The Washington Capitals finally shook their reputation as playoff chokers, capturing the Stanley Cup over the Vegas Golden Knights with four straight wins in five games to win their first championship in team history.
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KHL Closing Ceremony Awards KHL’s Best, IHLC Winners
The KHL formally closed their tenth season tonight in Moscow with their annual Closing Ceremony, awarding the league’s top teams, players and executives for their performance this year, with finalists SKA Saint Petersburg and Ak Bars Kazan drawing in the biggest haul and thirteen IHLC winners taking home trophies.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 4-3 Russia ๐ท๐บ (OT) – 10 May 2018
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 4-3ย Russia ๐ท๐บย (OT)
World Championship Preliminary Round
Royal Arena, Copenhagen ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Thursday, 10 May 2018
Adding David Pastrลรกk and David Krejฤรญ paid off immediately. Not only did the Czechs break Russiaโs three-game shutout streak with the magic of the two Boston Bruins stars, but they also triumphed 4-3 on Thursday on Pastrลรกk’s overtime winner.
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IHLC Results – ๐ท๐บ Russia 6-0 Belarus ๐ง๐พ – 07 May 2018
๐ท๐บ Russiaย 6-0ย Belarus ๐ง๐พ
World Championship Preliminary Round
Royal Arena, Copenhagen ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Monday, 07 May 2018
Russia retained first place in Group A with its third consecutive shutout win on Monday, blanking Belarus 6-0. The Russians, who won Gold at the PyeongChang Olympics in February, have not conceded a goal so far at the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Copenhagen.
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IHLC Results – ๐ท๐บ Russia 7-0 Austria ๐ฆ๐น – 06 May 2018
๐ท๐บ Russiaย 7-0ย Austria ๐ฆ๐น
World Championship Preliminary Round
Royal Arena, Copenhagen ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Sunday, 06 May 2018
Russia roared to another convincing victory against one of the outsiders at this championship, following up its 7-0 win over France with a similar scoreline against Austria.
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IHLC Results – ๐ท๐บ Russia 7-0 France ๐ซ๐ท – 04 May 2018
๐ท๐บ Russiaย 7-0ย France ๐ซ๐ท
World Championship Preliminary Round
Royal Arena, Copenhagen ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Friday, 04 May 2018
Russia scored three first-period goals in just 3:14 and never looked back in a 7-0 romp over France to kick off the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Copenhagen.
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IHLC Preview – 2018 World Championship
The finish of the international hockey calendar is set to begin on 4 May in Copenhagen and Herning, Denmark, with the top sixteen hockey countries in the world meeting to compete at the 2018 IIHF World Championship.
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๐ซ๐ฎ Finland Wins 2018 Euro Hockey Tour & Challenge
For just the second time in history, the same nation has captured both the Euro Hockey Tour and Euro Hockey Challenge titles, with Finland today edging out Sweden to lock up the 2017-18 Tour, becoming the second team after Czechia in 2012 to achieve the double.
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Ak Bars Kazan Wins Historic Third Gagarin Cup With 16 IHLC Winners
Ak Bars Kazan made KHL history on home ice, upending the expected champion CSKA Moscow in only five games to win the 2018 Gagarin Cup, becoming the first team in the league’s decade-long history to win three titles (2008, 2009, 2018).
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IHLC Results – ๐ฉ๐ช Germany 4-3 Russia ๐ท๐บ (OT) – 07 Apr 2018
๐ฉ๐ช Germany 4-3ย Russia ๐ท๐บย (OT)
Euro Hockey Challenge
Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi ๐ท๐บ
Saturday, 07 April 2018
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:33 – ๐ฉ๐ชย PEN – Hรถfflin, tripping
03:41 – ๐ท๐บย PP GOAL – Khokhlachyov (Kagarlitski, Semyonov)
06:23 – ๐ท๐บย PEN – Semyonov, high sticking
06:58 – ๐ฉ๐ชย PEN – Sezemsky, tripping
07:23 – ๐ฉ๐ชย GOAL – Michaelis (Bender, Nowak)
13:12 – ๐ท๐บย PEN – Vereshagin, tripping
18:04 – ๐ฉ๐ชย PEN – Loibl, tripping
18:59 – ๐ฉ๐ชย PEN – Nowak, roughing
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IHLC Results – ๐ท๐บ Russia 4-1 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช – 06 Apr 2018
๐ท๐บ Russiaย 4-1ย Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Euro Hockey Challenge
Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi ๐ท๐บ
Friday, 06 April 2018
BOXSCORE
1st Period
06:47 – ๐ฉ๐ชย PEN – team, too many players
09:11 – ๐ท๐บย GOAL – Ilyenko (Padakin)
19:32 – ๐ฉ๐ชย PEN – Wagner, kneeing
19:32 – ๐ท๐บย PEN – Kraskovski, roughing
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๐ท๐บ Pavel Datsyuk Joins Triple Gold Club
The only male skater eligible to join at this year’s Games, Pavel Datsyuk punched his ticket to the Triple Gold Club by virtue of his Olympic Gold with the Olympic Athletes From Russia, becoming the 29th male and seventh Russian to join the club, adding to his two Stanley Cups and IIHF World Championship.
