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 Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 13 Nov 2022


🇫🇮 Finland 4-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
Karjala Tournament
Gatorade Center, Turku 🇫🇮
Sunday, 13 November 2022

BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:12 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Möller, cross checking
11:14 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Björninen (Antonen, Lehtonen)
15:41 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Karjalainen, slashing
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IHLC 2021 In Review – Women’s


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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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 14 Nov 2021


🇨🇦 Canada 5-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Exhibition Game
Gatorade Center, Turku 🇫🇮
Sunday, 14 November 2021

Victoria Bach scored twice, Brianne Jenner had a goal and two assists, and Canada defeated hosts Finland 5-1 on Sunday in women’s hockey to sweep the countries’ three-game exhibition series.
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🇸🇪 🇷🇺 IHLC Classics: Sundin’s Dagger Brings Down The Red Machine

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), we feature their shocking World Championship Gold medal from 1991, which saw them win their fifth world title, marking the end of the Iron Curtain regime in international hockey.


🇸🇪 Sweden 2-1 Soviet Union 🇷🇺
World Championship Final Round
Elysée Arena, Turku 🇫🇮
Saturday, 04 May 1991

Mats Sundin, only 20 at that time, scored what many consider as the “best goal in the history of the IIHF World Championship” when he single-handedly gave Sweden gold in 1991 in Turku. But it isn’t only the exceptional end-to-end rush that counts into the overall verdict. The performance capped a season which began with Sundin escaping his country as villain – in what also was the last hockey game ever to be played by the Soviet Union national team at the World Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 2-1 Russia 🇷🇺 – 10 Nov 2012

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🇨🇿 Czechia 2-1 Russia 🇷🇺
Karjala Tournament
Turkuhalli, Turku 🇫🇮
Saturday, 10 November 2012

BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:52 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Krejčík, tripping
07:40 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Plotnikov, interference
08:45 – 🇨🇿 PP GOAL – Irgl
16:23 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Denisov, interference
17:38 – 🇨🇿 PP GOAL – Tlustý (Irgl)
18:42 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Tlustý, hooking
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Russia 🇷🇺 (SO) – 07 Nov 2012

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🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Russia 🇷🇺 (SO)
Karjala Tournament
Turkuhalli, Turku 🇫🇮
Wednesday, 07 November 2012

BOXSCORE
1st Period
13:30 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Alexandrov, hooking
17:24 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Kuznetsov, hooking
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 30 Apr 2003

🇨🇿 Czechia 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮
World Championship Preliminary Round
Elysée Arena, Turku 🇫🇮
Wednesday, 30 April 2003

BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:44 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Vašíček, hooking
11:08 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Sup, tripping
11:48 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Duda, elbowing
14:36 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Eloranta, boarding
15:44 – 🇫🇮 SH GOAL – Peltonen (Timonen)
15:51 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Kallio, tripping
17:54 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Straka, holding
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 4-1 Norway 🇳🇴 – 29 Apr 1997

🇸🇪 Sweden 4-1 Norway 🇳🇴
World Championship Preliminary Round
Elysée Arena, Turku 🇫🇮
Tuesday, 29 April 1997

BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:55 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Ragnarsson, charging
12:02 – 🇳🇴 PEN – Ø. Olsen, slashing
14:32 – 🇳🇴 EA GOAL – Mats Trygg
17:16 – 🇳🇴 PEN – Nørstebø, holding
18:32 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Ragnarsson, hooking
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 7-2 Canada 🇨🇦 – 27 Apr 1997

🇸🇪 Sweden 7-2 Canada 🇨🇦
World Championship Preliminary Round
Elysée Arena, Turku 🇫🇮
Sunday, 27 April 1997

BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:49 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Ragnarsson, cross checking
01:20 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Gratton, cross checking
04:28 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Albelin (Carlsson, Svartvadet)
06:55 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Nylander (Eklund)
09:26 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Evason, holding
09:26 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Svensson, hooking
10:18 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Green, high sticking
12:39 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Primeau, charging
15:03 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Green, slashing
19:38 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Johansson, tripping
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 7-0 Norway 🇳🇴 – 26 Apr 1997

🇨🇦 Canada 7-0 Norway 🇳🇴
World Championship Preliminary Round
Elysée Arena, Turku 🇫🇮
Saturday, 26 April 1997

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:44 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Zamuner, roughing
04:09 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Nolan, charging
06:56 – 🇳🇴 PEN – Fjeld, elbowing
10:18 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Errey (Evason, Iginla)
10:57 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Sanderson (Chiasson, Gratton)
14:16 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Sanderson (Sweeney, Nolan)
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 21 Aug 1991

🇫🇮 Finland 4-2 Sweden 🇸🇪
Exhibition Game
Elysée Arena, Turku 🇫🇮
Wednesday, 21 August 1991

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:23 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Johansson, holding
11:28 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Sundin, cross checking
13:54 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Järvenpää, charging
18:23 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Järvenpää (Numminen, Tikkanen)
19:06 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Huura, holding
19:06 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Sandström, slashing
19:35 – 🇸🇪 PEN – U. Samuelsson, roughing major + game misconduct
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 2-1 Soviet Union 🇷🇺 – 04 May 1991


🇸🇪 Sweden 2-1 Soviet Union 🇷🇺
World Championship Final Round
Elysée Arena, Turku 🇫🇮
Saturday, 04 May 1991

Mats Sundin, only 20 at that time, scored what many consider as the “best goal in the history of the IIHF World Championship” when he single-handedly gave Sweden Gold in 1991 in Turku. But it isn’t only the exceptional end-to-end rush that counts into the overall verdict. The performance capped a season which began with Sundin escaping his country as villain – in what also was the last hockey game ever to be played by the Soviet Union national team at the World Championship.
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