
The National Hockey League completed its awards distribution for the 2024-25 season with the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals, with eight IHLC holders representing six countries taking home trophies handed out over the past month.
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🇮🇹 2026 Men’s Olympic Hockey Schedule Released

The IIHF today released the schedule for the men’s tournament at the 2026 Olympics in Milan, Italy, with the tournament beginning on Wednesday, 11 February, with defending champions Finland starting their title defence in the opening match, in the first tournament since 2014 to feature NHL players on Olympic rosters.
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🇮🇹 2026 Women’s Olympic Hockey Schedule Released

The schedule for the women’s tournament at the 2026 Olympics in Milan, Italy was released by the IIHF today, kicking off hockey at the Olympics on Thursday, 05 February.
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Provisional Men’s Rosters Named For 2026 Winter Olympics

With eight months to go until the NHL makes its return to the Winter Olympics after a twelve year absence, the provisional rosters for each of the twelve participating men’s nations were revealed today by each nations’ respective international association, naming six active professionals to each roster that will face off in Milan in February 2026.
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🇨🇦 Victoria Bach Confirms Retirement At Age 28

Canadian forward Victoria Bach has confirmed her retirement from hockey at the age of 28, capping a brief, yet very successful, career marked by league success in the NCAA, CWHL and PWHL, and highlighted by a pair of World Championship Gold medals.
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Leivo, Lokomotiv Big Winners At 2025 KHL Awards

The Kontinental Hockey League formally wrapped their seventeenth season tonight in Moscow with their annual Closing Ceremony, awarding the league’s top teams, players and executives for their performance this year, with eight former IHLC winners taking home trophies.
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🇨🇦 Claire Thompson Joins Triple Gold Club

Canadian defender Claire Thompson tonight joined Triple Gold Club, just the sixth woman to do so since the advent of the Walter Cup, after capturing the Cup as part of Minnesota’s back-to-back title, becoming the first Canadian female player to join the club, adding to her World Championship and Olympic Gold medal.
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🇺🇸 Minnesota Frost Repeat As Walter Cup Champions

In a grueling series that saw every game go to overtime, the Minnesota Frost emerged victorious in Game 4 of the Walter Cup Finals, defeating the Ottawa Charge to capture their second consecutive title.
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IHLC Results – 🇩🇰 Denmark 2-1 Canada 🇨🇦 – 22 May 2025

🇩🇰 Denmark 2-1 Canada 🇨🇦
World Championship Quarterfinal
Jyske Bank BOXEN, Herning 🇩🇰
Thursday, 22 May 2025
Denmark wrote hockey history with a sensational victory over Canada in the quarterfinals of the 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.
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🇷🇺 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Captures First Gagarin Cup

One year after being swept in the Gagarin Cup finals, today Lokomotiv Yaroslavl reversed their fortunes with a Game Five overtime win over Traktor Chelyabinsk, winning the club’s first ever Gagarin Cup title.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-3 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 20 May 2025

🇨🇦 Canada 5-3 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Championship Preliminary Round
Avicii Arena, Stockholm 🇸🇪
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Canada’s relentless puck pursuit and finish around the goal proved too much for Jacob Markström and Tre Kronor tonight.
The Canadians won the game, 5-3, and with it finished in first place to play Denmark in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
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IHLC Preview – 2025 World Championship

The top teams in international hockey will converge on Stockholm, Sweden and Herning, Denmark starting this Friday 09 May, kicking off the premiere event of the global hockey calendar, the 2025 IIHF World Championship.
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🇨🇦 Flower Out: Marc-André Fleury Retires At Age 40

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 – 🇺🇸 United States 4-3 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT) – 20 Apr 2025

🇺🇸 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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🇦🇹 🇩🇰 Austria, Denmark Promoted To 2025 Women’s World Championship

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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🇭🇺 🇳🇴 Hungary, Norway Relegated From 2024 Women’s Worlds

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

🇺🇸 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

🇨🇦 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

🇨🇦 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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IHLC Preview – 2025 Women’s World Championship

The IIHF Women’s World Championship is coming to Czechia for the first time in its history, as the reigning world champions Canada will look to conquer České Budějovice for their second straight Gold medal in the 24th edition of the tournament from 09-20 April, with all games held at Budvar Aréna.
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