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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๐ฑ๐ป ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ 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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๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช 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 ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 8-6 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ โ 02 Aug 2024
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 8-6 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
World Junior Summer Showcase
USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth ๐บ๐ธ
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 ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 5-3 United States ๐บ๐ธ โ 31 Jul 2024
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 5-3 United States ๐บ๐ธ
World Junior Summer Showcase
USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth ๐บ๐ธ
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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๐จ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช ๐บ๐ธ 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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Nathan MacKinnon Captures Top Honours At 2024 NHL Awards
The National Hockey League officially closed the 2023-24 season with their NHL Awards ceremony at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, with eleven IHLC holders representing four countries taking home trophies handed out over the past month, culminating with tonight’s gala.
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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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๐จ๐ฆ 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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๐จ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช ๐บ๐ธ 2025 Four Nations Face-Off Schedule Released
The schedule for the NHL’s mid-season 2025 tournament, the Four Nations Face-Off, was announced today prior to the start of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final, with Boston, United States and Montrรฉal, Canada set to host their respective host nations, along with Sweden and Finland, next February, a tune-up to the NHL’s Olympic return at the 2026 Olympics.
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๐ธ๐ช ๐ซ๐ฎ IHLC Classics: Tre Kronor Captures Scoreless Gold
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 triumph at the 1998 World Championships in Zรผrich, winning their seventh world title, ironically enough, in a scoreless tie with Finland.
๐ธ๐ชย Sweden 0-0 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
World Championship Final, Game 2
Hallenstadion, Zรผrich ๐จ๐ญ
Sunday, 17 May 1998
Sweden tied Olympic Bronze medalist Finland 0-0 yesterday in the second game of a two-leg final at the World Hockey Championship to win the title and gain revenge over its arch-rival.
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๐บ๐ธ Minnesota Captures Inaugural Walter Cup, Five Join Triple Gold Club
In the dramatic finale of the 2024 PWHL playoffs, a shutout performance from Nicole Hensley led PWHL Minnesota to capture the inaugural Walter Cup, defeating PWHL Boston 3-0 in Lowell, Massachusetts.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-3 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 18 May 2024
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-3 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
World Championship Preliminary Round
O2ย arena, Prague ๐จ๐ฟ
Saturday, 18 May 2024
Brandon Hagel scored the third-period winner as Canada rallied to beat Finland 5-3 in one of the most-anticipated preliminary-round matchups of the 2024 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.
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IHLC Preview – 2024 World Championship
The top teams in international hockey will converge on Ostrava and Prague, Czechia starting this Friday, 10 May, kicking off the premiere event of the global hockey calendar, the 2024 IIHF World Championship.
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๐ซ๐ฎ Jarkko Immonen Retires From Hockey At Age 42
Finnish centre Jarkko Immonen, whose pro career spanned over two decades across eight pro teams in four countries, today announced his retirement from the sport at age 42, following the conclusion of the 2023-24 Finnish Liiga season.
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๐ธ๐ช Sweden Captures Third Consecutive Euro Hockey Tour Title
By virtue of their 2-0 victory over hosts Czechia in the middle tilt of the 2024 Betano Hockey Games (formerly Czech Hockey Games), Sweden officially clinched their seventh Euro Hockey Tour title, and third straight, by moving seven points ahead of Finland and Czechia in the tournament table with just one game to go tomorrow.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 5-0 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 13 Apr 2024
๐บ๐ธ United States 5-0 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Womenโs World Championship Semifinal
Adirondack Bank Center, Utica ๐บ๐ธ
Saturday, 13 April 2024
The United States are headed to the Gold medal game.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 04 Apr 2024
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Womenโs World Championship Preliminary Round
Adirondack Bank Center, Utica ๐บ๐ธ
Thursday, 04 April 2024
Ella Shelton’s goal and pair of assists powered Canada to a 4-1 win over Finland at the 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship in Utica, New York on Thursday night.
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๐ซ๐ฎ Mikko Koskinen Confirms Retirement From Hockey
Finnish goaltender Mikko Koskinen, whose seventeen season pro career spanned five countries and multiple international tournaments, today confirmed his retirement from the game at age 35, following his club HC Lugano’s elimination from the Swiss NLA playoffs.
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IHLC Preview – 2024 Women’s World Championship
The IIHF Women’s World Championship is coming back to upstate New York for the first time in three decades, as the reigning world champion Team USA will host the world’s top women’s players in the 23rd edition of the tournament from 03-14 April, with all games held at the Adirondack Bank Centre in Utica.
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