The top teams in international hockey will converge on Tampere, Finland and Rฤซga, Latvia starting this Friday, 12 May, kicking off the premiere event of the global hockey calendar, the 2023 IIHF World Championship.
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๐ต๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ง Poland, Great Britain Promoted To 2024 World Championship
The Division IA World Championship tournament in Nottingham, England saw the top two spots for promotion to the 2024 World Championship in Ostrava and Prague, Czechiaย locked up on the final day of competition, with hosts Great Britainย and Poland both clinching their returns to the Top Division.
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๐ธ๐ช Sweden Victory Clinches 2022-23 Euro Hockey Tour Title
By virtue of their 3-0 victory over Switzerland to kick off the 2023 Czech Hockey Games in Gothenburg, Sweden, Tre Kronor officially clinched their sixth Euro Hockey Tour title, and second straight, by moving eight points ahead of Finland and Czechia in the tournament table with just two games to go.
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IHLC Results – ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 29 Apr 2023
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Euro Hockey Challenge
Winpos Arena, Umeรฅ ๐ธ๐ช
Saturday, 29 April 2023
BOXSCORE
1st Period
06:57 – ๐ธ๐ช GOAL – Li. Johansson (Folin, Alsing)
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IHLC Results – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 2-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช – 27 Apr 2023
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 2-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Euro Hockey Challenge
Winpos Arena, Umeรฅ ๐ธ๐ช
Thursday, 27 April 2023
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:57 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Pakarinen, tripping
18:07 – ๐ธ๐ช GOAL – Rasmussen (Karlkvist, Lindberg)
19:47 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Li. Johansson, slashing
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๐ซ๐ฎ Petri Kontiola To Retire Following Ilves Season
Finnish centre Petri Kontiola, a mainstay in the Leijonat system for two decades, today confirmed his retirement from hockey at the age of 38, following Ilves’ bronze medal victory over HIFK in the Liiga playoffs.
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๐บ๐ธ IIHF Names Utica As 2024 Women’s World Championship Host
On the final day of the 2023 Women’s World Championships, the International Ice Hockey Federation confirmed the next host of the tournament, with the 2024 Women’s World Championships to be hosted in Utica, New York, running from 04-14 April 2023.
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IHLC Preview – 2023 Women’s World Championship
For the first time since 2017, the IIHF Women’s World Championship will return to North America in front of fans, with the Toronto suburb of Brampton, Ontario, Canada hosting the 22nd edition of the tournament from 05-16 April, with all games held at the CAA Centre.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 01 Apr 2023
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Exhibition Game
Gale Centre, Niagara Falls ๐จ๐ฆ
Saturday, 01 April 2023
Brianne Jenner, Emily Clark and Marie-Philip Poulin each scored, and Canada outshot Finland 23-19 to post a 3-1 win on Saturday in exhibition women’s hockey action at the Gale Centre.
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๐ธ๐ช 2024 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the tournament set to be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, with Sweden hosting for the first time in a decade, Gothenburg hosting the World Juniors for the first time ever, and marking the first post-pandemic tournament to be held outside of Canada.
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IHLC Results – ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 3-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 12 Feb 2023
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 3-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Beijer Hockey Games
Malmรถ Arena,ย Malmรถย ๐ธ๐ช
Sunday, 12 February 2023
BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:25 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Tikka, tripping
11:53 – ๐ธ๐ชย PP GOAL – Lennstrรถm (Pudas, Sรถrensen)
12:02 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Rasmussen, delay of game
16:20 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Innala, high sticking
19:00 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Lander, tripping
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IHLC Results – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 6-1 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ – 11 Feb 2023
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 6-1 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
Beijer Hockey Games
Malmรถ Arena,ย Malmรถย ๐ธ๐ช
Saturday, 11 February 2023
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:46 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Flynn, slashing
11:56 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL – Matinpalo (Aaltonen, Sallinen)
14:56 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL – Aaltonen (Sallinen, Kossila)
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๐จ๐ฆ 2023 Women’s World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship has been released, being hosted in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, with the hosts looking to “three-peat” as champions for the first time in nearly two decades.
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IHLC 2022 In Review – Junior
After the year 2022 started with complete uncertainty in the world of junior hockey, the calendar stabilized with the re-playing of the 2022 World Junior Championship in August, and the (thus far) successful completion of the 2023 World Juniors in December, bringing an unusually busy year for junior hockey and the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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IHLC 2022 In Review – Men’s
The international hockey season saw a relative return to normal 2022, with both the Olympics and World Championships taking place amidst a pandemic, political turmoil, and a number of major swings in the balance of global hockey power.
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IHLC 2022 In Review – Women’s
After a relative return to normalcy in the international hockey calendar, the women’s circuit saw two major tournaments in the same year for the first time ever, with the IHLC contended at both the Olympics and Women’s World Championship, and twenty one games total over the course of 2022.
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IHLC Preview – 2023 World Junior Championship
After 2021’s tournament was played in a bubble, and 2022’s tournament had to be cancelled and restarted, all due to COVID-19, the International Ice Hockey Federation will attempt the first full tournament in front of fans since 2020 will start on 26 December in Atlantic Canada, with Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick serving as co-hosts.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-3 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ โ 23 Dec 2022
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-3 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Exhibition Game
Scotiabank Centre, Halifax ๐จ๐ฆ
Wednesday, 21 December 2022
After a couple easy tune-up tests, Canada had to battle from start to finish on Friday night to defeat Finland 5-3 in the final exhibition game ahead of the World Junior men’s hockey championship.
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๐จ๐ฆ IIHF Names Brampton As 2023 Women’s World Championship Host
Today the International Ice Hockey Federation confirmed that the Canadian city to host the 2023 Women’s World Championships would be the Toronto-area suburb of Brampton, Ontario, running from 05-16 April 2023.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 15 Dec 2022
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Swiss Ice Hockey Games
Helsingin jรครคhalli, Helsinki ๐ซ๐ฎ
Thursday, 15 December 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:37 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Tyrvรคinen, tripping
03:09 – ๐จ๐ฟ PP GOAL – Strรกnskรฝ (Chlapรญk, ล paฤek)
04:03 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Nฤmeฤek, tripping
05:15 – ๐จ๐ฟ SH GOAL – Berรกnek (ฤernoch, Jandus)
08:00 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Strรกnskรฝ, delay of game
18:27 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Ikonen, hooking
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