With the calendar finally turning over to 2026, and final rosters for the 2026 Milan Olympics being released daily, there has emerged a select field of fourteen men and three women from five countries who, if successful in winning Gold at next month’s Games, will gain the unique distinction of joining the Triple Gold Club.
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Tag Archives: Lillehammer
🇨🇿 🇫🇮 IHLC Classics: Hlaváč’s Golden Goal
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 State Day (also known as Den vzniku samostatného československého státu) in Czechia, we feature the first of three World titles for the Narodnitym in 1999, also featuring the first “Golden Goal” at the Worlds in 65 years.
🇨🇿 Czechia 1-4 (1-0 OT) Finland 🇫🇮
World Championship Final, Game 2
Håkons Hall, Lillehammer 🇳🇴
Sunday, 16 May 1999
The Czech Republic added the World Ice Hockey Championship to its Olympic title on Sunday with a 1-0 overtime victory over Finland.
Jan Hlaváč ended a pulsating afternoon of hockey when he raced into the Finnish zone and backhanded the puck past Miikka Kiprusoff at 16:32 of overtime, triggering a wild stampede off the Czech bench.
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🇸🇪 🇨🇦 IHLC Classics: Sweden’s First Olympic Title
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 National Day (“Sveriges Nationaldag”) in Sweden, we look back at Sweden’s first Olympic Gold Medal, capped off by Peter Forsberg’s legendary shootout winner over Canada.
🇸🇪 Sweden 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 (SO)
Olympic Gold Medal Game
Håkons Hall, Lillehammer 🇳🇴
Sunday, 27 February 1994
In Sweden, this is one of the most replayed sports highlights on television. Peter Forsberg was only 20 years old when he pulled the most daring move on Canada’s goaltender Corey Hirsch in the Olympic gold medal game in Lillehammer in 1994. A classic sports moment which became immortalized on a stamp.
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IHLC 2015 In Review – Men’s
2015 was a wild year for the International Hockey Lineal Championship, with the Euro Hockey Tour and World Championship providing much drama as the title changed through the hands of three world powers by the close of the 2015 Worlds in Czechia.
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🇸🇪 Samuel Påhlsson Retires From MODO, Tre Kronor
Swedish defensive centre Samuel “Sammy” Påhlsson today announced his retirement from professional hockey at the age of 37, after returning to Sweden to captain his first team, MODO, capping a 20 year pro career in Boston, Anaheim, Chicago, Columbus, Vancouver, along with MODO and Frölunda of the Swedish League.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 1-0 Norway 🇳🇴 – 04 Apr 2015
🇨🇿 Czechia 1-0 Norway 🇳🇴
Euro Hockey Challenge
Kristins Hall, Lillehammer 🇳🇴
Saturday, 04 April 2015
BOXSCORE
1st Period
13:00 – 🇳🇴 PEN – Ødegaard, interference
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 4-0 Norway 🇳🇴 – 03 Apr 2015
🇨🇿 Czechia 4-0 Norway 🇳🇴
Euro Hockey Challenge
Kristins Hall, Lillehammer 🇳🇴
Friday, 03 April 2015
BOXSCORE
1st Period
08:44 – 🇳🇴 PEN – Espeland, kneeing
09:32 – 🇳🇴 PEN – team, too many players
16:07 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Svačina (Simon)
18:41 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Lev, hooking
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🇨🇭 Plüss Latest To Retire From Eisgenossen
Less than two weeks after Julien Vauclair retired from the Swiss national team prior to the World Championships, the Swiss’ second-highest scorer of all time, Martin Plüss, has left the national team at age 37.
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🇨🇭 Vauclair Retires From Eisgenossen Prior To Worlds
Another core member of the Swiss national team will no longer wear the cross on his chest in Prague, as defensive anchor Julien Vauclair today announced his retirement from the Eisgenossen at the age of 35.
