The IIHF today, at their end-of-tournament press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, confirmed a number of items outlined at this week’s IIHF Congress, including the traditional awarding of tournament hosts for future events, and confirmation that the IIHF has submitted plans to the International Olympic Committee to proceed with excluding Russian men’s and women’s hockey teams from the 2026 Olympics, set to begin in nine months in Milan, Italy.
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Tag Archives: Slovakia
๐ท๐บ Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Captures First Gagarin Cup
One year after being swept in the Gagarin Cup finals, today Lokomotiv Yaroslavl reversed their fortunes with a Game Five overtime win over Traktor Chelyabinsk, winning the club’s first ever Gagarin Cup title.
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IHLC Results – ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 5-0 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ – 09 May 2025
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 5-0 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
World Championship Preliminary Round
Avicii Arena, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Friday, 09 May 2025
Sweden opened its IIHF World Championship with an impressive 5-0 win over Slovakia tonight at a jam-packed, yellow-sweater wearing, sold-out crowd at Avicii Arena. The victors scored three goals in the first period and never looked back.
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IHLC Preview – 2025 World Championship
The top teams in international hockey will converge on Stockholm, Sweden and Herning, Denmark starting this Friday 09 May, kicking off the premiere event of the global hockey calendar, the 2025 IIHF World Championship.
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๐ฆ๐น ๐ฉ๐ฐ Austria, Denmark Promoted To 2025 Womenโs World Championship
At the conclusion of the Women’s World Championship Division IA tournament in Shenzhen, China today, it was Austria and Denmark that finally scooped up the last promotion spots to the Top Division in 2026, to be hosted in Canada.
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๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ด Hungary, Norway Relegated From 2024 Womenโs Worlds
After clawing their way back to the Top Division in 2024, it was a sudden relegation back to Division IA for both Norway and Hungary, who were officially both relegated with one day left in competition in ฤeskรฉ Budฤjovice.
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World Cup Of Hockey Set To Return In 2028
On the eve of the inaugural (and potentially only) Four Nations Face-Off, the NHL and NHLPA today announced the return of the World Cup Of Hockey, set to debut in February 2028 as a mid-season, rather than preseason, tournament, and recurring every four years thereafter.
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๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช ๐ฉ๐ช Japan, Sweden, Germany Clinch Final Milan 2026 Women’s Olympic Qualifying Spots
After three months of Olympic qualifiers, with 24 teams competing across two rounds of play, came to a conclusion today for the final three spots in Milan, with the spots being clinched locked up by Japan, Sweden and Germany for the 2026 Olympics.
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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2025 Inductees
The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2025, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Stockholm, with five different nationalities and a pair of Swedish goaltenders highlighting the class.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 5-3 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ – 02 Jan 2025
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 5-3 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
The Arena At TD Place, Ottawa ๐จ๐ฆ
Thursday, 02 January 2025
Powered by three first-period goals, Finland held on for a 5-3 quarter-final win over Slovakia on Thursday night in Ottawa.
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IHLC 2024 In Review – Junior
The 2024 international junior calendar saw the United States dominate throughout the year, capturing Gold in early January 2024 and looking to repeat as world champions again, for the first time ever, in 2025.
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IHLC 2024 In Review – Men’s
The 2024 international men’s hockey calendar saw four different nations capture the title throughout the year, with a European champion ensuring a more active back half of the year than Canada’s 2023 Gold medal victory originally allowed for.
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IHLC Preview – 2025 World Junior Championship
With the holidays approaching, this means that immediately after Christmas ends, the IIHF World Junior Championship will begin, this time being hosted in Canada’s capital of Ottawa, Ontario, with the world’s top under-20 teams convening for the title of global supremacy.
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IHLC Results โ ๐บ๐ธ United States 6-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ โ 21 Dec 2024
๐บ๐ธ United States 6-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
Exhibition Game
Slush Puppie Place, Kingston ๐จ๐ฆ
Saturday, 21 December 2024
Ryan Leonard had two goals and an assist, while Cole Hutson added three assists to help the U.S. National Junior Team to a 6-2 victory over Slovakia here tonight at Slush Puppie Place in pre-tournament action ahead of the 2025 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship.
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๐จ๐ฆ 2025 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the tournament set to be held in Canada’s capital of Ottawa, Ontario, with the tournament returning to the city for the first time since 2009, and Canada’s twenty-first time hosting overall.
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๐ฑ๐ป ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ Latvia, Denmark, Slovakia Clinch Final Milan 2026 Men’s Olympic Qualifying Spots
After nearly a year of Olympic qualifiers that began last December, with 30 teams competing across three rounds of play, came to a conclusion today for the final three spots in Milan, with the spots being clinched locked up by Latvia, Denmark and Slovakia for the 2026 Olympics, in a carbon copy clinching scenario from three years earlier.
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๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช 2025 World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2025 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Stockholm, Sweden and Herning, Denmark, with both hosts looking to repeat the luck of 2024’s hosts Czechia by capturing World Championship Gold on home ice.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-3 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ – 23 May 2024
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-3 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
World Championship Quarterfinal
O2ย arena, Prague ๐จ๐ฟ
Thursday, 23 May 2024
There was never much doubt. Canada got goals from five different players to defeat Slovakia 6-3 in Thursday’s early Prague quarter-final at the 2024 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.
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IHLC Preview – 2024 World Championship
The top teams in international hockey will converge on Ostrava and Prague, Czechia starting this Friday, 10 May, kicking off the premiere event of the global hockey calendar, the 2024 IIHF World Championship.
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IHLC 2023 In Review – Junior
The story of the world junior calendar year of 2023 came down really to two countries, with Canada dominating the top of the calendar, while it was American dominance nearly a full calendar year later setting the stage for a thrilling finish to the 2024 World Junior Championship.
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