal victory at the 1976 Innsbruck Olympics.
๐ฉ๐ช West Germany 4-1 United Statesย ๐บ๐ธ
Olympic Final Round
Olympiahalle, Innsbruck ๐ฆ๐น
Saturday, 14 February 1976
As in previous years, the ice hockey tournament at the 1976 Olympic Games in Innsbruck started with an elimination round. The pairings then resulted from the positions of the teams at the world championships from the previous year.
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๐บ๐ธ Tampa Bay Lightning Capture Stanley Cup In Edmonton Bubble
In front of an empty Rogers Place in Edmonton, the Tampa Bay Lightning avenged their shocking 2019 playoff exit with a Stanley Cup victory, defeating the Dallas Stars in six games on the backs of a 2-0 win.
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Draisaitl Leads The Pack At Virtual 2020 NHL Awards
The National Hockey League completed its awards distribution for the pandemic-delayed 2019-20 season with the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals in Edmonton, with twelve IHLC holders representing nine countries taking home trophies handed out over the past month.
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๐จ๐ฆ Edmonton To Be Sole Host Of 2021 World Junior Bubble
Shortly after the IIHF announced that all lower-tier World Junior tournaments would be cancelled for 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they today announced that the 2021 World Juniors Top Division will now be hosted in a “bubble” in Edmonton, which is currently hosting the 2020 NHL playoffs in a similar bubble, with the 2022 World Juniors to now be hosted jointly by Edmonton and Red Deer, ideally in front of fans.
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IIHF Cancels Lower-Tier Men’s Junior Tournaments
While there was initial hope following the widespread cancellation of all senior men’s and women’s IIHF events this past spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the resurgence of the virus in many parts of the world has prompted the IIHF to cancel a number of new tournaments for this winter, including all lower-tier men’s under-20 World Junior tournaments.
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๐บ๐ธ Zoe Hickel Retires From Team USA To Coach At Ohio State
American winger Zoe Hickel, a two-time World Champion and holding the rare distinction of winning both the Clarkson and Isobel Cups, today confirmed her retirement from playing, joining Ohio State University’s coaching staff at age 28.
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๐จ๐ฟ Miloลก ลรญha: 1958-2020
It was announced today that Miloลก ลรญha, the current coach of the Czech men’s national hockey team, shockingly passed away in Prague at the age of 61. The cause of death is unknown at this time.
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๐จ๐ฆ Dale Hawerchuk: 1963-2020
Dale Hawerchuk, the Canadian forward who had both a dazzling NHL and international career, and became a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001, tragically passed away due to stomach cancer at the age of 57.
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๐จ๐ฆ Dan Hamhuis Retires From NHL After 16 Seasons
Canadian defender Dan Hamhuis today announced his retirement from pro hockey at the age of 37, following his Nashville Predators’ elimination from the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs bubble in Edmonton.
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๐ธ๐ช ๐ซ๐ฎ Swedish Hockey Federation Confirms No Four Nations Cup In 2020
As schedules begin to trickle out for a truncated version of the 2020-21 international hockey calendar, the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation’s women’s calendar for 2020-21 does not feature theirs or Finland’s participation in the Four Nations Cup, which in all likelihood is scrapped due to the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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๐ซ๐ฎ Isa Rahunen Announces Retirement To Pursue Nursing Full Time
Finnish defender Isa Rahunen today announced her retirement from both Kรคrpรคt of the Finnish Naisten Liiga and the Naisleijonat national team at the age of 27, committing herself full time to her nursing studies at the University of Oulu during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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๐จ๐ญ ๐บ๐ธ IHLC Classics: Eisgenossen’s 60 Year Wait Is Over
From time to time, TheIHLC.com will feature detailed recaps and boxscores of some of the most legendary games in international hockey history, considered to be “IHLC Classics.” Today, in honour of Swiss National Day (also known as Schweizer Bundesfeiertag, Fรชte Nationale Suisse or Festa Nazionale Svizzera), we feature La Nati’s historic streak at the 2013 World Championship, namely their historic semifinal victory.
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 3-0 United States ๐บ๐ธ
World Championship Semifinal
Ericsson Globe, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Saturday, 18 May 2013
They did it. In a semi-final game featuring two teams challenging history, Switzerland defeated Team USA 3-0 to advance forward to their first opportunity for gold since 1935.
Whatever the outcome in the final game against Sweden will be, it will be the first World Championship medal for the Swiss in exactly 60 years.
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๐จ๐ฟ Czech Ice Hockey Association Announces Cancellation Of Carlson Hockey Games
After members of both the Czech National U-20 and U-17 Team tested positive for COVID-19 following exhibition tournaments, the Czech Ice Hockey Association today announced all August tournaments and practices have been cancelled, including the postponed Carlson Hockey Games, set to complete the 2019-20 Euro Hockey Tour.
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๐ท๐บ Alexander Gusev: 1947-2020
Alexander Gusev, one of the key defensive backstops for the Sovietย Red Army dynasty of the 1970’s that won Summit Series, Olympic and World Championship titles, passed away at the age of 73.
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๐ท๐บ Ilya Nikulin Announces Career Is Over At Age 38
Russian defender Ilya Nikulin, who was a mainstay on the Russian blueline for nearly two decades, today confirmed his career is over after not having played since 2018-19, when he captained Dynamo Moscow of the KHL.
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๐จ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐น NHL, NHLPA Agrees To Olympic Return In 2022 & 2026
With both the National Hockey League and NHL Players Association today ratifying both their return to play proposal to complete the 2019-20 NHL season, as well as extend their latest Collective Bargaining Agreement, one major clause of the plan is the return of NHL players to the Winter Olympics, marking the return of the world’s top professional players for the first time since 2014, pending IOC and IIHF approval.
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๐บ๐ธ ๐จ๐ฆ IHLC Classics: America’s First (And So Far Only) Worlds Gold
From time to time, TheIHLC.com will feature detailed recaps and boxscores of some of the most legendary games in international hockey history, considered to be “IHLC Classics.” Today, in honour of Independence Day in the United States, we feature Team USA’s first (and so far only) World Championship title, all the way back from 1933.
๐บ๐ธ United States 2-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT)
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Zimnรญ stadion ล tvanice, Prague ๐จ๐ฟ
Sunday, 26 February 1933
In the early days of international hockey, Canada was all but invincible. It won the first four Olympic tournaments (1920, 1924, 1928, 1932) and the first two World Championships (1930 and 1931) without losing a single game.
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๐จ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฎ IHLC Classics: Canada’s Record Double Dozen
From time to time, TheIHLC.com will feature detailed recaps and boxscores of some of the most legendary games in international hockey history, considered to be “IHLC Classics.” Today, in honour of Canada Day, we feature Canada’s record 24th World Championship Gold Medal, which they captured over Finland in 2007.
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
World Championshipย Gold Medal Game
Arena Khodynka, Moscow ๐ท๐บ
Sunday, 13 May 2007
Hereโs an incredible bit of trivia: By winning the 2007 IIHF World Championship, Canada earned its 24th gold medal, more than any other nation. Canadaโs seven Olympic gold medals are also tops (tied with the Soviet Union).
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