
The IIHF has released the full schedule for the 2019 World Championship in Bratislava and Košice, Slovakia, with defending champions Sweden opening the tournament against the Czechs, while hosts Slovakia open the tournament against the United States.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 6-5 United States 🇺🇸 – 04 Aug 2018

🇨🇦 Canada 6-5 United States 🇺🇸
World Junior Summer Showcase
Sandman Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Saturday, 04 August 2018
Ty Dellandrea and Jack Studnicka had a goal and an assist apiece, and Canada opened up a four-goal lead in the second period before hanging on for a 6-5 win over the United States in the finale for both teams Saturday at the Sport Chek World Junior Showcase.
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2019 World Junior Championship Schedule Released

The schedule for the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia has been released, with host nations and defending champions Canada opening the tournament on Boxing Day against Denmark, and facing Russia in their New Year’s tilt to end the group round.
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🇺🇸 🇨🇦 IHLC Classics: O’Sullivan Sinks Canada
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 American Independence Day, we feature the long-awaited first American Gold Medal in World Junior Championship history, won on the back of a two-goal Patrick O’Sullivan performance at the 2004 final in Helsinki.

🇺🇸 United States 4-3 Canada 🇨🇦
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Helsingin jäähalli, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Monday, 05 January 2004
Canada’s National Junior team received a silver medal on Monday after losing 4-3 to Team USA in the gold medal game of the 2004 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship.
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Hall, Rinne, Hedman Highlight First-Time IHLC Winners At 2018 NHL Awards

The National Hockey League handed out its hardware to the best players in the world for the 2017-18 season in Las Vegas, with ten IHLC holders representing five countries taking home trophies.
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Washington Capitals Make Stanley Cup History With IHLC Help

The Washington Capitals finally shook their reputation as playoff chokers, capturing the Stanley Cup over the Vegas Golden Knights with four straight wins in five games to win their first championship in team history.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 6-0 United States 🇺🇸 – 19 May 2018

🇸🇪 Sweden 6-0 United States 🇺🇸
World Championship Semifinal
Royal Arena, Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Saturday, 19 May 2018
Sweden advanced to the gold medal game with a 6-0 win over Team USA, advancing to tomorrow evening’s final against the winner of Canada–Switzerland and the chance for back-to-back championship titles.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 17 May 2018

🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Czechia 🇨🇿
World Championship Quarterfinal
Jyske Bank BOXEN, Herning 🇩🇰
Thursday, 17 May 2018
Team USA edged out a 3-2 win against the Czech Republic sending them to the semi-final of the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. Riding the exploits of Patrick Kane and the goaltending of Keith Kinkaid, the Americans move to Copenhagen for the final four.
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🇧🇾 🇰🇷 Belarus, South Korea Relegated From World Championship

An expected team and a very unexpected team both clinched the unwanted spots of relegation to Division IA at the 2018 IIHF World Championship, with South Korea clinching the second relegation, after Belarus, with a day still remaining in group play at the tournament in Denmark.
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IHLC Preview – 2018 World Championship

The finish of the international hockey calendar is set to begin on 4 May in Copenhagen and Herning, Denmark, with the top sixteen hockey countries in the world meeting to compete at the 2018 IIHF World Championship.
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🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Clarkson & Isobel Cups Awarded, Fortino & Larocque Join Triple Gold Club

The biggest day of the year in women’s club hockey has come and gone, with the Clarkson and Isobel Cups being awarded and two Canadian defenders joining the unofficial women’s Triple Gold Club.
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🇺🇸 Set Of Six U.S. Women’s Players Join Triple Gold Club

By virtue of the United States’ first Olympic Gold medal in 20 years, six new skaters from Team USA have joined the women’s version of the Triple Gold Club, all adding Olympic Gold to their World Championship Gold and Clarkson Cup titles.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 (SO) – 22 Feb 2018

🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 (SO)
Olympic Gold Medal Game
Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung 🇰🇷
Thursday, 22 February 2018
After 80 minutes of end-to-end action, the women’s Olympic Gold medal was decided by a shootout. And even that went to overtime before the U.S. won, 3-2.
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IIHF Confirms 2022 Olympic Women’s Tournament Expanding To Ten Teams

Following a similar mandate made for the IIHF Women’s World Championships last year, the IIHF today confirmed that the 2022 Olympic women’s tournament in Beijing, China, will expand to ten teams, in order to accommodate both the host country and a new contender in an ever-increasing talent pool in international women’s hockey.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 2-1 United States 🇺🇸 – 15 Feb 2018

🇨🇦 Canada 2-1 United States 🇺🇸
Olympic Preliminary Round
Catholic Kwandong University Gymnasium, Gangneung 🇰🇷
Thursday, 15 February 2018
Geneviève Lacasse stoned the top scorers of the U.S. this afternoon to lead Canada to an inspired 2-1 win and claim top spot in Group A.
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🇨🇦 🇺🇸 IHLC Classics: Canada’s Olympic Revenge
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 the upcoming Olympics, we feature the first of Canada’s four consecutive Gold Medal victories, the thrilling showdown against the United States at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games.

🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 United States 🇺🇸
Olympic Gold Medal Game
E Center, West Valley City 🇺🇸
Thursday, 21 February 2002
For more than a week, they bore their opponents’ taunts with smiles and silence. They talked instead about how much they respected the U.S. women’s Olympic hockey team. They said nothing about the little things that were being done to irritate and belittle them; little things such as having their photographs at the athletes village scribbled on and autographed by the American players.
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IHLC Preview – 2018 Winter Olympics (Women’s)

The sixth ever women’s Olympic tournament is set to kick off this Saturday, with an anticipated showdown between Canada and the United States set to highlight the Gold Medal Match for the fifth time.
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🇺🇸 Jim Johannson: 1964-2018

Jim Johannson, the ex-Team USA player who joined USA Hockey in 2000 and became General Manager for all American men’s teams in international competition in 2007, died suddenly last night in Colorado Springs, Colorado, just a few weeks shy of the 2018 Olympics.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 4-2 United States 🇺🇸 – 04 Jan 2018

🇸🇪 Sweden 4-2 United States 🇺🇸
World Junior Championship Semifinal
KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🇺🇸
Thursday, 04 January 2018
Sweden scored shorthanded twice in 38 seconds in a 4-2 semi-final win over the defending champion U.S. to advance to Friday’s World Junior Gold medal game. Sweden will face the winner of the Canada–Czech Republic semi-final in the final.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 4-2 Russia 🇷🇺 – 02 Jan 2018

🇺🇸 United States 4-2 Russia 🇷🇺
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🇺🇸
Tuesday, 02 January 2018
Kieffer Bellows scored a Production Line-type goal to break a 2-2 tie midway through the third, putting the U.S. in the semis. Russia goes home in 5th place.
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