Alexander Skvortsov, a Soviet winger part of the Red Army juggernaut that dominated international hockey throughout the late 1970’s and 1980’s, passed away in Moscow on 04 February at the age of 65.
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Tag Archives: Russia
IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2020 Inductees
The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2020, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Zรผrich, Switzerland, with two native Swiss players highlighting the class, as the IIHF will induct Ryan Smyth, Alexei Yashin, Kimmo Timonen and countrymen Mark Streit and Mathias Seger to the Hall.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-3 Russia ๐ท๐บ โ 05 Jan 2020
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-3 Russia ๐ท๐บ
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Ostravar Arรฉna, Ostrava ๐จ๐ฟ
Sunday, 05 January 2020
Akil Thomas chased down a loose puck just as he and it got to the top of the goal crease. He managed to backhand the puck in the far side as he fell, breaking a 3-3 tie at 16:02 and giving Canada a dramatic come-from-behind victory in another classic Canada-Russia Gold medal game at the World Juniors.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-0 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ โ 04 Jan 2020
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-0 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
World Junior Championship Semifinal
Ostravar Arรฉna, Ostrava ๐จ๐ฟ
Saturday, 04 January 2020
Canada defeated the team that beat it last year at the U20, and now it will face the team that handed it its worst loss in U20 history, a 6-0 pasting just last week. Will vengeance be theirs, or will Russia continue its roll this year?
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IHLC 2019 In Review โ Junior
The International Hockey Lineal Championship saw seven different champions hold the belt over the course of 21 games in 2019, including the end of the 2019 World Juniors and the start of the subsequent 2020 tournament.
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IHLC 2019 In Review – Men’s
The International Hockey Lineal Championship this year stayed within the confines of the Euro Hockey Tour, with only Russia, Czechia, Sweden and Finland holding the title over the course of 28 games throughout 2019.
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IHLC 2019 In Review – Women’s
A dramatic year for women’s international hockey, both on and off the ice, saw the International Hockey Lineal Championship change hands four times in a number of unlikely scenarios throughout 2019.
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IHLC Results โ ๐บ๐ธ United States 3-1 Russia ๐ท๐บ โ 29 Dec 2019
๐บ๐ธย United Statesย 3-1 Russiaย ๐ท๐บ
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Ostravar Arรฉna, Ostrava ๐จ๐ฟ
Sunday, 29 December 2019
Team USA scored two goals six seconds apart late in the second period to break a 0-0 deadlock and skated to a 3-1 win over Russia tonight in Ostrava.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ท๐บ Russia 6-0 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ โ 28 Dec 2019
๐ท๐บ Russia 6-0 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Ostravar Arรฉna, Ostrava ๐จ๐ฟ
Saturday, 28 December 2019
It was one of those nights when everything went well for one team โ Russia โ and nothing went well for the other โ Canada. The result was a well-earned 6-0 pasting by the former over the latter.
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IHLC Preview – 2020 World Junior Championship
The finish of the holiday season, year 2019 and junior international hockey calendar is set to begin on Boxing Day in Czechia, with the top ten hockey nations on Earth meeting to compete at the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ท๐บ Russia 2-0 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ โ 15 Dec 2019
๐ท๐บ Russia 2-0 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Channel One Cup
Gazprom Arena, Saint Petersburgย ๐ท๐บ
Sunday, 15 December 2019
The senior national team completed the 2019 Channel One Cup campaign on a high note, defeating Finland 2-0 at the Gazprom Arena in Saint Petersburg.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ท๐บ Russia 4-3 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ (SO) โ 14 Dec 2019
๐ท๐บ Russia 4-3 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ (SO)
Channel One Cup
CSKA Arena, Moscow ๐ท๐บ
Saturday, 14 December 2019
The Russians seemed to be cruising to victory when 2-0 up in the first period, but after the Czechs scored three successive goals, the host nation required an equalizer in the third frame to force overtime. SKA Saint Petersburg forward Vladimir E. Tkachyov scored the winning penalty after the teams took the match to a tense shootout.
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๐ท๐บ WADA Hands Russia Four Year Ban On International Sports
This morning in Lausanne, Switzerland, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) unanimously agreed upon a four year ban for Russia not only from the 2020 Summer and 2022 Winter Olympics, but also for its member sport federations (of which the International Ice Hockey Federation is a part) to ban Russia from participating in or hosting any events between now and 2023.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-0 Russia ๐ท๐บ โ 10 Nov 2019
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-0 Russia ๐ท๐บ
Karjala Tournament
Hartwall Arena, Helsinki ๐ซ๐ฎ
Sunday, 10 November 2019
BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:32 – ๐จ๐ฟ GOAL – Kovรกล (ลepรญk)
19:10 – ๐ท๐บ PEN – Shumakov, holding
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IHLC Results โ ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-1 Russia ๐ท๐บ โ 09 Nov 2019
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-1 Russia ๐ท๐บ
Four Nations Cup
Helsingin jรครคhalli, Helsinki ๐ซ๐ฎ
Saturday, 09 November 2019
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:50 – ๐ท๐บ PEN – Marchenko, tripping
05:45 – ๐ท๐บ PEN – Galenyuk, boarding minor + 10 min. misconduct
07:25 – ๐ธ๐ช PP GOAL – Eriksson (Hรถglander, Paลกiฤ)
11:48 – ๐ท๐บ PEN – Pustozerov, cross checking
19:17 – ๐ท๐บ GOAL – Chinakhov (Nikolaev, Misyul)
19:30 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – ร
man, high sticking
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-3 Russia ๐ท๐บ โ 07 Nov 2019
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-3 Russia ๐ท๐บ
Karjala Tournament
Hartwall Arena, Helsinki ๐ซ๐ฎ
Thursday, 07 November 2019
BOXSCORE
1st Period
05:29 – ๐ท๐บ GOAL – Sharipzyanov (Burdasov, Kuzmenko)
19:34 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Kuusela, hooking
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2020 Womenโs World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2020 IIHF Women’s World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Halifax and Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, which hopes to bring as much drama and excitement as the last year’s tournament in Finland did.
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๐ท๐บ Yevgeni Kuznetsov Suspended By IIHF Until 2023, Stripped Of Bronze
Russian star forward Yevgeni Kuznetsov, a two-time World Champion and World Junior Champion with theย Big Red Machine, today was handed a four year ban from international competition by the International Ice Hockey Federation, after a video surfaced earlier this summer of Kuznetsov ingesting cocaine.
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2020 World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2020 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Lausanne and Zรผrich, Switzerland, returning to the nation for the first time since Bern and Kloten hosted in 2009.
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2019-20 Euro Hockey Tour Schedule Released
The 2019-20 Euro Hockey Tour schedule has been revealed to follow a nearly identical cadence to the previous year, with Czechia, Russia, Finland and Sweden starting up this season’s tournament in November.
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