Swedish defender Gert Blomรฉ, who backstopped Tre Kronor to a surprising World Championship in 1962 and served throughout the 1960s, yesterday passed away in Gothenburg at the age of 86.
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Tag Archives: Innsbruck
๐บ๐ธ Art Berglund: 1940-2020
Art Berglund, the American hockey administrator who helped build the U.S. international men and junior squads, today passed away at the age of 80.
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๐ฉ๐ช ๐บ๐ธ IHLC Classics: Wunder von Innsbruck
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 the thirtieth anniversary of German Unity Day (also known as Tag der Deutschen Einheit), we feature Trรคger der Adler’s surprising Bronze medal victory at the 1976 Innsbruck Olympics.
๐ฉ๐ช West Germany 4-1 United Statesย ๐บ๐ธ
Olympic Final Round
Olympiahalle, Innsbruck ๐ฆ๐น
Saturday, 14 February 1976
As in previous years, the ice hockey tournament at the 1976 Olympic Games in Innsbruck started with an elimination round. The pairings then resulted from the positions of the teams at the world championships from the previous year.
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๐ซ๐ท ๐ฆ๐น France, Austria Relegated From World Championship
Both relegation games at the 2019 World Championship came down to thrilling and surprising finishes, with Great Britain and Italy, both promoted from Division IA in 2018, upsetting France and Austria respectively to send them down to Division IA in 2020, while each punching their ticket back to the Top Division in Switzerland.
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๐บ๐ธ Hal Gill Calls It A Career After 16 Seasons
Defensive powerhouse Hal Gill, who won a Stanley Cup and a World Championship Bronze medal in his 16 year career, announced his retirement from the Philadelphia Flyers at the age of 40.
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๐จ๐ฟ Vlastimil Bubnรญk: 1931-2015
Former Czech national team winger Vlastimil Bubnรญk, a four-time Olympian and amongst the all-time Olympic hockey points leaders, has passed away at the age of 83 in Brno.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 1-1 Ukraine ๐บ๐ฆ – 09 May 2005
๐บ๐ธ United States 1-1 Ukraine ๐บ๐ฆ
World Championship Qualifyingย Round
Olympiahalle, Innsbruck ๐ฆ๐น
Monday, 09 May 2005
After 40 minutes of play, Team USA was in a hole. Down 1-0 to Ukraine and unable to find the right combination to make things happen, they needed to shake off their lethargy in order to win.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 5-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช – 08 May 2005
๐บ๐ธ United States 5-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
World Championship Qualifyingย Round
Olympiahalle, Innsbruck ๐ฆ๐น
Sunday, 08 May 2005
Sweden, who looked so impressive beating Canada Saturday, had no answers for how to stop the Americans. Team USA simply dominated Tre Kronor, notching a 5-1 win at Olympiahalle Arena in Innsbruck Sunday.
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IHLC Results – ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 5-4 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ – 07 May 2005
๐ธ๐ชย Sweden 5-4 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
World Championship Qualifyingย Round
Olympiahalle, Innsbruck ๐ฆ๐น
Saturday, 07 May 2005
Canada started quickly, but Sweden took advantage of weak defensive play and sloppy goaltending from their opponents to come out on top 5-4 in a Saturday night thriller at the Olympiahalle.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 05 May 2005
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ
World Championship Preliminary Round
Olympiahalle, Innsbruck ๐ฆ๐น
Thursday, 05 May 2005
Canada played its most impressive game of the 2005 IIHF World Championship in defeating the USA 3-1 before a packed house at the Olympiahalle in Innsbruck Thursday. The team was led by Rick Nash, who scored twice and added an assist.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 3-1 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป – 03 May 2005
๐บ๐ธ United States 3-1 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป
World Championship Preliminary Round
Olympiahalle, Innsbruck ๐ฆ๐น
Tuesday, 03 May 2005
In 2001 in Cologne, Latvia blanked the Americans 2-0, prompting boisterous fans to go down to the American Embassy in Rฤซga and lay flowers outside for the fallen American team. But there would be no eulogies today as Team USA rallied for a 3-1 victory on the strength of Mark Parrish’s game-winner in the third.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 7-0 Slovenia ๐ธ๐ฎ – 01 May 2005
๐บ๐ธ United States 7-0 Slovenia ๐ธ๐ฎ
World Championship Preliminary Round
Olympiahalle, Innsbruck ๐ฆ๐น
Sunday, 01 May 2005
What a difference two years makes.
