American star forward Hilary Knight, who just a few months ago scored twice in 27 seconds with less than five minutes remaining in regulation to give Team USA their tenth World Championship title, was today awarded the IIHF’s inaugural Female Player Of The Year Award for the 2022-23 season.
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๐ท๐บ ๐จ๐ฟ Jaลกkin Big Winner At 2023 KHL Awards
The Kontinental Hockey League formally wrapped their fifteenth season tonight in Moscow with their annual Closing Ceremony, awarding the league’s top teams, players and executives for their performance this year, with eleven IHLC winners from Russia and Czechia taking home trophies.
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IHLC Preview – 2023 World Championship
The top teams in international hockey will converge on Tampere, Finland and Rฤซga, 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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๐บ๐ธ Megan Bozek Announces Retirement At Age 32
American defender Megan Bozek, a mainstay in both the premier North American women’s pro leagues and the Team USA roster for over a decade, today formally announced her retirement from the sport at the age of 32.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 6-3 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ – 16 Apr 2023
๐บ๐ธ United States 6-3 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Womenโs World Championship Gold Medal Game
CAA Centre, Brampton ๐จ๐ฆ
Sunday, 16 April 2023
Hilary Knight scored three goals including two near the end of the third period on power plays to break a 3-3 tie and send the United States on their way to a 6-3 win and a Gold Medal at Canada’s expense. Canada had three leads in the game, but each time the resilient Americans came back.
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๐บ๐ธ 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 – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-3 United States ๐บ๐ธ (SO) – 10 Apr 2023
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-3 United States ๐บ๐ธ (SO)
Womenโs World Championship Preliminary Round
CAA Centre, Brampton ๐จ๐ฆ
Monday, 10 April 2023
In likely the craziest finish in the storied Canada-United States rivalry, Jamie Lee Rattray scored in the 9th round of the penalty-shot shootout to give Canada a 4-3 win over the United States before a rowdy crowd of 4,322 at CAA Centre.
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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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๐จ๐ฆ Toronto Six Capture 2023 Isobel Cup In OT Thriller
Following years of instability for the Premier Hockey Federation, largely due to COVID-19 restrictions and delays, the 2022-23 successful season, which introduced a seventh expansion team in Montrรฉal, came to a thrilling conclusion tonight in Tempe, Arizona, with the Toronto Sixย capturing the Isobel Cup with a 4-3 overtime victory over the Minnesota Whitecaps.
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๐บ๐ธ Brianna Decker Retires From Pro Hockey
American forward Brianna Decker, a six-time World Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist, NCAA champion and unofficial member of the women’s Triple Gold Club with two Clarkson Cups and an Isobel Cup, today announced her retirement from hockey at the age of 31, moving into a full-time coaching capacity.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-0 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 22 Feb 2023
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-0 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Rivalry Series, Game 7
Place Bell, Laval ๐จ๐ฆ
Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Blayre Turnbull led all scorers with two goals as Canada used a four-goal second period to fuel a 5-0 win over the U.S. to claim the Rivalry Series.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 20 Feb 2023
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Rivalry Series, Game 6
Colisรฉe Vidรฉotron, Trois-Riviรจres ๐จ๐ฆ
Monday, 20 February 2023
Circle Wednesday on the calendar if you enjoy do-or-die showdowns between acrimonious rivals.
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๐ธ๐ช 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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๐จ๐ฆ 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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IHLC Results โ ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ โ 04 Jan 2023
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ
World Junior Championship Semifinal
Scotiabank Centre, Halifax ๐จ๐ฆ
Wednesday, 04 January 2023
Canada fought off a sluggish start and a 2-0 deficit to beat the United States 6-2 and advance to the Gold Medal game tomorrow against Czechia. The U.S. will play Sweden earlier in the day for Bronze.
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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 – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT) – 19 Dec 2022
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT)
Rivalry Series, Game 5
Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles ๐บ๐ธ
Monday, 19 December 2022
Danielle Serdachny scored at 2:16 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 victory over the United States in the fifth game of the Rivalry Series on Monday night.
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