IHLC 2023 In Review – Women’s


The 2023 calendar year saw another fourteen heavyweight matchups between the United States and Canada on the international hockey stage, with both nations fighting for Gold medals, world supremacy, and the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 11-3 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 28 Dec 2023


🇺🇸 United States 11-3 Switzerland 🇨🇭
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Frölundaborg, Gothenburg 🇸🇪
Thursday, 28 December 2023

Jimmy Snuggerud scored a hat trick in the first period as the U.S. trounced Switzerland 11-3 on Thursday at Frölundaborg. It was a showcase of the skill and speed that the USA Hockey National Team Development Program preaches in Plymouth, Michigan.
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IHLC Preview – 2024 World Junior Championship


With the season upon us, this means the inevitable return of the IIHF World Junior Championship, which will return to Europe for the first time since January 2020, with Gothenburg, Sweden hosting the world’s top under-20 teams starting on 26 December.
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An IHLC Lineage Correction – 1992 Olympics


As part of our continuous improvement to always refine the International Hockey Lineal Championship, we came across an improper lineage in the 1992 season that has now been corrected, impacting in particular lineage during the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, France.
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🇺🇸 2024 Women’s World Championship Schedule Released


The schedule for the 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship has been released, being hosted in Utica, New York, United States, with the hosts looking to repeat as champions for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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🇨🇿 2024 World Championship Schedule Released


The schedule for the 2024 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Prague and Ostrava, Czechia, the first tournament set to play at its intended host cities and arenas since 2019, following concerns over COVID-19, political unrest in Belarus, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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IHLC Results – 🇱🇻 Latvia 4-3 Switzerland 🇨🇭 (OT) – 23 May 2023


🇱🇻 Latvia 4-3 Switzerland 🇨🇭 (OT)
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Tuesday, 23 May 2023

Rūdolfs Balcers one-timed a pass from Uvis Balinskis to score a power-play goal in overtime, giving Latvia a 4-3 victory over Switzerland.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-2 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 21 May 2023


🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-2 Czechia 🇨🇿
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Sunday, 21 May 2023

Andres Ambühl, the 39-year-old wonder of the Swiss team, scored two goals less than five minutes apart in the second period to break a 1-1 tie and send his team to a 4-2 win over Czechia in Group B action tonight.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 – 20 May 2023


🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Saturday, 20 May 2023

In a battle between Group B’s only two remaining unbeaten teams, Switzerland defeated Canada 3-2 before a mostly pro-Swiss crowd of 8,234 at Arena Rīga.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 18 May 2023


🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Thursday, 18 May 2023

Switzerland remains Group B’s only perfect team with 12 points after four games following a 4-2 victory over Slovakia.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 5-0 Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 – 16 May 2023


🇨🇭 Switzerland 5-0 Kazakhstan 🇰🇿
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Tuesday, 16 May 2023

Switzerland continued its winning ways with an impressive and dominating 5-0 win over Kazakhstan tonight in Rīga. The win gives the Swiss nine points on three regulation wins, good enough for top spot in Group B.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-0 Norway 🇳🇴 – 14 May 2023


🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-0 Norway 🇳🇴
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Sunday, 14 May 2023

For the first time since 1939, Switzerland has opened the IIHF World Championship with back-to-back shutouts following a 3-0 win over Norway.
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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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