Today the International Ice Hockey Federation announced that hosting rights for the 2028 World Juniors have been awarded to Tampere and Turku, Finland, with the tournament set to begin on 26 December 2027.
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🇫🇮 Valtteri Filppula Confirms Retirement At Age 41
Finnish forward Valtteri Filppula, the first Finn to become a member of the Triple Gold Club by virtue of his 2008 Stanley Cup, and Olympic and World Championship titles both in 2022, today confirmed his retirement following at the age of 41.
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🇱🇻 Kaspars Daugaviņš Announces Surprise Retirement From Hockey
Latvian forward Kaspars Daugaviņš, who captained his country to their historic first ever World Championship medal in 2023, today announced his sudden retirement from the sport at age 36, ending a 20+ year pro career spanning teams across seven countries, citing family issues as the reason for the sudden, mid-season announcement.
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IHLC 2023 In Review – Men’s
The 2023 international men’s hockey calendar was one full of surprises, with the emergence of competing Cinderella stories at the 2023 World Championship that captivating the hockey world, before a familiar face emerged as world champions once again.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-2 Germany 🇩🇪 – 28 May 2023
🇨🇦 Canada 5-2 Germany 🇩🇪
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Nokia Arena, Tampere 🇫🇮
Sunday, 28 May 2023
Patient and calm, Canada scored the only three goals of the third period to break a 2-2 tie and claim their second Gold medal in three years, defeating Germany, 5-2, in the final game of the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-2 Latvia 🇱🇻 – 27 May 2023
🇨🇦 Canada 4-2 Latvia 🇱🇻
World Championship Semifinal
Nokia Arena, Tampere 🇫🇮
Saturday, 27 May 2023
Adam Fantilli scored perhaps the nicest goal of the tournament midway through the third period to break a 2-2 tie and send Canada on its way to a 4-2 victory over Latvia.
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🇸🇮 🇭🇺 Slovenia, Hungary Relegated From 2023 World Championship
A day before the group round came to a close at the 2023 World Championship, both relegation spots to Division IA in 2023 were confirmed, with Hungary and Slovenia gaining the dubious distinction of being sent down after both gained promotion in 2022, with Slovenia finishing winless while Hungary was eliminated in a sudden-death shootout to Austria.
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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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🇵🇱 🇬🇧 Poland, Great Britain Promoted To 2024 World Championship
The Division IA World Championship tournament in Nottingham, England saw the top two spots for promotion to the 2024 World Championship in Ostrava and Prague, Czechia locked up on the final day of competition, with hosts Great Britain and Poland both clinching their returns to the Top Division.
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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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🇫🇮 🇱🇻 2023 World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2023 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Tampere, Finland and Rīga, Latvia, with the two previous Worlds hosts stepping in to replace Saint Petersburg, Russia as the hosts, who were stripped as hosts after Russia was banned from IIHF competition for their continued invasion of Ukraine.
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🇫🇮 Valtteri Filppula Joins Triple Gold Club
The only player eligible to join in this year’s World Championship, forward Valtteri Filppula tonight joined Triple Gold Club by virtue of winning his second Gold Medal in three months with the Leijonat, becoming the 31st male and first Finnish player to join the club, adding to his Stanley Cup and Olympic Gold medal.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT) – 29 May 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT)
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Nokia Arena, Tampere 🇫🇮
Sunday, 29 May 2022
Sakari Manninen scored at 6:42 of the three-on-three unlimited overtime with a one-timer on a power play to give Finland a thrilling 4-3 win over Canada to win World Championship Gold.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 United States 🇺🇸 – 28 May 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 United States 🇺🇸
World Championship Semifinal
Nokia Arena, Tampere 🇫🇮
Saturday, 28 May 2022
In a hard-fought, back-and-forth semi-final clash, Finland defeated the U.S. 4-3 on Saturday afternoon in Tampere to advance to the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship final.
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🇫🇮 🇱🇻 IIHF Names Tampere & Rīga As 2023 World Championship Hosts
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 Rīga, Latvia and current 2022 hosts Tampere, Finland hosting next year, from 12-28 May 2023.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 26 May 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 4-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Championship Quarterfinal
Nokia Arena, Tampere 🇫🇮
Thursday, 26 May 2022
Finnish cult hero Marko Anttila produced another big display in World Championship knock-out play, leading the host nation’s fightback to beat Slovakia 4-2.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 3-0 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 24 May 2022
🇫🇮 Finland 3-0 Czechia 🇨🇿
World Championship Preliminary Round
Nokia Arena, Tampere 🇫🇮
Tuesday, 24 May 2022
Finland wrapped up an impressive Group B campaign with a 3-0 victory over Czechia in Tampere. Tuesday’s victory secures top spot in the preliminary round and gives Jukka Jalonen’s team a quarter-final match-up against Slovakia here on Thursday.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 1-0 United States 🇺🇸 – 23 May 2022
🇨🇿 Czechia 1-0 United States 🇺🇸
World Championship Preliminary Round
Nokia Arena, Tampere 🇫🇮
Monday, 23 May 2022
Czechia has secured a spot in the quarter-finals of the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship thanks to a 1-0 win over the USA in both teams’ penultimate game in the group stage.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT) – 21 May 2022
🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT)
World Championship Preliminary Round
Nokia Arena, Tampere 🇫🇮
Saturday, 21 May 2022
A packed program of Saturday hockey in Tampere got off to a flying start as Team USA went the full distance against Group B’s unbeaten team, Sweden. Both teams held the lead during a 2-2 tie in regulation before Adam Gaudette won it for the U.S. with 11.4 seconds remaining in overtime.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO) – 18 May 2022
🇸🇪 Sweden 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO)
World Championship Preliminary Round
Nokia Arena, Tampere 🇫🇮
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
It took a shootout to give Sweden the verdict after these two great Nordic rivals shared a 2-2 tie in regulation. Emil Bemström was the only player to hit the target in the shootout, ending Finland’s unbeaten start on home ice at the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship and moving Sweden to the Group B summit after four wins in four games.
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