🇨🇿 🇫🇮 IHLC Classics: Moravec Completes The Golden Hat Trick

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 their third consecutive World Championship Gold from 2001, capping off an unprecedented half-decade of international hockey success.

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🇨🇿 Czechia 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 (OT)
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Preussag Arena, Hanover 🇩🇪
Sunday, 13 May 2001

The Czech Republic won its first IIHF World Championship as a new nation in 1996. This started an era of unprecedented success in Czech hockey history. The 1996 gold medal game against Canada was decided after Martin Procházka scored the winner with 19 seconds left to play of a 4-2 victory. Two years later, the Dominik Hašek-led Czechs won their first Olympic gold after the Dominator stunned all five Canadian shooters in a shootout in the semi-final and blanked Russia 1-0 in the final.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 4-0 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 14 Nov 2004

🇺🇸 United States 4-0 Slovakia 🇸🇰
Deutschland Cup
TUI Arena, Hanover 🇩🇪
Sunday, 14 November 2004

BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:10 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Zálešák, hooking
11:33 – 🇺🇸 PP GOAL – Malone (Tanabe, Connolly)
13:10 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Starosta, cross checking
19:01 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Eaton, interference
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇰 Slovakia 6-2 Germany 🇩🇪 – 13 Nov 2004

🇸🇰 Slovakia 6-2 Germany 🇩🇪
Deutschland Cup
TUI Arena, Hanover 🇩🇪
Saturday, 13 November 2004

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:12 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Graňák, interference
05:57 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Stehlík, holding
08:45 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Bartečko, unsportsmanlike conduct
08:45 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Hujsa, roughing
09:18 – 🇩🇪 PEN – Leask, slashing
09:39 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Mezei, charging
10:02 – 🇩🇪 PEN – Barz, hooking
10:42 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Štrbák, interference
13:00 – 🇩🇪 PEN – Kreutzer, 10 min. misconduct
15:18 – 🇩🇪 PEN – Wright, holding
16:43 – 🇸🇰 PP GOAL – Kukumberg (Bartek, Štrbák)
17:21 – 🇩🇪 PEN – Fical, hooking
17:47 – 🇩🇪 SH GOAL – Ustorf (Barta, Leask)
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇰 Slovakia 5-3 Canada 🇨🇦 – 12 Nov 2004

🇸🇰 Slovakia 5-3 Canada 🇨🇦
Deutschland Cup
TUI Arena, Hanover 🇩🇪
Friday, 12 November 2004

BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:36 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Sarault, charging
04:09 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Hudec, interference
06:01 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Trepanier, holding
10:14 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Hossa, slashing
10:52 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Križan, delay of game
12:35 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Tapper, holding
13:48 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Heins, cross checking
14:14 – 🇸🇰 PP2 GOAL – Bartek (Štrbák)
14:28 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Čiernik, holding
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-2 United States 🇺🇸 – 11 Nov 2004

🇨🇦 Canada 5-2 United States 🇺🇸
Deutschland Cup
TUI Arena, Hanover 🇩🇪
Thursday, 11 November 2004

BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:29 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Peacock, interference
07:09 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Eaton, holding
08:30 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Trepanier (Fortier, Methot)
10:10 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Bouchard, hooking
10:24 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Trepanier, interference
12:25 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Tapper (Davidson)
13:33 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Healey (Ratchuk)
16:04 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – King (Herperger)
19:39 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – King (Adduono, Herperger)
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 (OT) – 13 May 2001

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🇨🇿 Czechia 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 (OT)
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Preussag Arena, Hanover 🇩🇪
Sunday, 13 May 2001

The Czech Republic won its first IIHF World Championship as a new nation in 1996. This started an era of unprecedented success in Czech hockey history. The 1996 Gold medal game against Canada was decided after Martin Procházka scored the winner with 19 seconds left to play of a 4-2 victory. Two years later, the Dominik Hašek-led Czechs won their first Olympic Gold after the Dominator stunned all five Canadian shooters in a shootout in the semi-final and blanked Russia 1-0 in the final.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 3-1 United States 🇺🇸 – 12 May 2001

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🇫🇮 Finland 3-1 United States 🇺🇸
World Championship Semifinal
Preussag Arena, Hanover 🇩🇪
Saturday, 12 May 2001

BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:30 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Pärssinen, interference
11:37 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Weinrich, interference
14:19 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Quint, high sticking
14:28 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Ylönen (S. Kapanen, Salo)
15:41 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Ruutu, tripping
17:17 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Timonen, cross checking
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