The IIHF Annual Congress today was held on the off day at the 2017 World Championships in Cologne, Germany, with a number of major announcements voted on to impact the future of international hockey in the coming years.
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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, while the ongoing World Championships take a day off, we look back to the final of the 2006 Worlds, where Sweden made history by being the first team to win Olympic and World Championship Gold in the same year.
Sweden 4-0 Czechia 
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Sweden made international hockey history at the Arēna Rīga, dispatching Czechia in a dominating 4-0 victory to not only capture their eighth IIHF World Championship Gold Medal, but becoming the first team in history to win Olympic and World Championship Gold in the same year, a feat made even more sweeter by retaining the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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After nearly a year of Olympic qualifiers that began in Bulgaria last October, three rounds of play and 28 teams competing for just three spots in Pyeongchang, the final slots were today locked up by Norway, Slovenia and Germany for the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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Swedish forward Mikael Samuelsson, who held a nearly perfect international playing record and joined the elite Triple Gold Club in 2008 with the Detroit Red Wings, announced his retirement from pro hockey at the age of 38.
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Sweden 4-0 Czechia
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Arēna Rīga, Rīga
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Sweden made international hockey history at the Arēna Rīga, dispatching Czechia in a dominating 4-0 victory to not only capture their eighth IIHF World Championship Gold Medal, but becoming the first team in history to win Olympic and World Championship Gold in the same year, a feat made even more sweeter by retaining the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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Sweden 5-4 Canada 
World Championship Semifinal
Arēna Rīga, Rīga
Saturday, May 20, 2006
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:27 – GOAL – Kronwall (Nylander)
02:32 – PEN – Shanahan, tripping
04:11 – PP GOAL – J. Jönsson (Samuelsson, Nylander)
05:11 – PEN – Nordquist, tripping
08:11 – GOAL – Calder (Richards)
09:02 – PEN – Carter, interference
09:41 – PEN – Lundqvist, interference
11:52 – GOAL – Mårtensson (Timander)
13:17 – PEN – Shanahan, slashing
16:21 – PEN – Nordquist, hooking
16:38 – PP GOAL – Comrie (Cammalleri)
17:05 – PEN – Shanahan, roughing
18:23 – PEN – Kronwall, tripping
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Canada 4-1 Slovakia 
World Championship Quarterfinal
Arēna Rīga, Rīga
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:16 – PEN – Vydarený, tripping
17:36 – GOAL – Milo (Marián Hossa)
19:25 – PEN – Bartovič, holding
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Canada 4-2 Finland 
World Championship Qualifying Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga
Monday, May 15, 2006
BOXSCORE
1st Period
05:36 – PEN – T. Ruutu, interference
05:58 – PEN – J. Ruutu, 10 min. misconduct
05:58 – PP GOAL – Bergeron (Boyes, Crosby)
07:00 – PEN -Peltonen, interference
16:03 – PEN – team, too many players
16:57 – SH GOAL – Carter
18:15 – GOAL – Koivu (Saravo)
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Finland 3-0 Norway 
World Championship Qualifying Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga
Sunday, May 14, 2006
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:15 – PEN – Trygg, hooking
06:01 – PEN – O. Jokinen, holding
09:35 – GOAL – Hentunen (Pirnes, Kallio)
12:21 – PEN – Miettinen, charging
19:29 – PEN – Myrvold, interference
19:29 – PEN – T. Ruutu, roughing
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Finland 4-0 United States 
World Championship Qualifying Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga
Friday, May 12, 2006
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:21 – PEN SHOT – Stastny missed
04:05 – PEN – Mäntylä, hooking
08:58 – PEN – Meyer, holding
11:13 – PEN – T. Ruutu, roughing
11:13 – PEN – Gill, roughing
11:13 – GOAL – Koivu (Luoma, J. Jokinen)
15:53 – PEN – Suter, roughing
17:21 – PEN – Alberts, elbowing
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