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 – 🇺🇸 United States 3-1 Russia 🇷🇺 – 29 Dec 2019
🇺🇸 United States 3-1 Russia 🇷🇺
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava 🇨🇿
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 – 🇷🇺 Russia 6-0 Canada 🇨🇦 – 28 Dec 2019
🇷🇺 Russia 6-0 Canada 🇨🇦
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava 🇨🇿
Saturday, 28 December 2019
It was one of those nights when everything went well for one team – Russia – and nothing went well for the other – 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 – 🇷🇺 Russia 2-0 Finland 🇫🇮 – 15 Dec 2019
🇷🇺 Russia 2-0 Finland 🇫🇮
Channel One Cup
Gazprom Arena, Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺
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 – 🇷🇺 Russia 4-3 Czechia 🇨🇿 (SO) – 14 Dec 2019
🇷🇺 Russia 4-3 Czechia 🇨🇿 (SO)
Channel One Cup
CSKA Arena, Moscow 🇷🇺
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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🇷🇺 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 – 🇨🇿 Czechia 3-0 Russia 🇷🇺 – 10 Nov 2019
🇨🇿 Czechia 3-0 Russia 🇷🇺
Karjala Tournament
Hartwall Arena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Sunday, 10 November 2019
BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:32 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Kovář (Řepík)
19:10 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Shumakov, holding
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 6-1 Russia 🇷🇺 – 09 Nov 2019
🇸🇪 Sweden 6-1 Russia 🇷🇺
Four Nations Cup
Helsingin jäähalli, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Saturday, 09 November 2019
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:50 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Marchenko, tripping
05:45 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Galenyuk, boarding minor + 10 min. misconduct
07:25 – 🇸🇪 PP GOAL – Eriksson (Höglander, Pašić)
11:48 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Pustozerov, cross checking
19:17 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Chinakhov (Nikolaev, Misyul)
19:30 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Åman, high sticking
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 Russia 🇷🇺 – 07 Nov 2019
🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 Russia 🇷🇺
Karjala Tournament
Hartwall Arena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Thursday, 07 November 2019
BOXSCORE
1st Period
05:29 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Sharipzyanov (Burdasov, Kuzmenko)
19:34 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Kuusela, hooking
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2020 Women’s 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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🇷🇺 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 the 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 Zürich, 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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Hockey Hall Of Fame Announces Class Of 2019
The Hockey Hall Of Fame today announced the newest members that will join as the Class of 2019 on 15 November, with the most decorated women’s player in history, the first Iron Curtain star to defect to the west, and a pair of multiple Stanley Cup champions, who between them hold a number of International Hockey Lineal Championships, all to join the ranks of the Hall in Toronto.
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Nikita Kucherov Highlights Winners At 2019 NHL Awards
The National Hockey League handed out its hardware to the best players in the world for the 2018-19 season in Las Vegas, with eleven IHLC holders representing six countries taking home trophies.
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St. Louis Blues Win Historic First Stanley Cup
The NHL’s worst team as of the new 2019 calendar year, the St. Louis Blues completed their remarkable and historic season turnaround with a decisive, defensive Game 7 masterpiece to upend the Boston Bruins and win their first Stanley Cup in franchise history.
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🇷🇺 🇨🇦 IHLC Classics: Trubachyov’s Goal Gives Canada Silver Déjà Vu
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 Russia Day, we feature their World Junior Championship Gold victory from 2003, which saw them upset a hometown Halifax crowd to win a come-from-behind game on enemy territory.
🇷🇺 Russia 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax 🇨🇦
Sunday, 05 January 2003
Two third-period goals by Russia took a 2-1 deficit to a 3-2 lead which the Russians held on to win the gold medal over Canada.
It was the great Russian speed to the outside and their ability to neutralize Canada’s power play that fired the victory.
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