First Five Nations Qualify For 2018 Olympic Women’s Tournament

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As a result of Switzerland’s stumble out of Group B and into the relegation round at the ongoing World Championships, Russia and Sweden locked up the final two spots available to qualify automatically for the women’s tournament at the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, Korea. They join Canada, the United States, Finland and hosts Korea, with the final two spots to be gained in a qualification tournament ending in February 2017.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 29 Mar 2016

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🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Sandman Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Tuesday, 29 March 2016

Persistence pays off. The U.S. proved that by outshooting Finland 51-7 in a 2-1 win on Tuesday at the Sandman Centre.
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IHLC Preview – 2016 Women’s World Championship

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The U.S. women’s national team looks to continue its torrid winning streak since Sochi, looking to capture another clean sheet at the 2016 World Championships in Kamloops, British Columbia, after cleaning house at both the 2015 Worlds and 2016 Four Nations Cup.
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Preliminary Rosters Announced For 2016 World Cup Of Hockey

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The six federations and two conglomerate squads participating at September’s World Cup Of Hockey today announced their preliminary 16 man rosters, with the final seven spots each to be filled by 1 June.
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2017 Women’s Worlds Awarded To Plymouth, Michigan

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Today the USA Hockey Arena, an arena in Plymouth, Michigan that was recently purchased by USA Hockey to house their National Development Team, announced that the 2017 IIHF Women’s World Championships would be held at the arena, tentatively set for 1-8 April 2017.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 Russia 🇷🇺 (OT) – 05 Jan 2016


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 4-3 Russia 🇷🇺 (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Hartwall Arena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Tuesday, 05 January 2016

In a tense and thrilling climax to the 2016 World Juniors, Kasperi Kapanen’s overtime winner at 1:33 gave host Finland a 4-3 Gold medal victory over Russia.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 04 Jan 2016


🇫🇮 Finland
 2-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Junior Championship Semifinal
Hartwall Arena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Monday, 04 January 2016

Finland’s top line was shut down, but it didn’t matter. Mikko Rantanen and Kasperi Kapanen stepped up and led the team to a 2-1 win, and to the WJC final.
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IHLC Winners On Display At 2016 Winter Classic

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Former winners of the International Hockey Lineal Championship played a large role in the NHL’s marquee Winter Classic event, as the Montréal Canadiens scored early and often to elevate them to a 5-1 thumping over their hated rivals, the Boston Bruins.
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IHLC 2015 In Review – Women’s

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2015 was the year of Team USA in women’s hockey (and for the International Hockey Lineal Championship in particular), with the Americans running the table throughout the calendar year to establish their dominance over the world.
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🇫🇮 Leijonat To Retire Numbers Of Four Legends At 2016 World Juniors

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With Helsinki hosting the 2016 World Junior Championships this winter, the Finnish Ice Hockey Association will retire the numbers of four national team legends during the tournament, with the numbers of Teemu Selänne, Saku Koivu, Jere Lehtinen and Ville Peltonen to be forever enshrined in the rafters of Hartwall Arena.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-3 Finland 🇫🇮 – 21 Dec 2015

🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-3 Finland 🇫🇮
Exhibition Game
Hämeenlinnan jäähalli, Hämeenlinna 🇫🇮
Monday, 21 December 2015

BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:45 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Mikkola, tripping
10:11 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Meier, hooking
10:53 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Meyer, slashing
15:05 – 🇨🇭 GOAL – Kessler
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IIHF Announces Hall Of Fame 2016 Class

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The International Ice Hockey Federation announced their 2016 Hall Of Fame class, to be inducted during the 2016 World Championships in Russia. The class includes five players and two coaches from six different countries, including two posthumous inductions, that have held a myriad of World Championship, Olympic and World Cup medals, along with a number of International Hockey Lineal Championship titles.
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2016 World Cup Exhibition Schedule Released

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The exhibition schedule in advance of the 2016 World Cup in Toronto has been unveiled, with 12 games on tilt the week before the tournament in 10 cities across six nations on two continents.
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Busy Weekend In First International Break

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It was a busy first weekend break for international hockey this weekend, with a number of key tournaments in both men’s and women’s hockey taking place, including 2018 Olympic qualifiers and the women’s International Hockey Lineal Championship up for grabs.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 7-0 Finland 🇫🇮 – 07 Nov 2015

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🇺🇸 United States 7-0 Finland 🇫🇮
Four Nations Cup Preliminary Round
Sundsvall Energi Arena, Sundsvall 🇸🇪
Saturday, 07 November 2015

The U.S. Women’s National Team defeated Finland, 7-0, here today and will play Canada in tomorrow’s first-place game at the 2015 Four Nations Cup.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 2-0 Russia 🇷🇺 – 07 Nov 2015

🇫🇮 Finland 2-0 Russia 🇷🇺
Four Nations Cup
Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere 🇫🇮
Saturday, 07 November 2015

BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:34 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Siikonen, hooking
08:27 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Vorobyov, high sticking
09:27 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Korshkov, high sticking
14:31 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Korshkov, roughing
17:01 – 🇷🇺 PEN SHOT GOAL – Korshkov
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