IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 6-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 10 Feb 2022


🇫🇮 Finland 6-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰
Olympic Preliminary Round
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing 🇨🇳
Thursday, 10 February 2022

Sakari Manninen scored three goals and Miro Aaltonen scored two goals and one assist for Finland and Juraj Slafkovský scored twice for Slovakia in Finland’s 6-2 win in the first game for both teams at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
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🇫🇮 Recurring Injuries Force Tuukka Rask Into Retirement


After making a failed comeback attempt with the Boston Bruins this season, recurring hip injuries have forced Finnish goaltender Tuukka Rask into early retirement at the age of 34.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-2 United States 🇺🇸 – 08 Feb 2022


🇨🇦 Canada 4-2 United States 🇺🇸
Olympic Preliminary Round
Cadillac Arena, Beijing 🇨🇳
Tuesday, 08 February 2022

It is one of the greatest rivalries in sports, and when Canada defeated the U.S. 4-2 to lock up first place in Group A, it was the most exciting hockey we’ve seen yet at these 2022 Olympics.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 6-1 Russian Olympic Committee 🇷🇺 – 07 Feb 2022


🇨🇦 Canada 6-1 Russian Olympic Committee 🇷🇺
Olympic Preliminary Round
Cadillac Arena, Beijing 🇨🇳
Monday, 07 February 2022

Canada overcame an unusual delay of more than an hour to the start of Monday’s game with the ROC team and marched to a 6-1 victory, staying perfect atop Group A.
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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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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 11-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 05 Feb 2022


🇨🇦 Canada 11-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Olympic Preliminary Round
Cadillac Arena, Beijing 🇨🇳
Saturday, 05 February 2022

Once again, Sarah Fillier lit the fire and her Canadian teammates stoked the blaze. In an 11-1 rout of Finland, the preternaturally gifted 21-year-old Olympic rookie set the early tone with two goals, as she did in the 12-1 shellacking of Switzerland.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 12-1 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 03 Feb 2022


🇨🇦 Canada 12-1 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Olympic Preliminary Round
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing 🇨🇳
Thursday, 03 February 2022

The cauldron has yet to be lit to start these 24th Olympic Winter Games but already Canada’s women’s team has come out with an emphatic 12-1 victory over the Swiss this afternoon at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing.
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IHLC Preview – 2022 Winter Olympics (Women’s)


The seventh ever women’s Olympic tournament is set to kick off this Thursday, with an anticipated showdown once again between Canada and the United States likely to highlight the Gold Medal Match for the sixth time.
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IHLC 2021 In Review – Men’s


With the international hockey calendar returning (relatively) to normal in 2021, the IHLC saw a flurry of activity throughout the year, bookended with stops on the Euro Hockey Tour, and a relocated World Championship in between. Continue reading

IHLC 2021 In Review – Women’s


After a tumultuous year that saw the IIHF Women’s Championship be cancelled for the second straight year, then revived in August, the IHLC finally saw a return to relative normalcy in the second half of 2021, in the lead-up to the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
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🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Remainder Of 2021-22 Rivalry Series Cancelled


After their scheduled matchup for 20 December in Saint Paul, Minnesota was cancelled due to the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, today Hockey Canada announced the final two games of their Rivalry Series against the United States, set to take place in early January in Alberta, have been cancelled as well.
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NHL Withdraws From 2022 Olympics Due To COVID Postponements


After having to cancel fifty games in the past week over protocols due to the new Omicron COVID-19 variant, the National Hockey League today officially announced that due to the material impact of these postponements on the 2021-22 season, they will be withdrawing their players from participating in the upcoming 2022 Beijing Olympic Games.
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🇨🇦 🇸🇰 Hockey Hall Of Fame Inducts Class Of 2020 Following Delay


After a sixteen-month pandemic delay, the Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their Class of 2020, inducting five legendary players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.
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🇸🇰 Marián Gáborík Formally Announces Retirement From Pro Hockey


After spending the past three seasons on injured reserve due to a herniated disk, Slovak star forward Marián Gáborík officially announced his retirement from pro hockey at the age of 39.
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🇫🇷🇨🇭 Tardif Named New IIHF President, Fasel Inducted To IIHF Hall Of Fame


After a four-round vote to replace IIHF President René Fasel after a 27-year term, Luc Tardif Sr. today was voted in as new President of the International Ice Hockey Federation, following stints as IIHF Treasurer and President of the French Ice Hockey Federation.
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🇨🇳 2022 Men’s Olympic Hockey Schedule Released


The IIHF today released the schedule for the men’s tournament at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, with the tournament beginning on Wednesday, 09 February, with defending champions the Russian Olympic Committee starting their title defence on the opening day, in the first tournament since 2014 to feature NHL players on Olympic rosters.
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IIHF Congress Approves Women’s World Championships In Olympic Years


After over twenty years of not holding the IIHF Women’s World Championship in years when the Olympics are taking place, today the IIHF Congress voted to allow for both tournaments to be held the same calendar year every four years, with the tournament moving from April to August in Olympic years, starting in 2022.
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🇨🇿 Czech Goaltender Jakub Kovář Retires At Age 33


Citing health reasons for his early retirement, Czech goaltender Jakub Kovář today announced he was leaving KHL club Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg after just one start in the 2021-22 KHL season, ending his professional career.
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