Canadian forward Macklin Celebrini, the sophomore phenom whose electric Olympic performance was followed up by captaining his country at the IIHF World Championship, was today awarded the IIHF’s Male Player Of The Year Award.
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๐ซ๐ท IOC Confirms 2030 Olympic Ice Hockey Moving From Nice To Lyon
Nearly two years after the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2030 Winter Olympics to the French Alps, with Nice set to host ice sports (including hockey), today the IOC Executive Board approved the plan to move ice sports nearly 500 kilometres north to Lyon, after political upheaval in Nice left the Games without a venue.
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๐บ๐ธ Caroline Harvey Named 2026 IIHF Female Player Of The Year
On the day she is set to be the top draft pick in the 2026 PHWL Draft, American defender Caroline Harvey was today awarded the IIHF’s Female Player Of The Year Award for the 2025-26 season, capping a season in which she won the Patty Kazmaier Award as top NCAA player, along with MVP honours at the 2026 Olympics in Milan.
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๐ฉ๐ฐ 2026 Women’s World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2026 IIHF Women’s World Championship has been released, with the Danish cities of Herning and Esbjerg set to host for the first time since 2022, with Team USA looking to repeat as World Champions, along with doubling up on their 2026 Olympic Gold medal.
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IHLC Preview – 2026 World Championship
The top teams in international hockey will converge on Zรผrich and Fribourg, Switzerland, starting this Friday 15 May, kicking off the premiere event of the annual global hockey calendar, the 2026 IIHF World Championship.
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๐ซ๐ท France Promoted To 2027 Women’s World Championship
After three years stuck in Division IA, and just three months removed from a disappointing last place finish at the Milan Olympics, France clinched their spot at the 2027 Women’s World Championship in Quรฉbec, Canada, after a 3-1 defeat of Slovakia locked them into promotion at the Division IA Championship in Budapest, Hungary.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 2-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT) – 22 Feb 2026
๐บ๐ธ United States 2-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT)
Olympic Gold Medal Game
Unipol Dome, Milan ๐ฎ๐น
Sunday, 22 February 2026
Jack Hughes scored at 1:41 of overtime to give the United States Olympic Gold with a 2-1 win over Canada.
The Americans capitalized on a turnover in their end to create a three-on-one, and Hughes finished the play with a low shot under the left pad of Jordan Binnington.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 6-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ – 20 Feb 2026
๐บ๐ธ United States 6-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
Olympic Semifinal
Unipol Dome, Milan ๐ฎ๐น
Friday, 20 February 2026
The United States scored early and late in the first period and skated to an emphatic 6-2 win over Slovakia tonight.
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๐บ๐ธ Heise, Curl & Zumwinkle Join Triple Gold Club
By virtue of the United States‘ thrilling overtime victory over Canada to capture Olympic Gold in Milan, three forwards on Team USA have now joined the Triple Gold Club, as Taylor Heise, Britta Curl and Grace Zumwinkle all added Olympic Gold to their existing World Championship Gold and Walter Cup titles.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 2-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT) – 19 Feb 2026
๐บ๐ธ United States 2-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT)
Olympic Gold Medal Game
Unipol Dome, Milan ๐ฎ๐น
Thursday, 19 February 2026
Megan Keller scored at 4:07 of overtime to give the United States a 2-1 win over Canada and the Gold medal.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 2-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช (OT) – 18 Feb 2026
๐บ๐ธ United States 2-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช (OT)
Olympic Quarterfinal
Unipol Dome, Milan ๐ฎ๐น
Wednesday, 18 February 2026
Team USA is through to the semifinal after an 2-1 overtime win over Sweden. The Americansโ hero was Quinn Hughes who scored the game-winner at 3:27.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 5-0 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช – 16 Feb 2026
๐บ๐ธ United States 5-0 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Olympic Semifinal
Unipol Dome, Milan ๐ฎ๐น
Monday, 16 February 2026
Powered by four second-period goals, the ultra-dominant U.S. blanked Sweden 5-0 to advance to the Gold medal game at the 2026 Olympic womenโs hockey tournament.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 5-1 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช – 15 Feb 2026
๐บ๐ธ United States 5-1 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Olympic Preliminary Round
Unipol Dome, Milan ๐ฎ๐น
Sunday, 15 February 2026
The United States chipped away at the German defence, played patient hockey, and skated to a 5-1 win over Germany in the final game of the preliminary round in Santagiulia.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 6-3 Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ – 14 Feb 2026
๐บ๐ธ United States 6-3 Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Olympic Preliminary Round
Unipol Dome, Milan ๐ฎ๐น
Saturday, 14 February 2026
A three-goal second-period surge propelled the USA past Denmark, and the Americans pulled away for a 6-3 win.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 6-0 Italy ๐ฎ๐น – 13 Feb 2026
๐บ๐ธ United States 6-0 Italy ๐ฎ๐น
Olympic Quarterfinal
Fiera Milano Rho, Milan ๐ฎ๐น
Friday, 13 February 2026
The U.S. erupted for five second-period goals in a 6-0 Olympic quarter-final rout of host Italy on Friday night. Coach John Wroblewski’s awesome machine of a team is two wins away from Gold with a perfect 5-0 record.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 5-1 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป – 12 Feb 2026
๐บ๐ธ United States 5-1 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป
Olympic Preliminary Round
Unipol Dome, Milan ๐ฎ๐น
Thursday, 12 February 2026
Forward Brock Nelson scored twice as the U.S. โ the consensus favourite in Group C โ defeated Latvia 5-1 to kick off its 2026 Olympic campaign on Thursday.
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๐ฎ๐น Italy Becomes First New Womenโs IHLC Contender Since 2022
On the biggest stage in international hockey, the host nation that nobody expected to make a splash has done just that, with Italy officially locking up their spot in the Quarterfinals, and becoming the first nation since Hungary and Czechia, both in 2022, to contend for the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 5-0 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ – 10 Feb 2026
๐บ๐ธ United States 5-0 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Olympic Preliminary Round
Unipol Dome, Milan ๐ฎ๐น
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
The United States, re-tooled and re-booted from their Olympic loss four years ago, skated to a convincing 5-0 win over Canada tonight.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 5-0 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ – 09 Feb 2026
๐บ๐ธ United States 5-0 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Olympic Preliminary Round
Unipol Dome, Milan ๐ฎ๐น
Monday, 09 February 2026
Caroline Harvey and Joy Dunne starred with a goal and two assists apiece and the U.S. pulled away in the third period to beat Switzerland 5-0 on Monday.
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IHLC Preview – 2026 Winter Olympics (Men’s)
For the first time since Sochi 2014, NHL professionals will return to the Olympic Games, marking the first true “best on best” tournament in over a decade (and for only the sixth time ever), with the world’s top players across twelve national teams converging on Milan, Italy.
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