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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IHLC Preview – 2025 Women’s World Championship
The IIHF Women’s World Championship is coming to Czechia for the first time in its history, as the reigning world champions Canada will look to conquer České Budějovice for their second straight Gold medal in the 24th edition of the tournament from 09-20 April, with all games held at Budvar Aréna.
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🇨🇿 Jiří Kochta: 1946-2025
Jiří Kochta, the Czechoslovak winger who was a member of the historic 1972 World Championship Gold medal squad, and would capture eight international medals in his career, has passed away at the age of 78.
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🇸🇪 Loui Eriksson Confirms Retirement After Two Year Absence
Two years after his most recent game in the Swedish Hockey League semifinals, Loui Eriksson today confirmed his retirement from pro hockey, leaving the sport at age 39 after twenty pro seasons across three countries.
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🇯🇵 🇸🇪 🇩🇪 Japan, Sweden, Germany Clinch Final Milan 2026 Women’s Olympic Qualifying Spots
After three months of Olympic qualifiers, with 24 teams competing across two rounds of play, came to a conclusion today for the final three spots in Milan, with the spots being clinched locked up by Japan, Sweden and Germany for the 2026 Olympics.
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🇨🇦 🇫🇮 🇸🇪 🇺🇸 IHLC To Be Contended At Four Nations Face-Off
By virtue of a 20-save shutout from Oskari Salminen and a three point game from Julius Nättinen in Stockholm earlier today, the IHLC will officially be brought to the inaugural Four Nations Face-Off next week, as Finland’s win over Czechia guarantees that Finland or Sweden will bring the title across the Atlantic to Montréal.
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🇷🇺 🇧🇾 IIHF Extends Russia, Belarus Ban Into 2025-26 Season
Following an IIHF Council meeting, the International Ice Hockey Federation today confirmed that their ban on Russian and Belarusian teams, dating back to their invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, was extended through the 2025-26 hockey season.
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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2025 Inductees
The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2025, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Stockholm, with five different nationalities and a pair of Swedish goaltenders highlighting the class.
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🇨🇦 🇫🇮 🇸🇪 🇺🇸 Final Roster Spots Announced For Four Nations Face-Off
The remaining spots for each Four Nations Face-Off roster today were finalized, and the 92 players set to represent Finland, Sweden, Canada and the United States are now set for the tournament in Montréal and Boston that takes place this coming February.
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🇱🇻 Kaspars Daugaviņš Announces Surprise Retirement From Hockey
Latvian forward Kaspars Daugaviņš, who captained his country to their historic first ever World Championship medal in 2023, today announced his sudden retirement from the sport at age 36, ending a 20+ year pro career spanning teams across seven countries, citing family issues as the reason for the sudden, mid-season announcement.
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🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇷🇺 Hockey Hall Of Fame Inducts Class Of 2024
The Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their 2024 Class, inducting five legendary players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.
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🇸🇪 Alexander Edler Signs One-Day Contract To Retire As Canuck
Inactive for the past season, Swedish defender Alexander Edler today signed a one-day contract with the Vancouver Canucks in order to retire with the franchise, wrapping a nearly two-decade NHL career, marked with over 1,000 games played, and a trio of international medals won with his native Sweden.
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🇨🇦 Lauriane Rougeau Announces Retirement, Shift To Hockey Ops
Canadian defender Lauriane Rougeau, a key cog of Team Canada’s blueline for the past decade and a half, today confirmed her retirement from the game after just one season in the PWHL, at the age of 34, announcing a move to hockey operations with her former club in Toronto.
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🇸🇪 Oscar Möller Confirms Retirement Following Long-Term Injury
Swedish winger Oscar Möller, whose long tenure with both the league’s top tier and national team was cut short due to injury, confirmed his retirement today at age 35, following Skellefteå capturing their fourth Le Mat Trophy to end last season, minus Möller on the active roster.
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🇺🇸 Gigi Marvin Confirms Retirement From Hockey At Age 37
With details around the 2024-25 PWHL season set to be revealed soon, a major part of the American women’s game for the past nearly two decades confirmed she will not take part, as Gigi Marvin today announced her retirement from hockey at the age of 37.
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🇱🇻 🇩🇰 🇸🇰 Latvia, Denmark, Slovakia Clinch Final Milan 2026 Men’s Olympic Qualifying Spots
After nearly a year of Olympic qualifiers that began last December, with 30 teams competing across three rounds of play, came to a conclusion today for the final three spots in Milan, with the spots being clinched locked up by Latvia, Denmark and Slovakia for the 2026 Olympics, in a carbon copy clinching scenario from three years earlier.
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🇨🇦 Eric Staal Signs One Day Contract, Retires From Pro Hockey
After going a year without playing professionally, today Eric Staal signed a one-day contract with the Carolina Hurricanes to formalize his retirement, officially stepping away from the game just a few months shy of his 40th birthday.
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🇫🇷 🇺🇸 French Alps, Salt Lake City Announced As Hosts Of 2030 & 2034 Winter Olympics
Today, during the 142nd session of the International Olympic Committee in Paris, France, the next two Winter Olympic Games hosts were confirmed, with the French Alps winning the 2030 Games, while the 2034 Games will return to Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
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🇺🇸 Joe Pavelski Formally Announces Retirement From Hockey
After announcing at the end of the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs that he would step away from the game, today American forward Joe Pavelski officially announced his retirement from pro hockey just five days after turning 40, capping a remarkable 18-year career with over 1,000 points in over 1,300 career games.
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🇷🇺 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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