The seventh ever women’s Olympic tournament is set to kick off this Thursday, with an anticipated showdown once again between Canada and the United States likely to highlight the Gold Medal Match for the sixth time.
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IHLC 2021 In Review – Junior
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Hockey Lineal Championship only saw seven games of competition this year on the junior side, nearly a year apart, all in Edmonton, and cut short thanks to the outright cancellation of the 2022 World Junior Championship thanks to the Omicron variant.
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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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๐จ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ธ Remainder Of 2021-22 Rivalry Series Cancelled
After their scheduled matchup for 20 December in Saint Paul, Minnesota was cancelled due to the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, today Hockey Canada announced the final two games of their Rivalry Series against the United States, set to take place in early January in Alberta, have been cancelled as well.
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IHLC Preview – 2022 World Junior Championship
After COVID-19 forced the 2021 World Junior Championship into a bubble, the tournament returns to Alberta, Canada for 2022, with Edmonton and Red Deer hosting the world’s top under-20 hockey teams in front of fans for the first time since January 2020, just before the world changed forever.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-3 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT) โ 23 Dec 2021
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 4-3 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT)
Exhibition Game
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Thursday, 23 December 2021
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:17 – ๐ซ๐ฎ GOAL – Simontaival (Hirvonen, Mรคenpรครค)
04:49 – ๐บ๐ธ PEN – Mazur, delay of game
12:26 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Rafkin, kneeing major + game misconduct
14:37 – ๐บ๐ธ PEN – Cooley, holding
17:57 – ๐บ๐ธ GOAL – Dickinson
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NHL Withdraws From 2022 Olympics Due To COVID Postponements
After having to cancel fifty games in the past week over protocols due to the new Omicron COVID-19 variant, the National Hockey League today officially announced that due to the material impact of these postponements on the 2021-22 season, they will be withdrawing their players from participating in the upcoming 2022 Beijing Olympic Games.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT) – 17 Dec 2021
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT)
Rivalry Series, Game 6
Centene Community Ice Center, Maryland Heights ๐บ๐ธ
Friday, 17 December 2021
Marie-Philip Poulin scored at 3:31 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 victory over the United States on Friday night in Game 6 of the pre-Olympics women’s hockey series.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 2-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT) – 15 Dec 2021
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 2-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT)
Rivalry Series, Game 5
Centene Community Ice Center, Maryland Heights ๐บ๐ธ
Wednesday, 15 December 2021
Marie-Philip Poulin scored her second goal of the night in overtime as Canada edged the United States 2-1 on Wednesday in Game 5 of the Rivalry Series.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 2-0 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ – 23 Nov 2021
๐บ๐ธ United States 2-0 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Rivalry Series, Game 4
The Arena At TD Place, Ottawa ๐จ๐ฆ
Tuesday, 23 November 2021
The Beijing Olympics are still two months away, but the rivalry between the Canadian and American womenโs hockey teams is already running high.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 3-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT) – 21 Nov 2021
๐บ๐ธ United States 3-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT)
Rivalry Series, Game 3
Leon’s Centre, Kingston ๐จ๐ฆ
Sunday, 21 November 2021
The Canadian women’s hockey team squandered a two-goal lead in the third period and the United States came back to win 3-2 in overtime in the Rivalry Series on Sunday.
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๐จ๐ฟ ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช Czechia, Denmark, Sweden Clinch Final 2022 Women’s Olympic Qualifying Spots
After just three months Olympic qualifiers that were set to begin nearly a year ago, but delayed due to COVID-19, the three final qualification spots for a trip to Beijing were today clinched by Czechia, Denmark and Sweden for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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๐จ๐ฆ 2022 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, returning to the originally planned hosts of Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, which was set for the 2021 tournament but instead played in a quarantine bubble only in Edmonton, in front of no fans.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 25 Oct 2021
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Rivalry Series, Game 2
XL Center, Hartford ๐บ๐ธ
Monday, 25 October 2021
Amanda Kessel isn’t panicking after the United States women’s hockey team opened its pre-Olympic series with two straight losses to rival Canada.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 22 Oct 2021
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Rivalry Series, Game 1
PPL Center, Allentown ๐บ๐ธ
Friday, 22 October 2021
Emily Clark scored twice, including the go-ahead goal 5:05 into the third period, and Canada beat the United States 3-1 in Game 1 of a nine-game pre-Olympic Rivalry Series between the national womenโs hockey teams Friday night.
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Provisional Olympians Named For Beijing 2022
As part of the NHL’s re-entry into the Olympics with the upcoming games in Beijing this February, the NHL and IIHF collectively announced provisional NHL players for each team, naming three active professionals to each roster.
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๐จ๐ณ 2022 Men’s Olympic Hockey Schedule Released
The IIHF today released the schedule for the men’s tournament at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, with the tournament beginning on Wednesday, 09 February, with defending champions the Russian Olympic Committee starting their title defence on the opening day, in the first tournament since 2014 to feature NHL players on Olympic rosters.
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๐จ๐ณ 2022 Women’s Olympic Hockey Schedule Released
The schedule for the women’s tournament at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, China were released by the IIHF today, kicking off hockey at the Olympics on Thursday, 03 February.
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IIHF Congress Approves Women’s World Championships In Olympic Years
After over twenty years of not holding the IIHF Women’s World Championship in years when the Olympics are taking place, today the IIHF Congress voted to allow for both tournaments to be held the same calendar year every four years, with the tournament moving from April to August in Olympic years, starting in 2022.
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๐บ๐ธ American Forward David Backes Retires As Blue At Age 37
American forward David Backes, who has seen limited playing time over the past two seasons due to recurring injuries, today officially signed with St. Louis for a day to retire as a Blue, ending his career at the age of 37.
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