The remaining seven spots for each World Cup Of Hockey roster today were finalized, and the 184 players set to represent their six countries and two multinational squads are now set for the tournament in Toronto that begins this September.
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KHL VIII Gala Hands Out Awards To IHLC Winners
The KHL today handed out its awards to the best players in the league at the KHL VIII ceremony in Moscow, with Metallurg sniper Sergei Mozyakin leading the night with four trophies (including league MVP), and five IHLC winners taking home hardware.
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🇨🇦 Corey Perry Enters Triple Gold Club
Just a year after Canada’s captain, Sidney Crosby, joined the Triple Gold Club at the 2015 World Championships, the 2016 captain became the 27th player and tenth Canadian to join the club, with Corey Perry adding to his Stanley Cup and two Olympic Gold Medals.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 2-0 Finland 🇫🇮 – 22 May 2016
🇨🇦 Canada 2-0 Finland 🇫🇮
World Championship Gold Medal Game
VTB Ice Palace, Moscow 🇷🇺
Sunday, 22 May 2016
Connor McDavid’s first goal of the tournament, at 11:24 of the opening period, held up as the Gold medal goal in Canada’s 2-0 win over Finland.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 3-1 Russia 🇷🇺 – 21 May 2016
🇫🇮 Finland 3-1 Russia 🇷🇺
World Championship Semifinal
VTB Ice Palace, Moscow 🇷🇺
Saturday, 21 May 2016
The dream of home ice Gold is over. With a 3-1 semi-final win over Russia, Finland advanced to the 2016 final. Sebastian Aho starred with two power play goals.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-1 Denmark 🇩🇰 – 19 May 2016
🇫🇮 Finland 5-1 Denmark 🇩🇰
World Championship Quarterfinal
Yubileyniy Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺
Thursday, 19 May 2016
Finland calmly beat Denmark 5-1 in the early Saint Petersburg quarter-final on Thursday. The Finns will face the winner of Russia–Germany in Moscow on Saturday.
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🇰🇿 🇭🇺 Kazakhstan, Hungary Relegated From World Championship
With the medal rounds set at the 2016 World Championship in Russia, the two relegated squads are now determined as well, with newly promoted Kazakhstan and Hungary both falling back to Division IA in 2017 after failing to clinch their spots for the 2017 Top Division in France and Germany.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-0 Canada 🇨🇦 – 17 May 2016
🇫🇮 Finland 4-0 Canada 🇨🇦
World Championship Preliminary Round
Yubileyniy Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺
Tuesday, 17 May 2016
Tonight’s matchup between Canada and Finland featured the two dominant teams in Group B play in Saint Petersburg.
Finland earned a decisive 4-0 victory, scoring three goals in the second period and never looking back.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-0 France 🇫🇷 – 16 May 2016
🇨🇦 Canada 4-0 France 🇫🇷
World Championship Preliminary Round
Yubileyniy Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺
Monday, 16 May 2016
Captain Corey Perry had a goal and an assist to help Canada blank France 4-0 on Monday. Next, the defending champs will battle Finland for top spot in Group B.
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🇧🇪 🇫🇷 IHLC Classics: The First International Game
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 International Ice Hockey Federation’s 108th birthday, we feature the first ever international game of hockey, played all the way back in 1905.
🇧🇪 Belgium 3-0 France 🇫🇷
Exhibition Game
Le Pôle Nord, Brussels 🇧🇪
Saturday, 04 March 1905
In what is recognized as the first ever international hockey game in history by the International Ice Hockey Federation, Belgium faced off against France at the Pôle Nord rink in central Brussels on 4 March 1905, to capture the first ever unofficial International Hockey Lineal Championship in a 3-0 victory.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-0 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 14 May 2016
🇨🇦 Canada 5-0 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Championship Preliminary Round
Yubileyniy Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺
Saturday, 14 May 2016
Timely scoring and clutch goaltending result in Canada’s fifth straight win of the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-2 Germany 🇩🇪 – 12 May 2016
🇨🇦 Canada 5-2 Germany 🇩🇪
World Championship Preliminary Round
Yubileyniy Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺
Thursday, 12 May 2016
Two goals by Taylor Hall carried Canada to a 5-2 win over Germany to continue their unbeaten streak at the World Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 8-0 Belarus 🇧🇾 – 09 May 2016
🇨🇦 Canada 8-0 Belarus 🇧🇾
World Championship Preliminary Round
Yubileyniy Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺
Monday, 09 May 2016
Canada keeps rolling with an impressive 8-0 win over Belarus. They are undefeated against Belarus in World Championship history.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 7-1 Hungary 🇭🇺 – 08 May 2016
🇨🇦 Canada 7-1 Hungary 🇭🇺
World Championship Preliminary Round
Yubileyniy Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺
Sunday, 08 May 2016
Canada scored four goals in just over five minutes in the second period en route to a 7-1 thrashing of newly promoted Hungary on Sunday in Saint Petersburg.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-1 United States 🇺🇸 – 06 May 2016
🇨🇦 Canada 5-1 United States 🇺🇸
World Championship Preliminary Round
Yubileyniy Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺
Friday, 06 May 2016
North American rivals Canada and the United States faced off in the opening tilt here at the 2016 World Championships.
Canada came back from an early deficit in the first period to score five unanswered goals en route to a 5-1 victory at the 2016 IIHF World Championships.
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IHLC Preview – 2016 World Championship
The grand finale of the international hockey calendar is set to begin on May 6 in Russia, with the top 16 hockey nations on earth meeting in Russia to compete at the 80th IIHF World Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-0 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 03 May 2016
🇨🇦 Canada 3-0 Czechia 🇨🇿
Exhibition Game
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Tuesday, 03 May 2016
Cam Talbot and Calvin Pickard combined for a 22-save shutout, leading Canada’s National Men’s Team past the Czech Republic 3-0 on Tuesday.
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🇸🇪 🇫🇮 Sweden Wins Euro Hockey Tour, Finland Wins Euro Hockey Challenge
With the conclusion of both the Euro Hockey Tour and Euro Hockey Challenge as the season winds down leading up to the World Championships in Russia, the winners of both the four-nation Euro Hockey Tour and 12-nation Euro Hockey Challenge have been crowned for the 2015-16 season.
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🇫🇮 Antti Miettinen Announces Retirement From HPK
Finnish forward Antti Miettinen, whose career spanned the NHL and top leagues in Finland, Russia, Germany and Switzerland, today announced his retirement from the club he began his career with, HPK.
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🇮🇹 🇸🇮 Slovenia Promoted To 2017 Worlds, Italy Likely As Well
After Slovenia edged out Austria 2-1 and Italy defeated an upstart Korean squad by the same score on the last day of competition, the qualifiers for the 2017 World Championships in Cologne and Paris became more clear, although Slovenia is the only one with a guarantee of playing for now.
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International Hockey Lineal Championship 