The Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their 2015 Class, inducting five world-class players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.
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Busy Weekend In First International Break
It was a busy first weekend break for international hockey this weekend, with a number of key tournaments in both men’s and women’s hockey taking place, including 2018 Olympic qualifiers and the women’s International Hockey Lineal Championship up for grabs.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT) – 08 Nov 2015
🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT)
Four Nations Cup Gold Medal Game
Sundsvall Energi Arena, Sundsvall 🇸🇪
Sunday, 08 November 2015
Hilary Knight scored in overtime as the U.S. Women’s National Team came from behind to claim its sixth Four Nations Cup Championship with a 3-2 victory over rival Canada here today.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 08 Nov 2015
🇫🇮 Finland 4-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
Four Nations Cup
Hämeenlinnan jäähalli, Hämeenlinna 🇫🇮
Sunday, 08 November 2015
BOXSCORE
1st Period
18:03 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Kiviranta, cross checking minor + unsportsmanlike conduct 10 min. misconduct
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 7-0 Finland 🇫🇮 – 07 Nov 2015
🇺🇸 United States 7-0 Finland 🇫🇮
Four Nations Cup Preliminary Round
Sundsvall Energi Arena, Sundsvall 🇸🇪
Saturday, 07 November 2015
The U.S. Women’s National Team defeated Finland, 7-0, here today and will play Canada in tomorrow’s first-place game at the 2015 Four Nations Cup.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 2-0 Russia 🇷🇺 – 07 Nov 2015
🇫🇮 Finland 2-0 Russia 🇷🇺
Four Nations Cup
Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere 🇫🇮
Saturday, 07 November 2015
BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:34 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Siikonen, hooking
08:27 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Vorobyov, high sticking
09:27 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Korshkov, high sticking
14:31 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Korshkov, roughing
17:01 – 🇷🇺 PEN SHOT GOAL – Korshkov
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT) – 06 Nov 2015
🇷🇺 Russia 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT)
Four Nations Cup
Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere 🇫🇮
Friday, 06 November 2015
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:13 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Kovacs, hooking
07:18 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Kraskovski, hooking
13:29 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Orlov, delay of game
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-0 Canada 🇨🇦 – 05 Nov 2015
🇺🇸 United States 3-0 Canada 🇨🇦
Four Nations Cup Preliminary Round
Ånäshallen, Kovland 🇸🇪
Thursday, 05 November 2015
Megan Bozek, Monique Lamoureux and Kendall Coyne scored and Jessie Vetter stopped all 31 shots she faced to help the U.S. Women’s National Team defeat Canada, 3-0, here today at the 2015 Four Nations Cup.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 6-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 04 Nov 2015
🇺🇸 United States 6-2 Sweden 🇸🇪
Four Nations Cup Preliminary Round
Sundsvall Energi Arena, Sundsvall 🇸🇪
Wednesday, 04 November 2015
The U.S. Women’s National Team defeated Sweden, 6-2, here today at the 2015 Four Nations Cup.
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IHLC Preview – 2015 Four Nations Cup
For the 20th season, the top four nations in women’s hockey will face off in Sundsvall, Sweden, when Canada, the United States, Sweden and Finland face off in the Four Nations Cup.
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2016 Euro Hockey Challenge Schedule Confirmed
After a major overhaul to the Euro Hockey Challenge in the 2014-15 season, this year’s EHC will retain the current format, in the lead-up to the 2016 World Championships in Russia.
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🇷🇺 Sergei Gonchar Retires, Joins Penguins Coaching Staff
After much speculation following his failure to make the Pittsburgh Penguins roster for this season, veteran defenceman Sergei Gonchar today announced he is joining the Penguins as a defensive development coach, ending his illustrious 20 year playing career.
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🇨🇿 🇷🇺 IHLC Classics: The 1998 Olympic Gold Medal 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 Czech Independence Day this Wednesday, we look back at the Czech’s first Olympic title, shocking the world at the first “open” Olympics for NHL players.
🇨🇿 Czechia 1-0 Russia 🇷🇺
Olympic Gold Medal Game
Nagano Wakasato Tamokuteki Sports Arena, Nagano 🇯🇵
Sunday, 22 February 1998
Although the Czech Republic could not have won gold at the 1998 Olympics without goalie Dominik Hašek, it was Petr Svoboda of the Czech Republic who was the final hero of the tournament, the first Olympics which included full participation of NHL players.
Hašek had led the team to the Gold medal game by stopping all five Canadian players in a semi-finals shootout win, but it was Svoboda who scored the lone goal in the final game of the Olympics against Russia.
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2016 Women’s World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2016 IIHF Women’s World Championship was today announced in the host city of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, with the tournament kicking off with a rematch of last year’s final (and every Gold Medal Game in tournament history), between the bitter rivals Canada and the United States.
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🇨🇦 Simon Gagné Announces Retirement At Age 35
After a fourteen year professional career, highlighted by a Stanley Cup in 2012 and Olympic Gold in 2002, Canadian winger Simon Gagné today announced his retirement from hockey, after playing just 23 games with Boston in the 2014-15 NHL season.
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NHL Releases Roster Projections For 2016 World Cup
The NHL, who will be restarting the World Cup Of Hockey after a twelve-year absence, has unveiled the last of its projected lineups for the six national and two pan-national teams partaking next September in Toronto, speculating on who will wear their nation’s colours for the first best-on-best global tournament since the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
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🇨🇦 Hefford, Apps & Ward All Retire From Canadian Women’s National Team
A trio of star players for the Canadian women’s team announced today they are all retiring, with forwards Jayna Hefford and Gillian Apps, along with defender Catherine Ward, hanging up their skates for the 2015-16 season.
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2016 World Cup Of Hockey Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey leaked today, confirming the already reported Group structure from earlier this year, along with the full tally of games in Toronto next fall to crown the newest World Cup of Hockey global champion.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 4-3 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 30 Aug 2015
🇸🇪 Sweden 4-3 Czechia 🇨🇿
Four Nations Cup
Dmitrov Sport Palace, Dmitrov 🇷🇺
Sunday, 30 August 2015
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:52 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Ottosson, interference
04:32 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Andres (Gřeš)
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 4-0 Russia 🇷🇺 – 29 Aug 2015
🇨🇿 Czechia 4-0 Russia 🇷🇺
Four Nations Cup
Dmitrov Sport Palace, Dmitrov 🇷🇺
Saturday, 29 August 2015
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:14 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Jašek (Kaše)
12:40 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Ordoš
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International Hockey Lineal Championship 