IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 10-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 04 Feb 2018


🇨🇦 Canada 10-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Exhibition Game
Goyang Ice Rink, Goyang 🇰🇷
Sunday, 04 February 2018

Blayre Turnbull, Natalie Spooner and Brigette Lacquette scored two goals apiece, pacing Canada’s Women’s Olympic Team to a 10-0 win over Switzerland on Sunday in its final pre-tournament game ahead of the PyeongChang Games.
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🇨🇭 Mark Streit Retires From Pro Hockey At Age 39


Mark Streit, a pioneer of Swiss hockey in North America, today announced his retirement from pro hockey after terminating a short-term contract with the Montréal Canadiens, ending an illustrious 22-year pro career as the all-time leading Swiss NHL scorer, and the first Swiss skater to win the Stanley Cup.
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🇰🇷 2018 Men’s Olympic Hockey Schedule Released


The IIHF today released the schedule for the men’s tournament at the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, with the tournament beginning on Wednesday, 14 February, while both hosts Korea and defending champions Canada begin the tournament the following day.
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2017-18 Euro Hockey Tour Schedule Released


The full schedule for the 2017-18 Euro Hockey Tour has been announced, the highlights being the moving of the Sweden Hockey Games to April (due to this year’s Olympics in February), and the addition of teams from Canada, Switzerland and Korea, all preparing for the Games in PyeongChang.
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2018 World Championship Schedule Released


The IIHF has released the full schedule for the 2018 World Championship in Copenhagen and Herning, Denmark, with defending champions Sweden opening the tournament against Belarus, while hosts Denmark open the tournament against Germany on opening day.
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2018 Euro Hockey Challenge Schedule Confirmed


The Euro Hockey Challenge will return in the lead-up to the 2018 World Championships this season, with yet another scheduling reformat thanks to the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, with national teams fine-tuning their rosters before heading to Copenhagen and Herning.
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2018 World Junior Championship Schedule Released


The schedule for the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship in Buffalo, New York is highlighted by the first ever outdoor game in IIHF competition, a tilt between defending champs Team USA and their cross-border rivals, Canada, on 29 December, at New Era Field in nearby Orchard Park.
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🇸🇮 🇮🇹 Slovenia, Italy Relegated From World Championship


Still with a day until the end of the 2017 World Championship group round, the two relegated teams for 2018 have already been determined, with both Slovenia and Italy, who only gained promotion in 2016, set to return to Division IA next season.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 3-2 Switzerland 🇨🇭 (OT) – 14 May 2017


🇫🇮 Finland 3-2 Switzerland 🇨🇭 (OT)
World Championship Preliminary Round
AccorHotels Arena, Paris 🇫🇷
Sunday, 14 May 2017

Valtteri Filppula scored on a bad-angle deke at 2:24 of overtime to complete Finland’s comeback from 2-0 down.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT) – 13 May 2017


🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT)
World Championship Preliminary Round
AccorHotels Arena, Paris 🇫🇷
Saturday, 13 May 2017

Fabrice Herzog scored twice, including the overtime winner at 3:40, as Switzerland rallied from a 2-0 first-period deficit to stun Canada 3-2 on Saturday.
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IHLC Preview – 2017 World Championship


The grand finale of the international hockey calendar is set to begin on 05 May in both Cologne and Paris, with the top 16 hockey nations on earth meeting to compete at the 2017 IIHF World Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-1 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 02 May 2017


🇨🇦 Canada 4-1 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Exhibition Game
Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva 🇨🇭
Tuesday, 02 May 2017

Wayne Simmonds and Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist apiece, helping Canada’s National Men’s Team to a 4-1 win over Switzerland on Tuesday in exhibition action ahead of the 2017 IIHF World Championship.
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🇷🇺 🇨🇭 Russia Wins Euro Hockey Tour, Switzerland Wins Euro Hockey Challenge


With the conclusion of both the Euro Hockey Tour and Euro Hockey Challenge, as the season ends to ring in the start of the 2017 World Championships in Paris and Cologne, the winners of both the four-nation Euro Hockey Tour and 12-nation Euro Hockey Challenge have been crowned for the 2016-17 season.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 2-0 Denmark 🇩🇰 – 28 Apr 2017


🇨🇭 Switzerland 2-0 Denmark 🇩🇰
Euro Hockey Challenge
St. Jakob-Arena, Basel 🇨🇭
Friday, 28 April 2017

BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:41 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Díaz, tripping
17:00 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Hollenstein, tripping
19:36 – 🇨🇭 PEN – team, too many players
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IHLC Results – 🇩🇰 Denmark 5-4 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 26 Apr 2017


🇩🇰 Denmark 5-4 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Euro Hockey Challenge
Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds 🇨🇭
Wednesday, 26 April 2017

BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:37 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Praplan, tripping
07:24 – 🇨🇭 GOAL – Herzog (Brunner)
07:49 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Almond, tripping
08:18 – 🇩🇰 PP GOAL – Russell (Hardt, Ehlers)
14:11 – 🇩🇰 PEN – Jacobsen, holding
14:45 – 🇩🇰 PEN – Lauridsen, slashing / unsportsmanlike conduct double minor
15:12 – 🇨🇭 PP2 GOAL – Brunner (Ambühl, Almond)
16:36 – 🇨🇭 PP GOAL – Ambühl (Brunner, Malgin)
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 2-0 Russia 🇷🇺 – 22 Apr 2017


🇨🇭 Switzerland 2-0 Russia 🇷🇺
Euro Hockey Challenge
Tissot Arena, Biel 🇨🇭
Saturday, 22 April 2017

BOXSCORE
1st Period
09:02 –
🇨🇭 GOAL – Suter (Malgin, Ambühl)
11:45 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Loeffel, high sticking
14:18 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Namestnikov, slashing
17:10 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Golyshev, hooking
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 2-1 Russia 🇷🇺 – 21 Apr 2017


🇨🇭 Switzerland 2-1 Russia 🇷🇺
Euro Hockey Challenge
BCF Arena, Fribourg 🇨🇭
Friday, 21 April 2017

BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:47 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Gennazi, slashing
05:26 – 🇷🇺 PP GOAL – Burdasov (Lyubushkin, Arzamastsev)
17:03 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Ozhiganov, hooking
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🇯🇵 🇨🇿 Japan Promoted, Czechia Relegated At Women’s Worlds


After falling to Switzerland in a best-of-three relegation series, Czechia has been demoted to Division I Group A in 2018, while Japan, victors of 2017 Group IA in Graz, Austria, will be promoted for the 2019 Women’s World Championships, with no tournament being held in 2018 due to the PyeongChang Olympics.
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