For the third straight year, Germany once again avoided relegation at the World Junior Championship, this time eliminating Denmark in an 8-4 victory to send the Lions back down to Division IA in 2027 in their relegation match-up in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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IHLC 2025 In Review – Junior
The 2025 international junior calendar saw the United States capture their first back-to-back world title in 2025, followed by the emergence of Sweden dominating across three tournaments, capping the calendar year off with a commanding performance at the 2026 World Junior Championship.
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IHLC Preview – 2026 World Junior Championship
The eyes of the hockey world are looking just beyond the holiday season, with Boxing Day marking the kickoff of the fiftieth annual IIHF World Junior Championship, this time being hosted by the defending champion Americans in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, with the home team looking to “three-peat” for the first time in history.
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🇳🇴 Norway Promoted To World Junior Top Division In 2027
After a two-year stint in Division IA, Norway will be returning to the World Junior Championship Top Division, thanks to a late Kazakh comeback victory over Austria, locking up their spot in the Top Division even before their final match against hosts Slovenia at the Division IA tournament in Bled.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 3-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 02 Aug 2025
🇫🇮 Finland 3-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Junior Summer Showcase
Ridder Arena, Minneapolis 🇺🇸
Saturday, 02 August 2025
The final day of games at the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase were played here today at Ridder Arena. Finland defeated Sweden, 3-1.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 8-4 Canada 🇨🇦 – 01 Aug 2025
🇸🇪 Sweden 8-4 Canada 🇨🇦
World Junior Summer Showcase
Ridder Arena, Minneapolis 🇺🇸
Friday, 01 August 2025
The penultimate day of games at the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase were played here today at Ridder Arena, as Sweden defeated Canada, 8-4.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 6-3 United States 🇺🇸 – 30 Jul 2025
🇸🇪 Sweden 6-3 United States 🇺🇸
World Junior Summer Showcase
Ridder Arena, Minneapolis 🇺🇸
Wednesday, 30 July 2025
The fourth day of games at the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase were played here today at Ridder Arena, as Sweden defeated the U.S. 6-3.
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🇺🇸 2026 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the United States looking to “three-peat” as world champions for the first time in history, looking to do some on home ice in Minnesota, with the Americans hosting the tournament’s fiftieth edition for the first time since 2018.
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🇰🇿 Kazakhstan Relegated From World Junior Championship
For the second straight year, Germany narrowly avoided relegation at the World Junior Championship, this time eliminating Kazakhstan in a 4-3 victory to send the Kazakhs back down to Division IA in 2026, after only one year in the Top Division.
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🇩🇰 Denmark Promoted To World Junior Top Division In 2026
For the first time since 2019, Denmark will be returning to the World Junior Championship Top Division, after being pushed to the brink by Austria before upsetting them in a do-or-die final showdown in Bled, Slovenia, winning 5-4 in regulation to capture the Division IA tournament and book their ticket to Minnesota in 2026.
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2017 Women’s Worlds Awarded To Plymouth, Michigan
Today the USA Hockey Arena, an arena in Plymouth, Michigan that was recently purchased by USA Hockey to house their National Development Team, announced that the 2017 IIHF Women’s World Championships would be held at the arena, tentatively set for 1-8 April 2017.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 United States 🇺🇸 – 08 Apr 2001
🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 United States 🇺🇸
Women’s World Championship Gold Medal Game
Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis 🇺🇸
Sunday, 08 April 2001
BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:42 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Bailey, boarding
08:09 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Antal (Drolet, Sunohara)
09:50 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Hefford, roughing
13:27 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Kellar, holding
14:55 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Darwitz, slashing
17:36 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Zaban (Holmes)
18:15 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Tueting, elbowing
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 6-1 Russia 🇷🇺 – 07 Apr 2001
🇺🇸 United States 6-1 Russia 🇷🇺
Women’s World Championship Semifinal
Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis 🇺🇸
Saturday, 07 April 2001
BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:14 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Granato (Schmidgall, Bye)
14:58 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – King (Wendell, Bye)
16:30 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Blahoski, hooking
19:36 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Pashkevich
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-1 Canada 🇨🇦 – 04 Dec 1997
🇺🇸 United States 3-1 Canada 🇨🇦
Exhibition Game
Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis 🇺🇸
Thursday, 04 December 1997
BOXSCORE
1st Period
08:20 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Kellar, holding
16:07 – 🇨🇦 PEN – James, body checking
18:33 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Bailey, body checking
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