Making its return for the first time in twelve years, the NHL today announced the host cities for the World Cup of Hockey, with group play to be split between Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Prague, Czechia, with the semifinal and final to be hosted in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 5-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 09 Feb 2026
🇺🇸 United States 5-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Olympic Preliminary Round
Unipol Dome, Milan 🇮🇹
Monday, 09 February 2026
Caroline Harvey and Joy Dunne starred with a goal and two assists apiece and the U.S. pulled away in the third period to beat Switzerland 5-0 on Monday.
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IHLC Preview – 2026 Winter Olympics (Men’s)
For the first time since Sochi 2014, NHL professionals will return to the Olympic Games, marking the first true “best on best” tournament in over a decade (and for only the sixth time ever), with the world’s top players across twelve national teams converging on Milan, Italy.
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IHLC Preview – 2026 Winter Olympics (Women’s)
The eighth quadrennial women’s Olympic tournament is set to kick off this Thursday, with an anticipated showdown once again between Canada and the United States likely to highlight the Gold Medal Match once again – but like the previous tournament hosted in Italy, the potential for an upset is more likely now than perhaps ever before.
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🇷🇺 🇧🇾 IIHF Continues Russia, Belarus Ban Into 2026-27 Season
Following an IIHF Council meeting, the International Ice Hockey Federation today confirmed that their ban on Russian and Belarusian teams, dating back to their invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, was extended through the 2026-27 hockey season.
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Full 2026 Men’s Olympic Rosters Released
Starting with France being the first to release their roster on 23 December, and capped by the host Italians releasing their final roster today (20 January), the final roster selections for all twelve Olympic men’s hockey teams are now complete.
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Full 2026 Women’s Olympic Rosters Released
Starting with France being the first to release their roster on 23 December, and to be capped by the host Italians releasing their final roster today (20 January), the final roster selections for all ten Olympic women’s hockey teams are now complete.
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Triple Gold Club: Who Can Join In Milan?
With the calendar finally turning over to 2026, and final rosters for the 2026 Milan Olympics being released daily, there has emerged a select field of fourteen men and three women from five countries who, if successful in winning Gold at next month’s Games, will gain the unique distinction of joining the Triple Gold Club.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 4-3 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO) – 04 Jan 2026
🇸🇪 Sweden 4-3 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO)
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul 🇺🇸
Sunday, 04 January 2026
Anton Frondell scored the shootout winner as Sweden beat Finland 4-3 in the early 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship semi-final.
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IHLC 2025 In Review – Junior
The 2025 international junior calendar saw the United States capture their first back-to-back world title in 2025, followed by the emergence of Sweden dominating across three tournaments, capping the calendar year off with a commanding performance at the 2026 World Junior Championship.
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IHLC 2025 In Review – Men’s
The 2025 international hockey men’s calendar saw the title competed over in six different countries over two continents in five tournaments, with seven different countries capturing the International Hockey Lineal Championship in only a three month-span of competition.
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IHLC 2025 In Review – Women’s
2025 saw a continuation of closer parity in international women’s hockey, with the juggernauts of the United States and Canada continuing to set the tone in the lead-up to the 2026 Milan Olympics, competing for World Championship, Rivalry Series and International Hockey Lineal Championship glory.
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IHLC Preview – 2026 World Junior Championship
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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🇫🇮 IIHF Names Tampere & Turku As 2028 World Junior Championship Host
Today the International Ice Hockey Federation announced that hosting rights for the 2028 World Juniors have been awarded to Tampere and Turku, Finland, with the tournament set to begin on 26 December 2027.
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🇫🇮🇺🇸 IHLC Classics: Kakko’s Dagger Captures Junior Gold
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, Today, in honour of Finnish Independence Day (itsenäisyyspäivä), we feature Finland’s most recent World Junior Championship title, a stunning victory over the Americans on the back of a late Kaapo Kakko game winning goal.
🇫🇮 Finland 3-2 United States 🇺🇸
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Rogers Arena, Vancouver 🇨🇦
Saturday, 05 January 2019
Kaapo Kakko scored the winner with 1:26 left as Finland edged the U.S. 3-2 in the 2019 World Junior Gold medal game on Saturday night.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 5-2 Finland 🇫🇮 – 06 Nov 2025
🇨🇿 Czechia 5-2 Finland 🇫🇮
Five Nations Cup
Easton Aréna, Piešťany 🇸🇰
Thursday, 06 November 2025
BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:43 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Lisler, interference
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IIHF Confirms Women’s World Championships Moving To November As Of 2026
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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🇫🇮 Juuso Hietanen Announces Retirement From Hockey At 40
Finnish defender Juuso Hietanen confirmed his retirement from hockey at the age of 40, following a 20-plus year pro career spanned across Finland, Sweden, Russia and Switzerland, highlighted by being a backstop of Finland’s historic “Golden double” in 2022.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 5-2 Finland 🇫🇮 – 29 Aug 2025
🇸🇪 Sweden 5-2 Finland 🇫🇮
Five Nations Cup
Rocknet Arena, Chomutov 🇨🇿
Friday, 29 August 2025
BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:39 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Orpana, tripping
12:00 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Olsson, holding
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 (OT) – 27 Aug 2025
🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 (OT)
Five Nations Cup
Rocknet Arena, Chomutov 🇨🇿
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:38 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Johnson, cross checking
03:38 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Lopnen, roughing
06:05 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Kopiloff (Orpana, Amhamdi)
10:14 – 🇨🇭 GOAL – Antenen (Haas)
19:48 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Giger, slashing
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