The Kontinental Hockey League formally wrapped their eighteenth season tonight in Moscow with their annual Closing Ceremony, awarding the league’s top teams, players and executives for their performance this year, with six former IHLC winners taking home trophies.
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๐จ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ธ Five Players Join Triple Gold Club Following Victoire Walter Cup Win
Following the Montrรฉal Victoire’s first Walter Cup championship, and the first title for a Canadian club, there are now five new members of the unofficial Women’sย Triple Gold Club, as Canadians Marie-Philip Poulin, Laura Stacey, Ann-Renรฉe Desbiens and Erin Ambrose, along with American Hayley Scamurra, have now added a Walter Cup to their existing Olympic and World Championship Gold medals.
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๐จ๐ฆ Montrรฉal Victoire Win 2026 Walter Cup, First For Canada
After two disappointing consecutive semifinal losses in the PWHL playoffs, the Montrรฉal Victoire finally climbed the proverbial mountain, defeating the Ottawa Charge in four games to win the club’s, and Canada’s, first ever Walter Cup championship.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 3-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 15 May 2026
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 3-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ
World Championship Preliminary Round
Swiss Life Arena, Zรผrich ๐จ๐ญ
Friday, 15 May 2026
The hosts of the 2026 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship got off to a great start in Zรผrich. Switzerland beat the US 3-1.
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๐บ๐ธ Hannah Brandt Retires After Fleet’s Playoff Elimination
After announcing before the 2025-26 PWHL season that it would be her last in order to focus on her studies, Hannah Brandt made her retirement from hockey official at the age of 32, following an illustrious career capped with one Olympic and three World Championship Gold medals, but falling short of the Triple Gold Club after the Boston Fleet were eliminated from the Walter Cup postseason by Ottawa.
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IHLC Preview – 2026 World Championship
The top teams in international hockey will converge on Zรผrich and Fribourg, Switzerland, starting this Friday 15 May, kicking off the premiere event of the annual global hockey calendar, the 2026 IIHF World Championship.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 5-2 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช – 10 May 2026
๐บ๐ธ United States 5-2 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Exhibition Game
SAP Arena, Mannheim ๐ฉ๐ช
Sunday, 10 May 2026
The U.S. Menโs National Team used goals from five different players on the way to a 5-2 win over Germany here tonight in its lone pre-tournament game ahead of the 2026 IIHF Menโs World Championship. The content was played before a lively and capacity crowd of 12,909 at SAP Arena.
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๐บ๐ธ Jonathan Quick Retires At 40 Following Final Game
Jonathan Quick, the winningest American goalie in NHL history, confirmed that his start for the New York Rangers against Florida yesterday evening would be his last, capping a 19-season pro career that saw Quick capture three Stanley Cups and an Olympic Silver medal.
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๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฟ Edmonton, Calgary & Prague Named As 2028 World Cup Hosts
Making its return for the first time in twelve years, the NHL today announced the host cities for the World Cup of Hockey, with group play to be split between Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Prague, Czechia, with the semifinal and final to be hosted in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 2-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT) – 22 Feb 2026
๐บ๐ธ United States 2-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT)
Olympic Gold Medal Game
Unipol Dome, Milan ๐ฎ๐น
Sunday, 22 February 2026
Jack Hughes scored at 1:41 of overtime to give the United States Olympic Gold with a 2-1 win over Canada.
The Americans capitalized on a turnover in their end to create a three-on-one, and Hughes finished the play with a low shot under the left pad of Jordan Binnington.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 6-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ – 20 Feb 2026
๐บ๐ธ United States 6-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
Olympic Semifinal
Unipol Dome, Milan ๐ฎ๐น
Friday, 20 February 2026
The United States scored early and late in the first period and skated to an emphatic 6-2 win over Slovakia tonight.
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๐บ๐ธ Heise, Curl & Zumwinkle Join Triple Gold Club
By virtue of the United States‘ thrilling overtime victory over Canada to capture Olympic Gold in Milan, three forwards on Team USA have now joined the Triple Gold Club, as Taylor Heise, Britta Curl and Grace Zumwinkle all added Olympic Gold to their existing World Championship Gold and Walter Cup titles.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 2-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT) – 19 Feb 2026
๐บ๐ธ United States 2-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT)
Olympic Gold Medal Game
Unipol Dome, Milan ๐ฎ๐น
Thursday, 19 February 2026
Megan Keller scored at 4:07 of overtime to give the United States a 2-1 win over Canada and the Gold medal.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 2-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช (OT) – 18 Feb 2026
๐บ๐ธ United States 2-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช (OT)
Olympic Quarterfinal
Unipol Dome, Milan ๐ฎ๐น
Wednesday, 18 February 2026
Team USA is through to the semifinal after an 2-1 overtime win over Sweden. The Americansโ hero was Quinn Hughes who scored the game-winner at 3:27.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 5-0 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช – 16 Feb 2026
๐บ๐ธ United States 5-0 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Olympic Semifinal
Unipol Dome, Milan ๐ฎ๐น
Monday, 16 February 2026
Powered by four second-period goals, the ultra-dominant U.S. blanked Sweden 5-0 to advance to the Gold medal game at the 2026 Olympic womenโs hockey tournament.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 5-1 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช – 15 Feb 2026
๐บ๐ธ United States 5-1 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Olympic Preliminary Round
Unipol Dome, Milan ๐ฎ๐น
Sunday, 15 February 2026
The United States chipped away at the German defence, played patient hockey, and skated to a 5-1 win over Germany in the final game of the preliminary round in Santagiulia.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 6-3 Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ – 14 Feb 2026
๐บ๐ธ United States 6-3 Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Olympic Preliminary Round
Unipol Dome, Milan ๐ฎ๐น
Saturday, 14 February 2026
A three-goal second-period surge propelled the USA past Denmark, and the Americans pulled away for a 6-3 win.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 6-0 Italy ๐ฎ๐น – 13 Feb 2026
๐บ๐ธ United States 6-0 Italy ๐ฎ๐น
Olympic Quarterfinal
Fiera Milano Rho, Milan ๐ฎ๐น
Friday, 13 February 2026
The U.S. erupted for five second-period goals in a 6-0 Olympic quarter-final rout of host Italy on Friday night. Coach John Wroblewski’s awesome machine of a team is two wins away from Gold with a perfect 5-0 record.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 5-1 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป – 12 Feb 2026
๐บ๐ธ United States 5-1 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป
Olympic Preliminary Round
Unipol Dome, Milan ๐ฎ๐น
Thursday, 12 February 2026
Forward Brock Nelson scored twice as the U.S. โ the consensus favourite in Group C โ defeated Latvia 5-1 to kick off its 2026 Olympic campaign on Thursday.
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๐ฎ๐น Italy Becomes First New Womenโs IHLC Contender Since 2022
On the biggest stage in international hockey, the host nation that nobody expected to make a splash has done just that, with Italy officially locking up their spot in the Quarterfinals, and becoming the first nation since Hungary and Czechia, both in 2022, to contend for the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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