With the calendar finally turning over to 2026, and final rosters for the 2026 Milan Olympics being released daily, there has emerged a select field of fourteen men and three women from five countries who, if successful in winning Gold at next month’s Games, will gain the unique distinction of joining the Triple Gold Club.
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Tag Archives: Sweden
IHLC Results โ ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 4-2 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ – 05 Jan 2026
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 4-2 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul ๐บ๐ธ
Monday, 05 January 2026
Sweden slowly and surely built a 3-0 lead by the early part of the third period and barely withstood a wild Czech rally in the dying minutes to win World Junior Championship Gold with a thrilling 4-2 win.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 4-3 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ (SO) – 04 Jan 2026
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 4-3 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ (SO)
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul ๐บ๐ธ
Sunday, 04 January 2026
Anton Frondell scored the shootout winner as Sweden beat Finland 4-3 in the early 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship semi-final.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-3 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป – 02 Jan 2026
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-3 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul ๐บ๐ธ
Friday, 02 January 2026
It was business as usual. Undefeated Sweden employed a balanced attack to down Latvia 6-3 in the first quarter-final of the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship on Friday.
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IHLC 2025 In Review – Junior
The 2025 international junior calendar saw the United States capture their first back-to-back world title in 2025, followed by the emergence of Sweden dominating across three tournaments, capping the calendar year off with a commanding performance at the 2026 World Junior Championship.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-3 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 31 Dec 2025
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-3 United States ๐บ๐ธ
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul ๐บ๐ธ
Wednesday, 31 December 2025
Sweden scored four goals in a wild second period to race away to a 6-3 win over the United States tonight at Grand Casino Arena.
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IHLC 2025 In Review – Men’s
The 2025 international hockey men’s calendar saw the title competed over in six different countries over two continents in five tournaments, with seven different countries capturing the International Hockey Lineal Championship in only a three month-span of competition.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 8-1 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช – 29 Dec 2025
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 8-1 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul ๐บ๐ธ
Monday, 29 December 2025
Captain Jack Berglund, Anton Frondell, and Viggo Bjรถrck scored two goals apiece to pace Sweden to a 8-1 thumping of Germany in Monday’s early Group A action.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 4-2 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ – 28 Dec 2025
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 4-2ย Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul ๐บ๐ธ
Sunday, 28 December 2025
Sweden scored two goals early in the third period to erase a 2-1 Switzerland lead en route to a 4-2 win this afternoon at Grand Casino Arena.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 3-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ – 26 Dec 2025
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 3-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul ๐บ๐ธ
Friday, 26 December 2025
Ivar Stenberg scored the winner with 3:57 left and added an assist as Sweden defeated Slovakia 3-2 at the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The hard-working, youthful Slovaks rallied from a two-goal second-period deficit, but fell short.
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IHLC Preview – 2026 World Junior Championship
The eyes of the hockey world are looking just beyond the holiday season, with Boxing Day marking the kickoff of the fiftieth annual IIHF World Junior Championship, this time being hosted by the defending champion Americans in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, with the home team looking to “three-peat” for the first time in history.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 7-3 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ – 23 Dec 2025
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 7-3 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Exhibition Game
Rochester Recreation Center, Rochester ๐บ๐ธ
Tuesday, 23 December 2025
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:27 – ๐จ๐ญ GOAL – Aeschlimann (Henry, Haas)
05:07 – ๐จ๐ญ PEN – Borradori, tripping
09:05 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Danielsson, slashing
12:36 – ๐ธ๐ช GOAL – Genborg (Gustafsson, V. Bjรถrck)
19:16 – ๐จ๐ญ PEN – Borradori, hooking
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IHLC Results โ ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 4-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ – 20 Dec 2025
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 4-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Exhibition Game
Canada Life Place, London ๐จ๐ฆ
Saturday, 20 December 2025
Jack Berglund scored twice in the third period, including a short-handed marker 43 seconds into the frame, as Sweden rallied to beat Canada 4-2 in a pre-World Junior Hockey Championship contest on Saturday night.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 2-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช – 17 Dec 2025
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 2-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Exhibition Game
Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener ๐จ๐ฆ
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
Brady Martin and Gavin McKenna have quickly found chemistry for Canada’s world junior team.
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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2026 Inductees
The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2026, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Zรผrich, with six players from four different nationalities highlighting the class.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-2 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ – 09 Nov 2025
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-2 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
Five Nations Cup
Easton Arรฉna, Pieลกลฅany ๐ธ๐ฐ
Sunday, 09 November 2025
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:36 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – ลฝemliฤka, tripping
01:36 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – team, too many players
09:41 – ๐ธ๐ช GOAL – Frondell (Lindberg, Johansson)
09:41 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – team, too many players
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IIHF Confirms Women’s World Championships Moving To November As Of 2026
At today’s IIHF Semi-Annual Congress in Nice, France, it was confirmed that the 2026 Women’s World Championships would be hosted by Denmark, but more consequentially would be held in November, confirmed to be a permanent shift in moving the typical spring tournament to early November going forward, just prior to the start of the Professional Women’s Hockey League pro seasons.
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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.
Then-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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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 7-4 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช – 31 Aug 2025
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 7-4 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Five Nations Cup
Rocknet Arena, Chomutov ๐จ๐ฟ
Saturday, 30 August 2025
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:40 – ๐จ๐ฟ GOAL – ลฝemliฤka (Klรญma, Draveckรฝ)
03:40 – ๐ธ๐ช GOAL – Davidsson
06:09 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Orrsten, tripping
06:19 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Poletรญn, roughing
06:19 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Sterner, roughing
06:30 – ๐จ๐ฟ PP GOAL – Curran (Benรกk, Jiลรญฤek)
12:27 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Hallquisth, elbowing
18:56 – ๐ธ๐ช GOAL – Stockselius (Ihs-Wozniak)
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IHLC Results โ ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 5-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 29 Aug 2025
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 5-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Five Nations Cup
Rocknet Arena, Chomutov ๐จ๐ฟ
Friday, 29 August 2025
BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:39 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Orpana, tripping
12:00 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Olsson, holding
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International Hockey Lineal Championship 