The “Wayne Train” has made its final stop, as Canadian bruiser Wayne Simmonds, whose fifteen season pro career spanned six teams in two countries, along with three stints on Team Canada, drew to a close, with recurring injuries forcing the 35 year old to hang it up after remaining a free agent for the current NHL season, signing a one-day contract to retire as a Philadelphia Flyer.
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๐จ๐ฆ Meghan Agosta Formally Announces Retirement From Hockey
Canadian forward Meghan Agosta, who starred on Team Canada since the age of seventeen, today made her retirement from hockey official twenty years after it begun, having not played competitively since 2018, following an illustrious career with three Olympic and two World Championship Gold Medals.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 11 Feb 2024
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Rivalry Series, Game 7
Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul ๐บ๐ธ
Sunday, 11 February 2024
Natalie Spooner and Emma Maltais each scored twice, Ann-Renรฉe Desbiens made 24 saves and Canada routed the United States 6-1 on Sunday in the decisive seventh game of the Rivalry Series.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-0 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 09 Feb 2024
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-0 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Rivalry Series, Game 6
Brandt Centre, Regina ๐จ๐ฆ
Friday, 09 February 2024
Natalie Spooner opened the scoring on a power play 58 seconds into the third period and Canada won its third straight to send the Rivalry Series to a decisive seventh game, beating the United States 3-0 on Friday night.
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๐จ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช ๐บ๐ธ NHL Releases Roster Projections For 2025 Four Nations Face-Off
The NHL, who will be staging a “light” version of the World Cup Of Hockey with the Four Nations Face-Off in February 2025, has unveiled its projected lineups for the four national squads partaking next year in Montrรฉal and Boston, speculating on who will wear their nation’s colours for the first best-on-best global tournament since the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 07 Feb 2024
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Rivalry Series, Game 5
SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon ๐จ๐ฆ
Wednesday, 07 February 2024
Ashton Bell and Renata Fast scored in a 2:38 span of the third period and Canada stayed alive in the Rivalry Series, rallying to beat the United States 4-2 on Wednesday night in Game 5.
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๐จ๐ฆ Charges Officially Filed Against 2018 Canadian World Junior Stars
After nearly two years since the Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal, and the subsequent cover-up, broke in the news, the London Police Service formally charged five members of the 2018 World Junior squad with sexual assault.
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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2024 Inductees
The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2024, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Prague, with five different nationalities highlighting the class, including a trio of native Czechoslovak legends heading the class.
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IHLC 2023 In Review – Junior
The story of the world junior calendar year of 2023 came down really to two countries, with Canada dominating the top of the calendar, while it was American dominance nearly a full calendar year later setting the stage for a thrilling finish to the 2024 World Junior Championship.
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IHLC 2023 In Review – Men’s
The 2023 international men’s hockey calendar was one full of surprises, with the emergence of competing Cinderella stories at the 2023 World Championship that captivating the hockey world, before a familiar face emerged as world champions once again.
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IHLC 2023 In Review – Women’s
The 2023 calendar year saw another fourteen heavyweight matchups between the United States and Canada on the international hockey stage, with both nations fighting for Gold medals, world supremacy, and the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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IHLC Preview – 2024 World Junior Championship
With the season upon us, this means the inevitable return of the IIHF World Junior Championship, which will return to Europe for the first time since January 2020, with Gothenburg, Sweden hosting the world’s top under-20 teams starting on 26 December.
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IHLC Results โ ๐บ๐ธ United States 6-5 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT) โ 23 Dec 2023
๐บ๐ธ United States 6-5 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT)
Exhibition Game
Kungsbacka Ishall, Kungsbacka ๐ธ๐ช
Friday, 22 December 2023
Ryan Leonard netted a pair of goals and Lane Hutson notched the overtime-winner to lift the U.S. National Junior Team past Canada, 6-5, in pre-tournament action at Kungsbacka Ishall ahead of the 2024 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-3 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ โ 22 Dec 2023
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-3 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Exhibition Game
Catena Arena, รngelholm ๐ธ๐ช
Friday, 22 December 2023
Canada continued to ramp up ahead of the World Junior tournament, defeating Switzerland 6-3 on Friday morning for its second-straight pre-tournament victory.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ (SO) – 16 Dec 2023
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Rivalry Series, Game 4
Progressive Auto Sales Arena, Sarnia ๐จ๐ฆ
Saturday, 16 December 2023
Marie-Philip Poulin scored in a shootout as Canada finally got into the win column in the women’s hockey Rivalry Series with a 3-2 victory over the United States on Saturday at Progressive Auto Sales Arena in Sarnia, Ontario.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 3-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT) – 14 Dec 2023
๐บ๐ธ United States 3-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT)
Rivalry Series, Game 3
Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener ๐จ๐ฆ
Thursday, 14 December 2023
Captain Hilary Knight scored the overtime winner as the United States womenโs national hockey team improved to 3-0 in its Rivalry Series with a 3-2 win over Canada on Thursday.
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An IHLC Lineage Correction – 1992 Olympics
As part of our continuous improvement to always refine the International Hockey Lineal Championship, we came across an improper lineage in the 1992 season that has now been corrected, impacting in particular lineage during the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, France.
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๐ธ๐ช ๐จ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ธ Hockey Hall Of Fame Inducts Class Of 2023
The Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their 2023 Class, inducting five legendary players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 5-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ – 11 Nov 2023
๐บ๐ธ United States 5-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Rivalry Series, Game 2
Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles ๐บ๐ธ
Saturday, 11 November 2023
Gabbie Hughes scored twice and the United States womenโs national hockey team improved to 2-0 in its Rivalry Series with a 5-2 win over Canada on Saturday.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 3-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ – 08 Nov 2023
๐บ๐ธ United States 3-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Rivalry Series, Game 1
Mullett Arena, Tempe ๐บ๐ธ
Wednesday, 08 November 2023
Hilary Knight has played in four Olympics, 13 World Championships and been a part of the U.S. women’s national team since 2007.
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