The two teams that narrowly missed promotion to the 2017 World Championship today both punched their tickets to the 2018 tournament in Denmark, with Austria and South Korea locking up their spots at the World Championship Division IA finals in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 2-0 Denmark 🇩🇰 – 28 Apr 2017
🇨🇭 Switzerland 2-0 Denmark 🇩🇰
Euro Hockey Challenge
St. Jakob-Arena, Basel 🇨🇭
Friday, 28 April 2017
BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:41 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Díaz, tripping
17:00 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Hollenstein, tripping
19:36 – 🇨🇭 PEN – team, too many players
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IHLC Results – 🇩🇰 Denmark 5-4 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 26 Apr 2017
🇩🇰 Denmark 5-4 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Euro Hockey Challenge
Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds 🇨🇭
Wednesday, 26 April 2017
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:37 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Praplan, tripping
07:24 – 🇨🇭 GOAL – Herzog (Brunner)
07:49 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Almond, tripping
08:18 – 🇩🇰 PP GOAL – Russell (Hardt, Ehlers)
14:11 – 🇩🇰 PEN – Jacobsen, holding
14:45 – 🇩🇰 PEN – Lauridsen, slashing / unsportsmanlike conduct double minor
15:12 – 🇨🇭 PP2 GOAL – Brunner (Ambühl, Almond)
16:36 – 🇨🇭 PP GOAL – Ambühl (Brunner, Malgin)
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 2-0 Russia 🇷🇺 – 22 Apr 2017
🇨🇭 Switzerland 2-0 Russia 🇷🇺
Euro Hockey Challenge
Tissot Arena, Biel 🇨🇭
Saturday, 22 April 2017
BOXSCORE
1st Period
09:02 – 🇨🇭 GOAL – Suter (Malgin, Ambühl)
11:45 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Loeffel, high sticking
14:18 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Namestnikov, slashing
17:10 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Golyshev, hooking
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 2-1 Russia 🇷🇺 – 21 Apr 2017
🇨🇭 Switzerland 2-1 Russia 🇷🇺
Euro Hockey Challenge
BCF Arena, Fribourg 🇨🇭
Friday, 21 April 2017
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:47 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Gennazi, slashing
05:26 – 🇷🇺 PP GOAL – Burdasov (Lyubushkin, Arzamastsev)
17:03 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Ozhiganov, hooking
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🇯🇵 🇨🇿 Japan Promoted, Czechia Relegated At Women’s Worlds
After falling to Switzerland in a best-of-three relegation series, Czechia has been demoted to Division I Group A in 2018, while Japan, victors of 2017 Group IA in Graz, Austria, will be promoted for the 2019 Women’s World Championships, with no tournament being held in 2018 due to the PyeongChang Olympics.
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SKA Wins Second Gagarin Cup On Backs Of IHLC Winners
SKA Saint Petersburg roared back from an early deficit to win Game 5 of the Gagarin Cup finals 5-3 over Metallurg Magnitogorsk, capturing their second Cup in three seasons, with goals from five different scorers and a 42 save performance by Mikko Koskinen locking up the title.
