In an era where hockey dynasties were considered extinct thanks to the salary cap, the Chicago Blackhawks defied the odds, winning their third Stanley Cup in six seasons from the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games.
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Tag Archives: Canada
Groups Confirmed For 2016 World Cup Of Hockey
According to a report by Sovsport.ru in an interview with Soviet hockey legend and current Russian Hockey Federation President Vladislav Tretyak, the groups for the 2016 World Cup Of Hockey in Toronto have been confirmed.
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World Championship Sets Fields For 2016 Worlds, 2018 Olympics
With the dust settled over Prague, and Canada returning to North America with World Championship Gold in tow, we can not only look back on a tremendous (and record-breaking) 2015 tournament, but to future tournaments in men’s hockey, particularly next year’s Worlds and the 2018 Olympics.
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🇨🇦 Sidney Crosby Joins Triple Gold Club
With Team Canada’s victory over Russia to capture the 2015 IIHF World Championship, Canada’s captain, Sidney Crosby, became just the 26th player in international hockey history, and the ninth Canadian, to enter the prestigious Triple Gold Club, adding Gold to his two Stanley Cups and two Olympic Gold Medals.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 6-1 Russia 🇷🇺 – 17 May 2015
🇨🇦 Canada 6-1 Russia 🇷🇺
World Championship Gold Medal Game
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Sunday, 17 May 2015
Canada got its first two goals from the fourth line and skated to a near flawless gold medal win, crushing Russia 6-1 and finishing with a perfect 10-0 record.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 2-0 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 16 May 2015
🇨🇦 Canada 2-0 Czechia 🇨🇿
World Championship Semifinal
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Saturday, 16 May 2015
Canada scored once in each of the first two periods and then played a dangerous game of sitting on the lead in the third, but the 2-0 score held up.
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First Nine Nations Qualified For 2018 Olympic Men’s Tournament
Following Belarus‘ failure to finish in the top four at the 2015 World Championships, Slovakia scooped up the ninth and final automatic qualification spot for the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, Korea, joining defending champions Canada, Finland, Sweden, Russia, the United States, Czechia, Switzerland and the host nation Korea.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 9-0 Belarus 🇧🇾 – 14 May 2015
🇨🇦 Canada 9-0 Belarus 🇧🇾
World Championship Quarterfinal
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Thursday, 14 May 2015
It wasn’t one thing. It was everything. Relentless puck pressure. Dominant puck movement. Tenacious defence. Finish around the goal. Tyler Seguin hat trick.
In all, 13 players recorded points in the game. To go along with Seguin’s three goals, defenceman Brent Burns had two goals and two assists and forward Ryan O’Reilly had two goals and one helper.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 10-1 Austria 🇦🇹 – 12 May 2015
🇨🇦 Canada 10-1 Austria 🇦🇹
World Championship Preliminary Round
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Tuesday, 12 May 2015
Canada scored early and often to finish the round robin with a perfect 7-0 record and 49 goals scored. Canada played the game without incurring a penalty.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 7-2 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 10 May 2015
🇨🇦 Canada 7-2 Switzerland 🇨🇭
World Championship Preliminary Round
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Sunday, 10 May 2015
Canada got goals from seven scorers and motored to a 7-2 win over Switzerland to clinch Group A. Five of the goals came from the crease area via rebounds.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-3 France 🇫🇷 – 09 May 2015
🇨🇦 Canada 4-3 France 🇫🇷
World Championship Preliminary Round
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Saturday, 09 May 2015
Last year, Canada opened the Worlds with a shocking shootout loss to France. On Saturday, the Canadians staved off a third-period French rally to prevail 4-3.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 6-4 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 06 May 2015
🇨🇦 Canada 6-4 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Championship Preliminary Round
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Wednesday, 06 May 2015
Canada scored the only three goals of the third period to erase a 4-3 Sweden lead and held on for a thrilling 6-4 victory.
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IHLC Preview – 2015 World Championship
With virtually every professional and international competition (besides the NHL playoffs) complete, the world’s best will assemble in Czechia for the 79th IIHF World Championship, looking to assert their hockey supremacy and punch their ticket to the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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🇨🇦 Robyn Regehr Set To Retire From NHL
Canadian defenceman Robyn Regehr, a sixteen-year veteran of the National Hockey League, has announced he will be retiring from the Los Angeles Kings following their disappointing season, just short of his 35th birthday.
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🇨🇦 Caroline Ouellette Retires From Canadian National Team
After making the Canadian roster for the 2015 World Championships only by virtue of an injury to Haley Irwin, decorated Olympian and World Champion Caroline Ouellette played her final game for Canada in their 7-5 Gold Medal loss to the United States, after confirming prior to the tournament that these World Championships would be her last time putting on the red and white.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 7-5 Canada 🇨🇦 – 04 Apr 2015
🇺🇸 United States 7-5 Canada 🇨🇦
Women’s World Championship Gold Medal Game
Malmö Isstadion, Malmö 🇸🇪
Saturday, 04 April 2015
Brianna Decker scored the third-period winner as the U.S. beat Canada 7-5 in a wild World Women’s Gold medal game that saw both starting goalies pulled.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 4-2 Canada 🇨🇦 – 28 Mar 2015
🇺🇸 United States 4-2 Canada 🇨🇦
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Malmö Isstadion, Malmö 🇸🇪
Saturday, 28 March 2015
In Saturday’s marquee matchup, the United States staked an early claim to bragging rights in Group A with a 4-2 triumph over Canada at the Malmö Isstadion.
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IHLC Preview – 2015 Women’s World Championship
Five months after the last women’s hockey showdown at the 2014 Four Nations Cup, the top eight teams in international women’s hockey will reconvene in Malmö, Sweden, for the 2015 IIHF World Women’s Championship, two years since the last Worlds that ended in a stunning American victory in Canada’s capital.
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🇺🇸 🇨🇦 IHLC Classics: Team USA Wins The First Olympic Gold
From time to time, TheIHLC.com will feature detailed recaps and boxscores of some of the most legendary games in international hockey history, considered to be “IHLC Classics.” Today, in honour of the Clarkson Cup, we look at the first ever Olympic Gold Medal Game in women’s hockey at the Nagano Olympics.
🇺🇸 United States 3-1 Canada 🇨🇦
Olympic Gold Medal Game
Nagano Wakasato Tamokuteki Sports Arena, Nagano 🇯🇵
Tuesday, 17 February 1998
The 1998 Olympics was historic for two reasons. For the men, it was the first time full NHL participation occurred. For the women, it was the first time they were playing Olympic hockey at all. The excitement of the women’s event was all the more palatable because it was virtually certain that Canada and USA were headed towards a gold medal showdown.
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🇨🇦 Martin Brodeur Announces Retirement From Blues
After perhaps the most illustrious goaltending career in NHL, if not all hockey, history, Martin Brodeur has announced that he will retire from the game after 22 seasons, after limited playing time this season for the St. Louis Blues. Brodeur will join the Blues’ front office to finish his contract before considering a return to the New Jersey Devils, the club he spent all but seven games of his brilliant career with.
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