The IIHF today, at their end-of-tournament press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, confirmed a number of items outlined at this week’s IIHF Congress, including the traditional awarding of tournament hosts for future events, and confirmation that the IIHF has submitted plans to the International Olympic Committee to proceed with excluding Russian men’s and women’s hockey teams from the 2026 Olympics, set to begin in nine months in Milan, Italy.
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Tag Archives: Olympic Athletes From Russia
π·πΊ It’s Officially Official – Ilya Kovalchuk Retires From Hockey At Age 41
After initially claiming his career was over in early March, soon correcting that to clarify he was simply a free agent, Russian winger Ilya Kovalchuk today made it official that, at the age of 41, he would be stepping away from hockey for good, following an illustrious career highlighted by one Olympic and two World Championship titles.
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π·πΊ Pavel Datsyuk Officially Announces Retirement Following Hall Induction
Just a day after being announced as an inductee to the Hockey Hall of Fame this November, Russian forward Pavel Datsyuk, who has been prevented by injury from playing since 2021, officially announced his retirement from the game at age 45.
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π·πΊ Vasili Koshechkin Retires Following Metallurg Elimination
Following Metallurg Magnitogorsk’s elimination from the Gagarin Cup playoffs at the hands of Avangard Omsk, Russian goaltender Vasili Koshechkin, an Olympic, World and Gagarin Cup champion, announced his retirement from hockey at the age of 40.
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IHLC Preview – 2022 Winter Olympics (Men’s)
For the second straight Olympics, the men’s hockey tournament will not feature NHL superstars (although this time due to COVID-19), making the Olympic tournament not necessarily a true “best on best,” but still a showcase of some of the world’s top talent looking to capture Gold and Olympic glory in Beijing.
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π·πΊ Sergei Mozyakin Retires As KHL’s All-Time Leading Scorer
Russian forward Sergei Mozyakin, who spent his entire pro career in his native Russia and holds a number of KHL scoring records throughout his 20+ year career, in addition to a number of international Gold medals, today announced his retirement from Metallurg Magnitogorsk at the age of 40.
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π·πΊ CAS Shortens Russian International Sports Ban To Two Years
At a ruling today at the Court Of Arbitration For Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland, Russia’s proposed four year sporting ban from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was reduced to two years, meaning that Russia will be banned from participating in any international sporting competition, including the 2021 Summer and 2022 Winter Olympics, until 17 December 2022.
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IHLC 2018 In Review – Men’s
The International Hockey Lineal Championship again saw eight countries carry the title throughout 2018, with the Olympics being added to the calendar seeing 31 different matchups, with the IHLC being defended at five tournaments in seven different countries.
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IHLC 2018 In Review – Women’s
The International Hockey Lineal Championship continued to see-saw between Canada and the United States in international women’s hockey, with each nation winning five games in 2018, but the Americans winning crucial Gold medals at both the PyeongChang Olympics and Four Nations Cup.
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π·πΊ Pavel Datsyuk Joins Triple Gold Club
The only male skater eligible to join at this year’s Games, Pavel Datsyuk punched his ticket to the Triple Gold Club by virtue of his Olympic Gold with the Olympic Athletes From Russia, becoming the 29th male and seventh Russian to join the club, adding to his two Stanley Cups and IIHF World Championship.
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IHLC Results – π·πΊ Olympic Athletes From Russia 4-3 Germany π©πͺ (OT) – 25 Feb 2018
π·πΊ Olympic Athletes From RussiaΒ 4-3 Germany π©πͺΒ (OT)
Olympic Gold Medal Game
Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung π°π·
Sunday, 25 February 2018
Kirill Kaprizov’s overtime goal gave the OAR team a thrilling 4-3 Gold medal win over underdog Germany. It’s the first Russian Olympic Gold since 1992.
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IHLC Results – π¨π¦ Canada 5-0 Olympic Athletes From Russia π·πΊ – 19 Feb 2018
π¨π¦ CanadaΒ 5-0Β Olympic Athletes From Russia π·πΊ
Olympic Semifinal
Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung π°π·
Monday, 19 February 2018
As expected, Canada exactly matched what the Americans did earlier today, defeating their semi-finals opponent 5-0.
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IHLC Results – π¨π¦ Canada 5-0 Olympic Athletes From Russia π·πΊ – 11 Feb 2018
π¨π¦ Canada 5-0Β Olympic Athletes From Russia π·πΊ
Olympic Preliminary Round
Catholic Kwandong University Gymnasium, Gangneung π°π·
Sunday, 11 February 2018
Team Canada began its quest for a fifth straight Olympic gold with a speedy 5-0 win over the Olympic Athletes From Russia.
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π°π· 2018 Men’s Olympic Hockey Schedule Released
The IIHF today released the schedule for the men’s tournament at the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, with the tournament beginning on Wednesday, 14 February, while both hosts Korea and defending champions Canada begin the tournament the following day.
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