After a two-year stint in Division IA, Norway will be returning to the World Junior Championship Top Division, thanks to a late Kazakh comeback victory over Austria, locking up their spot in the Top Division even before their final match against hosts Slovenia at the Division IA tournament in Bled.
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🇺🇸 2026 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the United States looking to “three-peat” as world champions for the first time in history, looking to do some on home ice in Minnesota, with the Americans hosting the tournament’s fiftieth edition for the first time since 2018.
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🇰🇿 Kazakhstan Relegated From World Junior Championship
For the second straight year, Germany narrowly avoided relegation at the World Junior Championship, this time eliminating Kazakhstan in a 4-3 victory to send the Kazakhs back down to Division IA in 2026, after only one year in the Top Division.
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IHLC 2024 In Review – Women’s
The 2024 calendar year saw a reduction in international competition due to the rise of the Professional Women’s Hockey League, but there was still plenty of drama between the United States and Canada all throughout North America over the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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🇩🇰 Denmark Promoted To World Junior Top Division In 2026
For the first time since 2019, Denmark will be returning to the World Junior Championship Top Division, after being pushed to the brink by Austria before upsetting them in a do-or-die final showdown in Bled, Slovenia, winning 5-4 in regulation to capture the Division IA tournament and book their ticket to Minnesota in 2026.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 6-1 United States 🇺🇸 – 11 Feb 2024
🇨🇦 Canada 6-1 United States 🇺🇸
Rivalry Series, Game 7
Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul 🇺🇸
Sunday, 11 February 2024
Natalie Spooner and Emma Maltais each scored twice, Ann-Renée Desbiens made 24 saves and Canada routed the United States 6-1 on Sunday in the decisive seventh game of the Rivalry Series.
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🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Remainder Of 2021-22 Rivalry Series Cancelled
After their scheduled matchup for 20 December in Saint Paul, Minnesota was cancelled due to the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, today Hockey Canada announced the final two games of their Rivalry Series against the United States, set to take place in early January in Alberta, have been cancelled as well.
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🇺🇸 Minnesota Whitecaps Capture Isobel Cup In Inaugural NWHL Season
The first of two women’s hockey championships in a one week span has been crowned, with the expansion Minnesota Whitecaps defeating the Buffalo Beauts on home ice in a 2-1 overtime victory to capture the 2019 Isobel Cup.
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IHLC 2017 In Review – Women’s
The International Hockey Lineal Championship saw its usual see-saw between Canada and the United States on the women’s side, trading back and forth over a 15-game span in 2017, with both teams working to build momentum for the upcoming Olympics in PyeongChang.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 2-1 United States 🇺🇸 (OT) – 03 Dec 2017
🇨🇦 Canada 2-1 United States 🇺🇸 (OT)
Exhibition Game
Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul 🇺🇸
Sunday, 03 December 2017
Brianne Jenner scored 37 seconds into overtime to lift Canada’s National Women’s Team to a 2-1 win over the United States on Sunday, and a 2-1 lead in the teams’ six-game pre-Olympic series.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 (SO) – 28 Dec 2013
🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 (SO)
Exhibition Game
Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul 🇺🇸
Saturday, 28 December 2013
Kevin Dineen is still looking for his first win as head coach of Canada’s National Women’s Team, but after nearly completing a comeback victory over the United States on Saturday, he says he’s comfortable with the ability of his new squad.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 2-1 United States 🇺🇸 – 30 Dec 2009
🇨🇦 Canada 2-1 United States 🇺🇸
Exhibition Game
Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul 🇺🇸
Wednesday, 30 December 2009
The intense rivalry between Canada’s National Women’s Team and its American counterparts became abundantly clear Wednesday night on the ice at the Xcel Energy Center, but 40 saves by Charline Labonté and two points from defenceman Colleen Sostorics helped Canada earn a 2-1 win over the United States.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-2 United States 🇺🇸 – 30 Dec 2005
🇨🇦 Canada 4-2 United States 🇺🇸
Exhibition Game
Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul 🇺🇸
Friday, 30 December 2005
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:09 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Ouellette (Hefford)
06:21 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Darwitz, interference
08:06 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Apps (Weatherston, Hefford)
14:16 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Goyette, high sticking
15:00 – 🇺🇸 PP GOAL – Darwitz (Wendell, Wall)
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