IHLC Results โ€“ ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 3-0 Latvia ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป – 31 Dec 2024


๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 3-0 Latvia ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Tuesday, 31 December 2024

Finland finished the preliminary round with a 3-0 win over Latvia this afternoon in Ottawa. Petteri Rimpinen stopped 28 shots for the shutout, while Benjamin Rautiainen had a goal and assist for the winners.
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IHLC 2024 In Review – Men’s


The 2024 international men’s hockey calendar saw four different nations capture the title throughout the year, with a European champion ensuring a more active back half of the year than Canada’s 2023 Gold medal victory originally allowed for.
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IHLC 2024 In Review – Women’s


The 2024 calendar year saw a reduction in international competition due to the rise of the Professional Women’s Hockey League, but there was still plenty of drama between the United States and Canada all throughout North America over the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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IHLC Results โ€“ ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 4-3 United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ (OT) – 29 Dec 2024


๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 4-3 United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ (OT)
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Sunday, 29 December 2024

The plot thickens. On the strength of Tuomas Uronen’s overtime winner, Finland beat the U.S. 4-3 on Sunday at the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship. It was the first American loss at this tournament after two regulation-time wins.
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IHLC Preview – 2025 World Junior Championship


With the holidays approaching, this means that immediately after Christmas ends, the IIHF World Junior Championship will begin, this time being hosted in Canada’s capital of Ottawa, Ontario, with the world’s top under-20 teams convening for the title of global supremacy.
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IHLC Results โ€“ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States 5-2 Finland ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ โ€“ 23 Dec 2024

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States 5-2 Finland ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ
Exhibition Game
Ed Lumley Arena, Cornwall ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Monday, 23 December 2024

Gabe Perreault and James Hagens each registered three assists to help the U.S. National Junior Team to a 5-2 victory over Finland here today before a capacity crowd at the Cornwall Civic Complex in pre-tournament action ahead of the 2025 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship.
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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 3-1 Finland ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ – 12 Dec 2024


๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 3-1 Finland ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ
Swiss Ice Hockey Games
Enteria arena, Pardubice ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ
Thursday, 12 December 2024

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:47 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ PEN SHOT – Kovaล™ฤรญk stopped
16:10 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ GOAL – Kubalรญk (Smejkal, Zรกbranskรฝ)
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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ IHLC Classics: Hagman’s Helsinki Heroics

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 Finnish Independence Day (itsenรคisyyspรคivรค), we look back at theย Leijonat’s thrilling home ice Gold Medal victory at the 1998 World Junior Championships, with Niklas Hagman’s overtime snipe securing the title in Helsinki.


๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 2-1 Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ
Saturday, 03 January 1998

Finland achieved its first World Junior Championship Gold in 1987, but at that time the rankings were decided by playing in series.

The playoffs only entered the World Junior Championship program for the 1995-96 Games, and what would be more comfortable than to settle World Cup Gold at home in extra time of the final?
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Final Roster Spots Announced For Four Nations Face-Off


The remaining spots for each Four Nations Face-Off roster today were finalized, and the 92 players set to represent Finland, Sweden, Canada and the United States are now set for the tournament in Montrรฉal and Boston that takes place this coming February.
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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 5-4 Sweden ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช – 10 Nov 2024


๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 5-4 Sweden ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช
Karjala Tournament
Helsingin jรครคhalli, Helsinki ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ
Sunday, 10 November 2024

BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:14 –
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช GOAL – Sellgren (Friberg, Lang)
05:02 – ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช PEN – Andreasson, tripping
15:15 – ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช GOAL – Steen (Pettersson, Peterson)
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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 4-0 Czechia ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ – 09 Nov 2024


๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 4-0 Czechia ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ
Karjala Tournament
Helsingin jรครคhalli, Helsinki ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ
Saturday, 09 November 2024

BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:52 –
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ GOAL – Pesonen
10:56 – ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ PEN – Larmi, delay of game
19:36 – ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ GOAL – Rajala
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ 2025 World Junior Championship Schedule Released


The schedule for the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the tournament set to be held in Canada’s capital of Ottawa, Ontario, with the tournament returning to the city for the first time since 2009, and Canada’s twenty-first time hosting overall.
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๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Latvia, Denmark, Slovakia Clinch Final Milan 2026 Men’s Olympic Qualifying Spots


After nearly a year of Olympic qualifiers that began last December, with 30 teams competing across three rounds of play, came to a conclusion today for the final three spots in Milan, with the spots being clinched locked up by Latvia, Denmark and Slovakia for the 2026 Olympics, in a carbon copy clinching scenario from three years earlier.
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๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช 2025 World Championship Schedule Released


The schedule for the 2025 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Stockholm, Sweden and Herning, Denmark, with both hosts looking to repeat the luck of 2024’s hosts Czechia by capturing World Championship Gold on home ice.
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IHLC Results โ€“ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 8-6 Finland ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ โ€“ 02 Aug 2024


๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 8-6 Finland ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ
World Junior Summer Showcase
USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Friday, 02 August 2024

Propelled by three power-play goals, Canada skated to an 8-6 win over Finland in the first game of the day.
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IHLC Results โ€“ ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 5-3 United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ โ€“ 31 Jul 2024


๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 5-3 United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
World Junior Summer Showcase
USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Wednesday, 31 July 2024

In the lone game of the day here today at the 2024 World Junior Summer Showcase, Team USA dropped a 5-3 decision to Finland at USA Hockey Arena.
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Provisional Rosters Named For 2025 Four Nations Face-Off


With eight months to go until the NHL debuts the Four Nations Face-Off tournament, the provisional rosters for each participating nation (Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States) were revealed today by the NHL and each nations’ respective international association, naming six active professionals to each roster.
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Florida Panthers Avoid Collapse, Capture Stanley Cup


Capping their thirtieth season in the National Hockey League, the Florida Panthers today avoided an epic, historic collapse in Game Seven the Stanley Cup Final, capturing their first Stanley Cup over the Edmonton Oilers, who forced the decisive game after coming back from a 3-0 series deficit, with a narrow 2-1 victory on home ice.
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Natalie Spooner Named 2024 IIHF Female Player Of The Year


Canadian forward Natalie Spooner, who only one week ago was crowned as the PWHL’s inaugural MVP, was today awarded the IIHF’s Female Player Of The Year Award for the 2023-24 season, capping off a spectacular campaign that saw Spooner capture her third World Championship title.
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