At a press conference during the 2024 NHL All-Star Weekend in Toronto, Canada, both NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and IIHF President Luc Tardif announced a number of international hockey developments, including the return of NHL players to the Winter Olympics and a new tournament to debut in February 2025.
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Tag Archives: Cortina d’Ampezzo
🇷🇺 🇨🇦 IHLC Classics: The Red Machine’s First Olympic Title
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 Russian National Day, we feature the Red Army’s first Olympic title in 1956, which saw the two most recent World Champions go head-to-head on the Olympic stage in Italy.
🇷🇺 Soviet Union 2-0 Canada 🇨🇦
Olympic Medal Round
Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio, Cortina d’Ampezzo 🇮🇹
Saturday, 04 February 1956
When the Soviets won the 1954 World Championship in Stockholm, their first ever international tournament, they shocked Canada and the hockey world. But by 1956, there was no shock factor heading to the Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
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🇮🇹 Milan–Cortina d’Ampezzo Announced As Host Of 2026 Winter Olympics
Today, during the 134th session of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland, the Italian bid of Milan–Cortina d’Ampezzo was awarded the hosting rights to the 2026 Winter Olympics, winning the hosting rights over Stockholm–Åre, Sweden.
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🇯🇵 🇵🇱 🇮🇹 Japan, Poland & Italy Advance To Olympic Final Qualification
The second leg of Olympic Qualification is in the books, with Japan, Poland and Italy emerging victorious in the Pre-Qualification Round to advance to the Final Qualification round in September, with the winners moving on to Korea in 2018.
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Soviet Union 2-0 Canada 🇨🇦 – 04 Feb 1956
🇷🇺 Soviet Union 2-0 Canada 🇨🇦
Olympic Medal Round
Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio, Cortina d’Ampezzo 🇮🇹
Saturday, 04 February 1956
When the Soviets won the 1954 World Championship in Stockholm, their first ever international tournament, they shocked Canada and the hockey world. But by 1956, there was no shock factor heading to the Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Soviet Union 4-0 United States 🇺🇸 – 03 Feb 1956
🇷🇺 Soviet Union 4-0 United States 🇺🇸
Olympic Medal Round
Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio, Cortina d’Ampezzo 🇮🇹
Friday, 03 February 1956
BOXSCORE
1st Period
14:00 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Matchefts
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 6-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 01 Feb 1956
🇺🇸 United States 6-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
Olympic Medal Round
Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio, Cortina d’Ampezzo 🇮🇹
Wednesday, 01 February 1956
BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:24 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Matchefts
12:55 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Pettersson (Lassas, Lundvall)
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 4-1 Canada 🇨🇦 – 31 Jan 1956
🇺🇸 United States 4-1 Canada 🇨🇦
Olympic Medal Round
Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio, Cortina d’Ampezzo 🇮🇹
Tuesday, 31 January 1956
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:58 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Mayasich
04:15 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Hurst
06:35 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Meredith
19:23 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Mayasich (Dougherty)
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 6-3 Czechoslovakia 🇨🇿 – 30 Jan 1956
🇨🇦 Canada 6-3 Czechoslovakia 🇨🇿
Olympic Medal Round
Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio, Cortina d’Ampezzo 🇮🇹
Monday, 30 January 1956
BOXSCORE
1st Period
05:04 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Théberge
05:29 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Bünter
06:57 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Martin
11:37 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Vá. Bubník
14:18 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Návrat
15:02 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Pantůček
18:07 – 🇨🇦 PEN – White
18:07 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Bünter
18:20 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Logan (Martin)
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 23-0 Austria 🇦🇹 – 27 Jan 1956
🇨🇦 Canada 23-0 Austria 🇦🇹
Olympic Elimination Round
Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio, Cortina d’Ampezzo 🇮🇹
Friday, 27 January 1956
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:20 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Lee (Laufman)
10:08 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – McKenzie (Knox, Logan)
12:17 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Knox (McKenzie)
16:29 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Brooker
18:29 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Knox
19:59 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Knox (Logan)
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-1 Italy 🇮🇹 – 28 Jan 1956
🇨🇦 Canada 3-1 Italy 🇮🇹
Olympic Elimination Round
Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio, Cortina d’Ampezzo 🇮🇹
Saturday, 28 January 1956
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:10 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Hurst
04:11 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Théberge
08:57 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Scholes
10:00 – 🇮🇹 PP GOAL – Crotti (Maniacco)
13:18 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Klinck
18:35 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Théberge
19:39 – 🇮🇹 PEN – Bedogni
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-0 United Team Of Germany 🇩🇪 – 26 Jan 1956
🇨🇦 Canada 4-0 United Team Of Germany 🇩🇪
Olympic Elimination Round
Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio, Cortina d’Ampezzo 🇮🇹
Thursday, 26 January 1956
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:04 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Théberge (Laufman, Scholes)
10:36 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Théberge
16:50 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Théberge, body checking
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