IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 08 Feb 2020


🇨🇿 Czechia 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Beijer Hockey Games
Ericsson Globe, Stockholm 🇸🇪
Saturday, 08 February 2020

BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:55 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Klok, high sticking
03:53 – 🇨🇿 SH GOAL – Horák
10:00 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Karjalainen (Junttila, Salo)
14:46 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Seppälä, holding
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 3-0 Russia 🇷🇺 – 06 Feb 2020


🇫🇮 Finland 3-0 Russia 🇷🇺
Beijer Hockey Games
Helsingin jäähalli, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Thursday, 06 February 2020

BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:37 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Pulkkinen
05:43 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Nättinen (Koivisto)
06:54 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Junttila (Vittasmäki, Karjalainen)
10:15 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Svetlakov, tripping
17:35 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Pulkkinen, tripping
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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2020 Inductees


The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2020, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Zürich, Switzerland, with two native Swiss players highlighting the class, as the IIHF will induct Ryan Smyth, Alexei Yashin, Kimmo Timonen and countrymen Mark Streit and Mathias Seger to the Hall.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-0 Finland 🇫🇮 – 04 Jan 2020


🇨🇦 Canada 5-0 Finland 🇫🇮
World Junior Championship Semifinal
Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava 🇨🇿
Saturday, 04 January 2020

Canada defeated the team that beat it last year at the U20, and now it will face the team that handed it its worst loss in U20 history, a 6-0 pasting just last week. Will vengeance be theirs, or will Russia continue its roll this year?
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 1-0 United States 🇺🇸 – 02 Jan 2020


🇫🇮 Finland 1-0 United States 🇺🇸
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
Werk Arena, Třinec 🇨🇿
Thursday, 02 January 2020

The defending champs are still rolling. Joonas Oden scored in the third period to give Finland a 1-0 win over the U.S. and a berth in the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship semi-finals.
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IHLC 2019 In Review – Junior


The International Hockey Lineal Championship saw seven different champions hold the belt over the course of 21 games in 2019, including the end of the 2019 World Juniors and the start of the subsequent 2020 tournament.
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IHLC 2019 In Review – Men’s


The International Hockey Lineal Championship this year stayed within the confines of the Euro Hockey Tour, with only Russia, Czechia, Sweden and Finland holding the title over the course of 28 games throughout 2019.
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IHLC Preview – 2020 World Junior Championship


The finish of the holiday season, year 2019 and junior international hockey calendar is set to begin on Boxing Day in Czechia, with the top ten hockey nations on Earth meeting to compete at the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 2-0 Finland 🇫🇮 – 15 Dec 2019


🇷🇺 Russia 2-0 Finland 🇫🇮
Channel One Cup
Gazprom Arena, Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺
Sunday, 15 December 2019

The senior national team completed the 2019 Channel One Cup campaign on a high note, defeating Finland 2-0 at the Gazprom Arena in Saint Petersburg.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 4-3 Finland 🇫🇮 (OT) – 12 Dec 2019


🇨🇿 Czechia 4-3 Finland 🇫🇮 (OT)
Channel One Cup
Logspeed CZ Aréna, Plzeň 🇨🇿
Thursday, 12 December 2019

BOXSCORE
1st Period
05:24 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Eronen, interference
05:54 – 🇨🇿 PP GOAL – Zaťovič (Gulaš)
09:44 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Sekáč (Tomášek)
12:04 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Björninen (Karjalainen)
12:27 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Sekáč, tripping
17:10 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Sedlák (Moravčík)
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🇫🇮 🇸🇪 IHLC Classics: Ristolainen Sinks Malmö, Tre Kronor

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, in honour of Finnish Independence Day, we look back at Finland’s third ever World Junior Championship in 2014, perhaps their most significant by virtue of being won against Sweden, their biggest rival, on Swedish turf.


🇫🇮 Finland 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Malmö Arena, Malmö 🇸🇪
Sunday, 05 January 2014

Rasmus Ristolainen scored at 9:42 of overtime to lift Finland to an unforgettable 3-2 win over host Sweden in the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship on Sunday.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 10 Nov 2019


🇸🇪 Sweden 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Four Nations Cup
Helsingin jäähalli, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Sunday, 10 November 2019

BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:51 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Aa. Räty (Hirvonen, Ak. Räty)
11:09 – 🇸🇪 PEN – team, too many players
18:00 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Petman, hooking
19:40 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Broberg, tripping
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO) – 09 Nov 2019


🇨🇿 Czechia 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO)
Karjala Tournament
Hartwall Arena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Saturday, 09 November 2019

BOXSCORE
1st Period
11:58 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Niemelä, cross checking
17:32 – 🇨🇿 PEN – T. Zohorna, slashing
19:59 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Jaškin, cross checking
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 Russia 🇷🇺 – 07 Nov 2019


🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 Russia 🇷🇺
Karjala Tournament
Hartwall Arena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Thursday, 07 November 2019

BOXSCORE
1st Period
05:29 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Sharipzyanov (Burdasov, Kuzmenko)
19:34 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Kuusela, hooking
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2020 Women’s World Championship Schedule Released


The schedule for the 2020 IIHF Women’s World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Halifax and Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, which hopes to bring as much drama and excitement as the last year’s tournament in Finland did.
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🇸🇪 Swedish Hockey Federation Confirms Cancellation Of Four Nations Cup In Luleå


After rejecting their latest deal to put an end to a standoff with the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation, today the organization announced that the upcoming Four Nations Cup, scheduled for 5-9 November in Luleå, has been cancelled.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 4-2 Finland 🇫🇮 – 24 Aug 2019


🇨🇿 Czechia 4-2 Finland 🇫🇮
Four Nations Cup
Universal Sports Palace Molot, Perm 🇷🇺
Saturday, 24 August 2019

BOXSCORE
1st Period
06:03 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Bambula (Čajka)
09:30 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Lauko, interference
14:29 – 🇨🇿 PEN – team, too many players
14:59 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Haatanen (Tuomisto, Salonen)
15:54 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Maccelli, roughing
15:54 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Střondala, roughing
15:54 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Štibingr, hooking
17:11 – 🇨🇿 SH GOAL – Blümel (Dajčar)
19:16 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Kakkonen, holding
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 6-5 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT) – 23 Aug 2019


🇫🇮 Finland 6-5 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT)
Four Nations Cup
Universal Sports Palace Molot, Perm 🇷🇺
Friday, 23 August 2019

BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:53 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Caderoth, hooking
07:44 – 🇫🇮 PEN – team, too many players
10:31 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Kakkonen, slashing
11:04 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Johansson, slashing
15:36 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Hatakka (Maccelli, Aaltonen)
18:05 – 🇸🇪 EA GOAL – Costmar (Andersson)
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 6-3 Finland 🇫🇮 – 03 Aug 2019


🇸🇪 Sweden 6-3 Finland 🇫🇮
World Junior Summer Showcase
USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth 🇺🇸
Saturday, 03 August 2019

The game started with a four-goal first period as Finland and Sweden netted two goals apiece. Sweden’s Samuel Fagemo starting the scoring 7:44 into the frame when he converted a 2-on-0 break over the shoulder of Finnish netminder Justus Annunen.
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