Just as it was uncertain that the IHLC would even be contended at the Four Nations Face-Off to begin with, necessitating a Finland win with less than a week before the tournament began, the IHLC will now be leaving North America, by virtue of Sweden‘s 2-1 round robin final victory over the United States, meaning that the IHLC will not be paired with the Four Nations title.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 2-1 United States 🇺🇸 – 17 Feb 2025
🇸🇪 Sweden 2-1 United States 🇺🇸
Four Nations Face-Off Group Round
TD Garden, Boston 🇺🇸
Monday, 17 February 2025
Although Sweden knew prior to the game that it would not be able to advance to the championship of the Four Nations Face-Off, its players said they would still play with pride against the United States.
And that’s exactly what they did.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-1 Canada 🇨🇦 – 15 Feb 2025
🇺🇸 United States 3-1 Canada 🇨🇦
Four Nations Face-Off Group Round
Centre Bell, Montréal 🇨🇦
Saturday, 15 February 2025
As the enemy in a hostile environment, in front of a pro-Canada sellout crowd, the United States showed the hockey world who is boss.
For now.
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World Cup Of Hockey Set To Return In 2028
On the eve of the inaugural (and potentially only) Four Nations Face-Off, the NHL and NHLPA today announced the return of the World Cup Of Hockey, set to debut in February 2028 as a mid-season, rather than preseason, tournament, and recurring every four years thereafter.
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IHLC Preview – 2025 Four Nations Face-Off
For the first time in nearly a decade, the NHL will be presenting a true “best on best” international tournament, but in a smaller format than usual, with teams from Canada, Sweden, Finland and the United States facing off in the inaugural Four Nations Face-Off.
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🇯🇵 🇸🇪 🇩🇪 Japan, Sweden, Germany Clinch Final Milan 2026 Women’s Olympic Qualifying Spots
After three months of Olympic qualifiers, with 24 teams competing across two rounds of play, came to a conclusion today for the final three spots in Milan, with the spots being clinched locked up by Japan, Sweden and Germany for the 2026 Olympics.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-1 United States 🇺🇸 – 08 Feb 2025
🇨🇦 Canada 3-1 United States 🇺🇸
Rivalry Series, Game 5
Credit Union Place, Summerside 🇨🇦
Saturday, 08 February 2025
Jennifer Gardiner scored at 13:16 of the third period to snap a 1-1 tie and lifted Canada to a 3-1 victory over the United States in the fifth and deciding game of the 2024-25 Rivalry Series on Saturday at Credit Union Place.
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🇨🇦 🇫🇮 🇸🇪 🇺🇸 IHLC To Be Contended At Four Nations Face-Off
By virtue of a 20-save shutout from Oskari Salminen and a three point game from Julius Nättinen in Stockholm earlier today, the IHLC will officially be brought to the inaugural Four Nations Face-Off next week, as Finland’s win over Czechia guarantees that Finland or Sweden will bring the title across the Atlantic to Montréal.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Canada 🇨🇦 (SO) – 06 Feb 2025
🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Canada 🇨🇦 (SO)
Rivalry Series, Game 4
Scotiabank Centre, Halifax 🇨🇦
Thursday, 06 February 2025
Gwyneth Philips was a standout for the United States in leveling the women’s hockey Rivalry Series against Canada.
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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2025 Inductees
The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2025, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Stockholm, with five different nationalities and a pair of Swedish goaltenders highlighting the class.
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🇰🇿 Kazakhstan Relegated From World Junior Championship
For the second straight year, Germany narrowly avoided relegation at the World Junior Championship, this time eliminating Kazakhstan in a 4-3 victory to send the Kazakhs back down to Division IA in 2026, after only one year in the Top Division.
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IHLC 2024 In Review – Junior
The 2024 international junior calendar saw the United States dominate throughout the year, capturing Gold in early January 2024 and looking to repeat as world champions again, for the first time ever, in 2025.
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IHLC 2024 In Review – Men’s
The 2024 international men’s hockey calendar saw four different nations capture the title throughout the year, with a European champion ensuring a more active back half of the year than Canada’s 2023 Gold medal victory originally allowed for.
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IHLC 2024 In Review – Women’s
The 2024 calendar year saw a reduction in international competition due to the rise of the Professional Women’s Hockey League, but there was still plenty of drama between the United States and Canada all throughout North America over the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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IHLC Preview – 2025 World Junior Championship
With the holidays approaching, this means that immediately after Christmas ends, the IIHF World Junior Championship will begin, this time being hosted in Canada’s capital of Ottawa, Ontario, with the world’s top under-20 teams convening for the title of global supremacy.
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🇨🇦 🇫🇮 🇸🇪 🇺🇸 Final Roster Spots Announced For Four Nations Face-Off
The remaining spots for each Four Nations Face-Off roster today were finalized, and the 92 players set to represent Finland, Sweden, Canada and the United States are now set for the tournament in Montréal and Boston that takes place this coming February.
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🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇷🇺 Hockey Hall Of Fame Inducts Class Of 2024
The Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their 2024 Class, inducting five legendary players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-1 United States 🇺🇸 – 10 Nov 2024
🇨🇦 Canada 4-1 United States 🇺🇸
Rivalry Series, Game 3
Idaho Central Arena, Boise 🇺🇸
Sunday, 10 November 2024
Jocelyne Larocque scored less than four minutes into the game, Sarah Nurse added a goal midway through the first period and Canada cruised to a 4-1 win over the United States in Boise, Idaho on Sunday to take a 2-1 lead in the five-game Rivalry Series.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-4 United States 🇺🇸 (SO) – 08 Nov 2024
🇨🇦 Canada 5-4 United States 🇺🇸 (SO)
Rivalry Series, Game 2
Maverik Center, West Valley City 🇺🇸
Friday, 08 November 2024
Marie-Phillip Poulin scored the go-ahead goal and 17-year-old Chloe Primerano scored her first career goal to clinch a 2-0 shootout win for Team Canada to even the Rivalry Series with the U.S. at a win apiece on Friday night.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 7-2 Canada 🇨🇦 – 06 Nov 2024
🇺🇸 United States 7-2 Canada 🇨🇦
Rivalry Series, Game 1
Tech CU Arena, San Jose 🇺🇸
Wednesday, 06 November 2024
A five-goal first period led Team USA past Canada, 7-2, in the opening contest of the 2024-25 Rivalry Series in San Jose, California on Wednesday night.
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