2015 was a wild year for the International Hockey Lineal Championship, with the Euro Hockey Tour and World Championship providing much drama as the title changed through the hands of three world powers by the close of the 2015 Worlds in Czechia.
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World Championship Sets Fields For 2016 Worlds, 2018 Olympics
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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🇦🇹 🇸🇮 Austria, Slovenia Relegated From World Championship
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
🇨🇦 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 – 🇸🇪 Sweden 6-1 Austria 🇦🇹 – 03 May 2015
🇸🇪 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 Preview – 2015 World Championship
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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🇨🇿 🇩🇪 Czechs Promoted, Germany Relegated For Women’s Worlds
As a result of their 3-0 win over Denmark, improving them to 4-0 at the Division I Group A tournament in Rouen, France, the Czech women’s team has secured the eighth and final spot at the 2016 Women’s World Championship next spring in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, taking the spot from the German squad that was relegated at this year’s Championship in Malmö, Sweden.
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IHLC 2014 In Review – Men’s
2014 was quite a year for the International Hockey Lineal Championship, in that theihlc.com formally launched in September, bringing 100+ years of international hockey history online. But this calendar year certainly saw its share of movement and excitement as well.
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🇪🇺 2016 World Cup “Euro All-Stars”: What If?
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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2015 World Championship Schedule Released
The IIHF has released a new microsite for the 2015 World Championship in Prague and Ostrava, Czechia, iihfworlds2015.com, and with it released the full schedule for the World Championship in May.
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2015 World Championship Groups Announced
Some more details on the 2015 Worlds in Prague and Ostrava have been released – the all-important groupings! The teams break down as follows (current IIHF rankings in parentheses):
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IHLC Team Profiles – 🇦🇹 Austria (Men’s)
🇦🇹 AUSTRIA (AUT) Men’s National Ice Hockey Team (1912-)
2 wins, 1 reign, 2 games with IHLC – ranked 20th
IHLC last held 02 February 1931
An early contender for the IHLC, the Austrian squad first played for the IHLC in 1928, and won its first title in a rain-soaked 1-0 upset over Canada in 1930, the Canadians’ first loss as a national team in nearly 18 years. While the team suffered as a result of the World War II delay, and the emergence of teams east of the Iron Curtain, the Eagles have found a resurgence in recent years, backed by a growing contingent of NHL players, to compete for the IHLC. Their last IHLC win may have been in 1931, but look for Austria to continue contending for years to come.
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IHLC Team Profiles – 🇦🇹 Austria (Junior)
🇦🇹 AUSTRIA (AUT) Men’s Junior National Ice Hockey Team (1979-)
Austria has had a rocky history at the World Junior level, appearing sporadically in the Top Division only six times in history (1981, 2004, 2010, 2021-23), with their best finish ever being eighth. Struggling to stay in the top level of Division I, Austria has only thrice contended for the IHLC, first in a pre-tournament exhibition game in 2003, and then not again until the 2022 World Junior Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 8-4 Austria 🇦🇹 – 13 Feb 2014
🇫🇮 Finland 8-4 Austria 🇦🇹
Olympic Preliminary Round
Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi 🇷🇺
Thursday, 13 February 2014
Finland recovered from a wonky start, notching four first-period goals in a 8-4 win over Austria in Thursday’s Group B opener.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 6-2 Austria 🇦🇹 – 27 Apr 2007
🇺🇸 United States 6-2 Austria 🇦🇹
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arena Mytischi, Mytischi 🇷🇺
Friday, 27 April 2007
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:50 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Kessel (Hall)
02:19 – 🇦🇹 PEN – A. Lakos, hooking
06:01 – 🇺🇸 PEN – team, too many players
06:22 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Suter, boarding
10:22 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Petersen (Suter)
11:17 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Ballard, slashing
12:34 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Alberts, cross checking
14:51 – 🇦🇹 GOAL – Ra. Divis (Schuller, Baumgartner)
15:50 – 🇦🇹 PEN – Tratting, tripping
16:25 – 🇦🇹 PEN – R. Lukas, holding
17:19 – 🇺🇸 PP2 GOAL – Stempniak (Cole, Stastny)
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-4 Austria 🇦🇹 – 27 Apr 2004
🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-4 Austria 🇦🇹
World Championship Preliminary Round
Sazka Arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Tuesday, 27 April 2004
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:27 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Keller, hooking
04:12 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Plüss, hooking
08:59 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Rüthemann, roughing
08:59 – 🇦🇹 PEN – Kalt, roughing
13:09 – 🇦🇹 PEN – Pöck, interference
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-1 Austria 🇦🇹 – 26 Apr 2003
🇫🇮 Finland 5-1 Austria 🇦🇹
World Championship Preliminary Round
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Saturday, 26 April 2003
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:01 – 🇦🇹 PEN – Doyle, holding
03:34 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Pirnes, tripping
08:07 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Lydman (Pirnes)
17:03 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Jokinen, cross checking
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 11-0 Austria 🇦🇹 – 04 May 2001
🇸🇪 Sweden 11-0 Austria 🇦🇹
World Championship Second Round
Kölnarena, Cologne 🇩🇪
Friday, 04 May 2001
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:20 – 🇸🇪 PEN – M. Johansson, cross checking
06:21 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Salomonsson (Ottosson, Tjärnqvist)
07:02 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Jönsson (Öhlund)
09:32 – 🇦🇹 PEN – Hohenberger, holding
14:56 – 🇦🇹 PEN – Searle, hooking
17:44 – 🇦🇹 PEN – Lavoie, interference
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇰 Slovakia 2-0 Austria 🇦🇹 – 30 Apr 2000
🇸🇰 Slovakia 2-0 Austria 🇦🇹
World Championship Preliminary Round
Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺
Sunday, 30 April 2000
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:42 – 🇦🇹 PEN – M. Hohenberger, hooking
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IHLC Results – 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 5-5 Austria 🇦🇹 – 08 Feb 1998
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 5-5 Austria 🇦🇹
Olympic Preliminary Round
Nagano Wakasato Tamokuteki Sports Arena, Nagano 🇯🇵
Sunday, 08 February 1998
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:33 – 🇦🇹 GOAL – Puschnik (Nasheim)
01:36 – 🇦🇹 PEN – H. Hohenberger, holding
07:03 – 🇰🇿 PEN – Glovatski, boarding
07:12 – 🇰🇿 SH GOAL – Pchelyakov (Zavyalov)
07:57 – 🇦🇹 PEN – Kalt, holding
13:09 – 🇰🇿 GOAL – Shafranov
15:14 – 🇰🇿 PEN – team, too many players
15:14 – 🇦🇹 PEN – Wheeldon, tripping
15:37 – 🇦🇹 GOAL – Lavoie
16:41 – 🇦🇹 PEN – Lampert, roughing
16:41 – 🇰🇿 PEN – Zemlyanov, roughing
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