IHLC Results โ€“ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 2-1 Sweden ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช – 17 Dec 2025


๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 2-1 Sweden ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช
Exhibition Game
Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Wednesday, 17 December 2025

Brady Martin and Gavin McKenna have quickly found chemistry for Canada’s world junior team.
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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States 4-1 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ – 13 Dec 2025


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Rivalry Series, Game 4
Rogers Place,ย Edmonton ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Saturday, 13 December 2025

Canada improved, but not enough to beat the United States in the fourth and final game of their women’s hockey Rivalry Series.
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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States 10-4 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ – 10 Dec 2025


๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States 10-4 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Rivalry Series, Game 3
Rogers Place,ย Edmonton ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Wednesday, 10 December 2025

The United States feasted on Canada’s porous defence in a 10-4 thrashing to take the women’s hockey Rivalry Series on Wednesday.
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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2026 Inductees


The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2026, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Zรผrich, with six players from four different nationalities highlighting the class.
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Hockey Hall Of Fame Inducts Class Of 2025


The Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their 2025 Class, inducting six legendary players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.
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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States 6-1 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ – 08 Nov 2025


๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States 6-1 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Rivalry Series, Game 2
KeyBank Center, Buffalo ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Saturday, 08 November 2025

It took a mere two exhibition games in Hilary Knight’s lead up to what will be her fifth and final Winter Games for the face of U.S. womenโ€™s hockey to show she hasnโ€™t lost her scoring touch.
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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States 4-1 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ – 06 Nov 2025


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Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Rivalry Series, Game 1
Rocket Arena, Cleveland ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Thursday, 06 November 2025

Abbey Murphy scored three times, Taylor Heise had a goal and three assists, and the United States womenโ€™s national hockey team defeated Canada 4-1 in Thursdayโ€™s opening game of the 2025-26 Rivalry Series.
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IIHF Confirms Women’s World Championships Moving To November As Of 2026


At today’s IIHF Semi-Annual Congress in Nice, France, it was confirmed that the 2026 Women’s World Championships would be hosted by Denmark, but more consequentially would be held in November, confirmed to be a permanent shift in moving the typical spring tournament to early November going forward, just prior to the start of the Professional Women’s Hockey League pro seasons.
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Rebecca Johnston Announces Retirement From Hockey At Age 36


Canadian utility forward Rebecca Johnston, a nearly two-decade veteran of the CWHL, PWHPA and Canadian national team, today confirmed her retirement from pro hockey the day after her 36th birthday, capping her career with two Clarkson Cups, two World Championship titles and three Olympic Gold medals.
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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ In Memoriam – Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 2011-12

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Today marks the anniversary of the tragic air disaster of Yak-Service Flight 9633 on 07 September 2011, that crashed near Yaroslavl, Russia, and killed the entire roster and staff of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL, and all but one of the flight crew members, when a pilot error caused the aircraft to fail its takeoff, running off the runway and crashing into a tower mast.

Then-IIHF president Renรฉ Fasel declared the crash as “the darkest day in the history of our sport,” as fans from across the world, and in particular Russia and the eight other nations represented by team players and staff, mourned for the shocking and tragic loss. On this sad anniversary, TheIHLC.com commemorates this deep loss, and remember those who perished in the accident.
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ 2026 World Championship Schedule Released


The schedule for the 2026 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Zรผrich and Fribourg, Switzerland, with the host Eisgenossen looking to finally conquer the tournament after consecutive Silver medal finishes, only three months after the conclusion of the 2026 Olympics in Milan.
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IHLC Results โ€“ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 8-4 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ – 01 Aug 2025


๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 8-4 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
World Junior Summer Showcase
Ridder Arena, Minneapolis ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Friday, 01 August 2025

The penultimate day of games at the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase were played here today at Ridder Arena, as Sweden defeated Canada, 8-4.
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช IHLC Classics: Halischuk’s Heroics Lead To Four-Peat

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 Canada Day, we look back at Canada’s unprecedented fourth straight World Juniors medal, captured by the overtime heroics of Matt Halischuk.


๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canadaย 3-2ย Sweden ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชย (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
ฤŒEZ Arรฉna, Pardubice ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ
Saturday, 05 January 2008

Color Canada Gold for a fourth straight year at the IIHF World Junior Championship.

Matt Halischuk jammed the puck into the net at 3:36 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 triumph over Sweden on Saturday in the Gold medal game.
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ 2026 World Junior Championship Schedule Released


The schedule for the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the United States looking to “three-peat” as world champions for the first time in history, looking to do some on home ice in Minnesota, with the Americans hosting the tournament’s fiftieth edition for the first time since 2018.
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Marie-Philip Poulin, Victoire Big Winners At 2025 PWHL Awards


The Professional Women’s Hockey League completed its awards distribution for the 2025 season at an awards ceremony in Ottawa, Ontario, with eight IHLC holders representing Canada and the United States taking home trophies following the league’s sophomore season.
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Hockey Hall Of Fame Announces Class Of 2025


The Hockey Hall Of Fame today announced the newest members that will join as the Class of 2025 on 10 November, with long-time nominee Alexander Mogilny finally getting the call, alongside Jennifer Botterill, Brianna Decker, and first-time nominees Zdeno Chรกra, Duncan Keith and Joe Thornton, all to join the ranks of the Hall in Toronto.
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Sven Andrighetto Named 2025 IIHF Male Player Of The Year


Swiss forward Sven Andrighetto, who captured the Swiss National League title, Champions League title and a World Championship Silver medal to cap his 2024-25 season, was today awarded the IIHF’s Male Player Of The Year Award.
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Marie-Philip Poulin Named 2025 IIHF Female Player Of The Year


Canadian forward Marie-Philip Poulin, the most decorated Canadian women’s player in history, was today awarded the IIHF’s Female Player Of The Year Award for the 2024-25 season, capping a season in which she led the PWHL in scoring and captured tournament MVP honours at the 2025 Women’s World Championship.
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Florida Panthers Win Second Consecutive Stanley Cup


The Florida Panthers, once among the basement-dwellers of the National Hockey League, today captured their second consecutive Stanley Cup, once again besting the Edmonton Oilers to become the first repeat champions since 2021, clinching victory with a definitive 5-1 win over the Oilers in Game Six of the finals in Sunrise, Florida.
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