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 6-0 France 🇫🇷 – 15 Apr 2017
🇷🇺 Russia 6-0 France 🇫🇷
Euro Hockey Challenge
Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk 🇷🇺
Saturday, 15 April 2017
BOXSCORE
1st Period
06:05 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Mironov (Telegin)
07:01 – 🇫🇷 PEN – Treille, hooking
07:38 – 🇷🇺 PP GOAL – Kiselevich (Shalunov)
11:48 – 🇫🇷 PEN – Valier, tripping
13:10 – 🇷🇺 PP GOAL – Shalunov (Sannikov, Shumakov)
15:29 – 🇫🇷 PEN – Perret, holding
19:26 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Andronov, hooking
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇷 France 1-0 Russia 🇷🇺 (OT) – 13 Apr 2017
🇫🇷 France 1-0 Russia 🇷🇺 (OT)
Euro Hockey Challenge
Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk 🇷🇺
Thursday, 13 April 2017
BOXSCORE
1st Period
12:03 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Blazhiyevski, boarding
19:32 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Shumakov, tripping
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇷 France 3-2 Switzerland 🇨🇭 (OT) – 09 Apr 2017
🇫🇷 France 3-2 Switzerland 🇨🇭 (OT)
Euro Hockey Challenge
Aren’Ice, Cergy-Pontoise 🇫🇷
Sunday, 09 April 2017
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:33 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Schäppi, holding
13:58 – 🇫🇷 PEN – Ville, interference
16:36 – 🇫🇷 PEN – S. Da Costa, slashing
16:44 – 🇨🇭 PP GOAL – Riat (Almond, Herzog)
19:42 – 🇫🇷 PEN – Fleury, interference
19:42 – 🇫🇷 PEN – Fleury, roughing double minor
19:42 – 🇨🇭 PEN – C. Baltisberger, roughing double minor
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-3 France 🇫🇷 – 08 Apr 2017
🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-3 France 🇫🇷
Euro Hockey Challenge
Coliséum, Amiens 🇫🇷
Saturday, 08 April 2017
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:36 – 🇨🇭 GOAL – Suter (Praplan)
12:12 – 🇫🇷 PEN – Claireaux, cross checking
12:12 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Herren, tripping
15:09 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Marti, cross checking
15:31 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Froidevaux, hooking
15:52 – 🇫🇷 PP2 GOAL – Meunier (S. Da Costa, Hecquefeuille)
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT) – 07 Apr 2017
🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT)
Women’s World Championship Gold Medal Game
USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth 🇺🇸
Friday, 07 April 2017
Hilary Knight blocked a shot inside her blue line, moved the puck up to Kendall Coyne, and converted Coyne’s drop shot to give the U.S. a 3-2 win over Canada.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 11-0 Germany 🇩🇪 – 06 Apr 2017
🇺🇸 United States 11-0 Germany 🇩🇪
Women’s World Championship Semifinal
USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth 🇺🇸
Thursday, 06 April 2017
The Germans have made an impressive splash here in Plymouth, but in tonight’s semi-finals they weren’t up to the task of competing with the reigning champions.
The final score of 11-0 was suitable representation of what transpired tonight. Kendall Coyne had two goals and an assist for the U.S., while four teammates had a goal and two assists and Brianna Decker and Amanda Kessel each had three assists.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 5-3 Finland 🇫🇮 – 03 Apr 2017
🇺🇸 United States 5-3 Finland 🇫🇮
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth 🇺🇸
Monday, 03 April 2017
Hilary Knight scored two power-play goals; the Finns rallied from a 3-1 deficit; Hannah Brandt broke a 3-3 tie with a goal midway through the third period.
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NHL Confirms Players Will Not Attend 2018 PyeongChang Olympics
After months of speculation and negotiations, the National Hockey League today announced that they will not actively participate in the 2018 Olympics in Korea, ending a 20-year span of NHL participation in the Games.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 7-0 Russia 🇷🇺 – 01 Apr 2017
🇺🇸 United States 7-0 Russia 🇷🇺
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth 🇺🇸
Saturday, 01 April 2017
Team USA scored three goals in the second period–two by Jocelyn Lamoureux-Davidson–en route to an impressive 7-0 win over Russia.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 2-0 Canada 🇨🇦 – 31 Mar 2017
🇺🇸 United States 2-0 Canada 🇨🇦
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth 🇺🇸
Friday, 31 March 2017
The Americans may have been a few practises shy of being fully game ready, but they showed no signs of rust, and their rivalry with Canada was just the ticket.
Nicole Hensley stopped all 18 shots from Canada in only her second career start in World Women’s Championship play, backstopping the host United States to a huge 2-0 win over Canada to start the tournament for both countries.
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🇨🇿 Patrik Eliáš Announces Retirement After 20 Seasons With Devils
Czech winger Patrik Eliáš, a career member of the New Jersey Devils who was their offensive star and all-time leading scorer, today announced his formal retirement after 20 seasons, spending the entire 2016-17 season attempting to come back from injury.
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🇺🇸 U.S. Women’s Team, USA Hockey Strike New Agreement
In a good news story after weeks of bad blood between the U.S. Women’s National Team and USA Hockey, a new four year agreement has been agreed upon by both parties, ensuring that the U.S. team will suit up for the Women’s World Championships, which begin in just three days time in Plymouth, Michigan.
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IHLC Preview – 2017 Women’s World Championship
A cloud of uncertainty and tension hangs over Plymouth, Michigan this week, with the biggest story leading up to the 2017 Women’s World Championships being told off the ice, as to whether Team USA will end up attending, or continue their boycott against USA Hockey over unequal treatment.
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International Hockey Lineal Championship 