IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 7-0 Slovenia 🇸🇮 – 13 May 2023


🇨🇭 Switzerland 7-0 Slovenia 🇸🇮
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Saturday, 13 May 2023

In their first game of the 2023 IIHF World Championship, the Swiss were solid in a 7-0 win over Slovenia. Denis Malgin and Gaëtan Haas led the offence with three points each, while veteran Leonardo Genoni made 14 saves for the shutout.
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IHLC Preview – 2023 World Championship


The top teams in international hockey will converge on Tampere, Finland and Rīga, Latvia starting this Friday, 12 May, kicking off the premiere event of the global hockey calendar, the 2023 IIHF World Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-2 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 07 May 2023


🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-2 Czechia 🇨🇿
Czech Hockey Games
Winning Group Arena, Brno 🇨🇿
Sunday, 07 May 2023

BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:29 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Kempný (Smejkal, Chlapík)
05:24 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Beránek, checking from behind major + 20 min. misconduct
06:29 – 🇨🇭 PP GOAL – Haas (Loeffel)
17:31 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Künzle, tripping
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🇸🇪 Sweden Victory Clinches 2022-23 Euro Hockey Tour Title


By virtue of their 3-0 victory over Switzerland to kick off the 2023 Czech Hockey Games in Gothenburg, Sweden, Tre Kronor officially clinched their sixth Euro Hockey Tour title, and second straight, by moving eight points ahead of Finland and Czechia in the tournament table with just two games to go.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 3-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 04 May 2023


🇸🇪 Sweden 3-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Czech Hockey Games
Scandinavium, Gothenburg 🇸🇪
Thursday, 04 May 2023

BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:56 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Künzle, hooking
05:23 – 🇸🇪 PP GOAL – Raymond (Sandin, Carlsson)
05:44 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Corvi, hooking
08:03 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Li. Johansson, tripping
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🇺🇸 IIHF Names Utica As 2024 Women’s World Championship Host


On the final day of the 2023 Women’s World Championships, the International Ice Hockey Federation confirmed the next host of the tournament, with the 2024 Women’s World Championships to be hosted in Utica, New York, running from 04-14 April 2023.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-1 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 15 Apr 2023


🇨🇦 Canada 5-1 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Women’s World Championship Semifinal
CAA Centre, Brampton 🇨🇦
Saturday, 15 April 2023

Sarah Fillier scored three goals – two in the second period to break a scoreless tie through more than half a game – to lead Canada to a 5-1 win over Switzerland this afternoon at CAA Centre. The win takes Canada to the expected and thrilling Gold medal game against the United States.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 05 Apr 2023


🇨🇦 Canada 4-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
CAA Centre, Brampton 🇨🇦
Wednesday, 05 April 2023

Two-time defending Gold medallists Canada started their drive for a three-peat with an impressive 4-0 win over Switzerland at CAA Centre tonight. The win keeps Canada perfect against the Swiss all time, now 11-0 with a whopping goals differential of 81-2, nine of those wins by shutout.
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IHLC Preview – 2023 Women’s World Championship


For the first time since 2017, the IIHF Women’s World Championship will return to North America in front of fans, with the Toronto suburb of Brampton, Ontario, Canada hosting the 22nd edition of the tournament from 05-16 April, with all games held at the CAA Centre.
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🇸🇪 2024 World Junior Championship Schedule Released


The schedule for the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the tournament set to be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, with Sweden hosting for the first time in a decade, Gothenburg hosting the World Juniors for the first time ever, and marking the first post-pandemic tournament to be held outside of Canada.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 6-1 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 11 Feb 2023


🇫🇮 Finland 6-1 Czechia 🇨🇿
Beijer Hockey Games
Malmö Arena, Malmö 🇸🇪
Saturday, 11 February 2023

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:46 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Flynn, slashing
11:56 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Matinpalo (Aaltonen, Sallinen)
14:56 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Aaltonen (Sallinen, Kossila)
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🇨🇦 2023 Women’s World Championship Schedule Released


The schedule for the 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship has been released, being hosted in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, with the hosts looking to “three-peat” as champions for the first time in nearly two decades.
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🇦🇹 Austria Relegated From World Junior Championship


After consecutive losses of 5-2 and 4-2 in their relegation series against Latvia, Austria was today relegated to the World Junior Division IA in 2024, returning to the lower division for the first time since 2020.
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IHLC 2022 In Review – Junior


After the year 2022 started with complete uncertainty in the world of junior hockey, the calendar stabilized with the re-playing of the 2022 World Junior Championship in August, and the (thus far) successful completion of the 2023 World Juniors in December, bringing an unusually busy year for junior hockey and the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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IHLC 2022 In Review – Men’s


The international hockey season saw a relative return to normal 2022, with both the Olympics and World Championships taking place amidst a pandemic, political turmoil, and a number of major swings in the balance of global hockey power.
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IHLC 2022 In Review – Women’s


After a relative return to normalcy in the international hockey calendar, the women’s circuit saw two major tournaments in the same year for the first time ever, with the IHLC contended at both the Olympics and Women’s World Championship, and twenty one games total over the course of 2022.
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IHLC Preview – 2023 World Junior Championship


After 2021’s tournament was played in a bubble, and 2022’s tournament had to be cancelled and restarted, all due to COVID-19, the International Ice Hockey Federation will attempt the first full tournament in front of fans since 2020 will start on 26 December in Atlantic Canada, with Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick serving as co-hosts.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 2-1 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 17 Dec 2022


🇨🇿 Czechia 2-1 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Swiss Ice Hockey Games
BCF Arena, Fribourg 🇨🇭
Saturday, 17 December 2022

BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:31 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Fora, holding
13:54 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Zohorna, high sticking
19:42 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Jandus, tripping
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🇨🇦 IIHF Names Brampton As 2023 Women’s World Championship Host


Today the International Ice Hockey Federation confirmed that the Canadian city to host the 2023 Women’s World Championships would be the Toronto-area suburb of Brampton, Ontario, running from 05-16 April 2023.
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