After a one-season return to the Swedish league, following a sixteen year NHL career, journeyman defender Anton Strålman today confirmed his retirement from hockey at age 38, surprisingly announcing a shift to coaching women’s football, following a two-decade plus career across twelve clubs in Canada, the United States and his native Sweden.
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Tag Archives: Cologne
🇸🇪 Alexander Edler Signs One-Day Contract To Retire As Canuck
Inactive for the past season, Swedish defender Alexander Edler today signed a one-day contract with the Vancouver Canucks in order to retire with the franchise, wrapping a nearly two-decade NHL career, marked with over 1,000 games played, and a trio of international medals won with his native Sweden.
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🇨🇦 Wayne Simmonds Announces Retirement From Hockey
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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IHLC 2017 In Review – Men’s
The International Hockey Lineal Championship increased the number of champions yet again from a previous year, with eight different countries holding the title over 28 games in the lead-up to the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 2-1 Canada 🇨🇦 (SO) – 21 May 2017
🇸🇪 Sweden 2-1 Canada 🇨🇦 (SO)
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Lanxess Arena, Cologne 🇩🇪
Sunday, 21 May 2017
A tense, nervous, cautious game from start to finish produced two fluky goals, 20 minutes of overtime, and a decisive shootout. Final score, 2-1, Sweden.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-2 Russia 🇷🇺 – 20 May 2017
🇨🇦 Canada 4-2 Russia 🇷🇺
World Championship Semifinal
Lanxess Arena, Cologne 🇩🇪
Saturday, 20 May 2017
Down 2-0 after 40 minutes and looking overwhelmed, Canada scored four goals in the third – three late – to beat Russia, 4-2, and advance to the Gold medal game.
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Major Announcements Made At 2017 IIHF Congress
The IIHF Annual Congress today was held on the off day at the 2017 World Championships in Cologne, Germany, with a number of major announcements voted on to impact the future of international hockey in the coming years.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 2-1 Germany 🇩🇪 – 18 May 2017
🇨🇦 Canada 2-1 Germany 🇩🇪
World Championship Quarterfinal
Lanxess Arena, Cologne 🇩🇪
Thursday, 18 May 2017
Canada kept its dream of a three-peat alive, but Germany proved to be a pesky opponent in front of a partisan crowd in Cologne.
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🇸🇮 🇮🇹 Slovenia, Italy Relegated From World Championship
Still with a day until the end of the 2017 World Championship group round, the two relegated teams for 2018 have already been determined, with both Slovenia and Italy, who only gained promotion in 2016, set to return to Division IA next season.
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IHLC Preview – 2017 World Championship
The grand finale of the international hockey calendar is set to begin on 05 May in both Cologne and Paris, with the top 16 hockey nations on earth meeting to compete at the 2017 IIHF World Championship.
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🇷🇺 🇨🇭 Russia Wins Euro Hockey Tour, Switzerland Wins Euro Hockey Challenge
With the conclusion of both the Euro Hockey Tour and Euro Hockey Challenge, as the season ends to ring in the start of the 2017 World Championships in Paris and Cologne, the winners of both the four-nation Euro Hockey Tour and 12-nation Euro Hockey Challenge have been crowned for the 2016-17 season.
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2017 Euro Hockey Challenge Schedule Confirmed
After two seasons of a consistent format, the Euro Hockey Challenge has undergone yet another change for the 2017 iteration, leading up to the IIHF World Championships the following month in Cologne and Paris.
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2017 World Championship Schedule Released
The IIHF has released the full schedule for the 2017 World Championship in Paris, France and Cologne, Germany, with defending champions Canada opening the tournament against Czechia, while hosts Germany open the tournament against the United States on opening day, and France hosts Norway on day two.
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🇮🇹 🇸🇮 Slovenia Promoted To 2017 Worlds, Italy Likely As Well
After Slovenia edged out Austria 2-1 and Italy defeated an upstart Korean squad by the same score on the last day of competition, the qualifiers for the 2017 World Championships in Cologne and Paris became more clear, although Slovenia is the only one with a guarantee of playing for now.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-1 Germany 🇩🇪 – 10 May 2001
🇫🇮 Finland 4-1 Germany 🇩🇪
World Championship Quarterfinal
Kölnarena, Cologne 🇩🇪
Thursday, 10 May 2001
BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:29 – 🇩🇪 PEN – Kreutzer, tripping
08:25 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – S. Kapanen (Nummelin, Salo)
11:57 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Grönvall, boarding
15:40 – 🇩🇪 PEN – Goldmann, cross checking
15:40 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Pärssinen, unsportsmanlike conduct
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-4 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 08 May 2001
🇫🇮 Finland 5-4 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Championship Second Round
Kölnarena, Cologne 🇩🇪
Tuesday, 08 May 2001
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:53 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Olsson, holding
06:18 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Olsson, hooking
08:54 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Virta (Sihvonen, Laaksonen)
09:30 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Väänänen, holding
10:37 – 🇸🇪 PP GOAL – Ottosson (Tjärnqvist, Axelsson)
11:20 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Parssinen (N. Kapanen, Hentunen)
15:57 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Nord, roughing
15:57 – 🇫🇮 PEN – S. Kapanen, roughing
19:54 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – N. Kapanen (Hentunen, Parssinen)
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 3-1 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 05 May 2001
🇸🇪 Sweden 3-1 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Championship Second Round
Kölnarena, Cologne 🇩🇪
Saturday, 05 May 2001
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:48 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Országh, tripping
09:01 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Öhlund, hooking
10:17 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Axelsson, tripping
17:04 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Nedorost, high sticking
18:30 – 🇸🇪 PP GOAL – Ottosson (Tjärnqvist, Axelsson)
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 11-0 Austria 🇦🇹 – 04 May 2001
🇸🇪 Sweden 11-0 Austria 🇦🇹
World Championship Second Round
Kölnarena, Cologne 🇩🇪
Friday, 04 May 2001
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:20 – 🇸🇪 PEN – M. Johansson, cross checking
06:21 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Salomonsson (Ottosson, Tjärnqvist)
07:02 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Jönsson (Öhlund)
09:32 – 🇦🇹 PEN – Hohenberger, holding
14:56 – 🇦🇹 PEN – Searle, hooking
17:44 – 🇦🇹 PEN – Lavoie, interference
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 2-2 United States 🇺🇸 – 02 May 2001
🇸🇪 Sweden 2-2 United States 🇺🇸
World Championship Preliminary Round
Kölnarena, Cologne 🇩🇪
Wednesday, 02 May 2001
BOXSCORE
1st Period
05:55 – 🇸🇪 PEN – P. Andersson, holding
07:02 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Tanabe, high sticking
10:15 – 🇺🇸 PEN – DiPietro, delay of game
13:29 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – H. Sedin (D. Sedin)
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 5-0 Ukraine 🇺🇦 – 01 May 2001
🇸🇪 Sweden 5-0 Ukraine 🇺🇦
World Championship Preliminary Round
Kölnarena, Cologne 🇩🇪
Tuesday, 01 May 2001
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:07 – 🇺🇦 PEN – Shakhraichuk, roughing
05:07 – 🇺🇦 PEN – Oletski, hooking
10:36 – 🇺🇦 PEN – Matvichuk, hooking
11:02 – 🇸🇪 PP GOAL – Alfredsson (Nord)
15:25 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Tjärnqvist, kneeing
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