Major Announcements Made At 2019 IIHF Congress

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The IIHF Annual Congress today was held on the off day at the 2019 World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia, with a number of major announcements voted on to impact the future of international hockey in the coming years.
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 4-3 United States 🇺🇸 – 23 May 2019

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🇷🇺 Russia 4-3 United States 🇺🇸
World Championship Quarterfinal
Zimný Štadión Ondreja Nepelu, Bratislava 🇸🇰
Thursday, 23 May 2019

It’s eight straight wins for the Bear. Russia advanced to the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship semi-finals by beating the Americans 4-3 in Bratislava on Thursday.
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 7-4 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 21 May 2019

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🇷🇺 Russia 7-4 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Championship Preliminary Round
Zimný Štadión Ondreja Nepelu, Bratislava 🇸🇰
Tuesday, 21 May 2019

The Russians capped off a perfect record in the group stage with an exclamation point, demolishing two-time defending champion Sweden 7-4 in Group B’s last game.
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🇫🇷 🇦🇹 France, Austria Relegated From World Championship

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Both relegation games at the 2019 World Championship came down to thrilling and surprising finishes, with Great Britain and Italy, both promoted from Division IA in 2018, upsetting France and Austria respectively to send them down to Division IA in 2020, while each punching their ticket back to the Top Division in Switzerland.
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 3-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 19 May 2019

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🇷🇺 Russia 3-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭
World Championship Preliminary Round
Zimný Štadión Ondreja Nepelu, Bratislava 🇸🇰
Sunday, 19 May 2019

During Sunday’s marquee matchup in Bratislava, Switzerland’s fans may have made the most noise, but Russia’s players scored the most goals in a 3-0 win at Ondrej Nepela Arena.
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 3-1 Latvia 🇱🇻 – 18 May 2019

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🇷🇺 Russia 3-1 Latvia 🇱🇻
World Championship Preliminary Round
Zimný Štadión Ondreja Nepelu, Bratislava 🇸🇰
Saturday, 18 May 2019

The Big Red Machine is on a roll. In a 3-1 win over Latvia on Saturday, Russian scoring leader Nikita Kucherov took the steering wheel with a goal and an assist, leaving him with 12 points in total.
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 3-0 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 13 May 2019

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🇷🇺 Russia 3-0 Czechia 🇨🇿
World Championship Preliminary Round
Zimný Štadión Ondreja Nepelu, Bratislava 🇸🇰
Monday, 13 May 2019

Great goaltending and committed team defence can take you a long way. That isn’t always Russia’s formula for success, but the Sbornaya withstood a stiff Czech test on Monday in Bratislava, prevailing 3-0 with a stellar shutout from Andrei Vasilevski.
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 5-0 Austria 🇦🇹 – 12 May 2019

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🇷🇺 Russia 5-0 Austria 🇦🇹
World Championship Preliminary Round
Zimný Štadión Ondreja Nepelu, Bratislava 🇸🇰
Sunday, 12 May 2019

Yevgeni Dadonov scored twice for the second game running as Russia made it two wins from two with a 5-0 success over Austria in Bratislava’s Sunday lunchtime game.
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 5-2 Norway 🇳🇴 – 10 May 2019

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🇷🇺 Russia 5-2 Norway 🇳🇴
World Championship Preliminary Round
Zimný Štadión Ondreja Nepelu, Bratislava 🇸🇰
Friday, 10 May 2019

Russia’s power play led the way as the Red Machine cruised past Norway in the opening game of the 2019 World Championship in Bratislava.
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IHLC Preview – 2019 World Championship

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The finish of the international hockey calendar is set to begin on 10 May in Bratislava and Košice, Slovakia, with the top sixteen hockey countries in the world meeting to compete at the 2019 IIHF World Championship.
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🇷🇺 🇨🇿 Russia Wins Euro Hockey Tour, Czechia Wins Euro Hockey Challenge

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With the conclusion of both the Euro Hockey Tour and Euro Hockey Challenge, as the season ends to ring in the start of the 2019 World Championship in Bratislava and Košice, Slovakia, the winners of both the four-nation Euro Hockey Tour and 12-nation Euro Hockey Challenge have been crowned for the 2018-19 season.
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🇰🇿 🇧🇾 Kazakhstan, Belarus Promoted To 2020 World Championship

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The Division IA World Championship tournament saw the return of two powerhouses to the Top Division in 2020, with Belarus and hosts Kazakhstan clinching spots for next year in Switzerland at the 2019 tournament in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 3-0 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 04 May 2019

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🇨🇿 Czechia 3-0 Sweden 🇸🇪
Carlson Hockey Games
DRFG Arena, Brno 🇨🇿
Saturday, 04 May 2019

BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:04 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Jaškin (Sklenička)
09:24 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Lander, hooking
15:12 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Rousek, holding
17:29 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Gudas, holding
17:41 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Jaškin, roughing
17:41 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Hörnqvist, roughing
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 6-4 Russia 🇷🇺 – 01 May 2019

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🇸🇪 Sweden 6-4 Russia 🇷🇺
Carlson Hockey Games
Ericsson Globe, Stockholm 🇸🇪
Wednesday, 01 May 2019

In the first match of the concluding 2018/2019 Euro Hockey Tour stage, the senior Russian national team conceded a 4-6 loss to Sweden in Stockholm.
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🇩🇰 Jannik Hansen Announces Retirement Following Gagarin Cup Win

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Danish winger Jannik Hansen, just one week removed from winning the Gagarin Cup with CSKA Moscow, announced his retirement from pro hockey at the age of 33, ending the career of a trailblazer for Danish players in professional hockey both in North America and Europe.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 26 Apr 2019

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🇸🇪 Sweden 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Euro Hockey Challenge
Hartwall Arena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Friday, 26 April 2019

BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:59 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Koivisto, holding
16:13 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Svedberg, checking to the head minor + 10 min. misconduct
16:41 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Rajala (Pesonen, Lehtonen)
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-4 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 25 Apr 2019

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🇫🇮 Finland 5-4 Sweden 🇸🇪
Euro Hockey Challenge
Lumon Areena, Kouvola 🇫🇮
Thursday, 25 April 2019

BOXSCORE
1st Period
11:20 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Bristedt, high sticking
13:44 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Andersson
14:09 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Ojamäki (Kuusela, Luostarinen)
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🇨🇿 Luděk Bukač: 1935-2019

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Just days after the death of Ján Starší, who built the Czechoslovak national team into a dominant force in the 1970’s, the man who helped carry the Czechoslovakian team through the 1980’s and Czech team in the 1990’s has also passed away, as Luděk Bukač today died at the age of 83.
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