๐ธ๐ช Sweden 3-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul ๐บ๐ธ
Friday, 26 December 2025
Ivar Stenberg scored the winner with 3:57 left and added an assist as Sweden defeated Slovakia 3-2 at the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The hard-working, youthful Slovaks rallied from a two-goal second-period deficit, but fell short.
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The eyes of the hockey world are looking just beyond the holiday season, with Boxing Day marking the kickoff of the fiftieth annual IIHF World Junior Championship, this time being hosted by the defending champion Americans in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, with the home team looking to “three-peat” for the first time in history.
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๐ธ๐ช Sweden 7-3 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Exhibition Game
Rochester Recreation Center, Rochester ๐บ๐ธ
Tuesday, 23 December 2025
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:27 – ๐จ๐ญ GOAL – Aeschlimann (Henry, Haas)
05:07 – ๐จ๐ญ PEN – Borradori, tripping
09:05 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Danielsson, slashing
12:36 – ๐ธ๐ช GOAL – Genborg (Gustafsson, V. Bjรถrck)
19:16 – ๐จ๐ญ PEN – Borradori, hooking
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๐ธ๐ช Sweden 4-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Exhibition Game
Canada Life Place, London ๐จ๐ฆ
Saturday, 20 December 2025
Jack Berglund scored twice in the third period, including a short-handed marker 43 seconds into the frame, as Sweden rallied to beat Canada 4-2 in a pre-World Junior Hockey Championship contest on Saturday night.
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๐จ๐ฆ Canada 2-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Exhibition Game
Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener ๐จ๐ฆ
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
Brady Martin and Gavin McKenna have quickly found chemistry for Canada’s world junior team.
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The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2026, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Zรผrich, with six players from four different nationalities highlighting the class.
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๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-2 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
Five Nations Cup
Easton Arรฉna, Pieลกลฅany ๐ธ๐ฐ
Sunday, 09 November 2025
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:36 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – ลฝemliฤka, tripping
01:36 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – team, too many players
09:41 – ๐ธ๐ช GOAL – Frondell (Lindberg, Johansson)
09:41 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – team, too many players
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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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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 Renรฉ 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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๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 7-4 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Five Nations Cup
Rocknet Arena, Chomutov ๐จ๐ฟ
Saturday, 30 August 2025
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:40 – ๐จ๐ฟ GOAL – ลฝemliฤka (Klรญma, Draveckรฝ)
03:40 – ๐ธ๐ช GOAL – Davidsson
06:09 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Orrsten, tripping
06:19 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Poletรญn, roughing
06:19 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Sterner, roughing
06:30 – ๐จ๐ฟ PP GOAL – Curran (Benรกk, Jiลรญฤek)
12:27 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Hallquisth, elbowing
18:56 – ๐ธ๐ช GOAL – Stockselius (Ihs-Wozniak)
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๐ธ๐ช Sweden 5-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Five Nations Cup
Rocknet Arena, Chomutov ๐จ๐ฟ
Friday, 29 August 2025
BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:39 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Orpana, tripping
12:00 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Olsson, holding
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The schedule for the 2026 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Zรผrich 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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๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-1ย Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
World Junior Summer Showcase
Ridder Arena, Minneapolis ๐บ๐ธ
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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๐ธ๐ช Sweden 8-4 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
World Junior Summer Showcase
Ridder Arena, Minneapolis ๐บ๐ธ
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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๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-3 United States ๐บ๐ธ
World Junior Summer Showcase
Ridder Arena, Minneapolis ๐บ๐ธ
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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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.
๐จ๐ฆ Canadaย 3-2ย Sweden ๐ธ๐ชย (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
ฤEZ Arรฉna, Pardubice ๐จ๐ฟ
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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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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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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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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The schedule for the women’s tournament at the 2026 Olympics in Milan, Italy was released by the IIHF today, kicking off hockey at the Olympics on Thursday, 05 February.
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