๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-2 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
NOCCO Hockey Games
Veikkaus Arena, Helsinki ๐ซ๐ฎ
Sunday, 08 November 2026
BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:56 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – P. Johansson, high sticking
05:01 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PP GOAL – Lehtonen (Tanus, Borgstrรถm)
09:29 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Pรคivรคrinta, tripping
12:08 – ๐ธ๐ช EA GOAL – Bemstrรถm (Eriksson, Roos)
19:08 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Tanus, high sticking
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๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 2-1 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ (SO)
NOCCO Hockey Games
Veikkaus Arena, Helsinki ๐ซ๐ฎ
Saturday, 07 November 2026
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:52 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL – Lammikko (Rautiainen, Arola)
03:31 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Pakarinen, holding
13:04 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Bambula, hooking
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๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-1 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
NOCCO Hockey Games
Veikkaus Arena, Helsinki ๐ซ๐ฎ
Thursday, 05 November 2026
BOXSCORE
1st Period
05:46 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Pakarinen, interference
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The 2026 IIHF Congress concluded today in Zรผrich, Switzerland, with a number of major announcements made, the main one being the surprising reversal on the status of Russia and Belarus’ team participation following the original extension of their competition ban, which has been in place since 2022.
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Today the International Ice Hockey Federation announced that hosting rights for the 2028 World Juniors have been awarded to Tampere and Turku, Finland, with the tournament set to begin on 26 December 2027.
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Finnish defender Juuso Hietanen confirmed his retirement from hockey at the age of 40, following a 20-plus year pro career spanned across Finland, Sweden, Russia and Switzerland, highlighted by being a backstop of Finland’s historic “Golden double” in 2022.
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Pentti Matikainen, the long-time coach of numerous clubs across Finland’s Liiga, as well as a multi-event medalist in leading the Finnish national team, passed away from cancer at the age of 74 in Helsinki.
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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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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 (itsenรคisyyspรคivรค), we look back at theย 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.
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 2-1 Russia ๐ท๐บ (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki ๐ซ๐ฎ
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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๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 5-4 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Karjala Tournament
Helsingin jรครคhalli, Helsinki ๐ซ๐ฎ
Sunday, 10 November 2024
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:14 – ๐ธ๐ช GOAL – Sellgren (Friberg, Lang)
05:02 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Andreasson, tripping
15:15 – ๐ธ๐ช GOAL – Steen (Pettersson, Peterson)
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๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-0 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
Karjala Tournament
Helsingin jรครคhalli, Helsinki ๐ซ๐ฎ
Saturday, 09 November 2024
BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:52 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL – Pesonen
10:56 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Larmi, delay of game
19:36 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL – Rajala
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Mainstay NHL centre Jeff Carter announced, following the official elimination of his Pittsburgh Penguins from NHL playoff contention, that he would be retiring from the game at the age of 39, wrapping up a nearly two-decade career highlighted with two Stanley Cups and an Olympic title. Continue reading
The international hockey season saw a relative return to normal 2022, with both the Olympics and World Championships taking place amidst a pandemic, political turmoil, and a number of major swings in the balance of global hockey power.
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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 Slovakia’s Constitution Day (Deล รstavy Slovenskej republiky), we look back at Slovakia’s unlikely run to the 2012 World Championship Gold Medal Game, where they knocked off neighbouring Czechia to punch their ticket to the finals.
๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia 3-1 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
World Championshipย Semifinal
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki ๐ซ๐ฎ
Saturday, 19 May 2012
Miroslav ล atan’s second goal of the game, a beautiful short-handed marker early in the third, broke a 1-1 tie and led Slovakia to a 3-1 victory over the Czech Republic to give his team a place in the Gold medal game tomorrow.
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After stripping Saint Petersburg, Russia of hosting duties for the 2023 World Championship due to their ongoing invasion in Ukraine, today the IIHF announced at their annual Congress that hosting rights would now be split between to the last two hosts of the World Championships, with 2021 hosts Rฤซga, Latvia and current 2022 hosts Tampere, Finland hosting next year, from 12-28 May 2023.
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The top teams in international hockey will converge on Tampere and Helsinki, Finland starting this Friday, 13 May, kicking off the premiere event of the global hockey calendar, the 2022 IIHF World Championship.
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The Division IA World Championship tournament in Ljubljana saw the top two spots for promotion to the 2023 World Championship locked up a day before the tournament wrapped, with hosts Slovenia and Hungary both clinching their returns to the Top Division.
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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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Just under three weeks after announcing that Russia and Belarus were banned from IIHF participation after the Russian-led and Belarusian-backed invasion of Ukraine that began on 24 February, today the International Ice Hockey Federation announced replacement clubs for upcoming participation in the upcoming 2022 Men’s, Women’s and Junior World Championships.
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After a sweeping recommendation from the International Olympic Committee to remove Russia and Belarus from international sporting competitions, following their invasion of Ukraine that began on 24 February, today the International Ice Hockey Federation announced a number of updates regarding their respective participation and hosting of future competitions.
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