Following an IIHF Council meeting, the International Ice Hockey Federation today confirmed that their ban on Russian and Belarusian teams, dating back to their invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, was extended through the 2026-27 hockey season.
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Full 2026 Men’s Olympic Rosters Released
Starting with France being the first to release their roster on 23 December, and capped by the host Italians releasing their final roster today (20 January), the final roster selections for all twelve Olympic men’s hockey teams are now complete.
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Full 2026 Women’s Olympic Rosters Released
Starting with France being the first to release their roster on 23 December, and to be capped by the host Italians releasing their final roster today (20 January), the final roster selections for all ten Olympic women’s hockey teams are now complete.
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Triple Gold Club: Who Can Join In Milan?
With the calendar finally turning over to 2026, and final rosters for the 2026 Milan Olympics being released daily, there has emerged a select field of fourteen men and three women from five countries who, if successful in winning Gold at next month’s Games, will gain the unique distinction of joining the Triple Gold Club.
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IHLC 2025 In Review – Junior
The 2025 international junior calendar saw the United States capture their first back-to-back world title in 2025, followed by the emergence of Sweden dominating across three tournaments, capping the calendar year off with a commanding performance at the 2026 World Junior Championship.
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IHLC 2025 In Review – Men’s
The 2025 international hockey men’s calendar saw the title competed over in six different countries over two continents in five tournaments, with seven different countries capturing the International Hockey Lineal Championship in only a three month-span of competition.
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IHLC 2025 In Review – Women’s
2025 saw a continuation of closer parity in international women’s hockey, with the juggernauts of the United States and Canada continuing to set the tone in the lead-up to the 2026 Milan Olympics, competing for World Championship, Rivalry Series and International Hockey Lineal Championship glory.
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IHLC Preview – 2026 World Junior Championship
The eyes of the hockey world are looking just beyond the holiday season, with Boxing Day marking the kickoff of the fiftieth annual IIHF World Junior Championship, this time being hosted by the defending champion Americans in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, with the home team looking to “three-peat” for the first time in history.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 4-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ – 20 Dec 2025
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 4-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Exhibition Game
Canada Life Place, London ๐จ๐ฆ
Saturday, 20 December 2025
Jack Berglund scored twice in the third period, including a short-handed marker 43 seconds into the frame, as Sweden rallied to beat Canada 4-2 in a pre-World Junior Hockey Championship contest on Saturday night.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 2-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช – 17 Dec 2025
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 2-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Exhibition Game
Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener ๐จ๐ฆ
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 – ๐บ๐ธ United States 4-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ – 13 Dec 2025
๐บ๐ธ United States 4-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Rivalry Series, Game 4
Rogers Place,ย Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
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 – ๐บ๐ธ United States 10-4 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ – 10 Dec 2025
๐บ๐ธ United States 10-4 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Rivalry Series, Game 3
Rogers Place,ย Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
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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๐จ๐ฆ ๐ท๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ธ 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 – ๐บ๐ธ United States 6-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ – 08 Nov 2025
๐บ๐ธ United States 6-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Rivalry Series, Game 2
KeyBank Center, Buffalo ๐บ๐ธ
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. womenโs hockey to show she hasnโt lost her scoring touch.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 4-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ – 06 Nov 2025
๐บ๐ธ United States 4-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Rivalry Series, Game 1
Rocket Arena, Cleveland ๐บ๐ธ
Thursday, 06 November 2025
Abbey Murphy scored three times, Taylor Heise had a goal and three assists, and the United States womenโs national hockey team defeated Canada 4-1 in Thursdayโs 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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๐จ๐ฆ 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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๐ท๐บ In Memoriam – Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 2011-12
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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๐จ๐ฆ Ken Dryden: 1947-2025
Ken Dryden, the towering Canadian goaltender perhaps known just as much for his off-ice accomplishments as his staggering on-ice accomplishments, today passed away from cancer at the age of 78.
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