After rejecting their latest deal to put an end to a standoff with the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation, today the organization announced that the upcoming Four Nations Cup, scheduled for 5-9 November in Luleรฅ, has been cancelled.
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๐ธ๐ช Triple Gold Club Member Niklas Kronwall Retires At Age 38
Swedish defenceman Niklas Kronwall, the feared physical blueliner with an equally fearsome slapshot, today announced his retirement from hockey, after an illustrious 20 year career that includes a Stanley Cup, Olympic and World Championship Gold, and membership in the Triple Gold Club.
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๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช IHLC Classics: Sweden Throws The Game To Slovakia?
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.”ย Today, in honour of Slovakia’s Constitution Day, we look back at a Slovak Olympic victory, one of the most controversial games in recent memory, which speculation of Sweden “throwing” the match still rampant to this day.
๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia 3-0 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Olympic Preliminary Round
Torino Esposizioni,ย Turin ๐ฎ๐น
Tuesday, 21 February 2006
Behind the closed door of the locker room at Torino Esposizioni, Bengt-ร
ke Gustafsson, coach of the Swedish hockey team, gathered his players Tuesday and delivered his pregame address. He told them to try to beat Slovakia, defenceman Nicklas Lidstrรถm said.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 4-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช โ 25 Aug 2019
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 4-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Four Nations Cup
Universal Sports Palace Molot, Perm ๐ท๐บ
Sunday, 25 August 2019
BOXSCORE
1st Period
06:00 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Kubรญฤek, roughing
06:00 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Gustafsson, roughing
14:07 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Andersson, tripping
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 6-5 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช (OT) โ 23 Aug 2019
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 6-5 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช (OT)
Four Nations Cup
Universal Sports Palace Molot, Perm ๐ท๐บ
Friday, 23 August 2019
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:53 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Caderoth, hooking
07:44 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – team, too many players
10:31 – ๐ซ๐ฎย PEN – Kakkonen, slashing
11:04 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Johansson, slashing
15:36 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL – Hatakka (Maccelli, Aaltonen)
18:05 – ๐ธ๐ช EA GOAL – Costmar (Andersson)
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๐ธ๐ช Swedish Women’s Team Vows Boycott For 2019-20 Season
Similar to a scenario that played out in 2017 with the U.S. women’s team, today all 43 members of the Swedish women’s national program announced they will boycott participation in any further international competition, including November’s Four Nations Cup in Luleรฅ.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-3 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ โ 03 Aug 2019
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-3 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
World Junior Summer Showcase
USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth ๐บ๐ธ
Saturday, 03 August 2019
The game started with a four-goal first period as Finland and Sweden netted two goals apiece. Sweden’s Samuel Fagemo starting the scoring 7:44 into the frame when he converted a 2-on-0 break over the shoulder of Finnish netminder Justus Annunen.
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2020 World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2020 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Lausanne and Zรผrich, Switzerland, returning to the nation for the first time since Bern and Kloten hosted in 2009.
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2019-20 Euro Hockey Tour Schedule Released
The 2019-20 Euro Hockey Tour schedule has been revealed to follow a nearly identical cadence to the previous year, with Czechia, Russia, Finland and Sweden starting up this season’s tournament in November.
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๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช IHLC Classics: Canada Repeats Golden Comeback Over Sweden
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.”ย Today, in honour of Canada Day, and in light of Roberto Luongo’s recent retirement, we feature Canada’s World Championship Gold medal victory from 2004, which saw Canada repeat as champions in a second straight comeback win over Sweden.
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-3 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
World Championshipย Gold Medal Game
Sazka Arena,ย Pragueย ๐จ๐ฟ
Sunday, 09 May 2004
Canadaโs colours are red and white and gold, World Hockey Championship gold that is.
Canada rallied from a two-goal deficit twice against Sweden to beat them 5-3 in the gold medal game of the world tournament Sunday.
