World Championship Sets Fields For 2016 Worlds, 2018 Olympics

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With the dust settled over Prague, and Canada returning to North America with World Championship Gold in tow, we can not only look back on a tremendous (and record-breaking) 2015 tournament, but to future tournaments in men’s hockey, particularly next year’s Worlds and the 2018 Olympics.
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🇨🇿 Jágr Retires From Czech National Team…Again

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After a disappointing fourth place finish in front of their home crowd, Czech hockey legend Jaromír Jágr, named tournament MVP of the 2015 World Championships, has said for the second straight season that he is done with the Czech national team.
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🇨🇦 Sidney Crosby Joins Triple Gold Club

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With Team Canada’s victory over Russia to capture the 2015 IIHF World Championship, Canada’s captain, Sidney Crosby, became just the 26th player in international hockey history, and the ninth Canadian, to enter the prestigious Triple Gold Club, adding Gold to his two Stanley Cups and two Olympic Gold Medals.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 6-1 Russia 🇷🇺 – 17 May 2015

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🇨🇦 Canada 6-1 Russia 🇷🇺
World Championship Gold Medal Game
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Sunday, 17 May 2015

Canada got its first two goals from the fourth line and skated to a near flawless gold medal win, crushing Russia 6-1 and finishing with a perfect 10-0 record.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 2-0 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 16 May 2015

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🇨🇦 Canada 2-0 Czechia 🇨🇿
World Championship Semifinal
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Saturday, 16 May 2015

Canada scored once in each of the first two periods and then played a dangerous game of sitting on the lead in the third, but the 2-0 score held up.
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First Nine Nations Qualified For 2018 Olympic Men’s Tournament

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Following Belarus‘ failure to finish in the top four at the 2015 World Championships, Slovakia scooped up the ninth and final automatic qualification spot for the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, Korea, joining defending champions Canada, Finland, Sweden, Russia, the United States, Czechia, Switzerland and the host nation Korea.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 9-0 Belarus 🇧🇾 – 14 May 2015

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🇨🇦 Canada 9-0 Belarus 🇧🇾
World Championship Quarterfinal
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Thursday, 14 May 2015

It wasn’t one thing. It was everything. Relentless puck pressure. Dominant puck movement. Tenacious defence. Finish around the goal. Tyler Seguin hat trick.

In all, 13 players recorded points in the game. To go along with Seguin’s three goals, defenceman Brent Burns had two goals and two assists and forward Ryan O’Reilly had two goals and one helper.
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🇦🇹 🇸🇮 Austria, Slovenia Relegated From World Championship

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For the fourth straight World Championship in which they are participating, Austria and Slovenia have been relegated back to Division IA for 2016, failing to clinch spots at next year’s World Championship in Russia.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 10-1 Austria 🇦🇹 – 12 May 2015

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🇨🇦 Canada 10-1 Austria 🇦🇹
World Championship Preliminary Round
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Tuesday, 12 May 2015

Canada scored early and often to finish the round robin with a perfect 7-0 record and 49 goals scored. Canada played the game without incurring a penalty.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 7-2 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 10 May 2015

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🇨🇦 Canada 7-2 Switzerland 🇨🇭
World Championship Preliminary Round
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Sunday, 10 May 2015

Canada got goals from seven scorers and motored to a 7-2 win over Switzerland to clinch Group A. Five of the goals came from the crease area via rebounds.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-3 France 🇫🇷 – 09 May 2015

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🇨🇦 Canada 4-3 France 🇫🇷
World Championship Preliminary Round
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Saturday, 09 May 2015

Last year, Canada opened the Worlds with a shocking shootout loss to France. On Saturday, the Canadians staved off a third-period French rally to prevail 4-3.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 8-1 Latvia 🇱🇻 – 04 May 2015

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🇸🇪 Sweden 8-1 Latvia 🇱🇻
World Championship Preliminary Round
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Monday, 04 May 2015

Buoyed by a three-goal performance from star forward Loui Eriksson, Sweden stayed undefeated in Group A with a 8-1 thrashing of Latvia on Monday.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 6-1 Austria 🇦🇹 – 03 May 2015

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🇸🇪 Sweden 6-1 Austria 🇦🇹
World Championship Preliminary Round
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Sunday, 03 May 2015

Filip Forsberg scored three goals and added an assist as Sweden waltzed past Austria 6-1 in Sunday’s early game at the O2 arena. The Swedes remain undefeated.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 6-5 Czechia 🇨🇿 (SO) – 01 May 2015

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🇸🇪 Sweden 6-5 Czechia 🇨🇿 (SO)
World Championship Preliminary Round
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Friday, 01 May 2015

Oliver Ekman-Larsson got the shootout winner as Sweden blew a 4-2 third-period lead but beat the Czechs 6-5 to send the host team’s fans home disappointed.
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IHLC Preview – 2015 World Championship

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With virtually every professional and international competition (besides the NHL playoffs) complete, the world’s best will assemble in Czechia for the 79th IIHF World Championship, looking to assert their hockey supremacy and punch their ticket to the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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🇸🇪 🇨🇿 Sweden Wins Euro Hockey Tour, Czechs Win Euro Hockey Challenge

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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 Czechia, the winners of both the four-nation Euro Hockey Tour and 12-nation Euro Hockey Challenge have been crowned for the 2014-15 season.
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🇰🇿 🇭🇺 Kazakhstan, Hungary Promoted To 2016 Worlds

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After Poland failed to defeat Hungary in regulation in front of their hometown fans, Hungary clinched the second and final promotion to the 2016 World Championships in Russia, following an undefeated Kazakhstan who punched their ticket on Thursday.
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