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🇫🇮🇺🇸 IHLC Classics: Kakko’s Dagger Captures Junior Gold

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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, Today, in honour of Finnish Independence Day (itsenäisyyspäivä), we feature Finland’s most recent World Junior Championship title, a stunning victory over the Americans on the back of a late Kaapo Kakko game winning goal.


🇫🇮 Finland 3-2 United States 🇺🇸
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Rogers Arena, Vancouver 🇨🇦
Saturday, 05 January 2019

Kaapo Kakko scored the winner with 1:26 left as Finland edged the U.S. 3-2 in the 2019 World Junior Gold medal game on Saturday night.
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🇨🇿 🇷🇺 IHLC Classics: Czechia Wins Inaugural World Juniors Gold

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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 Czech Independence Day, we feature Czechia’s first ever World Junior Championship title, captured in 2000 amidst the “Golden era” of Czech hockey at the turn of the 21st century.


🇨🇿 Czechia 1-0 Russia 🇷🇺 (SO)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå 🇸🇪
Tuesday, 04 January 2000

The Czech Republic won the World Junior Hockey Championship for the first time ever with a 1-0 shootout win over defending champion Russia yesterday.
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🇺🇸 🇨🇿 IHLC Classics: Team USA Conquers Gold In Olympic Valley

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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 American Independence Day, and in light of Team USA’s first World Championship title in decades, we look back at the last time the Americans were crowned World Champions, at the 1960 Olympics – the aftermath of the original “Miracle On Ice.”


🇺🇸 United States 9-4 Czechoslovakia 🇨🇿
Olympic Medal Round
Blyth Memorial Ice Arena, Olympic Valley 🇺🇸
Sunday, 28 February 1960

The Americans had no time to celebrate (their previous day’s victory over the Soviet Union) because they were scheduled to be on the ice at eight the next morning to face the Czechs for the Gold medal.

Organizers expected the Canada–Soviet Union game to be for the Gold, so the USA-Czech game was scheduled for early Sunday.
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🇨🇦 🇸🇪 IHLC Classics: Halischuk’s Heroics Lead To Four-Peat

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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 Canada Day, we look back at Canada’s unprecedented fourth straight World Juniors medal, captured by the overtime heroics of Matt Halischuk.


🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice 🇨🇿
Saturday, 05 January 2008

Color Canada Gold for a fourth straight year at the IIHF World Junior Championship.

Matt Halischuk jammed the puck into the net at 3:36 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 triumph over Sweden on Saturday in the Gold medal game.
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🇸🇪 🇫🇮 IHLC Classics: Youth Movement Brings Tre Kronor Second Straight Gold

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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 first ever back-to-back World Championships, capturing their second straight title in 1992 over their border rivals Finland.


🇸🇪 Sweden 5-2 Finland 🇫🇮
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Sportovní Hala, Prague 🇨🇿
Sunday, 10 May 1992

Sweden, which barely made the final round, won its second straight World hockey Championship yesterday with a 5-2 victory over Finland.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 1-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭 (OT) – 25 May 2025

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🇺🇸 United States 1-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭 (OT)
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Avicii Arena, Stockholm 🇸🇪
Sunday, 25 May 2025

Tage Thompson scored at 2:02 of overtime to give the U.S. a 1-0 win over Switzerland to win the Gold medal.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 4-3 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT) – 20 Apr 2025

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🇺🇸 United States 4-3 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT)
Women’s World Championship Gold Medal Game
Budvar Aréna, České Budějovice 🇨🇿
Sunday, 20 April 2025

In a hard-fought thriller, Tessa Janecke scored the overtime winner as the U.S. defeated arch-rival Canada 4-3 to win the Gold medal at the 2025 IIHF Women’s World Championship in České Budějovice.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 4-3 Finland 🇫🇮 (OT) – 05 Jan 2025

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🇺🇸 United States 4-3 Finland 🇫🇮 (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa 🇨🇦
Sunday, 05 January 2025

Teddy Stiga took a breakaway pass from Zeev Buium and beat Petteri Rimpinen between the pads at 8:04 of overtime to give the United States the Gold medal at the 2025 World Junior Championship. This is the first time the Americans have won back-to-back Gold.
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IHLC 2024 In Review – Men’s

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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

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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 Classics: Hagman’s Helsinki Heroics

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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 (itsenäisyyspäivä), we look back at the 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.


🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Russia 🇷🇺 (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
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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🇺🇸 🇨🇦 IHLC Classics: Team USA Cruises To Second Straight Gold

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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 American Independence Day, we revisit Team USA’s second Women’s World title fifteen years later, with Jessie Vetter and Caitlin Cahow powering them to their second straight Gold Medal.

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🇺🇸 United States 4-1 Canada 🇨🇦
Women’s World Championship Gold Medal Game
Hämeenlinnan jäähalli, Hämeenlinna 🇫🇮
Sunday, 12 April 2009

The U.S. won its second straight Women’s World Hockey Championship with a 4-1 win over Canada on Sunday. The Americans have won back-to-back titles for the first time after beating Canada 4-3 in last year’s final in Harbin, China.
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🇨🇦 🇺🇸 IHLC Classics: St-Pierre Shuts Out Team USA For Gold

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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 Canada Day, we revisit Canada’s 2004 Women’s World title twenty years later, where Kim St-Pierre shut out Team USA on home ice in Halifax, Nova Scotia.


🇨🇦 Canada 2-0 United States 🇺🇸
Women’s World Championship Gold Medal Game
Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax 🇨🇦
Tuesday, 06 April 2004

The Halifax Metro Centre was transformed into a sea of red and white Tuesday night, as 10,506 hockey fans filled the Halifax arena to watch Team Canada face-off against Team USA in the Gold medal game of the 2004 IIHF World Women’s Hockey Championship.
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🇸🇪 🇫🇮 IHLC Classics: Tre Kronor Captures Scoreless Gold

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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 Zürich, winning their seventh world title, ironically enough, in a scoreless tie with Finland.


🇸🇪 Sweden 0-0 Finland 🇫🇮
World Championship Final, Game 2
Hallenstadion, Zürich 🇨🇭
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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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 2-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 26 May 2024

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🇨🇿 Czechia 2-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭
World Championship Gold Medal Game
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Sunday, 26 May 2024

Dreams do come true. David Pastrňák scored the third-period winner at 9:13 as the Czechs blanked Switzerland 2-0 in the 2024 Gold medal game in Prague. Amid a wild atmosphere, Czechia becomes just the fifth nation ever to win the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship on home ice.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 6-5 United States 🇺🇸 (OT) – 14 Apr 2024

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🇨🇦 Canada 6-5 United States 🇺🇸 (OT)
Women’s World Championship Gold Medal Game
Adirondack Bank Center, Utica 🇺🇸
Sunday, 14 April 2024

Another chapter was scripted in the intense rivalry between Canada and the United States on Sunday evening at the 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship.

In the Gold medal game, it took overtime for Canada to defeat the United States 6-5.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 6-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 05 Jan 2024

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🇺🇸 United States 6-2 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Scandinavium, Gothenburg 🇸🇪
Friday, 05 January 2024

The United States made the most of their chances and skated to an almost flawless 6-2 victory over Sweden to capture their sixth all-time Gold medal. They won their first in 2004 and most recent one in 2021, and have won those six in a 21-year span.
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IHLC 2023 In Review – Junior

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The story of the world junior calendar year of 2023 came down really to two countries, with Canada dominating the top of the calendar, while it was American dominance nearly a full calendar year later setting the stage for a thrilling finish to the 2024 World Junior Championship.
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IHLC 2023 In Review – Men’s

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The 2023 international men’s hockey calendar was one full of surprises, with the emergence of competing Cinderella stories at the 2023 World Championship that captivating the hockey world, before a familiar face emerged as world champions once again.
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IHLC 2023 In Review – Women’s

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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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