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Nikita Kucherov Highlights Winners At 2019 NHL Awards
The National Hockey League handed out its hardware to the best players in the world for the 2018-19 season in Las Vegas, with elevenย IHLC holders representing sixย countries taking home trophies.
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St. Louis Blues Win Historic First Stanley Cup
The NHL’s worst team as of the new 2019 calendar year, the St. Louis Blues completed their remarkable and historic season turnaround with a decisive, defensive Game 7 masterpiece to upend the Boston Bruins and win their first Stanley Cup in franchise history.
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๐ธ๐ช ๐ท๐บ IHLC Classics: Sundin’s Dagger Brings Down The Red Machine
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 nationaldagย (National Day), we feature their shocking World Championship Gold medal from 1991, which saw them win their fifth world title, marking the end of the Iron Curtain regime in international hockey.
๐ธ๐ช Swedenย 2-1 Soviet Union ๐ท๐บ
World Championship Finalย Round
Elysรฉe Arena, Turku ๐ซ๐ฎ
Saturday, 04 May 1991
Mats Sundin, only 20 at that time, scored what many consider as the “best goal in the history of the IIHF World Championship” when he single-handedly gave Sweden gold in 1991 in Turku. But it isnโt only the exceptional end-to-end rush that counts into the overall verdict. The performance capped a season which began with Sundin escaping his country as villain โ in what also was the last hockey game ever to be played by the Soviet Union national team at the World Championship.
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Major Announcements Made At 2019 IIHF Congress
The IIHF Annual Congress today was held on the off day at the 2019 World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia, with a number of major announcements voted on to impact the future of international hockey in the coming years.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ท๐บ Russia 7-4 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช โ 21 May 2019
๐ท๐บ Russia 7-4 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
World Championship Preliminary Round
Zimnรฝ ล tadiรณn Ondreja Nepelu, Bratislava ๐ธ๐ฐ
Tuesday, 21 May 2019
The Russians capped off a perfect record in the group stage with an exclamation point, demolishing two-time defending champion Sweden 7-4 in Group Bโs last game.
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IHLC Preview – 2019 World Championship
The finish of the international hockey calendar is set to begin on 10 May in Bratislava and Koลกice, Slovakia, with the top sixteen hockey countries in the world meeting to compete at the 2019 IIHF World Championship.
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๐ท๐บ ๐จ๐ฟ Russia Wins Euro Hockey Tour, Czechia Wins Euro Hockey Challenge
With the conclusion of both the Euro Hockey Tour and Euro Hockey Challenge, as the season ends to ring in the start of the 2019 World Championship in Bratislava and Koลกice, Slovakia, the winners of both the four-nation Euro Hockey Tour and 12-nation Euro Hockey Challenge have been crowned for the 2018-19 season.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-0 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช โ 04 May 2019
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-0 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Carlson Hockey Games
DRFG Arena, Brno ๐จ๐ฟ
Saturday, 04 May 2019
BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:04 – ๐จ๐ฟ GOAL – Jaลกkin (Skleniฤka)
09:24 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Lander, hooking
15:12 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Rousek, holding
17:29 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Gudas, holding
17:41 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Jaลกkin, roughing
17:41 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Hรถrnqvist, roughing
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IHLC Results โ ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-4 Russia ๐ท๐บ โ 01 May 2019
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-4 Russia ๐ท๐บ
Carlson Hockey Games
Ericsson Globe, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Wednesday, 01 May 2019
In the first match of the concluding 2018/2019 Euro Hockey Tour stage, the senior Russian national team conceded a 4-6 loss to Sweden in Stockholm.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 3-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ โ 26 Apr 2019
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 3-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Euro Hockey Challenge
Hartwall Arena, Helsinki ๐ซ๐ฎ
Friday, 26 April 2019
BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:59 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Koivisto, holding
16:13 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Svedberg, checking to the head minor + 10 min. misconduct
16:41 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PP GOAL – Rajala (Pesonen, Lehtonen)
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International Hockey Lineal Championship 