The finish of the international hockey calendar is set to begin on 10 May in Bratislava and Košice, Slovakia, with the top sixteen hockey countries in the world meeting to compete at the 2019 IIHF World Championship.
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CSKA Moscow Captures First Gagarin Cup In Team History
CSKA Moscow, one of the most decorated clubs in Russian hockey history, today made history again by capturing just their first Gagarin Cup, sweeping Avangard Omsk with an overtime victory in their third final in four seasons.
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🇸🇪 🇫🇷 Sweden, France Relegated From Women’s World Championship
In one unsurprising development, and in another very surprising development, France and Sweden have been relegated to Division IA of the 2020 Women’s World Championship, with France going back down after their first trip to the Top Division, while Sweden is relegated for the first time in their history.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 – 06 Apr 2019
🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo 🇫🇮
Saturday, 06 April 2019
The first official IIHF game between the U.S. and Canada since the 2018 Olympic final lived up to the anticipation. The U.S. prevailed 3-2 as Annie Pankowski delivered the second-period winner on Saturday night in Espoo in front of 3,102 fans.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 6-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 04 Apr 2019
🇨🇦 Canada 6-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo 🇫🇮
Thursday, 04 April 2019
The Swiss are famous for their banking acumen, but they were unable to deposit any goals in Canada’s net in a tournament-opening 6-0 loss on Thursday at Espoo’s Metro Areena.
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IHLC Preview – 2019 Women’s World Championship
For the first time in its history, the IIHF Women’s World Championship will expand to a 10-team field when the best women’s players in the world face off in Espoo, Finland, for the 2019 edition of the championship, the 19th edition of the tournament.
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2020 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship in Ostrava and Třinec, Czechia has been released, with the host nation opening the tournament against rivals Russia, while defending champion Finland opens their defence against border rival Sweden.
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🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Calgary Inferno Wins 2019 Clarkson Cup, Alex Rigsby Joins Triple Gold Club
The top-tier Canadian women’s hockey league today awarded their champion, a week after the American Isobel Cup was awarded to the Minnesota Whitecaps, with the Calgary Inferno defeating the Canadiennes de Montréal 5-2 in Toronto to win their second Clarkson Cup in four seasons. Continue reading
🇺🇸 Minnesota Whitecaps Capture Isobel Cup In Inaugural NWHL Season
The first of two women’s hockey championships in a one week span has been crowned, with the expansion Minnesota Whitecaps defeating the Buffalo Beauts on home ice in a 2-1 overtime victory to capture the 2019 Isobel Cup.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 2-0 United States 🇺🇸 – 17 Feb 2019
🇨🇦 Canada 2-0 United States 🇺🇸
Rivalry Series, Game 3
Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🇺🇸
Sunday, 17 February 2019
Shannon Szabados made 38 saves in a spectacular shutout performance, and Canada’s National Women’s Team blanked the United States 2-0 on Sunday afternoon to win the Rivalry Series.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-3 United States 🇺🇸 – 14 Feb 2019
🇨🇦 Canada 4-3 United States 🇺🇸
Rivalry Series, Game 2
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto 🇨🇦
Thursday, 14 February 2019
Marie-Philip Poulin and Jamie Lee Rattray led the way with a goal and an assist each, and Canada’s National Women’s Team held off a late push to edge the United States 4-3 on Thursday night and square up the Rivalry Series at a win apiece.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 1-0 Canada 🇨🇦 – 12 Feb 2019
🇺🇸 United States 1-0 Canada 🇨🇦
Rivalry Series, Game 1
Budweiser Gardens, London 🇨🇦
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Hilary Knight scored the game-winning goal and Alex Rigsby recorded a 33-save shutout as the U.S. Women’s National Team topped Canada, 1-0, here tonight at the Budweiser Gardens in London to open up play in the 2019 Rivalry Series.
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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2019 Inductees
The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2019, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia, with two native Slovaks and the top women’s player in history highlighting the class, as the IIHF will induct Miroslav Šatan, Žigmund Pálffy, Hayley Wickenheiser, Jörgen Jönsson and Mike Modano to the Hall. Continue reading
🇨🇦 Post-Concussion Symptoms Force Rick Nash To Retire
Canadian star forward Rick Nash, the highly touted #1 pick of the 2002 NHL Draft whose career was hampered by concussion injuries, was today forced to retire from pro hockey at the age of 34, after a 15 year NHL career with Columbus, Boston and the New York Rangers.
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🇩🇰 Denmark Relegated To World Junior Championship Division IA
In a surprising twist at the World Junior Championship, Kazakhstan swept Denmark in their relegation series to stay in the Top Division for 2020, sending Denmark back to Division IA for the first time since 2014.
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IHLC 2018 In Review – Junior
The International Hockey Lineal Championship saw a fair amount of movement in its 13 junior tilts in 2018, with four nations sharing title reigns across three tournaments, including the elimination round of the 2018 World Junior Championship.
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IHLC 2018 In Review – Men’s
The International Hockey Lineal Championship again saw eight countries carry the title throughout 2018, with the Olympics being added to the calendar seeing 31 different matchups, with the IHLC being defended at five tournaments in seven different countries.
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IHLC 2018 In Review – Women’s
The International Hockey Lineal Championship continued to see-saw between Canada and the United States in international women’s hockey, with each nation winning five games in 2018, but the Americans winning crucial Gold medals at both the PyeongChang Olympics and Four Nations Cup.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-2 Canada 🇨🇦 – 23 Dec 2018
🇫🇮 Finland 5-2 Canada 🇨🇦
Exhibition Game
Rogers Arena, Vancouver 🇨🇦
Sunday, 23 December 2018
Morgan Frost and Barrett Hayton scored goals, but special-teams doomed Canada’s National Junior Team in a 5-2 loss to Finland in its final pre-tournament game Sunday ahead of the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 6-1 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 21 Dec 2018
🇨🇦 Canada 6-1 Slovakia 🇸🇰
Exhibition Game
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria 🇨🇦
Friday, 21 December 2018
Cody Glass had a goal and two assists for the second game in a row, and Canada’s National Junior Team rode a big first period to a 6-1 win over Slovakia on Friday night ahead of the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship.
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