🇨🇦 🇸🇪 IHLC Classics: Halischuk’s Heroics Lead To Four-Peat

From time to time, TheIHLC.com will feature detailed recaps and boxscores of some of the most legendary games in international hockey history, considered to be “IHLC Classics.” Today, in honour of Canada Day, we look back at Canada’s unprecedented fourth straight World Juniors medal, captured by the overtime heroics of Matt Halischuk.


🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice 🇨🇿
Saturday, 05 January 2008

Color Canada Gold for a fourth straight year at the IIHF World Junior Championship.

Matt Halischuk jammed the puck into the net at 3:36 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 triumph over Sweden on Saturday in the Gold medal game.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 12 Dec 2024


🇨🇿 Czechia 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Swiss Ice Hockey Games
Enteria arena, Pardubice 🇨🇿
Thursday, 12 December 2024

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:47 – 🇨🇿 PEN SHOT – Kovařčík stopped
16:10 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Kubalík (Smejkal, Zábranský)
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🇨🇦 Wayne Simmonds Announces Retirement From Hockey


The “Wayne Train” has made its final stop, as Canadian bruiser Wayne Simmonds, whose fifteen season pro career spanned six teams in two countries, along with three stints on Team Canada, drew to a close, with recurring injuries forcing the 35 year old to hang it up after remaining a free agent for the current NHL season, signing a one-day contract to retire as a Philadelphia Flyer.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-0 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 01 Sep 2013

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🇫🇮 Finland 5-0 Sweden 🇸🇪
Czech Hockey Games
ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice 🇨🇿
Sunday, 01 September 2013

BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:39 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Axelsson, high sticking
04:13 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Marttinen, tripping
07:03 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Persson, hooking
10:31 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Komarov (Koskiranta, Savinainen)
12:23 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Lepistö, high sticking
14:17 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Osala, high sticking
19:08 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Sallinen, tripping
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 2-0 Russia 🇷🇺 – 31 Aug 2013

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🇫🇮 Finland 2-0 Russia 🇷🇺
Czech Hockey Games
ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice 🇨🇿
Saturday, 31 August 2013

BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:10 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Yakovlev, tripping
07:17 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Salminen (Koivisto)
13:00 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Yakovlev, cross checking
16:38 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Osala, charging
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT) – 05 Jan 2008


🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice 🇨🇿
Saturday, 05 January 2008

Color Canada Gold for a fourth straight year at the IIHF World Junior Championship.

Matt Halischuk jammed the puck into the net at 3:36 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 triumph over Sweden on Saturday in the Gold medal game.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 2-1 Russia 🇷🇺 (OT) – 04 Jan 2008

🇸🇪 Sweden 2-1 Russia 🇷🇺 (OT)
World Junior Championship Semifinal
ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice 🇨🇿
Friday, 04 January 2008

BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:54 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Golubtsov, slashing
11:30 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Seleznev, holding
18:51 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Alcén, roughing
18:51 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Eklund, holding
18:51 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Bodrov, roughing
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 4-2 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 31 Dec 2007

🇸🇪 Sweden 4-2 Czechia 🇨🇿
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice 🇨🇿
Monday, 31 December 2007

BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:11 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Möller (Alcén, P. Berglund)
07:55 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Kempe, boarding
10:08 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Eklund, hooking
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 4-3 Canada 🇨🇦 – 29 Dec 2007

🇸🇪 Sweden 4-3 Canada 🇨🇦
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice 🇨🇿
Saturday, 29 December 2007

The streaks are over for Canada at the IIHF World Junior Championship after Tobias Forsberg scored at 19:53 of the third period to give Sweden a 4-3 win.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 2-0 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 27 Dec 2007

🇨🇦 Canada 2-0 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice 🇨🇿
Thursday, 27 December 2007

Canada is on a roll at the 2008 IIHF World Junior Championship.

Kyle Turris scored two power-play goals and goaltender Steve Mason turned aside 22 shots to pace Canada to a 2-0 win over Slovakia on Thursday.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-0 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 26 Dec 2007

🇨🇦 Canada 3-0 Czechia 🇨🇿
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice 🇨🇿
Wednesday, 26 December 2007

John Tavares scored two power-play goals, Steven Stamkos had three assists and Jonathan Bernier was brilliant in net, making 41 saves, to lead Canada to a 3-0 triumph over the Czech Republic in the first day of competition at the 2008 IIHF World Junior Championship on Wednesday.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-1 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 16 Dec 2003

🇨🇦 Canada 5-1 Czechia 🇨🇿
Exhibition Game
ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice 🇨🇿
Tuesday, 16 December 2003

BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:32 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Craig, hooking
05:09 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Trávníček, holding
07:48 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Selmser, interference
17:38 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Gaul, holding
19:22 – 🇨🇦 SH GOAL – Norris
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 5-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 07 Nov 2002

🇨🇿 Czechia 5-2 Sweden 🇸🇪
Karjala Tournament
ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice 🇨🇿
Thursday, 07 November 2002

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:25 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Tolsa, high sticking
03:33 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Duda, charging
05:43 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Duda (Beránek)
11:05 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Procházka, high sticking
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 5-4 Canada 🇨🇦 – 04 Jan 2002

🇷🇺 Russia 5-4 Canada 🇨🇦
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice 🇨🇿
Friday, 04 January 2002

Russia beat Canada 5-4 in the Gold medal game at the World Junior Hockey Championship in the Czech Republic, as Canada settled for the Silver medal.
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮 (OT) – 02 Jan 2002

🇷🇺 Russia 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮 (OT)
World Junior Championship Semifinal
ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice 🇨🇿
Wednesday, 02 January 2002

BOXSCORE
1st Period
06:46 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Koivisto (Koivu, Jokinen)
10:40 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Chistov
11:06 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Taratukhin
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 2-1 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 06 Feb 2001

🇷🇺 Russia 2-1 Czechia 🇨🇿
Sweden Hockey Games
ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice 🇨🇿
Tuesday, 06 February 2001

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:41 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Varlamov
02:41 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Brabenec
04:49 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Vlasák, boarding + 10 min. misconduct
11:49 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Bykov
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