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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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๐จ๐ฆ Canada 10-3 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Olympic Semifinal
Wukesong Sports Centre, Beijing ๐จ๐ณ
Thursday, 17 February 2022
There was never any doubt. Canada scored five first-period goals and kept on rolling in a 10-3 semi-final rout of Switzerland. The reigning World Champions outshot the Swiss 61-13. Canada faces the winner of the U.S.–Finland semi-final in Thursdayโs Gold medal game.
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For the second straight Olympics, the men’s hockey tournament will not feature NHL superstars (although this time due to COVID-19), making the Olympic tournament not necessarily a true “best on best,” but still a showcase of some of the world’s top talent looking to capture Gold and Olympic glory in Beijing.
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๐จ๐ฆ Canada 12-1 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Olympic Preliminary Round
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing ๐จ๐ณ
Thursday, 03 February 2022
The cauldron has yet to be lit to start these 24th Olympic Winter Games but already Canadaโs womenโs team has come out with an emphatic 12-1 victory over the Swiss this afternoon at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing.
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The seventh ever women’s Olympic tournament is set to kick off this Thursday, with an anticipated showdown once again between Canada and the United States likely to highlight the Gold Medal Match for the sixth time.
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With the international hockey calendar returning (relatively) to normal in 2021, the IHLC saw a flurry of activity throughout the year, bookended with stops on the Euro Hockey Tour, and a relocated World Championship in between. Continue reading
After a tumultuous year that saw the IIHF Women’s Championship be cancelled for the second straight year, then revived in August, the IHLC finally saw a return to relative normalcy in the second half of 2021, in the lead-up to the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
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