Division IA relegation at the 2026 World Championships came a full day before the end of group round competition, with Great Britain and Italy being relegated after a single year back up at the Top Division, meaning they will miss the 2027 Worlds in Germany.
Continue reading
Tag Archives: Germany
🇨🇦 Montréal Victoire Win 2026 Walter Cup, First For Canada
After two disappointing consecutive semifinal losses in the PWHL playoffs, the Montréal Victoire finally climbed the proverbial mountain, defeating the Ottawa Charge in four games to win the club’s, and Canada’s, first ever Walter Cup championship.
Continue reading
IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 6-1 Germany 🇩🇪 – 18 May 2026
🇨🇭 Switzerland 6-1 Germany 🇩🇪
World Championship Preliminary Round
Swiss Life Arena, Zürich 🇨🇭
Monday, 18 May 2026
Three was tonight’s magic number for Switzerland. Three goals in 3:33 blew this game open in the second period, and took the host nation to three wins from three games.
Continue reading
IHLC Preview – 2026 World Championship
The top teams in international hockey will converge on Zürich and Fribourg, Switzerland, starting this Friday 15 May, kicking off the premiere event of the annual global hockey calendar, the 2026 IIHF World Championship.
Continue reading
IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 5-2 Germany 🇩🇪 – 10 May 2026
🇺🇸 United States 5-2 Germany 🇩🇪
Exhibition Game
SAP Arena, Mannheim 🇩🇪
Sunday, 10 May 2026
The U.S. Men’s National Team used goals from five different players on the way to a 5-2 win over Germany here tonight in its lone pre-tournament game ahead of the 2026 IIHF Men’s World Championship. The content was played before a lively and capacity crowd of 12,909 at SAP Arena.
Continue reading
🇰🇿 🇺🇦 Kazakhstan, Ukraine Promoted To 2027 World Championship
The Division IA World Championship tournament in Sosnowiec, Poland saw the top two spots for promotion to the 2027 World Championship in Germany settled in a thrilling tournament, with Kazakhstan clinching the first spot, while Ukraine snagged the final spot on the last day of competition, clinching their returns to the Top Division for the first time since 2025 and 2007, respectively.
Continue reading
🇨🇦 🇨🇿 Edmonton, Calgary & Prague Named As 2028 World Cup Hosts
Making its return for the first time in twelve years, the NHL today announced the host cities for the World Cup of Hockey, with group play to be split between Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Prague, Czechia, with the semifinal and final to be hosted in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Continue reading
IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 5-1 Germany 🇩🇪 – 15 Feb 2026
🇺🇸 United States 5-1 Germany 🇩🇪
Olympic Preliminary Round
Unipol Dome, Milan 🇮🇹
Sunday, 15 February 2026
The United States chipped away at the German defence, played patient hockey, and skated to a 5-1 win over Germany in the final game of the preliminary round in Santagiulia.
Continue reading
🇮🇹 Italy Becomes First New Women’s IHLC Contender Since 2022
On the biggest stage in international hockey, the host nation that nobody expected to make a splash has done just that, with Italy officially locking up their spot in the Quarterfinals, and becoming the first nation since Hungary and Czechia, both in 2022, to contend for the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
Continue reading
IHLC Preview – 2026 Winter Olympics (Men’s)
For the first time since Sochi 2014, NHL professionals will return to the Olympic Games, marking the first true “best on best” tournament in over a decade (and for only the sixth time ever), with the world’s top players across twelve national teams converging on Milan, Italy.
Continue reading
IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 8-1 Germany 🇩🇪 – 04 Feb 2026
🇸🇪 Sweden 8-1 Germany 🇩🇪
Five Nations Tournament
PKS Areena, Joensuu 🇫🇮
Wednesday, 04 February 2026
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:10 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Boije, tripping
03:25 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Langvardt, holding
12:25 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Skarby, hooking
14:43 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Hemström, boarding
14:52 – 🇩🇪 PEN – Reinwald, holding
14:56 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Langvardt (Hillström)
Continue reading
IHLC Preview – 2026 Winter Olympics (Women’s)
The eighth quadrennial women’s Olympic tournament is set to kick off this Thursday, with an anticipated showdown once again between Canada and the United States likely to highlight the Gold Medal Match once again – but like the previous tournament hosted in Italy, the potential for an upset is more likely now than perhaps ever before.
Continue reading
🇷🇺 🇧🇾 IIHF Continues Russia, Belarus Ban Into 2026-27 Season
Following an IIHF Council meeting, the International Ice Hockey Federation today confirmed that their ban on Russian and Belarusian teams, dating back to their invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, was extended through the 2026-27 hockey season.
Continue reading
Full 2026 Men’s Olympic Rosters Released
Starting with France being the first to release their roster on 23 December, and capped by the host Italians releasing their final roster today (20 January), the final roster selections for all twelve Olympic men’s hockey teams are now complete.
Continue reading
Full 2026 Women’s Olympic Rosters Released
Starting with France being the first to release their roster on 23 December, and to be capped by the host Italians releasing their final roster today (20 January), the final roster selections for all ten Olympic women’s hockey teams are now complete.
Continue reading
🇩🇰 Denmark Relegated From World Junior Championship
For the third straight year, Germany once again avoided relegation at the World Junior Championship, this time eliminating Denmark in an 8-4 victory to send the Lions back down to Division IA in 2027 in their relegation match-up in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Continue reading
IHLC 2025 In Review – Women’s
2025 saw a continuation of closer parity in international women’s hockey, with the juggernauts of the United States and Canada continuing to set the tone in the lead-up to the 2026 Milan Olympics, competing for World Championship, Rivalry Series and International Hockey Lineal Championship glory.
Continue reading
IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 8-1 Germany 🇩🇪 – 29 Dec 2025
🇸🇪 Sweden 8-1 Germany 🇩🇪
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul 🇺🇸
Monday, 29 December 2025
Captain Jack Berglund, Anton Frondell, and Viggo Björck scored two goals apiece to pace Sweden to a 8-1 thumping of Germany in Monday’s early Group A action.
Continue reading
IHLC Preview – 2026 World Junior Championship
The eyes of the hockey world are looking just beyond the holiday season, with Boxing Day marking the kickoff of the fiftieth annual IIHF World Junior Championship, this time being hosted by the defending champion Americans in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, with the home team looking to “three-peat” for the first time in history.
Continue reading
IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2026 Inductees
The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2026, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Zürich, with six players from four different nationalities highlighting the class.
Continue reading
International Hockey Lineal Championship 