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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Tag Archives: Switzerland
🇰🇷 2018 Women’s Olympic Hockey Schedule Released
The schedule for the women’s tournament at the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, Korea were released by the IIHF today, kicking off hockey at the Olympics on Saturday, 10 February.
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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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Penguins Repeat As Stanley Cup Champions On Backs Of IHLC Winners
The Pittsburgh Penguins were able to tune out the chanting, the media and the determined Nashville Predators to capture the Stanley Cup in six games, avoiding overtime on a late Patric Hörnqvist goal to become repeat champions.
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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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IHLC Results – 🇫🇷 France 3-2 Switzerland 🇨🇭 (OT) – 09 Apr 2017
🇫🇷 France 3-2 Switzerland 🇨🇭 (OT)
Euro Hockey Challenge
Aren’Ice, Cergy-Pontoise 🇫🇷
Sunday, 09 April 2017
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:33 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Schäppi, holding
13:58 – 🇫🇷 PEN – Ville, interference
16:36 – 🇫🇷 PEN – S. Da Costa, slashing
16:44 – 🇨🇭 PP GOAL – Riat (Almond, Herzog)
19:42 – 🇫🇷 PEN – Fleury, interference
19:42 – 🇫🇷 PEN – Fleury, roughing double minor
19:42 – 🇨🇭 PEN – C. Baltisberger, roughing double minor
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-3 France 🇫🇷 – 08 Apr 2017
🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-3 France 🇫🇷
Euro Hockey Challenge
Coliséum, Amiens 🇫🇷
Saturday, 08 April 2017
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:36 – 🇨🇭 GOAL – Suter (Praplan)
12:12 – 🇫🇷 PEN – Claireaux, cross checking
12:12 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Herren, tripping
15:09 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Marti, cross checking
15:31 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Froidevaux, hooking
15:52 – 🇫🇷 PP2 GOAL – Meunier (S. Da Costa, Hecquefeuille)
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