The schedule for the 2023 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Tampere, Finland and Rฤซga, Latvia, with the two previous Worlds hosts stepping in to replace Saint Petersburg, Russia as the hosts, who were stripped as hosts after Russia was banned from IIHF competition for their continued invasion of Ukraine.
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๐จ๐ฆ 2023 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the tournament set to return to being played during the holiday season in front of fans, with Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick hosting for Canada for the third straight year.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 10-1 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ – 03 Sep 2022
๐บ๐ธ United States 10-1 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
Womenโs World Championship Semifinal
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Saturday, 03 September 2022
Team USA scored six goals in the first period to put the game out of reach with speed and seeming ease, defeating Czechia by a 10-1 count and advancing to the Gold medal game tomorrow night. They will face the winner of tonightโs Canada–Switzerland tilt.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 9-0 Japan ๐ฏ๐ต – 28 Aug 2022
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 9-0 Japan ๐ฏ๐ต
Womenโs World Championship Preliminary Round
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Sunday, 28 August 2022
Japan knew life in Group A of the Womenโs Worlds would be radically different from Group B, and today they got a reminder of just how different. Canada stormed their goal for 60 minutes and skated to a 9-0 win this afternoon to re-join the United States at the top of the Group A standings.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-1 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ – 27 Aug 2022
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-1 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Womenโs World Championship Preliminary Round
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Saturday, 27 August 2022
Sarah Fillier, the โNext Oneโ whose time appears to be now, scored her first two goals of the tournament to lead Canada to a 4-1 win over Switzerland in Group A action in Herning tonight.
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IHLC Preview – 2022 Women’s World Championship
After over a year and a half of no international women’s hockey competition due to COVID-19, the puck is set to drop on a historic Women’s World Championship in Denmark, as the IIHF for the first time is hosting the tournament in the same year as an Olympic tournament.
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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-3 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ โ 17 Aug 2022
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-3 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Wednesday, 17 August 2022
Propelled by a four-goal first period, Canada defeated Switzerland 6-3 in Thursday’s marquee quarter-final in front of a happy Rogers Place crowd. Coach Dave Cameron’s team will face either the Finns or the Czechs in the semi-finals on Friday.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 2-1 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ โ 26 Jul 2022
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 2-1 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Exhibition Game
Vierumรคki Ice Arena, Vierumรคki ๐ซ๐ฎ
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:57 – ๐จ๐ญ PEN – Taibel, high sticking
08:06 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Ottavainen, holding
14:12 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL – Kemell (Puutio, Rรคty)
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๐ธ๐ช ๐จ๐ญ IHLC Classics: Tre Kronor Sparkles In Stockholm
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 nationaldag (National Day), and in light of Finland winning the most recent World Championship on home ice, we feature the last time the home team took home Gold, when Tre Kronor triumphed in Stockholm in 2013.
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 5-1 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
World Championshipย Gold Medal Game
Ericsson Globe, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Sunday, 19 May 2013
Switzerland scored first, but hosts Sweden dominated the last 55 minutes to become the first home team to win Gold since 1986. It is the nation’s ninth World Championship Gold medal.
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๐จ๐ฆ Restarted 2022 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the rescheduled 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, restarting the tournament in Edmonton, Canada following the cancellation of December’s tournament due to an outbreak of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
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2022 Womenโs World Championship Schedule Released
For the first time in its history, the IIHF Women’s World Championship will take place in an Olympic year, with the world’s top ten women’s teams convening in Denmark on 25 August to compete for the title of the world’s best, just six months after wrapping up the Olympics in Beijing.
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๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ป IIHF Names Tampere & Rฤซga As 2023 World Championship Hosts
After stripping Saint Petersburg, Russia of hosting duties for the 2023 World Championship due to their ongoing invasion in Ukraine, today the IIHF announced at their annual Congress that hosting rights would now be split between to the last two hosts of the World Championships, with 2021 hosts Rฤซga, Latvia and current 2022 hosts Tampere, Finland hosting next year, from 12-28 May 2023.
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IHLC Preview – 2022 World Championship
The top teams in international hockey will converge on Tampere and Helsinki, Finland starting this Friday, 13 May, kicking off the premiere event of the global hockey calendar, the 2022 IIHF World Championship.
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๐จ๐ฟ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ช Switzerland Confirmed As Russian Replacement On Euro Hockey Tour Through 2023-24
After participating as a replacement for Russia at this weekend’s Beijer Hockey Games in Stockholm, it was today confirmed that Switzerland will replace Russia on the Euro Hockey Tour for at least the next two seasons, due to Russia being kicked off the tour for their invasion of Ukraine.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-0 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ – 08 May 2022
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 3-0 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Beijer Hockey Games
Avicii Arena, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Sunday, 08 May 2022
BOXSCORE
1st Period
19:12 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Jiลรญฤek, high sticking
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๐ท๐บ IIHF To Move 2023 World Championship From Russia
The IIHF today announced, that “out of concern for the safety and well-being of all participating players, officials, media, and fans,” that the 2023 IIHF World Championship, set to take place in Saint Petersburg, Russia next May, would be moved to a different location, due to Russia’s continued and deepening of invasion of Ukraine.
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๐บ๐ธ Boston Pride Capture Second Consecutive Isobel Cup
After an improbable season, marred once again by COVID delays, the Boston Pride improbably escaped the quarterfinals, upset the Toronto Six 5-1 in the semifinals, and tonight notched a come from behind victory over the PHF’s top seed, the Connecticut Whale, winning the Isobel Cup Final 4-2 to win their second straight, and third overall, Cup title.
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IIHF Announces Tournament Updates Following Russia, Belarus Suspensions
Just under three weeks after announcing that Russia and Belarus were banned from IIHF participation after the Russian-led and Belarusian-backed invasion of Ukraine that began on 24 February, today the International Ice Hockey Federation announced replacement clubs for upcoming participation in the upcoming 2022 Men’s, Women’s and Junior World Championships.
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๐ท๐บ ๐ง๐พ Russia, Belarus Suspended From IIHF Competition, Hosting Rights
After a sweeping recommendation from the International Olympic Committee to remove Russia and Belarus from international sporting competitions, following their invasion of Ukraine that began on 24 February, today the International Ice Hockey Federation announced a number of updates regarding their respective participation and hosting of future competitions.
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IHLC Results – ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 5-1 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ – 16 Feb 2022
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 5-1 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Olympic Quarterfinal
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing ๐จ๐ณ
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Clinical finishing and familiar resilience saw Finland advance to the semi-finals with a 5-1 victory over Switzerland. Three goals from 12 shots saw Jukka Jalonenโs men into a 3-0 lead early in the second period and that proved sufficient to sink Switzerland and set up a meeting with Slovakia in the final four.
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International Hockey Lineal Championship 