The finish of the international hockey calendar is set to begin on May 10 in Bratislava and Košice, Slovakia, with the top sixteen hockey countries in the world meeting to compete at the 2019 IIHF World Championship.
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Just days after the death of Ján Starší, who built the Czechoslovak national team into a dominant force in the 1970’s, the man who helped carry the Czechoslovakian team through the 1980’s and Czech team in the 1990’s has also passed away, as Luděk Bukač today died at the age of 83.
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🇺🇸 United States 8-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo 🇫🇮
Sunday, April 7, 2019
The U.S. grabbed a three-goal first-period lead and never looked back en route to a 8-0 thrashing of Switzerland on Sunday night.
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🇨🇦 Canada 6-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo 🇫🇮
Thursday, April 4, 2019
The Swiss are famous for their banking acumen, but they were unable to deposit any goals in Canada’s net in a tournament-opening 6-0 loss on Thursday at Espoo’s Metro Areena.
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For the first time in its history, the IIHF Women’s World Championship will expand to a 10-team field when the best women’s players in the world face off in Espoo, Finland, for the 2019 edition of the championship, the 19th edition of the tournament.
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The schedule for the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship in Ostrava and Třinec, Czechia has been released, with the host nation opening the tournament against rivals Russia, while defending champion Finland opens their defence against border rival Sweden.
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The Euro Hockey Challenge will return with a new, shorter format in 2019, with national teams preparing for the 2019 World Championship in Bratislava and Košice, Slovakia this May.
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🇫🇮 Finland 6-1 Switzerland 🇨🇭
World Junior Championship Semifinal
Rogers Arena, Vancouver 🇨🇦
Friday, January 4, 2019
It’s time to make some new history. The Finns hammered Switzerland 6-1 in Friday’s second semi-final in Vancouver, setting up the first World Junior gold medal game ever between the U.S. and Finland.
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🇨🇭 Switzerland 2-0 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria 🇨🇦
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
It was the first upset of the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship, and it was a biggie. Switzerland defeated Sweden 2-0 on Wednesday in Victoria to advance to the semi-finals.
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The International Hockey Lineal Championship saw a fair amount of movement in its 13 junior tilts in 2018, with four nations sharing title reigns across three tournaments, including the elimination round of the 2018 World Junior Championship.
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