🇮🇹 🇬🇧 Italy, Great Britain Promoted To 2026 World Championship

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The Division IA World Championship tournament in Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania saw the top two spots for promotion to the 2026 World Championship in Switzerland locked up on the final day of competition, with Italy and Great Britain both clinching their returns to the Top Division for the first time since 2022 and 2024, respectively.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 4-2 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 03 May 2025

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🇸🇪 Sweden 4-2 Czechia 🇨🇿
Czech Hockey Games
Winning Group Arena, Brno 🇨🇿
Saturday, 03 May 2025

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:10 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Hájek, boarding
01:53 – 🇸🇪 PP GOAL – L. Carlsson (Zibanejad, Andersson)
05:04 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Kučeřík, delay of game
16:16 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Larsson, tripping
16:16 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Beránek, roughing
16:16 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Hartmann, roughing
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🇨🇦 Flower Out: Marc-André Fleury Retires At Age 40

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The “Flower” has bloomed for the last time – after confirming his retirement at the beginning of the 2024-25 NHL season, Marc-André Fleury has officially played in his final NHL game at the age of 40, following Minnesota’s elimination from the Stanley Cup playoffs, ending a remarkable 21-season career spanning stops in Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, Chicago and the Twin Cities.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 4-2 Finland 🇫🇮 – 01 May 2025

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🇨🇿 Czechia 4-2 Finland 🇫🇮
Czech Hockey Games
Winning Group Arena, Brno 🇨🇿
Thursday, 01 May 2025

BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:02 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Lauko (M. Kovařčík)
10:26 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Erholtz, tripping
12:20 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Puistola, holding
12:31 – 🇨🇿 PP GOAL – Beránek (Černoch, Špaček)
12:38 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Chlapík
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🇫🇮 Valtteri Filppula Confirms Retirement At Age 41

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Finnish forward Valtteri Filppula, the first Finn to become a member of the Triple Gold Club by virtue of his 2008 Stanley Cup, and Olympic and World Championship titles both in 2022, today confirmed his retirement following at the age of 41.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 3-0 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 25 Apr 2025

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🇫🇮 Finland 3-0 Sweden 🇸🇪
Euro Hockey Challenge
Hämeenlinnan jäähalli, Hämeenlinna 🇫🇮
Friday, 25 April 2025

BOXSCORE
1st Period
13:50 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Merelä (Järvinen, Pesonen)
18:28 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Leino, roughing
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-0 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 24 Apr 2025

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🇫🇮 Finland 5-0 Sweden 🇸🇪
Euro Hockey Challenge
Kivikylän Areena, Rauma 🇫🇮
Thursday, 24 April 2025

BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:27 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Merelä (Järvinen, Virtanen)
01:41 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Lindberg, holding
02:58 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Hämeenaho, high sticking
04:02 – 🇸🇪 PEN – team, too many players
12:35 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Pulli, tripping
17:05 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Lindberg, kneeing
18:28 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Leppänen (Kiiskinen, Puistola)
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 4-3 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT) – 20 Apr 2025

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🇺🇸 United States 4-3 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT)
Women’s World Championship Gold Medal Game
Budvar Aréna, České Budějovice 🇨🇿
Sunday, 20 April 2025

In a hard-fought thriller, Tessa Janecke scored the overtime winner as the U.S. defeated arch-rival Canada 4-3 to win the Gold medal at the 2025 IIHF Women’s World Championship in České Budějovice.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 19 Apr 2025

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🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Czechia 🇨🇿
Women’s World Championship Semifinal
Budvar Aréna, České Budějovice 🇨🇿
Saturday, 19 April 2025

A huge effort from Czechia pushed Team USA to the limit in Saturday’s first semi-final in České Budějovice. But the Americans survived the scare, cancelling out Tereza Plosová’s opening goal with efforts from Laila Edwards and Kelly Pannek to break home hearts at the 2025 IIHF Women’s World Championship.
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🇦🇹 🇩🇰 Austria, Denmark Promoted To 2025 Women’s World Championship

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At the conclusion of the Women’s World Championship Division IA tournament in Shenzhen, China today, it was Austria and Denmark that finally scooped up the last promotion spots to the Top Division in 2026, to be hosted in Canada.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-0 Germany 🇩🇪 – 17 Apr 2025

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🇺🇸 United States 3-0 Germany 🇩🇪
Women’s World Championship Quarterfinal
Budvar Aréna, České Budějovice 🇨🇿
Thursday, 17 April 2025

Team USA advanced to the semi-finals of the 2025 IIHF Women’s World Championship with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Germany.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 5-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 15 Apr 2025

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🇺🇸 United States 5-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Budvar Aréna, České Budějovice 🇨🇿
Tuesday, 15 April 2025

Hilary Knight broke Hayley Wickenheiser’s all-time record for assists at the Women’s World Championship as the USA shot down Switzerland 5-0 to wrap up the preliminary round.
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🇷🇺 It’s Officially Official – Ilya Kovalchuk Retires From Hockey At Age 41

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After initially claiming his career was over in early March, soon correcting that to clarify he was simply a free agent, Russian winger Ilya Kovalchuk today made it official that, at the age of 41, he would be stepping away from hockey for good, following an illustrious career highlighted by one Olympic and two World Championship titles.
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🇭🇺 🇳🇴 Hungary, Norway Relegated From 2024 Women’s Worlds

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After clawing their way back to the Top Division in 2024, it was a sudden relegation back to Division IA for both Norway and Hungary, who were officially both relegated with one day left in competition in České Budějovice.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Canada 🇨🇦 – 13 Apr 2025

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🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Canada 🇨🇦
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Budvar Aréna, České Budějovice 🇨🇿
Sunday, 13 April 2025

Sparked offensively by their veteran defenders, the U.S. edged Canada 2-1 to sew up first place in Group A in České Budějovice on Sunday night.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 11 Apr 2025

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🇨🇦 Canada 4-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Budvar Aréna, České Budějovice 🇨🇿
Friday, 11 April 2025

Canada erupted for three second-period goals in a span of 2:32 and downed Switzerland 4-0 at the 2025 IIHF Women’s World Championship on Friday.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-0 Finland 🇫🇮 – 10 Apr 2025

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🇨🇦 Canada 5-0 Finland 🇫🇮
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Budvar Aréna, České Budějovice 🇨🇿
Thursday, 10 April 2025

Canada kicked off its 2025 IIHF Women’s World Championship in world-class form. The defending champions jumped out to a three-goal first-period lead en route to a 5-0 win over Finland on Thursday evening.
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