
2015 was a wild year for the International Hockey Lineal Championship, with the Euro Hockey Tour and World Championship providing much drama as the title changed through the hands of three world powers by the close of the 2015 Worlds in Czechia.
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Tag Archives: Canada
IHLC 2015 In Review – Women’s

2015 was the year of Team USA in women’s hockey (and for the International Hockey Lineal Championship in particular), with the Americans running the table throughout the calendar year to establish their dominance over the world.
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IIHF Announces Hall Of Fame 2016 Class

The International Ice Hockey Federation announced their 2016 Hall Of Fame class, to be inducted during the 2016 World Championships in Russia. The class includes five players and two coaches from six different countries, including two posthumous inductions, that have held a myriad of World Championship, Olympic and World Cup medals, along with a number of International Hockey Lineal Championship titles.
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2016 World Cup Exhibition Schedule Released

The exhibition schedule in advance of the 2016 World Cup in Toronto has been unveiled, with 12 games on tilt the week before the tournament in 10 cities across six nations on two continents.
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HHOF Inducts Five International Legends To Class Of 2015

The Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their 2015 Class, inducting five world-class players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.
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Busy Weekend In First International Break

It was a busy first weekend break for international hockey this weekend, with a number of key tournaments in both men’s and women’s hockey taking place, including 2018 Olympic qualifiers and the women’s International Hockey Lineal Championship up for grabs.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT) – 08 Nov 2015

🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT)
Four Nations Cup Gold Medal Game
Sundsvall Energi Arena, Sundsvall 🇸🇪
Sunday, 08 November 2015
Hilary Knight scored in overtime as the U.S. Women’s National Team came from behind to claim its sixth Four Nations Cup Championship with a 3-2 victory over rival Canada here today.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-0 Canada 🇨🇦 – 05 Nov 2015

🇺🇸 United States 3-0 Canada 🇨🇦
Four Nations Cup Preliminary Round
Ånäshallen, Kovland 🇸🇪
Thursday, 05 November 2015
Megan Bozek, Monique Lamoureux and Kendall Coyne scored and Jessie Vetter stopped all 31 shots she faced to help the U.S. Women’s National Team defeat Canada, 3-0, here today at the 2015 Four Nations Cup.
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IHLC Preview – 2015 Four Nations Cup

For the 20th season, the top four nations in women’s hockey will face off in Sundsvall, Sweden, when Canada, the United States, Sweden and Finland face off in the Four Nations Cup.
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2016 Women’s World Championship Schedule Released

The schedule for the 2016 IIHF Women’s World Championship was today announced in the host city of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, with the tournament kicking off with a rematch of last year’s final (and every Gold Medal Game in tournament history), between the bitter rivals Canada and the United States.
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🇨🇦 Simon Gagné Announces Retirement At Age 35

After a fourteen year professional career, highlighted by a Stanley Cup in 2012 and Olympic Gold in 2002, Canadian winger Simon Gagné today announced his retirement from hockey, after playing just 23 games with Boston in the 2014-15 NHL season.
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NHL Releases Roster Projections For 2016 World Cup

The NHL, who will be restarting the World Cup Of Hockey after a twelve-year absence, has unveiled the last of its projected lineups for the six national and two pan-national teams partaking next September in Toronto, speculating on who will wear their nation’s colours for the first best-on-best global tournament since the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
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2016 World Cup Of Hockey Schedule Released

The schedule for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey leaked today, confirming the already reported Group structure from earlier this year, along with the full tally of games in Toronto next fall to crown the newest World Cup of Hockey global champion.
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🇷🇺 Russia Fined For World Championship Walkout

After storming off the ice shortly after their World Championship Gold Medal loss to Canada, skipping the flag raising and the Canadian national anthem, the Russian national team was today fined 80,000 Swiss francs by the IIHF for the infraction.
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🇸🇪 Rundqvist Retires From Damkronorna

Danijela Rundqvist, a mainstay on the Swedish women’s national hockey team for over a decade, has decided to hang up her skates following a solid career with the Damkronorna, retiring with a handful of international medals in-hand.
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🇨🇦 Daniel Brière Retires After 17 Year NHL Career

Daniel Brière, known among hockey fans for for his speed, versatility and legendary clutch playoff performances, today announced his retirement from professional hockey after 17 NHL seasons, along with stops in the German and Swiss pro leagues, and a flawless record suiting up for Team Canada.
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 (SO) – 05 Aug 2015
🇷🇺 Russia 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 (SO)
National Junior Evaluation Camp
Markin MacPhail Centre, Calgary 🇨🇦
Wednesday, 05 August 2015
Canada fell to Russia 3-2 in a hard-fought shootout Wednesday night in the penultimate game of Canada’s National Junior Team Sport Chek Summer Development Camp.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 7-1 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 04 Aug 2015
🇨🇦 Canada 7-1 Czechia 🇨🇿
National Junior Evaluation Camp
Markin MacPhail Centre, Calgary 🇨🇦
Tuesday, 04 August 2015
2015 IIHF World Junior Championship gold medallists Brayden Point and Jake Virtanen put on a show at the Markin MacPhail Centre on Tuesday, combining for eight points in a 7-1 Canadian win; Point had five points and Virtanen added three.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-1 Russia 🇷🇺 – 03 Aug 2015
🇨🇦 Canada 4-1 Russia 🇷🇺
National Junior Evaluation Camp
Markin MacPhail Centre, Calgary 🇨🇦
Monday, 03 August 2015
A goal from Joe Hicketts in the first minute of the second period stood up as the winner as Canada topped Russia 4-1 in the opening game of the Sport Chek World Junior Showcase on Monday night.
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2016 World Championship Schedule Released

The IIHF has released the full schedule for the 2016 World Championship in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia, with defending champs Canada opening the tournament against their cross-border rivals the United States, while Russia aims to avenge its Silver medal finish by opening against their historical rivals Czechia.
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