A dramatic year for women’s international hockey, both on and off the ice, saw the International Hockey Lineal Championship change hands four times in a number of unlikely scenarios throughout 2019.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO) – 14 Apr 2019
🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO)
Women’s World Championship Gold Medal Game
Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo 🇫🇮
Sunday, 14 April 2019
Annie Pankowski scored twice, including the shootout winner, as the U.S. claimed a wild 2-1 victory over Finland in the 2019 Women’s Worlds gold medal game. It’s the fifth straight American world title.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 8-0 Russia 🇷🇺 – 13 Apr 2019
🇺🇸 United States 8-0 Russia 🇷🇺
Women’s World Championship Semifinal
Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo 🇫🇮
Saturday, 13 April 2019
The hockey gods ordained that the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship would not witness back-to-back semi-final upsets. Sparked by Hilary Knight’s five-point night, the U.S. hammered Russia 8-0 to advance to Sunday’s gold medal game against host Finland, which defeated Canada 4-2 earlier.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 4-0 Japan 🇯🇵 – 11 Apr 2019
🇺🇸 United States 4-0 Japan 🇯🇵
Women’s World Championship Quarterfinal
Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo 🇫🇮
Thursday, 11 April 2019
The score was a little closer than expected, but the end result was what the U.S. needed in a 4-0 quarter-final win over Japan in Thursday’s first quarter-final.
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🇸🇪 🇫🇷 Sweden, France Relegated From Women’s World Championship
In one unsurprising development, and in another very surprising development, France and Sweden have been relegated to Division IA of the 2020 Women’s World Championship, with France going back down after their first trip to the Top Division, while Sweden is relegated for the first time in their history.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 10-0 Russia 🇷🇺 – 09 Apr 2019
🇺🇸 United States 10-0 Russia 🇷🇺
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo 🇫🇮
Tuesday, 09 April 2019
U.S. captain Kendall Coyne Schofield and defender Lee Stecklein both scored twice as the Americans completed their perfect Group A run with a 10-0 pounding of Russia on Tuesday.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 8-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 07 Apr 2019
🇺🇸 United States 8-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo 🇫🇮
Sunday, 07 April 2019
The U.S. grabbed a three-goal first-period lead and never looked back en route to a 8-0 thrashing of Switzerland on Sunday night.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 – 06 Apr 2019
🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo 🇫🇮
Saturday, 06 April 2019
The first official IIHF game between the U.S. and Canada since the 2018 Olympic final lived up to the anticipation. The U.S. prevailed 3-2 as Annie Pankowski delivered the second-period winner on Saturday night in Espoo in front of 3,102 fans.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 6-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 04 Apr 2019
🇨🇦 Canada 6-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo 🇫🇮
Thursday, 04 April 2019
The Swiss are famous for their banking acumen, but they were unable to deposit any goals in Canada’s net in a tournament-opening 6-0 loss on Thursday at Espoo’s Metro Areena.
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IHLC Preview – 2019 Women’s World Championship
For the first time in its history, the IIHF Women’s World Championship will expand to a 10-team field when the best women’s players in the world face off in Espoo, Finland, for the 2019 edition of the championship, the 19th edition of the tournament.
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2019 Women’s World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2019 IIHF Women’s World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Espoo, Finland, which for the first time in history sees the field of contenders expand to ten, welcoming both Japan and France into the fold.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-1 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 16 Dec 2002
🇫🇮 Finland 4-1 Slovakia 🇸🇰
Baltika Cup
LänsiAuto Areena, Espoo 🇫🇮
Monday, 16 December 2002
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:13 – 🇸🇰 GOAL – Škovira
10:14 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Milo, hooking
10:19 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Santala, tripping
17:27 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Škovira, hooking
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-1 United States 🇺🇸 – 14 Mar 1999
🇨🇦 Canada 3-1 United States 🇺🇸
Women’s World Championship Gold Medal Game
Länsi-Auto Areena, Espoo 🇫🇮
Sunday, 14 March 1999
BOXSCORE
1st Period
19:55 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Kellar, interference
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 13 Mar 1999
🇨🇦 Canada 4-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
Women’s World Championship Semifinal
Länsi-Auto Areena, Espoo 🇫🇮
Saturday, 13 March 1999
BOXSCORE
1st Period
13:59 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Lindberg, body checking
18:24 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Drolet (Campbell)
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 1-0 Finland 🇫🇮 – 11 Mar 1999
🇨🇦 Canada 1-0 Finland 🇫🇮
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Länsi-Auto Areena, Espoo 🇫🇮
Thursday, 11 March 1999
BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:14 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Krooks, high sticking
11:34 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Luomajoki, body checking
12:27 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Krooks, charging
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 13-0 Germany 🇩🇪 – 09 Mar 1999
🇨🇦 Canada 13-0 Germany 🇩🇪
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Länsi-Auto Areena, Espoo 🇫🇮
Tuesday, 09 March 1999
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:43 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Drolet (Wickenheiser, Botterill)
04:27 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Wickenheiser, body checking
06:05 – 🇩🇪 PEN – Lanzl, body checking
06:43 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Wickenheiser (Drolet, Dupuis)
07:04 – 🇩🇪 PEN – Frühwirt, body checking
08:23 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Ouellette (Hefford, Rivard)
10:34 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – St-Louis (Brisson, Botterill)
15:03 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Goyette, body checking
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