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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Hockey Hall Of Fame Inducts Class Of 2022
The Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their 2022 Class, inducting five legendary players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.
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IHLC Results – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช – 13 Nov 2022
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Karjala Tournament
Gatorade Center, Turku ๐ซ๐ฎ
Sunday, 13 November 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:12 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Mรถller, cross checking
11:14 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PP GOAL – Bjรถrninen (Antonen, Lehtonen)
15:41 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Karjalainen, slashing
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NHL Announces Postponement Of World Cup Of Hockey
The National Hockey League and NHL Players Association today announced that the World Cup Of Hockey, which was being planned to return in February 2024, would be delayed until at least 2025, if not potentially longer.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 3-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ (SO) – 10 Nov 2022
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 3-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ (SO)
Karjala Tournament
Gatorade Center, Turku ๐ซ๐ฎ
Thursday, 10 November 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
09:20 – ๐จ๐ญ GOAL – Andrighetto (Ambรผhl, Bertschy)
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๐ซ๐ฎ Noora Rรคty Announces Retirement From Finnish National Team
Finnish goaltender Noora Rรคty, arguably the greatest goaltender in women’s hockey history, and a multiple World Championship and Olympic medallist, today announced in a shocking social media post that, at only age 33, she would no longer play for the Naisleijonat.
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๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ป 2023 World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2023 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Tampere, Finland and Rฤซga, Latvia, with the two previous Worlds hosts stepping in to replace Saint Petersburg, Russia as the hosts, who were stripped as hosts after Russia was banned from IIHF competition for their continued invasion of Ukraine.
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๐จ๐ฆ 2023 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the tournament set to return to being played during the holiday season in front of fans, with Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick hosting for Canada for the third straight year.
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๐จ๐ฟ Czechia Becomes Newest Women’s IHLC Contender
Just two days after Hungary became the first women’s hockey team to compete for the IHLC in a dozen years, today history was made once again at the 2022 Women’s World Championship, with Czechia stunning Finland in overtime of the quarterfinals, setting up a semifinal (and IHLC) matchup against the United States.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 25 Aug 2022
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Womenโs World Championship Preliminary Round
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Thursday, 25 August 2022
Marie-Philip Poulin had a goal and assist in the opening period to lead Canada to a 4-1 win over Finland tonight at KVIK Arena in Herning.
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IHLC Preview – 2022 Women’s World Championship
After over a year and a half of no international women’s hockey competition due to COVID-19, the puck is set to drop on a historic Women’s World Championship in Denmark, as the IIHF for the first time is hosting the tournament in the same year as an Olympic tournament.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ (OT) โ 20 Aug 2022
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Saturday, 20 August 2022
Kent Johnson knocked in a loose puck at 3:20 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 win over Finland and take the Gold medal at the 2022 World Junior Championship.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-2 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ โ 19 Aug 2022
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-2 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
World Junior Championship Semifinal
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Friday, 19 August 2022
Wearing their snazzy, red, throwback sweaters, Canada blasted past the underdog Czechs by a 5-2 score this afternoon to advance to the gold medal game Saturday night, 6pm local time. Theyโll play the winners of tonightโs Sweden–Finland semi-finals. It will be their fifth appearance in the ultimate game in the last six years.
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International Hockey Lineal Championship 