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🇸🇪 🇨🇦 IHLC Classics: Sweden’s First Olympic Title

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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 National Day (“Sveriges Nationaldag”) in Sweden, we look back at Sweden’s first Olympic Gold Medal, capped off by Peter Forsberg’s legendary shootout winner over Canada.

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🇸🇪 Sweden 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 (SO)
Olympic Gold Medal Game
Håkons Hall, Lillehammer 🇳🇴
Sunday, 27 February 1994

In Sweden, this is one of the most replayed sports highlights on television. Peter Forsberg was only 20 years old when he pulled the most daring move on Canada’s goaltender Corey Hirsch in the Olympic gold medal game in Lillehammer in 1994. A classic sports moment which became immortalized on a stamp.
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Final Roster Spots Announced For 2016 World Cup Of Hockey

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The remaining seven spots for each World Cup Of Hockey roster today were finalized, and the 184 players set to represent their six countries and two multinational squads are now set for the tournament in Toronto that begins this September.
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IHLC Preview – 2016 World Championship

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The grand finale of the international hockey calendar is set to begin on May 6 in Russia, with the top 16 hockey nations on earth meeting in Russia to compete at the 80th IIHF World Championship.
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🇸🇪 🇫🇮 Sweden Wins Euro Hockey Tour, Finland Wins Euro Hockey Challenge

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With the conclusion of both the Euro Hockey Tour and Euro Hockey Challenge as the season winds down leading up to the World Championships in Russia, the winners of both the four-nation Euro Hockey Tour and 12-nation Euro Hockey Challenge have been crowned for the 2015-16 season.
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First Five Nations Qualify For 2018 Olympic Women’s Tournament

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As a result of Switzerland’s stumble out of Group B and into the relegation round at the ongoing World Championships, Russia and Sweden locked up the final two spots available to qualify automatically for the women’s tournament at the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, Korea. They join Canada, the United States, Finland and hosts Korea, with the final two spots to be gained in a qualification tournament ending in February 2017.
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Preliminary Rosters Announced For 2016 World Cup Of Hockey

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The six federations and two conglomerate squads participating at September’s World Cup Of Hockey today announced their preliminary 16 man rosters, with the final seven spots each to be filled by 1 June.
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2017 Women’s Worlds Awarded To Plymouth, Michigan

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Today the USA Hockey Arena, an arena in Plymouth, Michigan that was recently purchased by USA Hockey to house their National Development Team, announced that the 2017 IIHF Women’s World Championships would be held at the arena, tentatively set for 1-8 April 2017.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 04 Jan 2016

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🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Junior Championship Semifinal
Hartwall Arena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Monday, 04 January 2016

Finland’s top line was shut down, but it didn’t matter. Mikko Rantanen and Kasperi Kapanen stepped up and led the team to a 2-1 win, and to the WJC final.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 6-0 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 02 Jan 2016

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🇸🇪 Sweden 6-0 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
Helsingin jäähalli, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Saturday, 02 January 2016

Sweden was simply too strong for Slovakia. Led by goaltender Linus Soderstom and forward Adrian Kempe, Sweden won its quarter-final game 6-0.
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IHLC Winners On Display At 2016 Winter Classic

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Former winners of the International Hockey Lineal Championship played a large role in the NHL’s marquee Winter Classic event, as the Montréal Canadiens scored early and often to elevate them to a 5-1 thumping over their hated rivals, the Boston Bruins.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 5-2 Canada 🇨🇦 – 31 Dec 2015

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🇸🇪 Sweden 5-2 Canada 🇨🇦
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Helsingin jäähalli, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Thursday, 31 December 2015

Sweden threw a power play party on New Year’s Eve, scoring three times with the man advantage to top Canada 5-2. Canada will face Finland in the quarter-finals.
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IHLC 2015 In Review – Men’s

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2015 was a wild year for the International Hockey Lineal Championship, with the Euro Hockey Tour and World Championship providing much drama as the title changed through the hands of three world powers by the close of the 2015 Worlds in Czechia.
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IHLC 2015 In Review – Women’s

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2015 was the year of Team USA in women’s hockey (and for the International Hockey Lineal Championship in particular), with the Americans running the table throughout the calendar year to establish their dominance over the world.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 5-0 Denmark 🇩🇰 – 30 Dec 2015

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🇸🇪 Sweden 5-0 Denmark 🇩🇰
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Helsingin jäähalli, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Wednesday, 30 December 2015

Felix Sandström made ninesaves en route to a shutout in his first game in the tournament as Sweden beat Denmark 5-0.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 1-0 United States 🇺🇸 – 28 Dec 2015

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🇸🇪 Sweden 1-0 United States 🇺🇸
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Helsingin jäähalli, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Monday, 28 December 2015

Team USA outshot Sweden, and controlled big portions of the game, but they didn’t have Alexander Nylander or Linus Söderström. Nylander scored the game winning goal off a breakaway in the second period, and Söderström made 46 saves en route to a shutout.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 8-3 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 26 Dec 2015

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🇸🇪 Sweden 8-3 Switzerland 🇨🇭
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Helsingin jäähalli, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Saturday, 26 December 2015

Sweden opened with a 8-3 thrashing of the Swiss on Saturday, but its hopes of Gold were hurt when stars William Nylander and Adrian Kempe left after high hits.
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