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IHLC Preview – 2026 World Junior Championship

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The eyes of the hockey world are looking just beyond the holiday season, with Boxing Day marking the kickoff of the fiftieth annual IIHF World Junior Championship, this time being hosted by the defending champion Americans in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, with the home team looking to “three-peat” for the first time in history.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 6-2 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 09 Nov 2025

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🇸🇪 Sweden 6-2 Czechia 🇨🇿
Five Nations Cup
Easton Aréna, Piešťany 🇸🇰
Sunday, 09 November 2025

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:36 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Žemlička, tripping
01:36 – 🇸🇪 PEN – team, too many players
09:41 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Frondell (Lindberg, Johansson)
09:41 – 🇸🇪 PEN – team, too many players
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 5-1 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 07 Nov 2025

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🇨🇿 Czechia 5-1 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Five Nations Cup
Easton Aréna, Piešťany 🇸🇰
Friday, 07 November 2025

BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:38 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Sikora (Zielinski)
03:19 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Čihař, tripping
10:51 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Blessing, high sticking
11:03 – 🇨🇿 PP GOAL – Sikora (Švec, Čihař)
12:07 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Blanár, tripping
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🇨🇿 🇷🇺 IHLC Classics: Czechia Wins Inaugural World Juniors Gold

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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 Czech Independence Day, we feature Czechia’s first ever World Junior Championship title, captured in 2000 amidst the “Golden era” of Czech hockey at the turn of the 21st century.


🇨🇿 Czechia 1-0 Russia 🇷🇺 (SO)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå 🇸🇪
Tuesday, 04 January 2000

The Czech Republic won the World Junior Hockey Championship for the first time ever with a 1-0 shootout win over defending champion Russia yesterday.
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IIHF Confirms Women’s World Championships Moving To November As Of 2026

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At today’s IIHF Semi-Annual Congress in Nice, France, it was confirmed that the 2026 Women’s World Championships would be hosted by Denmark, but more consequentially would be held in November, confirmed to be a permanent shift in moving the typical spring tournament to early November going forward, just prior to the start of the Professional Women’s Hockey League pro seasons.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 7-4 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 31 Aug 2025

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🇨🇿 Czechia 7-4 Sweden 🇸🇪
Five Nations Cup
Rocknet Arena, Chomutov 🇨🇿
Saturday, 30 August 2025

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:40 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Žemlička (Klíma, Dravecký)
03:40 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Davidsson
06:09 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Orrsten, tripping
06:19 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Poletín, roughing
06:19 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Sterner, roughing
06:30 – 🇨🇿 PP GOAL – Curran (Benák, Jiříček)
12:27 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Hallquisth, elbowing
18:56 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Stockselius (Ihs-Wozniak)
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🇨🇭 2026 World Championship Schedule Released

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The schedule for the 2026 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Zürich and Fribourg, Switzerland, with the host Eisgenossen looking to finally conquer the tournament after consecutive Silver medal finishes, only three months after the conclusion of the 2026 Olympics in Milan.
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🇺🇸 2026 World Junior Championship Schedule Released

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The schedule for the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the United States looking to “three-peat” as world champions for the first time in history, looking to do some on home ice in Minnesota, with the Americans hosting the tournament’s fiftieth edition for the first time since 2018.
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🇨🇭 Sven Andrighetto Named 2025 IIHF Male Player Of The Year

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Swiss forward Sven Andrighetto, who captured the Swiss National League title, Champions League title and a World Championship Silver medal to cap his 2024-25 season, was today awarded the IIHF’s Male Player Of The Year Award.
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🇮🇹 2026 Men’s Olympic Hockey Schedule Released

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The IIHF today released the schedule for the men’s tournament at the 2026 Olympics in Milan, Italy, with the tournament beginning on Wednesday, 11 February, with defending champions Finland starting their title defence in the opening match, in the first tournament since 2014 to feature NHL players on Olympic rosters.
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Provisional Men’s Rosters Named For 2026 Winter Olympics

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With eight months to go until the NHL makes its return to the Winter Olympics after a twelve year absence, the provisional rosters for each of the twelve participating men’s nations were revealed today by each nations’ respective international association, naming six active professionals to each roster that will face off in Milan in February 2026.
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🇨🇿 Petr Koukal Confirms Retirement, Shift To Coaching

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Czech centre Petr Koukal today announced the end of his playing career at age 42 as part of a transition to coaching, ending a 20+ year career capped by three Czech Extraliga titles and a World Championship Gold medal.
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🇷🇺 IIHF Confirms 2026 Russian Decision Falls To IOC, Future Tournament Hosts

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The IIHF today, at their end-of-tournament press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, confirmed a number of items outlined at this week’s IIHF Congress, including the traditional awarding of tournament hosts for future events, and confirmation that the IIHF has submitted plans to the International Olympic Committee to proceed with excluding Russian men’s and women’s hockey teams from the 2026 Olympics, set to begin in nine months in Milan, Italy.
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IHLC Preview – 2025 World Championship

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The top teams in international hockey will converge on Stockholm, Sweden and Herning, Denmark starting this Friday 09 May, kicking off the premiere event of the global hockey calendar, the 2025 IIHF World Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 4-2 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 03 May 2025

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🇸🇪 Sweden 4-2 Czechia 🇨🇿
Czech Hockey Games
Winning Group Arena, Brno 🇨🇿
Saturday, 03 May 2025

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:10 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Hájek, boarding
01:53 – 🇸🇪 PP GOAL – L. Carlsson (Zibanejad, Andersson)
05:04 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Kučeřík, delay of game
16:16 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Larsson, tripping
16:16 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Beránek, roughing
16:16 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Hartmann, roughing
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