🇨🇳 China Granted Automatic Berths At 2022 Beijing Olympics

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In a similar vein to the IIHF’s decision four years ago to allow Korea automatic berths to the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, the IIHF today confirmed at their Annual Congress that the next Winter Olympic hosts, China, will gain automatic berths for the men’s and women’s tournaments in Beijing for the 2022 Games.
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🇫🇷 Dave Henderson & Pierre Pousse Coach Final Game For Les Bleus

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Dave Henderson and Pierre Pousse, who helmed the France national team’s bench together as head and assistant coaches respectively since 2004, today both coached their final game, a 5-1 loss to Switzerland at the 2018 World Championships, ending a remarkable 14 year streak of bringing French hockey back to the Top Division to stay.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 4-3 Austria 🇦🇹 – 14 May 2018

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🇨🇿 Czechia 4-3 Austria 🇦🇹
World Championship Preliminary Round
Royal Arena, Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Monday, 14 May 2018

The Czech Republic rounded off its Group A campaign with a win against Austria, with Tomáš Hyka contributing three points in a 4-3 victory.
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🇧🇾 🇰🇷 Belarus, South Korea Relegated From World Championship

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An expected team and a very unexpected team both clinched the unwanted spots of relegation to Division IA at the 2018 IIHF World Championship, with South Korea clinching the second relegation, after Belarus, with a day still remaining in group play at the tournament in Denmark.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 6-0 France 🇫🇷 – 13 May 2018

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🇨🇿 Czechia 6-0 France 🇫🇷
World Championship Preliminary Round
Royal Arena, Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Sunday, 13 May 2018

There are hungry Bruins on the prowl in Copenhagen. David Pastrňák scored two first-period goals to spark the Czech Republic to a 6-0 romp over France on Sunday.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 3-0 Belarus 🇧🇾 – 11 May 2018

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🇨🇿 Czechia 3-0 Belarus 🇧🇾
World Championship Preliminary Round
Royal Arena, Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Friday, 11 May 2018

Czech fans are loving the party in Copenhagen right now. Their team got three first-period goals, and that was all it took in a 3-0 win over Belarus on Friday night.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 4-3 Russia 🇷🇺 (OT) – 10 May 2018

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🇨🇿 Czechia 4-3 Russia 🇷🇺 (OT)
World Championship Preliminary Round
Royal Arena, Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Thursday, 10 May 2018

Adding David Pastrňák and David Krejčí paid off immediately. Not only did the Czechs break Russia’s three-game shutout streak with the magic of the two Boston Bruins stars, but they also triumphed 4-3 on Thursday on Pastrňák’s overtime winner.
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 6-0 Belarus 🇧🇾 – 07 May 2018

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🇷🇺 Russia 6-0 Belarus 🇧🇾
World Championship Preliminary Round
Royal Arena, Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Monday, 07 May 2018

Russia retained first place in Group A with its third consecutive shutout win on Monday, blanking Belarus 6-0. The Russians, who won Gold at the PyeongChang Olympics in February, have not conceded a goal so far at the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Copenhagen.
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 7-0 Austria 🇦🇹 – 06 May 2018

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🇷🇺 Russia 7-0 Austria 🇦🇹
World Championship Preliminary Round
Royal Arena, Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Sunday, 06 May 2018

Russia roared to another convincing victory against one of the outsiders at this championship, following up its 7-0 win over France with a similar scoreline against Austria.
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 7-0 France 🇫🇷 – 04 May 2018

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🇷🇺 Russia 7-0 France 🇫🇷
World Championship Preliminary Round
Royal Arena, Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Friday, 04 May 2018

Russia scored three first-period goals in just 3:14 and never looked back in a 7-0 romp over France to kick off the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Copenhagen.
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IHLC Preview – 2018 World Championship

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The finish of the international hockey calendar is set to begin on 4 May in Copenhagen and Herning, Denmark, with the top sixteen hockey countries in the world meeting to compete at the 2018 IIHF World Championship.
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🇫🇮 Finland Wins 2018 Euro Hockey Tour & Challenge

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For just the second time in history, the same nation has captured both the Euro Hockey Tour and Euro Hockey Challenge titles, with Finland today edging out Sweden to lock up the 2017-18 Tour, becoming the second team after Czechia in 2012 to achieve the double.
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🇬🇧 🇮🇹 Great Britain, Italy Promoted To 2019 World Championship

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The Division IA World Championship tournament saw one expected and one very surprising participant both qualify for the 2019 World Championship top division in Slovakia, with Italy returning after a one-year absence, while Great Britain returns after a quarter century absence.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇷 France 3-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 28 Apr 2018

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🇫🇷 France 3-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰
Euro Hockey Challenge
Easton Aréna, Piešťany 🇸🇰
Saturday, 28 April 2018

BOXSCORE
1st Period
08:08 – 🇸🇰 GOAL – Ďaloga (Bakoš)
15:48 – 🇫🇷 GOAL – Rech (Lampérier)
17:58 – 🇫🇷 PEN – Treille, hooking
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇰 Slovakia 4-0 France 🇫🇷 – 27 Apr 2018

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🇸🇰 Slovakia 4-0 France 🇫🇷
Euro Hockey Challenge
Nitra Aréna, Nitra 🇸🇰
Friday, 27 April 2018

BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:34 – 🇫🇷 PEN – Chakiachvili, hooking
05:38 – 🇸🇰 GOAL – Haščák (Mikúš, Sekera)
09:58 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Marcinko, slashing
18:40 – 🇫🇷 PEN – Manavian, interference
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Ak Bars Kazan Wins Historic Third Gagarin Cup With 16 IHLC Winners

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Ak Bars Kazan made KHL history on home ice, upending the expected champion CSKA Moscow in only five games to win the 2018 Gagarin Cup, becoming the first team in the league’s decade-long history to win three titles (2008, 2009, 2018).
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🇰🇷 South Korea Becomes First New Men’s IHLC Contender In 15 Years

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In an international hockey world that seldom sees new nations emerge to contend for the International Hockey Lineal Championship, Slovakia’s IHLC win over Latvia today confirmed their next opponent will be South Korea (Korea Republic), making the Koreans the first new team in 15 years to contend for the IHLC.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇰 Slovakia 4-1 Latvia 🇱🇻 – 21 Apr 2018

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🇸🇰 Slovakia 4-1 Latvia 🇱🇻
Euro Hockey Challenge
Zimný štadión mesta Poprad, Poprad 🇸🇰
Saturday, 21 April 2018

BOXSCORE
1st Period
08:25 – 🇸🇰 GOAL – Fehérváry (Graňák, Paulovič)
14:52 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Svitana, tripping
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