After a year away during one of the most tumultuous years in human history, with a pandemic and political strife seeing a year-long delay and a change in venue, the international hockey calendar sees some sense of normalcy return with the resurgence of the IIHF World Championship, set to take place this year in Rฤซga, Latvia.
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Tag Archives: Sweden
๐ธ๐ช Johanna Olofsson Retires From SDHL At Age 29
Swedish defender Johanna Olofsson, a member of the national team for the past eleven years and a two-time Swedish champion, announced her retirement from hockey at the age of 29, following her second Swedish Cup championship.
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๐บ๐ธ Boston Pride Capture 2021 Isobel Cup In Home-Ice Bubble
Despite entering the delayed NWHL playoffs as the fourth and final seed, the Boston Pride used unique pandemic circumstances to capitalize on home ice and capture their second Isobel Cup Saturday night, defeating the Minnesota Whitecaps in Boston to win the NWHL championship.
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๐ท๐บ Undefeated Russia Clinches 2020-21 Euro Hockey Tour
With three months to go until the formal end of the 2020-21 Euro Hockey Tour and the start of the 2021 World Championship in Rฤซga, Russia today clinched the Euro Hockey Tour championship in record fashion, dumping Czechia to improve to a perfect 9-0 in tournament play thus far.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ท๐บ Russia 2-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช (SO) โ 13 Feb 2021
๐ท๐บ Russia 2-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช (SO)
Beijer Hockey Games
Malmรถ Arena, Malmรถ ๐ธ๐ช
Saturday, 13 February 2021
In the second match of the third stage of the 2020-21 Euro Hockey Tour, the senior Russian national team sneaked past host nation Sweden, claiming a narrow 2-1 victory in a penalty shootout.
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๐ฑ๐ป 2021 World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2021 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Rฤซga, Latvia, marking the return of the World Championship after its historic cancellation last year, returning to Latvia for the first time in 15 years.
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๐ธ๐ช Gert Blomรฉ: 1934-2021
Swedish defender Gert Blomรฉ, who backstopped Tre Kronor to a surprising World Championship in 1962 and served throughout the 1960s, yesterday passed away in Gothenburg at the age of 86.
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IHLC 2020 In Review – Men’s
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Hockey Lineal Championship only saw nine games of competition this year on the men’s side, staying completely within the confines of the Euro Hockey Tour, due to May’s World Championships being cancelled in Switzerland.
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IHLC Preview – 2021 World Junior Championship
The first IIHF “bubble” tournament is set to begin in Edmonton, Canada, with the 2020 calendar year coming to a close with the start of the 2021 World Junior Championship, being held in a contained Rogers Place with the top nations in the hockey world looking to earn glory in the midst of a pandemic.
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๐ธ๐ช Back Injury Forces Alexander Steen Into Retirement
Due to a major degenerative lumbar issue stemming from a back injury sustained in the 2019-20 NHL season, Swedish-Canadian forward Alexander Steen today announced his retirement from pro hockey, leaving the St. Louis Blues at age 36. Continue reading
IHLC Results โ ๐ท๐บ Russia 4-3 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช (SO) โ 17 Dec 2020
๐ท๐บ Russia 4-3 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช (SO)
Channel One Cup
CSKA Arena, Moscow ๐ท๐บ
Thursday, 17 December 2020
In a pulsating encounter, Russia outlasted Sweden at the Channel One Cup, claiming a thrilling 4-3 victory in a lengthy penalty shootout in Moscow.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช โ 05 Nov 2020
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Karjala Tournament
Hartwall Arena,ย Helsinkiย ๐ซ๐ฎ
Thursday, 05 November 2020
BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:37 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Jeลรกbek, hooking
16:25 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Lindqvist, delay of game
16:34 – ๐จ๐ฟ PP GOAL – Hronek (Nestraลกil, H. Zohorna)
17:18 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Bristedt, tripping
18:18 – ๐จ๐ฟ PP GOAL – H. Zohorna (Nestraลกil, Hronek)
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๐จ๐ฆ 2021 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with all teams playing in a quarantined bubble without spectators in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with the tournament set to begin on Christmas Day, while host nation and defending champions Canada opening on the more traditional Boxing Day.
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๐บ๐ธ Tampa Bay Lightning Capture Stanley Cup In Edmonton Bubble
In front of an empty Rogers Place in Edmonton, the Tampa Bay Lightning avenged their shocking 2019 playoff exit with a Stanley Cup victory, defeating the Dallas Stars in six games on the backs of a 2-0 win.
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Draisaitl Leads The Pack At Virtual 2020 NHL Awards
The National Hockey League completed its awards distribution for the pandemic-delayed 2019-20 season with the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals in Edmonton, with twelve IHLC holders representing nine countries taking home trophies handed out over the past month.
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๐จ๐ฆ Edmonton To Be Sole Host Of 2021 World Junior Bubble
Shortly after the IIHF announced that all lower-tier World Junior tournaments would be cancelled for 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they today announced that the 2021 World Juniors Top Division will now be hosted in a “bubble” in Edmonton, which is currently hosting the 2020 NHL playoffs in a similar bubble, with the 2022 World Juniors to now be hosted jointly by Edmonton and Red Deer, ideally in front of fans.
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๐ธ๐ช ๐ซ๐ฎ Swedish Hockey Federation Confirms No Four Nations Cup In 2020
As schedules begin to trickle out for a truncated version of the 2020-21 international hockey calendar, the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation’s women’s calendar for 2020-21 does not feature theirs or Finland’s participation in the Four Nations Cup, which in all likelihood is scrapped due to the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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๐จ๐ฟ Czech Ice Hockey Association Announces Cancellation Of Carlson Hockey Games
After members of both the Czech National U-20 and U-17 Team tested positive for COVID-19 following exhibition tournaments, the Czech Ice Hockey Association today announced all August tournaments and practices have been cancelled, including the postponed Carlson Hockey Games, set to complete the 2019-20 Euro Hockey Tour.
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๐จ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐น NHL, NHLPA Agrees To Olympic Return In 2022 & 2026
With both the National Hockey League and NHL Players Association today ratifying both their return to play proposal to complete the 2019-20 NHL season, as well as extend their latest Collective Bargaining Agreement, one major clause of the plan is the return of NHL players to the Winter Olympics, marking the return of the world’s top professional players for the first time since 2014, pending IOC and IIHF approval.
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๐บ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ช ๐ซ๐ฎ Plymouth Set To Host 2020 World Junior Summer Showcase, Without Canada
Despite tournaments being cancelled left and right due to the COVID-19 pandemic, USA Hockey has confirmed that they plan on hosting the 2020 World Junior Summer Showcase in Plymouth, Michigan this summer, although Hockey Canada has already confirmed they will not be attending.
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