After making a failed comeback attempt with the Boston Bruins this season, recurring hip injuries have forced Finnish goaltender Tuukka Rask into early retirement at the age of 34.
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IHLC Preview – 2022 Winter Olympics (Men’s)
For the second straight Olympics, the men’s hockey tournament will not feature NHL superstars (although this time due to COVID-19), making the Olympic tournament not necessarily a true “best on best,” but still a showcase of some of the world’s top talent looking to capture Gold and Olympic glory in Beijing.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 11-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 05 Feb 2022
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 11-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Olympic Preliminary Round
Cadillac Arena, Beijing ๐จ๐ณ
Saturday, 05 February 2022
Once again, Sarah Fillier lit the fire and her Canadian teammates stoked the blaze. In an 11-1 rout of Finland, the preternaturallyย gifted 21-year-old Olympic rookie set the early tone with two goals, as she did in the 12-1 shellacking of Switzerland.
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IHLC Preview – 2022 Winter Olympics (Women’s)
The seventh ever 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 for the sixth time.
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IHLC 2021 In Review – Junior
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Hockey Lineal Championship only saw seven games of competition this year on the junior side, nearly a year apart, all in Edmonton, and cut short thanks to the outright cancellation of the 2022 World Junior Championship thanks to the Omicron variant.
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IHLC 2021 In Review – Men’s
With the international hockey calendar returning (relatively) to normal in 2021, the IHLC saw a flurry of activity throughout the year, bookended with stops on the Euro Hockey Tour, and a relocated World Championship in between. Continue reading
IHLC 2021 In Review – Women’s
After a tumultuous year that saw the IIHF Women’s Championship be cancelled for the second straight year, then revived in August, the IHLC finally saw a return to relative normalcy in the second half of 2021, in the lead-up to the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
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Remainder Of 2022 World Junior Championship Cancelled
After the third game in two days needed to be cancelled due to positive cases on an individual team, today the IIHF announced that the remainder of the 2022 World Junior Championships in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, Canada would be cancelled.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 1-0 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ (FF) โ 29 Dec 2021
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 1-0 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ (FF)
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Wednesday, 29 December 2021
Due to a mandated team quarantine following a positive test result of one of its players, Team Czechia will be unable to participate in its 29 December preliminary round game against Finland at the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 7-1 Austria ๐ฆ๐น โ 27 Dec 2021
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 7-1 Austria ๐ฆ๐น
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Monday, 27 December 2021
Just another day at the office for the boys in blue and white. Finland stayed perfect in Group A with a 7-1 dismantling of underdog Austria on Monday at Rogers Place.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-1 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช โ 26 Dec 2021
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-1 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Sunday, 26 December 2021
At long last, the excitement of the IIHF World Junior Championship is back. Finland kicked off the 2022 tournament in Edmonton with a hard-fought 3-1 win over Germany on Sunday.
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IHLC Preview – 2022 World Junior Championship
After COVID-19 forced the 2021 World Junior Championship into a bubble, the tournament returns to Alberta, Canada for 2022, with Edmonton and Red Deer hosting the world’s top under-20 hockey teams in front of fans for the first time since January 2020, just before the world changed forever.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-3 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT) โ 23 Dec 2021
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-3 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT)
Exhibition Game
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Thursday, 23 December 2021
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:17 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL – Simontaival (Hirvonen, Mรคenpรครค)
04:49 – ๐บ๐ธ PEN – Mazur, delay of game
12:26 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Rafkin, kneeing major + game misconduct
14:37 – ๐บ๐ธ PEN – Cooley, holding
17:57 – ๐บ๐ธ GOAL – Dickinson
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IHLC Results – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-2 Russia (OT) ๐ท๐บ – 19 Dec 2021
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-2 Russia ๐ท๐บ (OT)
Channel One Cup
CSKA Arena,ย Moscowย ๐ท๐บ
Sunday, 19 December 2021
In a dramatic battle, Russia only managed to claim one point against Finland in the concluding match of the 2021 Channel One Cup in Moscow, conceding a narrow 3-2 defeat in overtime.
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๐จ๐ฟ ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช Czechia, Denmark, Sweden Clinch Final 2022 Women’s Olympic Qualifying Spots
After just three months Olympic qualifiers that were set to begin nearly a year ago, but delayed due to COVID-19, the three final qualification spots for a trip to Beijing were today clinched by Czechia, Denmark and Sweden for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 14 Nov 2021
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Exhibition Game
Gatorade Center, Turku ๐ซ๐ฎ
Sunday, 14 November 2021
Victoria Bach scored twice, Brianne Jenner had a goal and two assists, and Canada defeated hosts Finland 5-1 on Sunday in women’s hockey to sweep the countries’ three-game exhibition series.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 8-0 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 13 Nov 2021
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 8-0 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Exhibition Game
Gatorade Center, Turku ๐ซ๐ฎ
Saturday, 13 November 2021
Natalie Spooner had a hat trick, Marie-Philip Poulin scored twice, and Canada thumped Finland 8-0 on Saturday in women’s hockey.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 11 Nov 2021
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Exhibition Game
Hartwall Arena, Helsinki ๐ซ๐ฎ
Thursday, 11 November 2021
Mรฉlodie Daoust scored the winning goal as Canada downed host Finland 4-2 in a women’s hockey game Thursday.
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๐จ๐ฆ 2022 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, returning to the originally planned hosts of Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, which was set for the 2021 tournament but instead played in a quarantine bubble only in Edmonton, in front of no fans.
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Provisional Olympians Named For Beijing 2022
As part of the NHL’s re-entry into the Olympics with the upcoming games in Beijing this February, the NHL and IIHF collectively announced provisional NHL players for each team, naming three active professionals to each roster.
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International Hockey Lineal Championship 