The 2023 calendar year saw another fourteen heavyweight matchups between the United States and Canada on the international hockey stage, with both nations fighting for Gold medals, world supremacy, and the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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Tag Archives: Finland
IHLC Preview – 2024 World Junior Championship
With the season upon us, this means the inevitable return of the IIHF World Junior Championship, which will return to Europe for the first time since January 2020, with Gothenburg, Sweden hosting the world’s top under-20 teams starting on 26 December.
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An IHLC Lineage Correction – 1992 Olympics
As part of our continuous improvement to always refine the International Hockey Lineal Championship, we came across an improper lineage in the 1992 season that has now been corrected, impacting in particular lineage during the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, France.
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🇫🇮 Sanni Hakala Forced Into Retirement At 26 After On-Ice Paralysis
Finnish winger Sanni Hakala, who suffered a horrific injury in a Swedish League matchup less than a week ago which stunned the hockey world, today announced the end of her playing career at age 29, with the injury leaving her paralyzed from the chest down, with limited mobility in her arms and legs.
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🇺🇸 2024 Women’s World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship has been released, being hosted in Utica, New York, United States, with the hosts looking to repeat as champions for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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🇨🇿 2024 World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2024 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Prague and Ostrava, Czechia, the first tournament set to play at its intended host cities and arenas since 2019, following concerns over COVID-19, political unrest in Belarus, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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🇫🇮 Sami Lepistö Announces Retirement At Age 38
Finnish defender Sami Lepistö, a journeyman player across multiple leagues around the world, but always a mainstay on the backend of the Leijonat, today announced his retirement from hockey at the age of 38.
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IHLC Preview – 2023 World Championship
The top teams in international hockey will converge on Tampere, Finland and Rīga, Latvia starting this Friday, 12 May, kicking off the premiere event of the global hockey calendar, the 2023 IIHF World Championship.
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🇵🇱 🇬🇧 Poland, Great Britain Promoted To 2024 World Championship
The Division IA World Championship tournament in Nottingham, England saw the top two spots for promotion to the 2024 World Championship in Ostrava and Prague, Czechia locked up on the final day of competition, with hosts Great Britain and Poland both clinching their returns to the Top Division.
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🇸🇪 Sweden Victory Clinches 2022-23 Euro Hockey Tour Title
By virtue of their 3-0 victory over Switzerland to kick off the 2023 Czech Hockey Games in Gothenburg, Sweden, Tre Kronor officially clinched their sixth Euro Hockey Tour title, and second straight, by moving eight points ahead of Finland and Czechia in the tournament table with just two games to go.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 6-2 Finland 🇫🇮 – 29 Apr 2023
🇸🇪 Sweden 6-2 Finland 🇫🇮
Euro Hockey Challenge
Winpos Arena, Umeå 🇸🇪
Saturday, 29 April 2023
BOXSCORE
1st Period
06:57 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Li. Johansson (Folin, Alsing)
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 27 Apr 2023
🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
Euro Hockey Challenge
Winpos Arena, Umeå 🇸🇪
Thursday, 27 April 2023
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:57 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Pakarinen, tripping
18:07 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Rasmussen (Karlkvist, Lindberg)
19:47 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Li. Johansson, slashing
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🇫🇮 Petri Kontiola To Retire Following Ilves Season
Finnish centre Petri Kontiola, a mainstay in the Leijonat system for two decades, today confirmed his retirement from hockey at the age of 38, following Ilves’ bronze medal victory over HIFK in the Liiga playoffs.
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🇺🇸 IIHF Names Utica As 2024 Women’s World Championship Host
On the final day of the 2023 Women’s World Championships, the International Ice Hockey Federation confirmed the next host of the tournament, with the 2024 Women’s World Championships to be hosted in Utica, New York, running from 04-14 April 2023.
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IHLC Preview – 2023 Women’s World Championship
For the first time since 2017, the IIHF Women’s World Championship will return to North America in front of fans, with the Toronto suburb of Brampton, Ontario, Canada hosting the 22nd edition of the tournament from 05-16 April, with all games held at the CAA Centre.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 01 Apr 2023
🇨🇦 Canada 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Exhibition Game
Gale Centre, Niagara Falls 🇨🇦
Saturday, 01 April 2023
Brianne Jenner, Emily Clark and Marie-Philip Poulin each scored, and Canada outshot Finland 23-19 to post a 3-1 win on Saturday in exhibition women’s hockey action at the Gale Centre.
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🇸🇪 2024 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the tournament set to be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, with Sweden hosting for the first time in a decade, Gothenburg hosting the World Juniors for the first time ever, and marking the first post-pandemic tournament to be held outside of Canada.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 12 Feb 2023
🇸🇪 Sweden 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Beijer Hockey Games
Malmö Arena, Malmö 🇸🇪
Sunday, 12 February 2023
BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:25 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Tikka, tripping
11:53 – 🇸🇪 PP GOAL – Lennström (Pudas, Sörensen)
12:02 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Rasmussen, delay of game
16:20 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Innala, high sticking
19:00 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Lander, tripping
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 6-1 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 11 Feb 2023
🇫🇮 Finland 6-1 Czechia 🇨🇿
Beijer Hockey Games
Malmö Arena, Malmö 🇸🇪
Saturday, 11 February 2023
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:46 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Flynn, slashing
11:56 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Matinpalo (Aaltonen, Sallinen)
14:56 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Aaltonen (Sallinen, Kossila)
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🇨🇦 2023 Women’s World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship has been released, being hosted in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, with the hosts looking to “three-peat” as champions for the first time in nearly two decades.
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