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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🇨🇦 🇫🇮 🇸🇪 🇺🇸 IHLC To Miss Four Nations Face-Off Final
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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