The IIHF today confirmed that no co-host will be named to replace Minsk, Belarus as co-host of the 2021 IIHF World Championship, with the entire tournament now set to be held in Rīga, Latvia.
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🇧🇾 🇱🇻 IIHF Removes Minsk As 2021 World Championship Host
After months of pressure from political parties, hockey federations and tournament sponsors over holding half of the 2021 IIHF World Championship in Minsk, Belarus, the IIHF today announced they will remove Minsk as a co-host of the tournament, over safety concerns due to both COVID-19 and political unrest in the nation.
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IHLC 2020 In Review – Men’s
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Hockey Lineal Championship only saw nine games of competition this year on the men’s side, staying completely within the confines of the Euro Hockey Tour, due to May’s World Championships being cancelled in Switzerland.
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2020 IIHF Extraordinary Congress Sets Future Calendar
With the scheduled 2020 IIHF Congress that was set for Zürich during the now-cancelled 2020 World Championships, today the International Ice Hockey Federation held their Extraordinary Congress virtually (due to the COVID-19 pandemic), setting the schedule for both the 2020-21 international hockey calendar, as well as for the 2022 Olympic qualification.
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🇸🇪 Mikael Tellqvist Announces Retirement From Djurgårdens
Swedish goalie Mikael Tellqvist, a mainstay in goal for Tre Kronor for nearly two decades, today announced his retirement from Djurgårdens IF, capping a 20 year career with stints in Sweden, Canada, Finland, Russia, Latvia and the United States.
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Major Announcements Made At 2017 IIHF Congress
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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🇸🇪 🇨🇿 IHLC Classics: Sweden’s Unique Double
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, 21 May 2006
The impossible dream has come true.
With a dazzling attack and air-tight defence, Sweden defeated the Czech Republic 4-0 Sunday night at a packed Arēna Rīga and became the first nation in history to capture Olympic and IIHF World Championship gold in the same year. A quick two-goal outburst in the opening period was enough to seal the fate of the Czechs.
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🇳🇴 🇸🇮 🇩🇪 Norway, Slovenia, Germany Nab Final 2018 Olympic Spots
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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🇸🇪 Triple Gold Club Member Mikael Samuelsson Retires
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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🇫🇮 Jarkko Ruutu Retires From Jokerit
Yet another mainstay of the Leijonat has decided to hang up his skates. Following earlier retirements of Saku Koivu and Teemu Selänne, it is now power forward Jarkko Ruutu, a 12-year NHL, six year SM-liiga and Finnish national team veteran, retiring from the sport. Ruutu laced up for HIFK and Jokerit in the SM-liiga, as well as for Vancouver, Pittsburgh, Ottawa and Anaheim in the NHL.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 4-0 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 21 May 2006
🇸🇪 Sweden 4-0 Czechia 🇨🇿
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Sunday, 21 May 2006
The impossible dream has come true.
With a dazzling attack and air-tight defence, Sweden defeated the Czech Republic 4-0 Sunday night at a packed Arēna Rīga and became the first nation in history to capture Olympic and IIHF World Championship Gold in the same year. A quick two-goal outburst in the opening period was enough to seal the fate of the Czechs.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 5-4 Canada 🇨🇦 – 20 May 2006
🇸🇪 Sweden 5-4 Canada 🇨🇦
World Championship Semifinal
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Saturday, 20 May 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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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-1 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 17 May 2006
🇨🇦 Canada 4-1 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Championship Quarterfinal
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Wednesday, 17 May 2006
BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:16 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Vydarený, tripping
17:36 – 🇸🇰 GOAL – Milo (Marián Hossa)
19:25 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Bartovič, holding
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-2 Finland 🇫🇮 – 15 May 2006
🇨🇦 Canada 4-2 Finland 🇫🇮
World Championship Qualifying Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Monday, 15 May 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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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 3-0 Norway 🇳🇴 – 14 May 2006
🇫🇮 Finland 3-0 Norway 🇳🇴
World Championship Qualifying Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Sunday, 14 May 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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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-0 United States 🇺🇸 – 12 May 2006
🇫🇮 Finland 4-0 United States 🇺🇸
World Championship Qualifying Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Friday, 12 May 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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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 3-3 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 09 May 2006
🇫🇮 Finland 3-3 Czechia 🇨🇿
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Tuesday, 09 May 2006
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:48 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Miettinen, boarding
02:08 – 🇨🇿 PP GOAL – Erat (Balaštík)
02:52 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Balaštík (Hlinka)
04:38 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Prorok, hooking
08:13 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Michálek, elbowing
08:19 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Kukkonen (Lehtonen, Hentunen)
09:36 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Hlaváč, hooking
14:25 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Mäntylä, interference
15:54 – 🇫🇮 PEN – J. Ruutu, holding
17:08 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Lehtonen, interference
18:46 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Škoula, interference
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-0 Latvia 🇱🇻 – 07 May 2006
🇫🇮 Finland 5-0 Latvia 🇱🇻
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Sunday, 07 May 2006
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:44 – 🇱🇻 PEN – Vasiļjevs, hooking
04:25 – 🇱🇻 PEN – Pujacs, hooking
06:57 – 🇫🇮 PEN – T. Ruutu, charging major
08:59 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Lehtonen, roughing
11:57 – 🇫🇮 PEN – T. Ruutu, game misconduct
14:33 – 🇫🇮 PEN – J. Ruutu, 10 min. misconduct
14:45 – 🇱🇻 PEN – Saviels, high sticking
17:52 – 🇫🇮 PEN – J. Jokinen, interference
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-3 Slovenia 🇸🇮 – 05 May 2006
🇫🇮 Finland 5-3 Slovenia 🇸🇮
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Friday, 05 May 2006
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:56 – 🇸🇮 PEN – D. Rodman, hooking
02:57 – 🇸🇮 PEN – Kranjc, tripping
03:31 – 🇸🇮 PEN – Vidmar, hooking
05:08 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Peltonen, tripping
06:05 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Mäntylä, interference
07:10 – 🇸🇮 PP GOAL – Kranjc (Kopitar)
12:43 – 🇫🇮 PEN – J. Ruutu, interference
14:41 – 🇸🇮 PP GOAL – Kopitar (Sotlar, M. Rodman)
14:50 – 🇸🇮 PEN – Ciglenečki, interference
16:29 – 🇸🇮 PEN – Sotlar, holding
17:07 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Kallio (Nummelin)
20:00 – 🇸🇮 PEN – Terlikar, holding
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