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.
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🇨🇦 Flower Out: Marc-André Fleury Retires At Age 40
The “Flower” has bloomed for the last time – after confirming his retirement at the beginning of the 2024-25 NHL season, Marc-André Fleury has officially played in his final NHL game at the age of 40, following Minnesota’s elimination from the Stanley Cup playoffs, ending a remarkable 21-season career spanning stops in Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, Chicago and the Twin Cities.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Canada 🇨🇦 (SO) – 06 Feb 2025
🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Canada 🇨🇦 (SO)
Rivalry Series, Game 4
Scotiabank Centre, Halifax 🇨🇦
Thursday, 06 February 2025
Gwyneth Philips was a standout for the United States in leveling the women’s hockey Rivalry Series against Canada.
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🇨🇦 🇺🇸 IHLC Classics: St-Pierre Shuts Out Team USA For 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 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 2023 In Review – Junior
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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🇨🇦 Connor Bedard Named Inaugural IIHF Male Player Of The Year
Canadian phenom Connor Bedard, whose historic performance at the 2023 World Junior Championship sealed his fate as the presumptive #1 overall pick at this year’s NHL Entry Draft, was today awarded the IIHF’s inaugural Male Player Of The Year Award for the 2022-23 season.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Czechia 🇨🇿 (OT) – 05 Jan 2023
🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Czechia 🇨🇿 (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Scotiabank Centre, Halifax 🇨🇦
Thursday, 05 January 2023
Dylan Guenther scored his second goal of the game at 6:22 of the unlimited three-on-three overtime to give Canada the Gold Medal at the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship in Halifax.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 6-2 United States 🇺🇸 – 04 Jan 2023
🇨🇦 Canada 6-2 United States 🇺🇸
World Junior Championship Semifinal
Scotiabank Centre, Halifax 🇨🇦
Wednesday, 04 January 2023
Canada fought off a sluggish start and a 2-0 deficit to beat the United States 6-2 and advance to the Gold Medal game tomorrow against Czechia. The U.S. will play Sweden earlier in the day for Bronze.
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🇦🇹 Austria Relegated From World Junior Championship
After consecutive losses of 5-2 and 4-2 in their relegation series against Latvia, Austria was today relegated to the World Junior Division IA in 2024, returning to the lower division for the first time since 2020.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-3 Slovakia 🇸🇰 (OT) – 02 Jan 2023
🇨🇦 Canada 4-3 Slovakia 🇸🇰 (OT)
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
Scotiabank Centre, Halifax 🇨🇦
Monday, 02 January 2023
Connor Bedard scored at 5:17 of three-on-three overtime to give Canada a thrilling 4-3 win over Slovakia and advance to the semi-finals on Wednesday against the United States.
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IHLC 2022 In Review – Junior
After the year 2022 started with complete uncertainty in the world of junior hockey, the calendar stabilized with the re-playing of the 2022 World Junior Championship in August, and the (thus far) successful completion of the 2023 World Juniors in December, bringing an unusually busy year for junior hockey and the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 31 Dec 2022
🇨🇦 Canada 5-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Scotiabank Centre, Halifax 🇨🇦
Saturday, 31 December 2022
Connor Bedard set up three Canada goals in the first 12 minutes of the game – and added a fourth in the third period – to lead the team to a hard-fought 5-1 win over Sweden.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 3-2 Czechia 🇨🇿 (OT) – 29 Dec 2022
🇸🇪 Sweden 3-2 Czechia 🇨🇿 (OT)
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Scotiabank Centre, Halifax 🇨🇦
Thursday, 29 December 2022
Ludvig Jansson scored at 1:35 of overtime to give Sweden a 3-2 win over Czechia and stay undefeated to remain in first place of Group A. The loss was Czechia’s first of the tournament.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 9-0 Austria 🇦🇹 – 27 Dec 2022
🇨🇿 Czechia 9-0 Austria 🇦🇹
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Scotiabank Centre, Halifax 🇨🇦
Tuesday, 27 December 2022
Jiří Kulich scored three goals en route to a one-sided Czechia 9-0 win over Austria tonight in Halifax. The win moves Czechia to 2-0 and keeps them tied for first place in the Group A standings with Sweden.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 5-2 Canada 🇨🇦 – 26 Dec 2022
🇨🇿 Czechia 5-2 Canada 🇨🇦
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Scotiabank Centre, Halifax 🇨🇦
Monday, 26 December 2022
Czechia scored three goals in the second period and came away with their first win against Canada at the World Juniors since 2013 (8 losses), stunning the favoured hosts by a 5-2 score tonight in Halifax.
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IHLC Preview – 2023 World Junior Championship
After 2021’s tournament was played in a bubble, and 2022’s tournament had to be cancelled and restarted, all due to COVID-19, the International Ice Hockey Federation will attempt the first full tournament in front of fans since 2020 will start on 26 December in Atlantic Canada, with Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick serving as co-hosts.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-3 Finland 🇫🇮 – 23 Dec 2022
🇨🇦 Canada 5-3 Finland 🇫🇮
Exhibition Game
Scotiabank Centre, Halifax 🇨🇦
Wednesday, 21 December 2022
After a couple easy tune-up tests, Canada had to battle from start to finish on Friday night to defeat Finland 5-3 in the final exhibition game ahead of the World Junior men’s hockey championship.
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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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🇨🇦 Duncan Keith Retires From Edmonton Oilers At Age 38
Canadian ironman defender Duncan Keith today officially announced his retirement from the Edmonton Oilers, wrapping up a seventeen year NHL career highlighted by three Stanley Cups, along with a pair of Norris Trophies and Olympic Gold Medals.
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🇨🇦 IIHF Names Halifax & Moncton As 2023 World Junior Championship Hosts
After the IIHF stripped Russia of hosting duties for the 2023 World Junior Championship due to their ongoing invasion in Ukraine, today the Federation announced that hosting rights were instead awarded to Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, with the tournament set to begin on 26 December 2022.
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