France’s women’s hockey team has made history in the Alps commune of Vaujany, as they became the tenth and final team to clinch a spot at the 2019 IIHF Women’s World Championship, becoming the first team to join the Top Division since the tournament expanded to ten teams in 2017.
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Tag Archives: Finland
IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 18 Feb 2018
🇸🇪 Sweden 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Olympic Preliminary Round
Catholic Kwandong University Gymnasium, Gangneung 🇰🇷
Sunday, 18 February 2018
Patrik Zackrisson’s goal midway through the third broke a 1-1 tie and gave Tre Kronor a key victory over Finland.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-1 Norway 🇳🇴 – 16 Feb 2018
🇫🇮 Finland 5-1 Norway 🇳🇴
Olympic Preliminary Round
Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung 🇰🇷
Friday, 16 February 2018
Norway struck first through Patrick Thoresen, but Eeli Tolvanen sparked a revival as Finland collected its second win in Gangneung.
Eeli Tolvanen scored twice to help Finland overcome an early deficit and ease to a 5-1 victory against its Nordic neighbour.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-2 Germany 🇩🇪 – 15 Feb 2018
🇫🇮 Finland 5-2 Germany 🇩🇪
Olympic Preliminary Round
Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung 🇰🇷
Thursday, 15 February 2018
Eeli Tolvanen, an 18-year-old Olympic rookie, made a splashy debut with a goal and three assists as Finland beat Germany 5-2 to kick off Group C on Thursday.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 13 Feb 2018
🇨🇦 Canada 4-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Olympic Preliminary Round
Catholic Kwandong University Gymnasium, Gangneung 🇰🇷
Tuesday, 13 February 2018
Remembering last year’s loss at the Women’s Worlds, Canada came out firing on all cylinders and took advantage of some weak defence by the Finns, winning 4-1.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 2-0 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 11 Feb 2018
🇫🇮 Finland 2-0 Czechia 🇨🇿
Exhibition Game
Anyang Ice Arena, Anyang 🇰🇷
Sunday, 11 February 2018
BOXSCORE
1st Period
14:18 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Manninen, slashing
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IHLC Preview – 2018 Winter Olympics (Women’s)
The sixth ever women’s Olympic tournament is set to kick off this Saturday, with an anticipated showdown between Canada and the United States set to highlight the Gold Medal Match for the fifth time.
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IHLC 2017 In Review – Junior
The International Hockey Lineal Championship stayed with Team USA for the majority of 2017, with the 2017 World Junior champions holding the IHLC for eight of a possible twelve games in 2017, including carrying the title into the medal round of the current 2018 tournament.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 5-4 Finland 🇫🇮 – 31 Dec 2017
🇺🇸 United States 5-4 Finland 🇫🇮
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🇺🇸
Sunday, 31 December 2017
Adam Fox broke a 4-4 tie with a goal at 18:23 of the third period to give the United States a dramatic 5-4 win over Finland. The U.S. led at one point, 3-0.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 30 Dec 2017
🇫🇮 Finland 5-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🇺🇸
Saturday, 30 December 2017
Aleksi Heponiemi got the third-period winner as Finland temporarily passed the U.S. for second place in Group A with a hard-working 5-2 win over Slovakia.
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🇫🇮 Niklas Hagman Retires After 20 Professional Seasons
Finnish winger Niklas Hagman today announced his retirement from professional hockey at age 38, ending a 20 year career spent in the United States, Canada, Switzerland, Russia and his native Finland, where he spent his last four seasons.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 (OT) – 13 Dec 2017
🇨🇿 Czechia 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 (OT)
Channel One Cup
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:10 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Koukal, tripping
04:34 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Koskiranta, tripping
05:45 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Manninen
18:42 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Kundrátek, holding
19:09 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Kemppainen (Junttila)
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🇫🇮 🇸🇪 IHLC Classics: Unelmafinaali
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, to commemorate Finland’s centennial as a nation, we look back on just the second World Championship for the Leijonat in history, their 2011 triumph over rival Sweden, considered by Finns to be the “unelmafinaali” – the dream final.
🇫🇮 Finland 6-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Orange Aréna, Bratislava 🇸🇰
Sunday, 15 May 2011
It is a great day in Finnish hockey history. In the latest chapter of hockey’s classic Nordic rivalry, Finland demolished Sweden 6-1 in the gold medal game of the 2011 IIHF World Championship. Petteri Nokelainen scored the first of five third-period Finnish goals, and it stood up as the winner.
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IIHF Announces 2018 Hall Of Fame Class
The IIHF announced the newest class of inductees to the Hall of Fame, highlighted by a quartet of international superstars – Daniel Alfredsson, Rob Blake, Jere Lehtinen and Chris Chelios, who will have their numerous achievements, both professionally and internationally, recognized in Denmark this May.
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Hockey Hall Of Fame Inducts Class Of 2017
The Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their 2017 Class, inducting five legendary players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 Canada 🇨🇦 – 12 Nov 2017
🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 Canada 🇨🇦
Karjala Tournament
Hartwall Arena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Sunday, 12 November 2017
Gilbert Brulé and Maxim Noreau scored to give Canada’s National Men’s Team a pair of one-goal leads, but it dropped a 4-3 decision to Finland to close out the 2017 Karjala Cup on Sunday.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 3-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 11 Nov 2017
🇫🇮 Finland 3-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
Karjala Tournament
Hartwall Arena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Saturday, 11 November 2017
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:20 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Tolvanen (Kontiola)
05:01 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Högström, holding
05:42 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Hartikainen, tripping
14:54 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Everberg, interference
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IHLC Preview – 2017 Four Nations Cup
As one of the final tuneups before the 2018 Olympics in Korea, the top women’s hockey nations on Earth will reconvene in sunny western Florida, to face off for the 2017 Four Nations Cup, the 22nd annual invitational.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 05 Nov 2017
🇨🇦 Canada 5-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Exhibition Game
Florida Hospital Center Ice, Wesley Chapel 🇺🇸
Sunday, 05 November 2017
Five different players scored goals and nine recorded at least a point as Canada’s National Women’s Team earned a 5-1 pre-tournament win over Finland on Sunday ahead of the 2017 Four Nations Cup.
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🇰🇷 2018 Men’s Olympic Hockey Schedule Released
The IIHF today released the schedule for the men’s tournament at the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, with the tournament beginning on Wednesday, 14 February, while both hosts Korea and defending champions Canada begin the tournament the following day.
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