The last time Team USA and Slovenia met, it was to fight it out in the Relegation Round of the 2003 IIHF World Championship. It did not take the United States long to establish a presence here at Innsbruck.
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IHLC Results – ๐ฉ๐ช West Germany 4-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 14 Feb 1976
๐ฉ๐ช West Germany 4-1 United Statesย ๐บ๐ธ
Olympic Final Round
Olympiahalle, Innsbruck ๐ฆ๐น
Saturday, 14 February 1976
As in previous years, the ice hockey tournament at the 1976 Olympic Games in Innsbruck started with an elimination round. The pairings then resulted from the positions of the teams at the world championships from the previous year.
IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 7-2 Poland ๐ต๐ฑ – 12 Feb 1976
๐บ๐ธ United States 7-2 Poland ๐ต๐ฑ
Olympic Final Round
Olympiahalle, Innsbruck ๐ฆ๐น
Thursday, 12 February 1976
BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:48 – ๐บ๐ธ GOAL – S. Jensen (Dobek)
05:00 – ๐ต๐ฑ GOAL – Jobczyk (Obลรณj)
05:58 – ๐บ๐ธ PEN – Lundeen
09:14 – ๐บ๐ธ GOAL – G. Ross (Miller, Lamby)
09:14 – ๐ต๐ฑ PEN – team, bench minor
15:00 – ๐ต๐ฑ PEN – Pytel
15:48 – ๐บ๐ธ PP GOAL – Dobek (Thorndike, Taft)
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฟ Czechoslovakia 5-0 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 08 Feb 1976
๐จ๐ฟ Czechoslovakia 5-0 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Olympic Final Round
Olympiahalle, Innsbruck ๐ฆ๐น
Sunday, 08 February 1976
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:14 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Pospรญลกil
00:14 – ๐บ๐ธ PEN – Alley
00:53 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Bubla
03:23 – ๐บ๐ธ PEN – Harris
04:46 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Machรกฤ
10:23 – ๐จ๐ฟ GOAL – Novรฝ (Bubla)
12:15 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Dvoลรกk
18:54 – ๐บ๐ธ PEN – Sertich
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IHLC Results – ๐ท๐บ Soviet Union 3-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ – 08 Feb 1964
๐ท๐บ Soviet Union 3-2ย Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Olympic Finalย Round
Olympiahalle Innsbruck, Innsbruckย ๐ฆ๐น
Saturday, 08 February 1964
BOXSCORE
1st Period
05:57 – ๐จ๐ฆย GOAL – Swarbrick (Johnston)
11:50 – ๐จ๐ฆย PEN – Dineen
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IHLC Results – ๐ท๐บ Soviet Union 5-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 29 Jan 1964
๐ท๐บ Soviet Union 5-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Olympic Finalย Round
Olympiahalle Innsbruck, Innsbruck ๐ฆ๐น
Wednesday, 29 January 1964
BOXSCORE
1st Period
08:00 – ๐ท๐บย GOAL – Firsov
09:00 – ๐บ๐ธย PEN – Martin
13:40 – ๐บ๐ธย PEN – D. Brooks
13:50 – ๐บ๐ธย PEN – Ross
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IHLC Results – ๐ท๐บ Soviet Union 19-1 Hungary ๐ญ๐บ – 28 Jan 1964
๐ท๐บ Soviet Union 19-1 Hungary ๐ญ๐บ
Olympic First Round
Olympiahalle Innsbruck, Innsbruck ๐ฆ๐น
Tuesday, 28 January 1964
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:27 – ๐ญ๐บย PEN – Raffa, tripping
02:01 –ย ๐ท๐บย PP GOAL – Y. Maiorov (B. Maiorov)
05:37 – ๐ท๐บย GOAL – Alexandrov (Loktev)
07:38 – ๐ท๐บย GOAL – Davydov (Kuzkin)
09:11 – ๐ท๐บย GOAL – Firsov (Yakushev)
10:51 – ๐ท๐บย GOAL – Loktev (Almetov)
12:25 – ๐ท๐บย GOAL – Starshinov (Kuzkin)
12:45 – ๐ท๐บย GOAL – Volkov (Ragulin)
19:37 – ๐ท๐บย GOAL – Firsov (Volkov)
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