In an era where hockey dynasties were considered extinct thanks to the salary cap, the Chicago Blackhawks defied the odds, winning their third Stanley Cup in six seasons from the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games.
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Tag Archives: Sweden
Groups Confirmed For 2016 World Cup Of Hockey
According to a report by Sovsport.ru in an interview with Soviet hockey legend and current Russian Hockey Federation President Vladislav Tretyak, the groups for the 2016 World Cup Of Hockey in Toronto have been confirmed.
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World Championship Sets Fields For 2016 Worlds, 2018 Olympics
With the dust settled over Prague, and Canada returning to North America with World Championship Gold in tow, we can not only look back on a tremendous (and record-breaking) 2015 tournament, but to future tournaments in men’s hockey, particularly next year’s Worlds and the 2018 Olympics.
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First Nine Nations Qualified For 2018 Olympic Men’s Tournament
Following Belarus‘ failure to finish in the top four at the 2015 World Championships, Slovakia scooped up the ninth and final automatic qualification spot for the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, Korea, joining defending champions Canada, Finland, Sweden, Russia, the United States, Czechia, Switzerland and the host nation Korea.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 6-4 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 06 May 2015
🇨🇦 Canada 6-4 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Championship Preliminary Round
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Wednesday, 06 May 2015
Canada scored the only three goals of the third period to erase a 4-3 Sweden lead and held on for a thrilling 6-4 victory.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 8-1 Latvia 🇱🇻 – 04 May 2015
🇸🇪 Sweden 8-1 Latvia 🇱🇻
World Championship Preliminary Round
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Monday, 04 May 2015
Buoyed by a three-goal performance from star forward Loui Eriksson, Sweden stayed undefeated in Group A with a 8-1 thrashing of Latvia on Monday.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 6-1 Austria 🇦🇹 – 03 May 2015
🇸🇪 Sweden 6-1 Austria 🇦🇹
World Championship Preliminary Round
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Sunday, 03 May 2015
Filip Forsberg scored three goals and added an assist as Sweden waltzed past Austria 6-1 in Sunday’s early game at the O2 arena. The Swedes remain undefeated.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 6-5 Czechia 🇨🇿 (SO) – 01 May 2015
🇸🇪 Sweden 6-5 Czechia 🇨🇿 (SO)
World Championship Preliminary Round
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Friday, 01 May 2015
Oliver Ekman-Larsson got the shootout winner as Sweden blew a 4-2 third-period lead but beat the Czechs 6-5 to send the host team’s fans home disappointed.
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IHLC Preview – 2015 World Championship
With virtually every professional and international competition (besides the NHL playoffs) complete, the world’s best will assemble in Czechia for the 79th IIHF World Championship, looking to assert their hockey supremacy and punch their ticket to the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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🇸🇪 🇨🇿 Sweden Wins Euro Hockey Tour, Czechs Win Euro Hockey Challenge
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 Czechia, the winners of both the four-nation Euro Hockey Tour and 12-nation Euro Hockey Challenge have been crowned for the 2014-15 season.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 3-2 Russia 🇷🇺 (OT) – 25 Apr 2015
🇸🇪 Sweden 3-2 Russia 🇷🇺 (OT)
Euro Hockey Tour
Mytischi Arena, Mytischi 🇷🇺
Saturday, 25 April 2015
BOXSCORE
1st Period
17:31 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Johansson (Sjögren, Petersson)
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 5-4 Russia 🇷🇺 – 24 Apr 2015
🇸🇪 Sweden 5-4 Russia 🇷🇺
Euro Hockey Tour
Mytischi Arena, Mytischi 🇷🇺
Friday, 24 April 2015
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:25 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Lindholm (Klefbom, Rask)
08:44 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Danielsson (Lander, Rahimi)
13:27 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Ekman-Larsson (Lindström)
15:22 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Plotnikov, charging
15:22 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Rahimi, holding
18:05 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Petersson (Johansson)
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 2-1 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 19 Apr 2015
🇸🇪 Sweden 2-1 Czechia 🇨🇿
Euro Hockey Tour
E.ON Arena, Timrå 🇸🇪
Sunday, 19 April 2015
BOXSCORE
1st Period
05:50 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Sobotka (Mozík, Birner)
17:21 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Smoleňák, slashing
18:41 – 🇨🇿 PEN – team, too many players
19:14 – 🇸🇪 PP2 GOAL – Andersson (Petersson, Thuresson)
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IHLC Winners Major Key To SKA Gagarin Cup Victory
After storming back from a 3-0 series deficit to defeat their oldest rivals, CSKA Moscow, in seven games in the KHL Semifinals, SKA Saint Petersburg needed only five games to defeat Ak Bars Kazan to win the 2015 Gagarin Cup.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 4-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 17 Apr 2015
🇨🇿 Czechia 4-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
Euro Hockey Tour
T3 Center, Umeå 🇸🇪
Friday, 17 April 2015
BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:55 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Zaťovič (Radil, Koukal)
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🇨🇿 🇩🇪 Czechs Promoted, Germany Relegated For Women’s Worlds
As a result of their 3-0 win over Denmark, improving them to 4-0 at the Division I Group A tournament in Rouen, France, the Czech women’s team has secured the eighth and final spot at the 2016 Women’s World Championship next spring in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, taking the spot from the German squad that was relegated at this year’s Championship in Malmö, Sweden.
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🇸🇪 Samuel Påhlsson Retires From MODO, Tre Kronor
Swedish defensive centre Samuel “Sammy” Påhlsson today announced his retirement from professional hockey at the age of 37, after returning to Sweden to captain his first team, MODO, capping a 20 year pro career in Boston, Anaheim, Chicago, Columbus, Vancouver, along with MODO and Frölunda of the Swedish League.
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🇸🇪 Triple Gold Club Member Mikael Samuelsson Retires
Swedish forward Mikael Samuelsson, who held a nearly perfect international playing record and joined the elite Triple Gold Club in 2008 with the Detroit Red Wings, announced his retirement from pro hockey at the age of 38.
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🇧🇾 🇸🇪 IHLC Classics: Miracle At Salt Lake
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, we take a look at one of the biggest upsets in Olympic hockey history, the “Miracle at Salt Lake.”
🇧🇾 Belarus 4-3 Sweden 🇸🇪
Olympic Quarterfinal
E Center, West Valley City 🇺🇸
Wednesday, 20 February 2002
The 2002 Olympics were rounding into shape quite nicely during the Final Round. Germany and Belarus, the two weakest teams which had advanced from the Preliminary Round, finished in fourth and last place of their respective groups, and the world’s top six nations had each played three games to get to know each other.
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World Cup Of Hockey Return Announced For 2016
After months of speculation, the NHL today confirmed during the All-Star Weekend in Columbus, Ohio that the World Cup Of Hockey would officially return in 2016, being hosted solely in Toronto from 17 September – 01 October 2016. As expected, six national teams (Canada, United States, Russia, Czechia, Sweden and Finland) and two “all star” teams (a team of under-23 stars from Canada and the United States, and a team made up of European players without teams playing in the tournament, such as Slovakia, Norway and Switzerland) will make up the tournament.
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