The finish of the international hockey calendar is set to begin on 10 May in Bratislava and Košice, Slovakia, with the top sixteen hockey countries in the world meeting to compete at the 2019 IIHF World Championship.
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Tag Archives: Finland
🇷🇺 🇨🇿 Russia Wins Euro Hockey Tour, Czechia Wins Euro Hockey Challenge
With the conclusion of both the Euro Hockey Tour and Euro Hockey Challenge, as the season ends to ring in the start of the 2019 World Championship in Bratislava and Košice, Slovakia, the winners of both the four-nation Euro Hockey Tour and 12-nation Euro Hockey Challenge have been crowned for the 2018-19 season.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 26 Apr 2019
🇸🇪 Sweden 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Euro Hockey Challenge
Hartwall Arena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Friday, 26 April 2019
BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:59 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Koivisto, holding
16:13 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Svedberg, checking to the head minor + 10 min. misconduct
16:41 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Rajala (Pesonen, Lehtonen)
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-4 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 25 Apr 2019
🇫🇮 Finland 5-4 Sweden 🇸🇪
Euro Hockey Challenge
Lumon Areena, Kouvola 🇫🇮
Thursday, 25 April 2019
BOXSCORE
1st Period
11:20 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Bristedt, high sticking
13:44 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Andersson
14:09 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Ojamäki (Kuusela, Luostarinen)
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 7-0 Norway 🇳🇴 – 19 Apr 2019
🇫🇮 Finland 7-0 Norway 🇳🇴
Euro Hockey Challenge
Kokkolan Jäähalli, Kokkola 🇫🇮
Friday, 19 April 2019
BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:58 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Laurikainen, delay of game
17:01 – 🇳🇴 PEN – Lindström, tripping
18:00 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Ilomäki (Manninen, Hakulinen)
18:17 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Vainio (Björninen)
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 3-1 Norway 🇳🇴 – 18 Apr 2019
🇫🇮 Finland 3-1 Norway 🇳🇴
Euro Hockey Challenge
Lappi Areena, Rovaniemi 🇫🇮
Thursday, 18 April 2019
BOXSCORE
1st Period
06:57 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Ruotsalainen (Lehtonen, Anttila)
08:04 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Manninen (Sund, Sallinen)
11:55 – 🇳🇴 PEN – Lindström, tripping
16:32 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Luostarinen, hooking
17:55 – 🇳🇴 PP GOAL – Haga (Johannesen, Holøs)
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🇫🇮 Venla Hovi Announces Retirement After Historic Worlds Silver Medal
Finnish forward Venla Hovi, only a day removed from Finland’s shocking silver medal finish on home ice at the 2019 Women’s World Championship, announced her retirement on Twitter at age 31, capping a year of both Worlds silver and a Clarkson Cup.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO) – 14 Apr 2019
🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO)
Women’s World Championship Gold Medal Game
Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo 🇫🇮
Sunday, 14 April 2019
Annie Pankowski scored twice, including the shootout winner, as the U.S. claimed a wild 2-1 victory over Finland in the 2019 Women’s Worlds gold medal game. It’s the fifth straight American world title.
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🇭🇺 🇩🇰 Hungary, Denmark Promoted To 2020 Women’s World Championship
Just days after France and Sweden were relegated to Division IA at the 2020 Women’s World Championship, their spots were claimed by long-time returnees Denmark and first-timers Hungary for the Top Division in 2020.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Denmark 🇩🇰 – 13 Apr 2019
🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Denmark 🇩🇰
Euro Hockey Challenge
Frøs Arena, Vojens 🇩🇰
Saturday, 13 April 2019
BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:13 – 🇩🇰 GOAL – Bau (Meyer, N. Jensen)
12:31 – 🇩🇰 PEN – O. Lauridsen, tripping
19:40 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Suomi, hooking
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 1-0 Denmark 🇩🇰 – 11 Apr 2019
🇫🇮 Finland 1-0 Denmark 🇩🇰
Euro Hockey Challenge
Bentax Isarena, Aalborg 🇩🇰
Thursday, 11 April 2019
BOXSCORE
1st Period
14:21 – 🇩🇰 PEN – Jensen Aabo, hooking
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🇸🇪 🇫🇷 Sweden, France Relegated From Women’s World Championship
In one unsurprising development, and in another very surprising development, France and Sweden have been relegated to Division IA of the 2020 Women’s World Championship, with France going back down after their first trip to the Top Division, while Sweden is relegated for the first time in their history.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 6-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 04 Apr 2019
🇨🇦 Canada 6-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo 🇫🇮
Thursday, 04 April 2019
The Swiss are famous for their banking acumen, but they were unable to deposit any goals in Canada’s net in a tournament-opening 6-0 loss on Thursday at Espoo’s Metro Areena.
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IHLC Preview – 2019 Women’s World Championship
For the first time in its history, the IIHF Women’s World Championship will expand to a 10-team field when the best women’s players in the world face off in Espoo, Finland, for the 2019 edition of the championship, the 19th edition of the tournament.
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2020 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship in Ostrava and Třinec, Czechia has been released, with the host nation opening the tournament against rivals Russia, while defending champion Finland opens their defence against border rival Sweden.
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🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Calgary Inferno Wins 2019 Clarkson Cup, Alex Rigsby Joins Triple Gold Club
The top-tier Canadian women’s hockey league today awarded their champion, a week after the American Isobel Cup was awarded to the Minnesota Whitecaps, with the Calgary Inferno defeating the Canadiennes de Montréal 5-2 in Toronto to win their second Clarkson Cup in four seasons. Continue reading
IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-4 Sweden 🇸🇪 (SO) – 10 Feb 2019
🇫🇮 Finland 5-4 Sweden 🇸🇪 (SO)
Beijer Hockey Games
Hovet, Stockholm 🇸🇪
Sunday, 10 February 2019
BOXSCORE
1st Period
05:41 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Bemström (Nygård, Rasmussen)
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO) – 07 Feb 2019
🇷🇺 Russia 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO)
Beijer Hockey Games
Arena 2000, Yaroslavl 🇷🇺
Thursday, 07 February 2019
In Yaroslavl, the senior Russian national team defeated Finland for the third time in the 2018/2019 Euro Hockey Tour, clinching a dramatic 3-2 victory on penalty shots.
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2019 Euro Hockey Challenge Schedule Confirmed
The Euro Hockey Challenge will return with a new, shorter format in 2019, with national teams preparing for the 2019 World Championship in Bratislava and Košice, Slovakia this May.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 3-2 United States 🇺🇸 – 05 Jan 2019
🇫🇮 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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