Due to the myriad of changes to this year’s Euro Hockey Tour, the Euro Hockey Challenge has been impacted as well, with only two legs in this year’s competition, rather than the usual three. The participants of the Euro Hockey Tour (Russia, Sweden, Finland, Czechia) will face off against four rising European squads (Germany, Switzerland, Slovakia and Norway) in a series of two-game challenges, giving the lower ranked squads the chance to compete against the top teams in Europe.
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Tag Archives: Finland
🇫🇮 Jarkko Ruutu Retires From Jokerit
Yet another mainstay of the Leijonat has decided to hang up his skates. Following earlier retirements of Saku Koivu and Teemu Selänne, it is now power forward Jarkko Ruutu, a 12-year NHL, six year SM-liiga and Finnish national team veteran, retiring from the sport. Ruutu laced up for HIFK and Jokerit in the SM-liiga, as well as for Vancouver, Pittsburgh, Ottawa and Anaheim in the NHL.
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🇫🇮 The Finnish Flash Retires: Teemu Selänne Not Returning To Jokerit
After a brilliant 21-year NHL career, an impressive start with his hometown Jokerit, and one of the greatest international careers in hockey history, Teemu Selänne has confirmed that he will not be making a “victory lap” with Jokerit, after retiring from the Anaheim Ducks at the end of last season.
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World Cup Update: Euro, Rookie All-Star Teams To Compete?
As first reported by Sportsnet, representatives from the NHL and IIHF met in Toronto in advance of the Hockey Hall Of Fame Class of 2014 induction ceremony to discuss the 2016 World Cup Of Hockey logistics, mainly the status of the two final spots to round out a field of eight teams to play in Toronto.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 3-0 Finland 🇫🇮 – 09 Nov 2014
🇸🇪 Sweden 3-0 Finland 🇫🇮
Karjala Tournament
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Sunday, 09 November 2014
BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:43 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Lundqvist, holding
14:26 – 🇸🇪 PEN – team, too many players
17:58 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Klasen (Fransson)
19:17 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Axelsson, slashing
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 07 Nov 2014
🇨🇦 Canada 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Four Nations Cup Preliminary Round
Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Friday, 07 November 2014
If it weren’t for Meeri Räisänen, Canada might have ran up the score against Finland in the Four Nations Cup round-robin finale at Interior Savings Centre on Friday, 07 November.
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IHLC Preview – 2014 Karjala Tournament
Thanks to Russia’s dethroning of Finland in the finals of the 2014 IIHF World Championships this past May, the IHLC is guaranteed to join the Euro Hockey Tour circuit, with the first stop being the Karjala Tournament in Helsinki, Finland.
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IHLC Preview – 2014 Four Nations Cup
For the first time since February’s Sochi Olympics, the top four nations in women’s hockey will meet in Kamloops, British Columbia, to compete in the nineteenth annual Four Nations Cup, pitting Canada, the United States, Sweden and Finland against each other.
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2016 World Cup Of Hockey Details Released
According to a report by Hokej.cz, details regarding the next iteration of the World Cup Of Hockey in 2016 were released at the annual IIHF Congress in Tenerife, Spain, with dates being confirmed for the tournament rumoured to be hosted in Toronto.
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🇫🇮 “Captain K” Hanging It Up: Saku Koivu Retires
After an 18-year NHL career, and an illustrious span as the captain of Finland since 1998, Saku Koivu announced his retirement from the Anaheim Ducks.
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2015 Women’s World Championship Schedule Released
The IIHF has released a new microsite for the 2015 Women’s World Championship in Malmö, Sweden, worldwomen2015.com, and with it released the full schedule for the World Championship in March and April.
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2015 World Championship Schedule Released
The IIHF has released a new microsite for the 2015 World Championship in Prague and Ostrava, Czechia, iihfworlds2015.com, and with it released the full schedule for the World Championship in May.
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2015 Women’s World Championship Groups Announced
Some more details on the 2015 Worlds in Malmö have been released – the all-important groupings! The teams break down as follows (current IIHF rankings in parentheses):
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2015 World Championship Groups Announced
Some more details on the 2015 Worlds in Prague and Ostrava have been released – the all-important groupings! The teams break down as follows (current IIHF rankings in parentheses):
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2014 Four Nations Cup Schedule Announced
As reported by Hockey Canada, the schedule for the 2014 Four Nations Cup at the Interior Savings Centre in Kamloops, British Columbia has been announced. Canada will be looking to defend not only its Gold from the 2013 tournament in Lake Placid, New York, but also the IHLC that they captured from the United States at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
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2014-15 Euro Hockey Tour – Format Change
As reported by EuroHockey.com, there will be changes this year to the annual Euro Hockey Tour between the four European hockey powerhouses – Russia, Sweden, Finland and Czechia. Continue reading
IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 9-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 07 Aug 2014
🇺🇸 United States 9-1 Finland 🇫🇮
National Junior Evaluation Camp
Olympic Center, Lake Placid 🇺🇸
Thursday, 07 August 2014
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:07 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Hayden, holding
05:04 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Tuch (Eichel, Milano)
17:22 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Motte (Eichel, Tuch)
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IHLC Team Profiles – 🇫🇮 Finland (Women’s)
🇫🇮 FINLAND (FIN) Women’s National Ice Hockey Team (1988-)
4 wins, 4 reigns, 4 games with IHLC – ranked 4th
IHLC last held 09 November 2011
The Finnish squad has been on the world stage since the beginning of international women’s hockey, first competing at the 1990 World Championship. While the Finns are one of the five nations to ever hold the women’s IHLC, and are a mainstay of the annual Four Nations Cup, they have only won four IHLC games, holding the title for a single game in each reign. However, with women’s hockey getting more competitive every day, look for the Naisleijonat to become a more dominant player on the world stage.
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IHLC Team Profiles – 🇫🇮 Finland (Men’s)
🇫🇮 FINLAND (FIN) Men’s National Ice Hockey Team (1928-)
150 wins, 63 reigns, 165 games with IHLC – ranked 5th
IHLC last held 01 May 2025
While the Finns have always been a major contender on the world hockey stage, they remarkably did not play for the IHLC until 1949, winning their first title in 1951. Since then, however, the Leijonat have been a consistent threat in the hockey world, amassing over 100 IHLC wins and nearly 50 reigns. Finland has finally begun to break through at major world tournaments, winning three World Championship after 50+ appearances, and their first Olympic Gold medal in 2022.
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IHLC Team Profiles – 🇫🇮 Finland (Junior)
🇫🇮 FINLAND (FIN) Men’s Junior National Ice Hockey Team (1973-)
96 wins, 36 reigns, 103 games with IHLC – ranked 4th
IHLC last held 27 August 2025
The Leijonat, who have participated in every World Junior Championship and only once have ever faced relegation, have been five-time World Champions, in 1987, 1998, 2014, 2016 and 2019, with another ten-plus Silver and Bronze victories. The team has flip flopped between perennial medal contenders and sitting near the bottom of the Top Division, but are always a continual thorn in the sides of the tournament heavy hitters, and are always looking to play spoiler.
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