After nearly a year of Olympic qualifiers that began in Bulgaria last October, three rounds of play and 28 teams competing for just three spots in PyeongChang, the final slots were today locked up by Norway, Slovenia and Germany for the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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2017 World Championship Schedule Released
The IIHF has released the full schedule for the 2017 World Championship in Paris, France and Cologne, Germany, with defending champions Canada opening the tournament against Czechia, while hosts Germany open the tournament against the United States on opening day, and France hosts Norway on day two.
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IHLC Winners Win Big At 2016 NHL Awards
The National Hockey League handed out its hardware to the best players in the world Wednesday night in the newest NHL city, Las Vegas, with ten IHLC holders representing four countries taking home trophies.
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Final Roster Spots Announced For 2016 World Cup Of Hockey
The remaining seven spots for each World Cup Of Hockey roster today were finalized, and the 184 players set to represent their six countries and two multinational squads are now set for the tournament in Toronto that begins this September.
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🇰🇿 🇭🇺 Kazakhstan, Hungary Relegated From World Championship
With the medal rounds set at the 2016 World Championship in Russia, the two relegated squads are now determined as well, with newly promoted Kazakhstan and Hungary both falling back to Division IA in 2017 after failing to clinch their spots for the 2017 Top Division in France and Germany.
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🇮🇹 🇸🇮 Slovenia Promoted To 2017 Worlds, Italy Likely As Well
After Slovenia edged out Austria 2-1 and Italy defeated an upstart Korean squad by the same score on the last day of competition, the qualifiers for the 2017 World Championships in Cologne and Paris became more clear, although Slovenia is the only one with a guarantee of playing for now.
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Preliminary Rosters Announced For 2016 World Cup Of Hockey
The six federations and two conglomerate squads participating at September’s World Cup Of Hockey today announced their preliminary 16 man rosters, with the final seven spots each to be filled by 1 June.
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World Championship Sets Fields For 2016 Worlds, 2018 Olympics
With the dust settled over Prague, and Canada returning to North America with World Championship Gold in tow, we can not only look back on a tremendous (and record-breaking) 2015 tournament, but to future tournaments in men’s hockey, particularly next year’s Worlds and the 2018 Olympics.
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First Nine Nations Qualified For 2018 Olympic Men’s Tournament
Following Belarus‘ failure to finish in the top four at the 2015 World Championships, Slovakia scooped up the ninth and final automatic qualification spot for the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, Korea, joining defending champions Canada, Finland, Sweden, Russia, the United States, Czechia, Switzerland and the host nation Korea.
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🇦🇹 🇸🇮 Austria, Slovenia Relegated From World Championship
For the fourth straight World Championship in which they are participating, Austria and Slovenia have been relegated back to Division IA for 2016, failing to clinch spots at next year’s World Championship in Russia.
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IHLC Preview – 2015 World Championship
With virtually every professional and international competition (besides the NHL playoffs) complete, the world’s best will assemble in Czechia for the 79th IIHF World Championship, looking to assert their hockey supremacy and punch their ticket to the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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2015 NHL All Star Game Rosters Announced
After a fan vote to decide the first six participants, the National Hockey League today announced the participants for the 2015 NHL All Star Game in Columbus, Ohio on 25 January, with rosters to be determined in a fantasy draft on 23 January.
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🇪🇺 2016 World Cup “Euro All-Stars”: What If?
Amid reports of a European “All-Star” team making up a seventh team at the 2016 World Cup Of Hockey, which would be comprised of players from nations not already fielding full teams (Sweden, Finland, Russia and Czechia), much speculation has already begun about what that potential team would look like. Matt Larkin of The Hockey News took the speculation a step further, setting a full projected roster for 2016, which brings up a very unique and interesting looking squad.
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2015 World Championship Schedule Released
The IIHF has released a new microsite for the 2015 World Championship in Prague and Ostrava, Czechia, iihfworlds2015.com, and with it released the full schedule for the World Championship in May.
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2015 World Championship Groups Announced
Some more details on the 2015 Worlds in Prague and Ostrava have been released – the all-important groupings! The teams break down as follows (current IIHF rankings in parentheses):
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IHLC Team Profiles – 🇸🇮 Slovenia
🇸🇮 SLOVENIA (SLO) Men’s National Ice Hockey Team (1992-)
A newcomer to the world stage, the Slovenian national team first competed for the IHLC in 2003 – however, it was not until a pair of major wins at the 2014 Olympics that the Risi grabbed the world’s attention, led by NHL star (and only Slovene NHLer) Anže Kopitar. Slovenia nearly won the IHLC only seven years after their first game, dropping a 3-2 shootout heartbreaker to Denmark to remain IHLC-less. Slovenia is beginning now to compete more regularly in the top pool of the World Championship, and look for them to break their IHLC winless streak very, very soon.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 7-1 Slovenia 🇸🇮 – 08 May 2013
🇨🇭 Switzerland 7-1 Slovenia 🇸🇮
World Championship Preliminary Round
Ericsson Globe, Stockholm 🇸🇪
Wednesday, 08 May 2013
Switzerland just keeps on rolling. In a game where they avoided complacency and featured a potent power play, Switzerland scored three first period goals that carried them to a 7-1 win over Slovenia.
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IHLC Results – 🇩🇰 Denmark 3-2 Slovenia 🇸🇮 (SO) – 13 Nov 2010
🇩🇰 Denmark 3-2 Slovenia 🇸🇮 (SO)
Polessye Cup
Ice Palace Gomel, Gomel 🇧🇾
Saturday, 13 November 2010
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:41 – 🇸🇮 PEN – Hebar, tripping
06:38 – 🇩🇰 PEN – Bødker, holding
10:43 – 🇩🇰 PEN – Eskesen, slashing
11:01 – 🇩🇰 PEN – K. Jensen, slashing
16:59 – 🇸🇮 PEN – Tavželj, high sticking
20:00 – 🇩🇰 PEN – Madsen, 10 min. misconduct
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IHLC Results – 🇳🇴 Norway 3-1 Slovenia 🇸🇮 – 11 Nov 2010
🇳🇴 Norway 3-1 Slovenia 🇸🇮
Polessye Cup
Ice Palace Gomel, Gomel 🇧🇾
Thursday, 11 November 2010
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:14 – 🇳🇴 GOAL – Røymark (Forsberg)
05:35 – 🇸🇮 PEN – Brus, tripping
10:05 – 🇳🇴 PEN – Bonsaksen, holding
13:05 – 🇳🇴 PEN – Djupvik Løvlie, tripping
17:10 – 🇸🇮 PEN – Pavlin, interference
19:52 – 🇳🇴 PEN – Røymark, holding
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-3 Slovenia 🇸🇮 – 05 May 2006
🇫🇮 Finland 5-3 Slovenia 🇸🇮
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Friday, 05 May 2006
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:56 – 🇸🇮 PEN – D. Rodman, hooking
02:57 – 🇸🇮 PEN – Kranjc, tripping
03:31 – 🇸🇮 PEN – Vidmar, hooking
05:08 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Peltonen, tripping
06:05 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Mäntylä, interference
07:10 – 🇸🇮 PP GOAL – Kranjc (Kopitar)
12:43 – 🇫🇮 PEN – J. Ruutu, interference
14:41 – 🇸🇮 PP GOAL – Kopitar (Sotlar, M. Rodman)
14:50 – 🇸🇮 PEN – Ciglenečki, interference
16:29 – 🇸🇮 PEN – Sotlar, holding
17:07 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Kallio (Nummelin)
20:00 – 🇸🇮 PEN – Terlikar, holding
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