The Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their 2022 Class, inducting five legendary players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 13 Nov 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 4-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
Karjala Tournament
Gatorade Center, Turku 🇫🇮
Sunday, 13 November 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:12 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Möller, cross checking
11:14 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Björninen (Antonen, Lehtonen)
15:41 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Karjalainen, slashing
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NHL Announces Postponement Of World Cup Of Hockey
The National Hockey League and NHL Players Association today announced that the World Cup Of Hockey, which was being planned to return in February 2024, would be delayed until at least 2025, if not potentially longer.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO) – 10 Nov 2022
🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO)
Karjala Tournament
Gatorade Center, Turku 🇫🇮
Thursday, 10 November 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
09:20 – 🇨🇭 GOAL – Andrighetto (Ambühl, Bertschy)
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🇫🇮 Noora Räty Announces Retirement From Finnish National Team
Finnish goaltender Noora Räty, arguably the greatest goaltender in women’s hockey history, and a multiple World Championship and Olympic medallist, today announced in a shocking social media post that, at only age 33, she would no longer play for the Naisleijonat.
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🇫🇮 🇱🇻 2023 World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2023 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Tampere, Finland and Rīga, Latvia, with the two previous Worlds hosts stepping in to replace Saint Petersburg, Russia as the hosts, who were stripped as hosts after Russia was banned from IIHF competition for their continued invasion of Ukraine.
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🇨🇦 2023 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the tournament set to return to being played during the holiday season in front of fans, with Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick hosting for Canada for the third straight year.
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🇨🇿 Czechia Becomes Newest Women’s IHLC Contender
Just two days after Hungary became the first women’s hockey team to compete for the IHLC in a dozen years, today history was made once again at the 2022 Women’s World Championship, with Czechia stunning Finland in overtime of the quarterfinals, setting up a semifinal (and IHLC) matchup against the United States.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 25 Aug 2022
🇨🇦 Canada 4-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning 🇩🇰
Thursday, 25 August 2022
Marie-Philip Poulin had a goal and assist in the opening period to lead Canada to a 4-1 win over Finland tonight at KVIK Arena in Herning.
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IHLC Preview – 2022 Women’s World Championship
After over a year and a half of no international women’s hockey competition due to COVID-19, the puck is set to drop on a historic Women’s World Championship in Denmark, as the IIHF for the first time is hosting the tournament in the same year as an Olympic tournament.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 (OT) – 20 Aug 2022
🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Rogers Place, Edmonton 🇨🇦
Saturday, 20 August 2022
Kent Johnson knocked in a loose puck at 3:20 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 win over Finland and take the Gold medal at the 2022 World Junior Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-2 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 19 Aug 2022
🇨🇦 Canada 5-2 Czechia 🇨🇿
World Junior Championship Semifinal
Rogers Place, Edmonton 🇨🇦
Friday, 19 August 2022
Wearing their snazzy, red, throwback sweaters, Canada blasted past the underdog Czechs by a 5-2 score this afternoon to advance to the gold medal game Saturday night, 6pm local time. They’ll play the winners of tonight’s Sweden–Finland semi-finals. It will be their fifth appearance in the ultimate game in the last six years.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 6-3 Finland 🇫🇮 – 15 Aug 2022
🇨🇦 Canada 6-3 Finland 🇫🇮
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton 🇨🇦
Monday, 15 August 2022
Canada scored three goals on 10 first-period shots en route to a 6-3 victory over rival Finland to stay perfect at Rogers Place and clinch first place in Group A. The result gives the host nation a quarter-final matchup with Switzerland on Wednesday.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 9-3 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 14 Aug 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 9-3 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton 🇨🇦
Sunday, 14 August 2022
Rule of thumb: if you can’t kill penalties, they will kill you. The Slovaks learned that the hard way on Sunday afternoon at Rogers Place. Brimming with confidence, Finland converted five times with the power play in a 9-3 dismantling of Slovakia.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 Czechia 🇨🇿 (SO) – 11 Aug 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 Czechia 🇨🇿 (SO)
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton 🇨🇦
Thursday, 11 August 2022
Kasper Simontaival scored the shootout winner to break a 3-3 tie and send Finland on to victory over Czechia this afternoon at Rogers Place. The win keeps Finland perfect (2-0) and drops the Czechs to 1-1 so far.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 6-1 Latvia 🇱🇻 – 09 Aug 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 6-1 Latvia 🇱🇻
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton 🇨🇦
Tuesday, 09 August 2022
It’s been a stellar year for Finnish hockey, and the U20 boys did their part to maintain that tone on Tuesday, kicking off with a 6-1 win over Latvia at the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship in Edmonton.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-2 United States 🇺🇸 – 05 Aug 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 5-2 United States 🇺🇸
Exhibition Game
Rogers Place, Edmonton 🇨🇦
Friday, 05 August 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:15 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Stramel, slashing
13:33 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Simontaival (Määttä, Järventie)
15:58 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Rafkin, cross checking
17:25 – 🇺🇸 PP GOAL – Cooley (Peart, McKown)
19:17 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Savage (Kleven, Mazur)
19:54 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Hirvonen, cross checking
20:00 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Bordeleau, butt-ending double minor
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT) – 04 Aug 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT)
Exhibition Game
Rogers Place, Edmonton 🇨🇦
Thursday, 04 August 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:43 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Edvinsson, hooking
02:13 – 🇸🇪 SH GOAL – Grans (Olsson, Stjernborg)
13:02 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Rafkin, tripping
16:24 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Järventie, high sticking
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 6-4 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 27 Jul 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 6-4 Czechia 🇨🇿
Exhibition Game
Vierumäki Ice Arena, Vierumäki 🇫🇮
Wednesday, 27 July 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
14:23 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Karvinen (Rafkin, Viro)
18:16 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Gut, tripping
18:24 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Järventie, high sticking
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 26 Jul 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Exhibition Game
Vierumäki Ice Arena, Vierumäki 🇫🇮
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:57 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Taibel, high sticking
08:06 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Ottavainen, holding
14:12 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Kemell (Puutio, Räty)
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