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Florida Panthers Win Second Consecutive Stanley Cup

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The Florida Panthers, once among the basement-dwellers of the National Hockey League, today captured their second consecutive Stanley Cup, once again besting the Edmonton Oilers to become the first repeat champions since 2021, clinching victory with a definitive 5-1 win over the Oilers in Game Six of the finals in Sunrise, Florida.
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🇨🇭 Sven Andrighetto Named 2025 IIHF Male Player Of The Year

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Swiss forward Sven Andrighetto, who captured the Swiss National League title, Champions League title and a World Championship Silver medal to cap his 2024-25 season, was today awarded the IIHF’s Male Player Of The Year Award.
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🇨🇦 Marie-Philip Poulin Named 2025 IIHF Female Player Of The Year

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Canadian forward Marie-Philip Poulin, the most decorated Canadian women’s player in history, was today awarded the IIHF’s Female Player Of The Year Award for the 2024-25 season, capping a season in which she led the PWHL in scoring and captured tournament MVP honours at the 2025 Women’s World Championship.
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🇮🇹 2026 Men’s Olympic Hockey Schedule Released

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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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Provisional Men’s Rosters Named For 2026 Winter Olympics

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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

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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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🇨🇦 Claire Thompson Joins Triple Gold Club

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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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IHLC Results – 🇩🇰 Denmark 2-1 Canada 🇨🇦 – 22 May 2025

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🇩🇰 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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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-3 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 20 May 2025

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🇨🇦 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

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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

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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

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🇺🇸 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

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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 2025 Women’s Worlds

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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

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🇺🇸 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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