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🇨🇦 “The Wizard” Hanging It Up After 23 Seasons
One of the most underrated forwards in NHL history, Ray “The Wizard” Whitney, has decided to retire from the NHL after 23 seasons, finishing his career with the Dallas Stars after stints in San Jose, Edmonton, Florida, Columbus, Detroit, Carolina and Phoenix.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-1 Norway 🇳🇴 – 13 Apr 2013
🇫🇮 Finland 5-1 Norway 🇳🇴
Euro Hockey Challenge
Kristins Hall, Lillehammer 🇳🇴
Saturday, 13 April 2013
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:16 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Viitaluoma
09:10 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Osala, roughing
09:37 – 🇳🇴 PP GOAL – Holøs (K. Olimb, Djupvik Løvlie)
13:03 -🇳🇴 PEN – Martinsen, interference
13:18 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Näenpää (Hietanen, Viitaluoma)
17:36 – 🇳🇴 PEN – Trygg, high sticking
17:36 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Pihlström, roughing
19:38 – 🇳🇴 PEN – K. Olimb, hooking
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IHLC Results – 🇳🇴 Norway 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 12 Apr 2013
🇳🇴 Norway 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Euro Hockey Challenge
Kristins Hall, Lillehammer 🇳🇴
Friday, 12 April 2013
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:45 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Kousa, slashing
08:15 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Ohtamaa, interference
16:09 – 🇳🇴 PEN – Martinsen, slashing
17:25 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Melart, elbowing
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 1-4 (1-0 OT) Finland 🇫🇮 – 16 May 1999
🇨🇿 Czechia 1-4 (1-0 OT) Finland 🇫🇮
World Championship Final, Game 2
Håkons Hall, Lillehammer 🇳🇴
Sunday, 16 May 1999
The Czech Republic added the World Ice Hockey Championship to its Olympic title on Sunday with a 1-0 overtime victory over Finland.
Jan Hlaváč ended a pulsating afternoon of hockey when he raced into the Finnish zone and backhanded the puck past Miikka Kiprusoff at 16:32 of overtime, triggering a wild stampede off the Czech bench.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 15 May 1999
🇨🇿 Czechia 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮
World Championship Final, Game 1
Håkons Hall, Lillehammer 🇳🇴
Saturday, 15 May 1999
BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:53 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Kaberle (Hlaváč)
16:37 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Kubina, tripping
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 6-4 (1-0 SO) Canada 🇨🇦 – 13 May 1999
🇨🇿 Czechia 6-4 (1-0 SO) Canada 🇨🇦
World Championship Semifinal, Game 2
Håkons Hall, Lillehammer 🇳🇴
Thursday, 13 May 1999
BOXSCORE
1st Period
05:05 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Vlasák, hooking
05:50 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Stillman (Blake, Morris)
06:30 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Blake, hooking
07:33 – 🇨🇿 PP GOAL – Kubina (Sýkora, Dvořák)
12:19 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Patera (Kubina)
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 2-1 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 12 May 1999
🇨🇦 Canada 2-1 Czechia 🇨🇿
World Championship Semifinal, Game 1
Håkons Hall, Lillehammer 🇳🇴
Wednesday, 12 May 1999
BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:01 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Redden (Blake)
12:04 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Savage, hooking
13:56 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Graves, high sticking
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 (SO) – 27 Feb 1994
🇸🇪 Sweden 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 (SO)
Olympic Gold Medal Game
Håkons Hall, Lillehammer 🇳🇴
Sunday, 27 February 1994
In Sweden, this is one of the most replayed sports highlights on television. Peter Forsberg was only 20 years old when he pulled the most daring move on Canada’s goaltender Corey Hirsch in the Olympic Gold medal game in Lillehammer in 1994. A classic sports moment which became immortalized on a stamp.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 4-3 Russia 🇷🇺 – 25 Feb 1994
🇸🇪 Sweden 4-3 Russia 🇷🇺
Olympic Semifinal
Håkons Hall, Lillehammer 🇳🇴
Friday, 25 February 1994
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:13 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Svensson (Bergqvist, Forsberg)
06:54 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Juhlin (Forsberg, Hansson)
08:59 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Evtyukhin, high sticking
18:18 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Svensson, holding
18:36 – 🇷🇺 PP GOAL – Tarasenko
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 3-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰 (OT) – 23 Feb 1994
🇷🇺 Russia 3-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰
Olympic Quarterfinal
Håkons Hall, Lillehammer 🇳🇴
Wednesday, 23 February 1994
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:28 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Smerciak, holding
06:04 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Petrovický, cross checking
10:42 – 🇸🇰 GOAL – Šťastný (Daňo, Marcinko)
13:32 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Shargorodski, holding
15:27 – 🇷🇺 SH GOAL – Torgayev (Yevtyukhin)
19:41 – 🇸🇰 GOAL – Šatan (Petrovický)
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇰 Slovakia 3-1 Canada 🇨🇦 – 19 Feb 1994
🇸🇰 Slovakia 3-1 Canada 🇨🇦
Olympic Preliminary Round
Håkons Hall, Lillehammer 🇳🇴
Saturday, 19 February 1994
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:06 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Kariya
03:56 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Mayer, tripping
07:50 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Sekeráš, tripping
17:13 – 🇸🇰 GOAL – Daňo (Pálffy)
20:00 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Schlegel, high sticking
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