IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 1-0 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT) – 04 Apr 2016

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🇺🇸 United States 1-0 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT)
Women’s World Championship Gold Medal Game
Sandman Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Monday, 04 April 2016

Climaxing a tense final, Alex Carpenter scored at 12:30 of overtime as the U.S. beat Canada 1-0 to win Gold at the 2016 IIHF World Women’s Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 9-0 Russia 🇷🇺 – 03 Apr 2016

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🇺🇸 United States 9-0 Russia 🇷🇺
Women’s World Championship Semifinal
Sandman Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Sunday, 03 April 2016

The U.S. scored five first-period goals in a 9-0 semi-final romp over Russia at the Sandman Centre on Sunday. The defending champions will play for Gold again.
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🇩🇪 🇯🇵 Germany Promoted, Japan Relegated For Women’s Worlds

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After losing consecutive tilts to Switzerland in the relegation round, Japan has been demoted to Division I Group A in 2017, while Germany, sweeping this year’s Group A in Aalborg, Denmark, will be promoted to the 2017 Women’s World Championship next April in Plymouth, Michigan, USA.
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First Five Nations Qualify For 2018 Olympic Women’s Tournament

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As a result of Switzerland’s stumble out of Group B and into the relegation round at the ongoing World Championships, Russia and Sweden locked up the final two spots available to qualify automatically for the women’s tournament at the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, Korea. They join Canada, the United States, Finland and hosts Korea, with the final two spots to be gained in a qualification tournament ending in February 2017.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 8-0 Russia 🇷🇺 – 31 Mar 2016

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🇺🇸 United States 8-0 Russia 🇷🇺
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Sandman Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Thursday, 31 March 2016

The United States clinched the top seed in Group A and a semi-final berth with a 8-0 pounding of Russia. Monique Lamoureux and Hilary Knight both scored twice.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 29 Mar 2016

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🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Sandman Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Tuesday, 29 March 2016

Persistence pays off. The U.S. proved that by outshooting Finland 51-7 in a 2-1 win on Tuesday at the Sandman Centre.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-1 Canada 🇨🇦 – 28 Mar 2016

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🇺🇸 United States 3-1 Canada 🇨🇦
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Sandman Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Monday, 28 March 2016

The defending champion U.S. bounced back to beat Canada 3-1 in an exciting first-day showdown between the likely finalists at a sold-out Sandman Centre.
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IHLC Preview – 2016 Women’s World Championship

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The U.S. women’s national team looks to continue its torrid winning streak since Sochi, looking to capture another clean sheet at the 2016 World Championships in Kamloops, British Columbia, after cleaning house at both the 2015 Worlds and 2016 Four Nations Cup.
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Preliminary Rosters Announced For 2016 World Cup Of Hockey

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The six federations and two conglomerate squads participating at September’s World Cup Of Hockey today announced their preliminary 16 man rosters, with the final seven spots each to be filled by 1 June.
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🇸🇰 Ľubomír Višňovský Retires Following Slovan Elimination

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Slovak mainstay defenceman Ľubomír Višňovský announced his retirement from HC Slovan following a 4-0 sweep at the hands of CSKA Moscow, wrapping up a 20+ year career in both Slovakia and the NHL.
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2017 Women’s Worlds Awarded To Plymouth, Michigan

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Today the USA Hockey Arena, an arena in Plymouth, Michigan that was recently purchased by USA Hockey to house their National Development Team, announced that the 2017 IIHF Women’s World Championships would be held at the arena, tentatively set for 1-8 April 2017.
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🇯🇵 🇵🇱 🇮🇹 Japan, Poland & Italy Advance To Olympic Final Qualification

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The second leg of Olympic Qualification is in the books, with Japan, Poland and Italy emerging victorious in the Pre-Qualification Round to advance to the Final Qualification round in September, with the winners moving on to Korea in 2018.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 Russia 🇷🇺 (OT) – 05 Jan 2016


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 4-3 Russia 🇷🇺 (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Hartwall Arena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Tuesday, 05 January 2016

In a tense and thrilling climax to the 2016 World Juniors, Kasperi Kapanen’s overtime winner at 1:33 gave host Finland a 4-3 Gold medal victory over Russia.
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