IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 6-0 Germany 🇩🇪 – 28 Dec 2014


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 6-0 Germany 🇩🇪
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Centre Bell, Montréal 🇨🇦
Sunday, 28 December 2014

North America hasn’t been nice to Germany at this tournament. After opening with a 4-0 loss to host Canada, the Germans fell 6-0 to the U.S. on Sunday night.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO) – 26 Dec 2014


🇺🇸 United States
 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO)
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Centre Bell, Montréal 🇨🇦
Friday, 26 December 2014

Chase De Leo scored the shootout winner as the United States beat Finland 2-1 to kick off the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship in Montréal on Friday.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 10-5 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 23 Dec 2014

🇺🇸 United States 10-5 Sweden 🇸🇪
Exhibition Game
Rogers K-Rock Centre, Kingston 🇨🇦
Tuesday, 23 December 2014

Alex Tuch scored three times, while Tyler Motte and Auston Matthews each scored twice to help propel the U.S. National Junior Team to a 10-5 victory over Sweden tonight in the final pre-tournament game for both teams in advance of the upcoming 2015 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 3-2 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 21 Dec 2014

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🇷🇺 Russia 3-2 Czechia 🇨🇿
Channel One Cup
Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi 🇷🇺
Sunday, 21 December 2014

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:42 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Antipin, tripping
12:10 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Polášek, hooking
14:16 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Kutuzov (Zubov, Parshin)
19:30 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Grigorenko (Parshin, Zubov)
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 5-2 Germany 🇩🇪 – 21 Dec 2014

🇺🇸 United States 5-2 Germany 🇩🇪
Exhibition Game
Rogers K-Rock Centre, Kingston 🇨🇦
Sunday, 21 December 2014

The U.S. used goals from five different players on the way to a 5-2 victory over Germany here tonight in a pre-tournament game in preparation for the upcoming 2015 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 20 Dec 2014

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🇷🇺 Russia 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪
Channel One Cup
Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi 🇷🇺
Saturday, 20 December 2014

BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:50 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Sjögren, hooking
04:57 – 🇷🇺 PP GOAL – Belov (Kovalchuk, Chudinov)
06:51 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Burström, hooking
11:20 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Medvedev, holding
17:28 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Shipachyov, hooking
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 6-4 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 18 Dec 2014

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🇸🇪 Sweden 6-4 Czechia 🇨🇿
Channel One Cup
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Thursday, 18 December 2014

BOXSCORE
1st Period
08:31 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Kolář, interference
13:04 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Jan Kovář (Radil, Zaťovič)
13:56 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Birner (Horák)
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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2015 Inductees

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The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2015, to be inducted this May at the IIHF World Championships in Czechia. All four players set to be inducted into the players category bring a swath of major international accomplishments, for the Czechs (Dominik Hašek and Robert Reichel), Canada (Scott Niedermayer) and Sweden (Maria Rooth), including all having held the International Hockey Lineal Championship at one point or another.
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IHLC Preview – 2014 Channel One Cup

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After sweeping the Karjala Tournament, going undefeated against Russia, Finland and the Czechs and winning the International Hockey Lineal Championship in the process, Sweden looks to win the second leg of the Euro Hockey Tour at the Channel One Cup in Sochi, a year removed from the Czechs winning the trophy.
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2015 Euro Hockey Challenge Schedule Confirmed

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Due to the myriad of changes to this year’s Euro Hockey Tour, the Euro Hockey Challenge has been impacted as well, with only two legs in this year’s competition, rather than the usual three. The participants of the Euro Hockey Tour (Russia, Sweden, Finland, Czechia) will face off against four rising European squads (Germany, Switzerland, Slovakia and Norway) in a series of two-game challenges, giving the lower ranked squads the chance to compete against the top teams in Europe.
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🇫🇮 Jarkko Ruutu Retires From Jokerit

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Yet another mainstay of the Leijonat has decided to hang up his skates. Following earlier retirements of Saku Koivu and Teemu Selänne, it is now power forward Jarkko Ruutu, a 12-year NHL, six year SM-liiga and Finnish national team veteran, retiring from the sport. Ruutu laced up for HIFK and Jokerit in the SM-liiga, as well as for Vancouver, Pittsburgh, Ottawa and Anaheim in the NHL.
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🇨🇿 Injuries Force Tomáš Vokoun Into Retirement

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Unable to return to the ice following surgery to remove a blood clot from his pelvis nearly a year ago, goalie veteran Tomáš Vokoun has decided to call it a career, after 16 seasons in the NHL playing for Montréal, Nashville, Florida, Washington and Pittsburgh.
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🇪🇺 2016 World Cup “Euro All-Stars”: What If?

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Amid reports of a European “All-Star” team making up a seventh team at the 2016 World Cup Of Hockey, which would be comprised of players from nations not already fielding full teams (Sweden, Finland, Russia and Czechia), much speculation has already begun about what that potential team would look like. Matt Larkin of The Hockey News took the speculation a step further, setting a full projected roster for 2016, which brings up a very unique and interesting looking squad.
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🇸🇪 Lingering Back Injury Forces Daniel Alfredsson Into Retirement

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Ending months of speculation on whether he would return for a final season with the Detroit Red Wings, 18-year NHL veteran and longtime Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson has opted to retire, with a nagging back injury ending his career at the age of 41, resigning with Ottawa for the day to retire as a Senator.
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🇷🇺 Viktor Tikhonov: 1930-2014

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Former Soviet head coach Viktor Tikhonov, who coached the dominant Red Army team from 1977 to 1994, winning eight World Championships, three Olympic Gold Medals and the 1981 Canada Cup, has died in Moscow following a long illness at the age of 84.
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🇫🇮 The Finnish Flash Retires: Teemu Selänne Not Returning To Jokerit

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After a brilliant 21-year NHL career, an impressive start with his hometown Jokerit, and one of the greatest international careers in hockey history, Teemu Selänne has confirmed that he will not be making a “victory lap” with Jokerit, after retiring from the Anaheim Ducks at the end of last season.
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World Cup Update: Euro, Rookie All-Star Teams To Compete?

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As first reported by Sportsnet, representatives from the NHL and IIHF met in Toronto in advance of the Hockey Hall Of Fame Class of 2014 induction ceremony to discuss the 2016 World Cup Of Hockey logistics, mainly the status of the two final spots to round out a field of eight teams to play in Toronto.
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HHOF Inducts Four International Legends

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Tomorrow, the Hockey Hall Of Fame will enshrine four new members into its players category as the Class of 2014 – not just players who shined in their National Hockey League careers, but also for the tremendous careers they achieved internationally. Dominik Hašek, Peter Forsberg, Rob Blake and Mike Modano share numerous Olympic, World Championship and World Cup championships between them, in addition to all having held the International Hockey Lineal Championship in their illustrious careers.
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