The Hockey Hall Of Fame today announced the newest members that will join as the Class of 2022 on 14 November, with a trio of Swedish forwards, anchored by a Finnish defender and a Canadian goaltender, with numerous International Hockey Lineal Championships between them, joining the ranks of the Hall in Toronto.
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Tag Archives: Finland
๐บ๐ธ Colorado Avalanche Capture Third Stanley Cup Championship
After finishing dead last in the National Hockey League just five years ago, the Colorado Avalanche have come back to the top of the mountain in the hockey world, capturing the Stanley Cup in six games against the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning.
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Matthews, Makar Highlight 2022 NHL Awards
The National Hockey League completed its awards distribution for the 2021-22 season with the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals, with thirteenย IHLC holders representing seven countries taking home trophies handed out over the past month.
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๐จ๐ฆ Restarted 2022 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the rescheduled 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, restarting the tournament in Edmonton, Canada following the cancellation of December’s tournament due to an outbreak of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
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2022 Womenโs World Championship Schedule Released
For the first time in its history, the IIHF Women’s World Championship will take place in an Olympic year, with the world’s top ten women’s teams convening in Denmark on 25 August to compete for the title of the world’s best, just six months after wrapping up the Olympics in Beijing.
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๐ซ๐ฎ Valtteri Filppula Joins Triple Gold Club
The only player eligible to join in this year’s World Championship, forward Valtteri Filppula tonight joined Triple Gold Club by virtue of winning his second Gold Medal in three months with theย Leijonat,ย becoming the 31st male and first Finnish player to join the club, adding to his Stanley Cup and Olympic Gold medal.
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IHLC Results – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-3 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT) – 29 May 2022
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-3 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT)
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Nokia Arena, Tampere ๐ซ๐ฎ
Sunday, 29 May 2022
Sakari Manninen scored at 6:42 of the three-on-three unlimited overtime with a one-timer on a power play to give Finland a thrilling 4-3 win over Canada to win World Championship Gold.
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IHLC Results – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-3 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 28 May 2022
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-3 United States ๐บ๐ธ
World Championship Semifinal
Nokia Arena, Tampere ๐ซ๐ฎ
Saturday, 28 May 2022
In a hard-fought, back-and-forth semi-final clash, Finland defeated the U.S. 4-3 on Saturday afternoon in Tampere to advance to the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship final.
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๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ป IIHF Names Tampere & Rฤซga As 2023 World Championship Hosts
After stripping Saint Petersburg, Russia of hosting duties for the 2023 World Championship due to their ongoing invasion in Ukraine, today the IIHF announced at their annual Congress that hosting rights would now be split between to the last two hosts of the World Championships, with 2021 hosts Rฤซga, Latvia and current 2022 hosts Tampere, Finland hosting next year, from 12-28 May 2023.
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IHLC Results – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ – 26 May 2022
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
World Championship Quarterfinal
Nokia Arena, Tampere ๐ซ๐ฎ
Thursday, 26 May 2022
Finnish cult hero Marko Anttila produced another big display in World Championship knock-out play, leading the host nationโs fightback to beat Slovakia 4-2.
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IHLC Results – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-0 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ – 24 May 2022
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-0 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
World Championship Preliminary Round
Nokia Arena, Tampere ๐ซ๐ฎ
Tuesday, 24 May 2022
Finland wrapped up an impressive Group B campaign with a 3-0 victory over Czechia in Tampere. Tuesdayโs victory secures top spot in the preliminary round and gives Jukka Jalonenโs team a quarter-final match-up against Slovakia here on Thursday.
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2022 KHL Awards Ceremony Held In Moscow
The Kontinental Hockey League formally wrapped their fourteenth season tonight in Moscow with their annual Closing Ceremony, awarding the league’s top teams, players and executives for their performance this year, with Gagarin Cup champions CSKA Moscow coming away as the big winners, and ten IHLC winners taking home trophies.
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IHLC Results – ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 3-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ (SO) – 18 May 2022
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 3-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ (SO)
World Championship Preliminary Round
Nokia Arena, Tampere ๐ซ๐ฎ
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
It took a shootout to give Sweden the verdict after these two great Nordic rivals shared a 2-2 tie in regulation. Emil Bemstrรถm was the only player to hit the target in the shootout, ending Finland’s unbeaten start on home ice at the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship and moving Sweden to the Group B summit after four wins in four games.
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IHLC Preview – 2022 World Championship
The top teams in international hockey will converge on Tampere and Helsinki, Finland starting this Friday, 13 May, kicking off the premiere event of the global hockey calendar, the 2022 IIHF World Championship.
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๐จ๐ฟ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ช Switzerland Confirmed As Russian Replacement On Euro Hockey Tour Through 2023-24
After participating as a replacement for Russia at this weekend’s Beijer Hockey Games in Stockholm, it was today confirmed that Switzerland will replace Russia on the Euro Hockey Tour for at least the next two seasons, due to Russia being kicked off the tour for their invasion of Ukraine.
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๐ธ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐บ Slovenia, Hungary Promoted To 2023 World Championship
The Division IA World Championship tournament in Ljubljana saw the top two spots for promotion to the 2023 World Championship locked up a day before the tournament wrapped, with hosts Slovenia and Hungary both locking up returns to the Top Division.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 07 May 2022
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Beijer Hockey Games
Avicii Arena, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Saturday, 07 May 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:30 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Krejฤรญ, hooking
09:48 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Krejฤรญk, delay of game
18:20 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Palmu, slashing
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๐จ๐ฆ IIHF Names Halifax & Moncton As 2023 World Junior Championship Hosts
After the IIHF stripped Russia of hosting duties for the 2023 World Junior Championship due to their ongoing invasion in Ukraine, today the Federation announced that hosting rights were instead awarded to Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, with the tournament set to begin on 26 December 2022.
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IHLC Results – ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 2-0 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 01 May 2022
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 2-0 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Czech Hockey Games
Ostravar Arรฉna, Ostrava ๐จ๐ฟ
Sunday, 01 May 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
08:48 – ๐ธ๐ช GOAL – Sรถderblom (Roos, Pudas)
14:08 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Manninen, holding
16:55 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Lang, roughing
16:55 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Vatanen, roughing
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IHLC Results – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-2 Austria ๐ฆ๐น – 30 Apr 2022
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-2 Austria ๐ฆ๐น
Czech Hockey Games
Ostravar Arรฉna, Ostrava ๐จ๐ฟ
Saturday, 30 April 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
12:00 – ๐ฆ๐น PEN – Hackl, hooking
13:27 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PP GOAL – Innala (Aaltonen, Lehtonen)
15:22 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL – Pesonen (Sallinen)
18:42 – ๐ฆ๐น PEN – Kragl, holding
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