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IHLC Results – ๐ท๐บ Olympic Athletes From Russia 4-3 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช (OT) – 25 Feb 2018
๐ท๐บ Olympic Athletes From Russiaย 4-3 Germany ๐ฉ๐ชย (OT)
Olympic Gold Medal Game
Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung ๐ฐ๐ท
Sunday, 25 February 2018
Kirill Kaprizov’s overtime goal gave the OAR team a thrilling 4-3 Gold medal win over underdog Germany. It’s the first Russian Olympic Gold since 1992.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-0 Olympic Athletes From Russia ๐ท๐บ – 19 Feb 2018
๐จ๐ฆ Canadaย 5-0ย Olympic Athletes From Russia ๐ท๐บ
Olympic Semifinal
Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung ๐ฐ๐ท
Monday, 19 February 2018
As expected, Canada exactly matched what the Americans did earlier today, defeating their semi-finals opponent 5-0.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-0 Olympic Athletes From Russia ๐ท๐บ – 11 Feb 2018
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-0ย Olympic Athletes From Russia ๐ท๐บ
Olympic Preliminary Round
Catholic Kwandong University Gymnasium, Gangneung ๐ฐ๐ท
Sunday, 11 February 2018
Team Canada began its quest for a fifth straight Olympic gold with a speedy 5-0 win over the Olympic Athletes From Russia.
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๐ท๐บ ๐จ๐ฆ IHLC Classics: Gold For A Team With No Name
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 the upcoming Olympics, and in light of Russia playing under the Olympic flag, we look back on the last Russian team to play under the same flag at the 1992 Albertville Games.
๐ท๐บ Unified Team 3-1ย Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Olympic Gold Medal Game
Patinoire de Mรฉribel,ย Mรฉribel ๐ซ๐ท
Sunday, 23 February 1992
The days of the Soviet hockey superiority were over. Even the Soviet Union as a country had ceased to exist on 26 December 1991, when the USSR dissolved and was replaced by the Commonwealth of Independent States.
During the 1992 IIHF World U20 Championship in Germany, the Soviet team had to change its name from Soviet Union to CIS midway through the tournament, on 01 January 1992.
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IHLC Preview – 2018 Winter Olympics (Women’s)
The sixth ever women’s Olympic tournament is set to kick off this Saturday, with an anticipated showdown between Canada and the United States set to highlight the Gold Medal Match for the fifth time.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 4-2 Russia ๐ท๐บ – 02 Jan 2018
๐บ๐ธ United Statesย 4-2ย Russia ๐ท๐บ
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
KeyBank Center, Buffalo ๐บ๐ธ
Tuesday, 02 January 2018
Kieffer Bellows scored a Production Line-type goal to break a 2-2 tie midway through the third, putting the U.S. in the semis. Russia goes home in 5th place.
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๐ท๐บ Russian Female Players Banned From Olympics For Life Due To Doping (UPDATED)
After the IOC’s landmark decision to ban Russia outright from the 2018 Olympics, but still allow individual athletes to compete under the Olympic flag if they pass IOC drug tests, the IOC today announced that members of Russia’s women’s team at the 2014 Sochi Games failed their tests, and are thus banned for life from the Olympics.
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IOC Expels Russia From 2018 Olympics, Hockey Status In Question
The International Olympic Committee today announced an outright ban on the Russian delegation at the upcoming Olympic Games this February in Pyeongchang, South Korea, although athletes that are cleared of a controversial state-sponsored doping program are allowed to participate under the Olympic flag.
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