Tag Archives: Finland

🇫🇮 Juhamatti Aaltonen Announces Retirement At 40

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Finnish forward Juhamatti Aaltonen, whose two-decade career spanned nearly a dozen teams over six European countries, along with numerous appearances for his native Leijonat, today confirmed his retirement from hockey at age 40, following the 2024-25 season with Jokerit Helsinki.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 3-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 02 Aug 2025

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🇫🇮 Finland 3-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Junior Summer Showcase
Ridder Arena, Minneapolis 🇺🇸
Saturday, 02 August 2025

The final day of games at the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase were played here today at Ridder Arena. Finland defeated Sweden, 3-1.
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🇫🇮 Pentti Matikainen: 1950-2025

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Pentti Matikainen, the long-time coach of numerous clubs across Finland’s Liiga, as well as a multi-event medalist in leading the Finnish national team, passed away from cancer at the age of 74 in Helsinki.
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🇺🇸 2026 World Junior Championship Schedule Released

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The schedule for the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the United States looking to “three-peat” as world champions for the first time in history, looking to do some on home ice in Minnesota, with the Americans hosting the tournament’s fiftieth edition for the first time since 2018.
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Florida Panthers Win Second Consecutive Stanley Cup

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The Florida Panthers, once among the basement-dwellers of the National Hockey League, today captured their second consecutive Stanley Cup, once again besting the Edmonton Oilers to become the first repeat champions since 2021, clinching victory with a definitive 5-1 win over the Oilers in Game Six of the finals in Sunrise, Florida.
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🇮🇹 2026 Men’s Olympic Hockey Schedule Released

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The IIHF today released the schedule for the men’s tournament at the 2026 Olympics in Milan, Italy, with the tournament beginning on Wednesday, 11 February, with defending champions Finland starting their title defence in the opening match, in the first tournament since 2014 to feature NHL players on Olympic rosters.
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Provisional Men’s Rosters Named For 2026 Winter Olympics

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With eight months to go until the NHL makes its return to the Winter Olympics after a twelve year absence, the provisional rosters for each of the twelve participating men’s nations were revealed today by each nations’ respective international association, naming six active professionals to each roster that will face off in Milan in February 2026.
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🇸🇪 🇫🇮 IHLC Classics: Youth Movement Brings Tre Kronor Second Straight Gold

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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 Swedish Sveriges nationaldag (National Day), we look back at Sweden’s first ever back-to-back World Championships, capturing their second straight title in 1992 over their border rivals Finland.


🇸🇪 Sweden 5-2 Finland 🇫🇮
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Sportovní Hala, Prague 🇨🇿
Sunday, 10 May 1992

Sweden, which barely made the final round, won its second straight World hockey Championship yesterday with a 5-2 victory over Finland.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 12 May 2025

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🇸🇪 Sweden 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮
World Championship Preliminary Round
Avicii Arena, Stockholm 🇸🇪
Monday, 12 May 2025

Playing near flawless hockey, Tre Kronor skated to an impressive 2-1 victory over Finland tonight at Avicii Arena in what was a very much one-sided game.
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IHLC Preview – 2025 World Championship

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The top teams in international hockey will converge on Stockholm, Sweden and Herning, Denmark starting this Friday 09 May, kicking off the premiere event of the global hockey calendar, the 2025 IIHF World Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 6-2 Finland 🇫🇮 – 04 May 2025

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🇸🇪 Sweden 6-2 Finland 🇫🇮
Czech Hockey Games
Winning Group Arena, Brno 🇨🇿
Sunday, 04 May 2025

BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:28 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Ruohomaa (Saarijärvi, Erholtz)
08:38 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Sörensen (Heed, Edvinsson)
13:11 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Steen, hooking
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 4-2 Finland 🇫🇮 – 01 May 2025

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🇨🇿 Czechia 4-2 Finland 🇫🇮
Czech Hockey Games
Winning Group Arena, Brno 🇨🇿
Thursday, 01 May 2025

BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:02 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Lauko (M. Kovařčík)
10:26 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Erholtz, tripping
12:20 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Puistola, holding
12:31 – 🇨🇿 PP GOAL – Beránek (Černoch, Špaček)
12:38 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Chlapík
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🇫🇮 Valtteri Filppula Confirms Retirement At Age 41

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Finnish forward Valtteri Filppula, the first Finn to become a member of the Triple Gold Club by virtue of his 2008 Stanley Cup, and Olympic and World Championship titles both in 2022, today confirmed his retirement following at the age of 41.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 3-0 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 25 Apr 2025

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🇫🇮 Finland 3-0 Sweden 🇸🇪
Euro Hockey Challenge
Hämeenlinnan jäähalli, Hämeenlinna 🇫🇮
Friday, 25 April 2025

BOXSCORE
1st Period
13:50 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Merelä (Järvinen, Pesonen)
18:28 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Leino, roughing
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-0 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 24 Apr 2025

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🇫🇮 Finland 5-0 Sweden 🇸🇪
Euro Hockey Challenge
Kivikylän Areena, Rauma 🇫🇮
Thursday, 24 April 2025

BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:27 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Merelä (Järvinen, Virtanen)
01:41 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Lindberg, holding
02:58 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Hämeenaho, high sticking
04:02 – 🇸🇪 PEN – team, too many players
12:35 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Pulli, tripping
17:05 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Lindberg, kneeing
18:28 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Leppänen (Kiiskinen, Puistola)
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