Slovakian defenceman Zdeno Chรกra, whose towering presence (the tallest player in NHL history at 6’9) and dominating play terrorized NHL offences for a quarter century, today announced his retirement from hockey at the age of 45, following 25 pro seasons with Ottawa, Boston, Washington and the New York Islanders, ending his career signing a one-day contract with the Boston Bruins.
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๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ป 2023 World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2023 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Tampere, Finland and Rฤซga, Latvia, with the two previous Worlds hosts stepping in to replace Saint Petersburg, Russia as the hosts, who were stripped as hosts after Russia was banned from IIHF competition for their continued invasion of Ukraine.
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๐ท๐บ In Memoriam – Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 2011-12
Today marks the anniversary of the tragic air disaster of Yak-Service Flight 9633 on 07 September 2011, that crashed near Yaroslavl, Russia, and killed the entire roster and staff of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL, and all but one of the flight crew members, when a pilot error caused the aircraft to fail its takeoff, running off the runway and crashing into a tower mast.
IIHF president Renรฉ Fasel declared the crash as “the darkest day in the history of our sport,” as fans from across the world, and in particular Russia and the eight other nations represented by team players and staff, mourned for the shocking and tragic loss. On this sad anniversary, TheIHLC.com commemorates this deep loss, and remember those who perished in the accident.
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๐จ๐ฆ 2023 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the tournament set to return to being played during the holiday season in front of fans, with Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick hosting for Canada for the third straight year.
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๐ธ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฟ IHLC Classics: ล atan’s Pair Sends Naลกi chlapci To Finals
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 Slovakia’s Constitution Day (Deล รstavy Slovenskej republiky), we look back at Slovakia’s unlikely run to the 2012 World Championship Gold Medal Game, where they knocked off neighbouring Czechia to punch their ticket to the finals.
๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia 3-1 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
World Championshipย Semifinal
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki ๐ซ๐ฎ
Saturday, 19 May 2012
Miroslav ล atan’s second goal of the game, a beautiful short-handed marker early in the third, broke a 1-1 tie and led Slovakia to a 3-1 victory over the Czech Republic to give his team a place in the Gold medal game tomorrow.
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๐ญ๐บ Hungary Becomes First New Women’s IHLC Contender In 12 Years
In an international hockey world that seldom sees new nations emerge to contend for the International Hockey Lineal Championship, a wild series of events on the final day of group play at the 2022 Women’s World Championship means that Hungary will contend for the IHLC, making the Magyars the first women’s team in over a decade to contend for the IHLC.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 9-3 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ โ 14 Aug 2022
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 9-3 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Sunday, 14 August 2022
Rule of thumb: if you can’t kill penalties, they will kill you. The Slovaks learned that the hard way on Sunday afternoon at Rogers Place. Brimming with confidence, Finland converted five times with the power play in a 9-3 dismantling of Slovakia.
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๐ธ๐ฐ Andrej Sekera Announces Retirement From Hockey At Age 36
Slovakian defender Andrej Sekera today officially announced his retirement from the Dallas Stars, ending a sixteen year NHL career that saw him journey across five NHL clubs, along with a World Championship and World Cup Silver medal. Continue reading
๐จ๐ฆ Restarted 2022 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the rescheduled 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, restarting the tournament in Edmonton, Canada following the cancellation of December’s tournament due to an outbreak of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
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IHLC Results – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ – 26 May 2022
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
World Championship Quarterfinal
Nokia Arena, Tampere ๐ซ๐ฎ
Thursday, 26 May 2022
Finnish cult hero Marko Anttila produced another big display in World Championship knock-out play, leading the host nationโs fightback to beat Slovakia 4-2.
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IHLC Preview – 2022 World Championship
The top teams in international hockey will converge on Tampere and Helsinki, Finland starting this Friday, 13 May, kicking off the premiere event of the global hockey calendar, the 2022 IIHF World Championship.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 5-1 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ โ 15 Apr 2022
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 5-1 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
Four Nations Cup
Zimnรญ stadion Pลรญbram, Pลรญbram ๐จ๐ฟ
Friday, 15 April 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:18 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL – Hirvonen (Mรคenpรครค)
12:28 – ๐ธ๐ฐ PEN – Krajcovic, holding
15:58 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL – Koponen
20:00 – ๐ธ๐ฐ PEN – Stripai, holding
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IIHF Announces Tournament Updates Following Russia, Belarus Suspensions
Just under three weeks after announcing that Russia and Belarus were banned from IIHF participation after the Russian-led and Belarusian-backed invasion of Ukraine that began on 24 February, today the International Ice Hockey Federation announced replacement clubs for upcoming participation in the upcoming 2022 Men’s, Women’s and Junior World Championships.
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IHLC Results – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 2-0 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ – 18 Feb 2022
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 2-0 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
Olympic Semifinal
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing ๐จ๐ณ
Friday, 18 February 2022
On the strength of Sakari Manninen’s first-period winner, Finland advanced to its second Olympic Gold medal game in history with a hard-fought 2-0 victory over Slovakia on Friday.
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IHLC Results – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 6-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ – 10 Feb 2022
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 6-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
Olympic Preliminary Round
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing ๐จ๐ณ
Thursday, 10 February 2022
Sakari Manninen scored three goals and Miro Aaltonen scored two goals and one assist for Finland and Juraj Slafkovskรฝ scored twice for Slovakia in Finlandโs 6-2 win in the first game for both teams at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
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IHLC Preview – 2022 Winter Olympics (Men’s)
For the second straight Olympics, the men’s hockey tournament will not feature NHL superstars (although this time due to COVID-19), making the Olympic tournament not necessarily a true “best on best,” but still a showcase of some of the world’s top talent looking to capture Gold and Olympic glory in Beijing.
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IHLC 2021 In Review – Junior
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Hockey Lineal Championship only saw seven games of competition this year on the junior side, nearly a year apart, all in Edmonton, and cut short thanks to the outright cancellation of the 2022 World Junior Championship thanks to the Omicron variant.
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IHLC 2021 In Review – Men’s
With the international hockey calendar returning (relatively) to normal in 2021, the IHLC saw a flurry of activity throughout the year, bookended with stops on the Euro Hockey Tour, and a relocated World Championship in between. Continue reading
Remainder Of 2022 World Junior Championship Cancelled
After the third game in two days needed to be cancelled due to positive cases on an individual team, today the IIHF announced that the remainder of the 2022 World Junior Championships in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, Canada would be cancelled.
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IIHF Confirms No Relegation From 2022 World Junior Championship
After a degree of uncertainty surrounding how the IIHF would handle the 2023 World Junior Championships after the bottom two division tournaments set to take place in January 2022 were cancelled due to COVID-19, today they announced no teams in the ongoing Top Division would be relegated in 2022.
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