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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Tag Archives: United States
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 – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 United States 🇺🇸 (OT) – 19 Dec 2022
🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 United States 🇺🇸 (OT)
Rivalry Series, Game 5
Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles 🇺🇸
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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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 United States 🇺🇸 – 15 Dec 2022
🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 United States 🇺🇸
Rivalry Series, Game 4
The Dollar Loan Center, Henderson 🇺🇸
Thursday, 15 December 2022
Sarah Nurse scored the game-winning goal 15:04 into the third period as Canada snapped a three-game skid, defeating the United States 3-2 in Rivalry Series action on Thursday.
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🇨🇦 IIHF Names Brampton As 2023 Women’s World Championship Host
Today the International Ice Hockey Federation confirmed that the Canadian city to host the 2023 Women’s World Championships would be the Toronto-area suburb of Brampton, Ontario, running from 05-16 April 2023.
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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2023 Inductees
The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2023, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Tampere, Finland, with five different nationalities highlighting the class, as the IIHF will induct Henrik Zetterberg, Brian Leetch, Caroline Ouellette, Cristobal Huet and Jimmy Foster to the Hall.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 4-2 Canada 🇨🇦 – 20 Nov 2022
🇺🇸 United States 4-2 Canada 🇨🇦
Rivalry Series, Game 3
Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle 🇺🇸
Sunday, 20 November 2022
Canada’s rough start to the Rivalry Series continues as the United States won 4-2 on Sunday for its third consecutive victory.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Canada 🇨🇦 – 17 Nov 2022
🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Canada 🇨🇦
Rivalry Series, Game 2
Sandman Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Thursday, 17 November 2022
Canada dropped a second consecutive contest in Rivalry Series play to the United States Thursday, falling 2-1 at Sandman Centre.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 4-3 Canada 🇨🇦 (SO) – 15 Nov 2022
🇺🇸 United States 4-3 Canada 🇨🇦 (SO)
Rivalry Series, Game 1
Prospera Place, Kelowna 🇨🇦
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
Canada kicked off the seven-game Rivalry Series with a 4-3 shootout loss to the United States on Tuesday night at Prospera Place.
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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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🇨🇦 2023 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the tournament set to return to being played during the holiday season in front of fans, with Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick hosting for Canada for the third straight year.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 2-1 United States 🇺🇸 – 04 Sep 2022
🇨🇦 Canada 2-1 United States 🇺🇸
Women’s World Championship Gold Medal Game
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning 🇩🇰
Sunday, 04 September 2022
Brianne Jenner scored both of Canada’s goals and Ann-Renée Desbiens saved the Gold in the dying seconds, giving Canada their third straight major Gold with a 2-1 victory over the United States. It comes after the 2021 Women’s Worlds last August and Olympic Gold in Beijing this past February.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 10-1 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 03 Sep 2022
🇺🇸 United States 10-1 Czechia 🇨🇿
Women’s World Championship Semifinal
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning 🇩🇰
Saturday, 03 September 2022
Team USA scored six goals in the first period to put the game out of reach with speed and seeming ease, defeating Czechia by a 10-1 count and advancing to the Gold medal game tomorrow night. They will face the winner of tonight’s Canada–Switzerland tilt.
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🇨🇿 Czechia Becomes Newest Women’s IHLC Contender
Just two days after Hungary became the first women’s hockey team to compete for the IHLC in a dozen years, today history was made once again at the 2022 Women’s World Championship, with Czechia stunning Finland in overtime of the quarterfinals, setting up a semifinal (and IHLC) matchup against the United States.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 12-1 Hungary 🇭🇺 – 01 Sep 2022
🇺🇸 United States 12-1 Hungary 🇭🇺
Women’s World Championship Quarterfinal
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning 🇩🇰
Thursday, 01 September 2022
It’s not often that a team wins a playoff game to advance to the semi-finals of a tournament that that is of secondary importance, but that was the case this afternoon.
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🇭🇺 Hungary Becomes First New Women’s IHLC Contender In 12 Years
In an international hockey world that seldom sees new nations emerge to contend for the International Hockey Lineal Championship, a wild series of events on the final day of group play at the 2022 Women’s World Championship means that Hungary will contend for the IHLC, making the Magyars the first women’s team in over a decade to contend for the IHLC.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 5-2 Canada 🇨🇦 – 30 Aug 2022
🇺🇸 United States 5-2 Canada 🇨🇦
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning 🇩🇰
Tuesday, 30 August 2022
Canada opened a 2-0 lead in the first period, but the United States stormed back to claim a 5-2 win in the finale of the preliminary round of Group A.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 9-0 Japan 🇯🇵 – 28 Aug 2022
🇨🇦 Canada 9-0 Japan 🇯🇵
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning 🇩🇰
Sunday, 28 August 2022
Japan knew life in Group A of the Women’s Worlds would be radically different from Group B, and today they got a reminder of just how different. Canada stormed their goal for 60 minutes and skated to a 9-0 win this afternoon to re-join the United States at the top of the Group A standings.
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