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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2026 Inductees

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The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2026, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Zürich, with six players from four different nationalities highlighting the class.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 6-2 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 09 Nov 2025

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🇸🇪 Sweden 6-2 Czechia 🇨🇿
Five Nations Cup
Easton Aréna, Piešťany 🇸🇰
Sunday, 09 November 2025

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:36 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Žemlička, tripping
01:36 – 🇸🇪 PEN – team, too many players
09:41 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Frondell (Lindberg, Johansson)
09:41 – 🇸🇪 PEN – team, too many players
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IIHF Confirms Women’s World Championships Moving To November As Of 2026

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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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🇷🇺 In Memoriam – Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 2011-12

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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 René 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 – 🇨🇿 Czechia 7-4 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 31 Aug 2025

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🇨🇿 Czechia 7-4 Sweden 🇸🇪
Five Nations Cup
Rocknet Arena, Chomutov 🇨🇿
Saturday, 30 August 2025

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:40 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Žemlička (Klíma, Dravecký)
03:40 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Davidsson
06:09 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Orrsten, tripping
06:19 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Poletín, roughing
06:19 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Sterner, roughing
06:30 – 🇨🇿 PP GOAL – Curran (Benák, Jiříček)
12:27 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Hallquisth, elbowing
18:56 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Stockselius (Ihs-Wozniak)
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🇨🇭 2026 World Championship Schedule Released

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The schedule for the 2026 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Zürich and Fribourg, Switzerland, with the host Eisgenossen looking to finally conquer the tournament after consecutive Silver medal finishes, only three months after the conclusion of the 2026 Olympics in Milan.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 3-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 02 Aug 2025

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🇫🇮 Finland 3-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Junior Summer Showcase
Ridder Arena, Minneapolis 🇺🇸
Saturday, 02 August 2025

The final day of games at the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase were played here today at Ridder Arena. Finland defeated Sweden, 3-1.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 8-4 Canada 🇨🇦 – 01 Aug 2025

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🇸🇪 Sweden 8-4 Canada 🇨🇦
World Junior Summer Showcase
Ridder Arena, Minneapolis 🇺🇸
Friday, 01 August 2025

The penultimate day of games at the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase were played here today at Ridder Arena, as Sweden defeated Canada, 8-4.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 6-3 United States 🇺🇸 – 30 Jul 2025

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🇸🇪 Sweden 6-3 United States 🇺🇸
World Junior Summer Showcase
Ridder Arena, Minneapolis 🇺🇸
Wednesday, 30 July 2025

The fourth day of games at the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase were played here today at Ridder Arena, as Sweden defeated the U.S. 6-3.
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🇨🇦 🇸🇪 IHLC Classics: Halischuk’s Heroics Lead To Four-Peat

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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 Canada Day, we look back at Canada’s unprecedented fourth straight World Juniors medal, captured by the overtime heroics of Matt Halischuk.


🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice 🇨🇿
Saturday, 05 January 2008

Color Canada Gold for a fourth straight year at the IIHF World Junior Championship.

Matt Halischuk jammed the puck into the net at 3:36 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 triumph over Sweden on Saturday in the Gold medal game.
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🇺🇸 2026 World Junior Championship Schedule Released

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The schedule for the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the United States looking to “three-peat” as world champions for the first time in history, looking to do some on home ice in Minnesota, with the Americans hosting the tournament’s fiftieth edition for the first time since 2018.
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Florida Panthers Win Second Consecutive Stanley Cup

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The Florida Panthers, once among the basement-dwellers of the National Hockey League, today captured their second consecutive Stanley Cup, once again besting the Edmonton Oilers to become the first repeat champions since 2021, clinching victory with a definitive 5-1 win over the Oilers in Game Six of the finals in Sunrise, Florida.
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🇮🇹 2026 Men’s Olympic Hockey Schedule Released

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The IIHF today released the schedule for the men’s tournament at the 2026 Olympics in Milan, Italy, with the tournament beginning on Wednesday, 11 February, with defending champions Finland starting their title defence in the opening match, in the first tournament since 2014 to feature NHL players on Olympic rosters.
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Provisional Men’s Rosters Named For 2026 Winter Olympics

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With eight months to go until the NHL makes its return to the Winter Olympics after a twelve year absence, the provisional rosters for each of the twelve participating men’s nations were revealed today by each nations’ respective international association, naming six active professionals to each roster that will face off in Milan in February 2026.
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🇸🇪 🇫🇮 IHLC Classics: Youth Movement Brings Tre Kronor Second Straight Gold

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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 Swedish Sveriges nationaldag (National Day), we look back at Sweden’s first ever back-to-back World Championships, capturing their second straight title in 1992 over their border rivals Finland.


🇸🇪 Sweden 5-2 Finland 🇫🇮
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Sportovní Hala, Prague 🇨🇿
Sunday, 10 May 1992

Sweden, which barely made the final round, won its second straight World hockey Championship yesterday with a 5-2 victory over Finland.
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🇷🇺 IIHF Confirms 2026 Russian Decision Falls To IOC, Future Tournament Hosts

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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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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-3 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 20 May 2025

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🇨🇦 Canada 5-3 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Championship Preliminary Round
Avicii Arena, Stockholm 🇸🇪
Tuesday, 20 May 2025

Canada’s relentless puck pursuit and finish around the goal proved too much for Jacob Markström and Tre Kronor tonight.

The Canadians won the game, 5-3, and with it finished in first place to play Denmark in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
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