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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IHLC Results โ ๐บ๐ธ United States 10-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ โ 31 Dec 2023
๐บ๐ธ United States 10-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Frรถlundaborg, Gothenburg ๐ธ๐ช
Sunday, 31 December 2023
In the New Year’s Eve showdown for first place in Group B, the U.S. left no doubt, hammering Slovakia 10-2 at Frรถlundaborg. Captain Rutger McGroarty set the tone with a hat trick and goalie Trey Augustine shone when tested with 38 stops.
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IHLC 2023 In Review – Men’s
The 2023 international men’s hockey calendar was one full of surprises, with the emergence of competing Cinderella stories at the 2023 World Championship that captivating the hockey world, before a familiar face emerged as world champions once again.
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IHLC Preview – 2024 World Junior Championship
With the season upon us, this means the inevitable return of the IIHF World Junior Championship, which will return to Europe for the first time since January 2020, with Gothenburg, Sweden hosting the world’s top under-20 teams starting on 26 December.
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๐บ๐ธ Paul Stastny Confirms Retirement From Hockey At 37
American centre Paul Stastny, the son of hockey royalty who carved out his own illustrious career that spanned nearly two decades, today confirmed his retirement from hockey, having last played for the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2022-23 NHL season.
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๐บ๐ธ Derek Stepan Announces Retirement From Hockey At 33
American centre Derek Stepan, a seasoned NHL veteran with a recurring presence on Team USA, today announced his retirement from hockey due to recurring injuries at age 33.
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๐จ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ China, Denmark Promoted To 2024 Womenโs World Championship
At the conclusion of the delayed Women’s World Championship Division IA tournament in Shenzhen, China today, it was hosts China and Denmark that finally scooped up the last promotion spots to the Top Division in 2024, solidifying for good the 2023-24 international hockey calendar.
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๐จ๐ฟ 2024 World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2024 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Prague and Ostrava, Czechia, the first tournament set to play at its intended host cities and arenas since 2019, following concerns over COVID-19, political unrest in Belarus, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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๐ธ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐บ Slovenia, Hungary Relegated From 2023 World Championship
A day before the group round came to a close at the 2023 World Championship, both relegation spots to Division IA in 2023 were confirmed, with Hungaryย and Slovenia gaining the dubious distinction of being sent down after both gained promotion in 2022, with Slovenia finishing winless while Hungaryย was eliminated in a sudden-death shootout to Austria.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 4-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ – 18 May 2023
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 4-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arฤna Rฤซga, Rฤซga ๐ฑ๐ป
Thursday, 18 May 2023
Switzerland remains Group Bโs only perfect team with 12 points after four games following a 4-2 victory over Slovakia.
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IHLC Preview – 2023 World Championship
The top teams in international hockey will converge on Tampere, Finland and Rฤซga, Latvia starting this Friday, 12 May, kicking off the premiere event of the global hockey calendar, the 2023 IIHF World Championship.
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๐ท๐บ CSKA Moscow Captures Second Consecutive Gagarin Cup
Following a near collapse at the hands of Ak Bars Kazan after a 3-1 series lead, CSKA Moscow captured their second straight Gagarin Cup in Moscow, upending the Leopards 3-2 in the finals.
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๐ญ๐บ ๐ซ๐ท Hungary, France Relegated From 2023 Womenโs Worlds
In the final day of competition at the 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship, the final two Group B matchups dictated which teams would be relegated to Division IA in 2024, with Hungary and France drawing the unfortunate distinction.
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๐ธ๐ช 2024 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the tournament set to be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, with Sweden hosting for the first time in a decade, Gothenburg hosting the World Juniors for the first time ever, and marking the first post-pandemic tournament to be held outside of Canada.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-3 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ (OT) โ 02 Jan 2023
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-3 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ (OT)
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
Scotiabank Centre, Halifax ๐จ๐ฆ
Monday, 02 January 2023
Connor Bedard scored at 5:17 of three-on-three overtime to give Canada a thrilling 4-3 win over Slovakia and advance to the semi-finals on Wednesday against the United States.
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IHLC 2022 In Review – Junior
After the year 2022 started with complete uncertainty in the world of junior hockey, the calendar stabilized with the re-playing of the 2022 World Junior Championship in August, and the (thus far) successful completion of the 2023 World Juniors in December, bringing an unusually busy year for junior hockey and the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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