The National Hockey League completed its awards distribution for the 2025-26 season with the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals, with twelve IHLC holders representing four countries taking home trophies handed out over the past month.
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Tag Archives: Sweden
๐ฉ๐ฐ 2026 Women’s World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2026 IIHF Women’s World Championship has been released, with the Danish cities of Herning and Esbjerg set to host for the first time since 2022, with Team USA looking to repeat as World Champions, along with doubling up on their 2026 Olympic Gold medal.
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๐ธ๐ช ๐ท๐บ IHLC Classics: Juniorkronorna’s First World Junior Triumph
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 World Junior Championship title in 1981 – a feat that would then not be replicated again until over three decades later.
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 3-2 Soviet Union ๐ท๐บ
World Junior Championship Final Round
Curt-Frenzel-Stadion, Augsburg ๐ฉ๐ช
Friday, 02 January 1981
Sweden defeated the defending champion Soviet Union, 3-2, Friday to win the ice hockey World Junior Championships.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 3-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช – 28 May 2026
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 3-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
World Championship Quarterfinal
Swiss Life Arena, Zรผrich ๐จ๐ญ
Thursday, 28 May 2026
It was a hard fought battle but the Swiss came out on top. The hosts secured their semifinal berth with a 3-1 win over Sweden.
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๐จ๐ฆ Montrรฉal Victoire Win 2026 Walter Cup, First For Canada
After two disappointing consecutive semifinal losses in the PWHL playoffs, the Montrรฉal Victoire finally climbed the proverbial mountain, defeating the Ottawa Charge in four games to win the club’s, and Canada’s, first ever Walter Cup championship.
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IHLC Preview – 2026 World Championship
The top teams in international hockey will converge on Zรผrich and Fribourg, Switzerland, starting this Friday 15 May, kicking off the premiere event of the annual global hockey calendar, the 2026 IIHF World Championship.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 3-1 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ – 19 Apr 2026
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 3-1 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
Five Nations Tournament
Kungsbacka ishall, Kungsbacka ๐ธ๐ช
Sunday, 19 April 2026
BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:30 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Goos, delay of game
07:13 – ๐ธ๐ช GOAL – Funck (Hรฅkansson, Holmertz)
13:36 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Zรกhejskรฝ, roughing
13:36 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Hรถglund, roughing
17:50 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Jansa, high sticking
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๐ธ๐ช Linus Omark Confirms Retirement Following Luleรฅ Elimination
Swedish winger Linus Omark, a mainstay on the Swedish national team for over a decade with a World Championship Gold, Swedish and Swiss League title to his name, confirmed his retirement from the game at the age of 39, following his club, Luleรฅ, being eliminated in the semifinals of the Swedish Hockey League playoffs.
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๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฟ Edmonton, Calgary & Prague Named As 2028 World Cup Hosts
Making its return for the first time in twelve years, the NHL today announced the host cities for the World Cup of Hockey, with group play to be split between Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Prague, Czechia, with the semifinal and final to be hosted in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 2-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช (OT) – 18 Feb 2026
๐บ๐ธ United States 2-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช (OT)
Olympic Quarterfinal
Unipol Dome, Milan ๐ฎ๐น
Wednesday, 18 February 2026
Team USA is through to the semifinal after an 2-1 overtime win over Sweden. The Americansโ hero was Quinn Hughes who scored the game-winner at 3:27.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 5-0 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช – 16 Feb 2026
๐บ๐ธ United States 5-0 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Olympic Semifinal
Unipol Dome, Milan ๐ฎ๐น
Monday, 16 February 2026
Powered by four second-period goals, the ultra-dominant U.S. blanked Sweden 5-0 to advance to the Gold medal game at the 2026 Olympic womenโs hockey tournament.
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๐ฎ๐น Italy Becomes First New Womenโs IHLC Contender Since 2022
On the biggest stage in international hockey, the host nation that nobody expected to make a splash has done just that, with Italy officially locking up their spot in the Quarterfinals, and becoming the first nation since Hungary and Czechia, both in 2022, to contend for the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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IHLC Preview – 2026 Winter Olympics (Men’s)
For the first time since Sochi 2014, NHL professionals will return to the Olympic Games, marking the first true “best on best” tournament in over a decade (and for only the sixth time ever), with the world’s top players across twelve national teams converging on Milan, Italy.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช – 07 Feb 2026
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Five Nations Tournament
PKS Areena, Joensuu ๐ซ๐ฎ
Saturday, 07 February 2026
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:47 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – ล vanฤara, hooking
09:46 – ๐จ๐ฟ GOAL – Vehovskรฝ (Peroutka)
19:28 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Lev, holding
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IHLC Results โ ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-1 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ – 06 Feb 2026
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-1 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Five Nations Tournament
PKS Areena, Joensuu ๐ซ๐ฎ
Friday, 06 February 2026
BOXSCORE
1st Period
11:23 – ๐ธ๐ช GOAL – Sundqvist (Klingsell, Carpenhammar)
16:05 – ๐จ๐ญ PEN – Lehmann, delay of game
16:39 – ๐ธ๐ช PP GOAL – Nilsson (Hallquisth, Sundqvist)
19:56 – ๐จ๐ญ PEN – Moret, holding
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IHLC Results โ ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 8-1 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช – 04 Feb 2026
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 8-1 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Five Nations Tournament
PKS Areena, Joensuu ๐ซ๐ฎ
Wednesday, 04 February 2026
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:10 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Boije, tripping
03:25 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Langvardt, holding
12:25 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Skarby, hooking
14:43 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Hemstrรถm, boarding
14:52 – ๐ฉ๐ช PEN – Reinwald, holding
14:56 – ๐ธ๐ช GOAL – Langvardt (Hillstrรถm)
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IHLC Preview – 2026 Winter Olympics (Women’s)
The eighth quadrennial women’s Olympic tournament is set to kick off this Thursday, with an anticipated showdown once again between Canada and the United States likely to highlight the Gold Medal Match once again – but like the previous tournament hosted in Italy, the potential for an upset is more likely now than perhaps ever before.
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Full 2026 Men’s Olympic Rosters Released
Starting with France being the first to release their roster on 23 December, and capped by the host Italians releasing their final roster today (20 January), the final roster selections for all twelve Olympic men’s hockey teams are now complete.
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Full 2026 Women’s Olympic Rosters Released
Starting with France being the first to release their roster on 23 December, and to be capped by the host Italians releasing their final roster today (20 January), the final roster selections for all ten Olympic women’s hockey teams are now complete.
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Triple Gold Club: Who Can Join In Milan?
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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