๐ธ๐ช Swedenย 6-0ย United States ๐บ๐ธ
World Championship Semifinal
Royal Arena, Copenhagen ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Saturday, 19 May 2018
Sweden advanced to the gold medal game with a 6-0 win over Team USA, advancing to tomorrow eveningโs final against the winner of Canada–Switzerland and the chance for back-to-back championship titles.
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๐บ๐ธ United Statesย 3-2ย Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
World Championship Quarterfinal
Jyske Bank BOXEN, Herning ๐ฉ๐ฐ
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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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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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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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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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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๐บ๐ธ United States 3-2ย Canada ๐จ๐ฆย (SO)
Olympic Gold Medal Game
Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung ๐ฐ๐ท
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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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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๐จ๐ฆ Canadaย 2-1ย United States ๐บ๐ธ
Olympic Preliminary Round
Catholic Kwandong University Gymnasium, Gangneung ๐ฐ๐ท
Thursday, 15 February 2018
Geneviรจve 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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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.
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Olympic Gold Medal Game
E Center, West Valleyย City ๐บ๐ธ
Thursday, 21 February 2002
For more than a week, they bore their opponentsโ taunts with smiles and silence. They talked instead about how much they respected the U.S. womenโs 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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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, 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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๐ธ๐ช Swedenย 4-2ย United States ๐บ๐ธ
World Junior Championship Semifinal
KeyBank Center, Buffalo ๐บ๐ธ
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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๐บ๐ธ United Statesย 4-2ย Russia ๐ท๐บ
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
KeyBank Center, Buffalo ๐บ๐ธ
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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The International Hockey Lineal Championship stayed with Team USA for the majority of 2017, with the 2017 World Junior champions holding the IHLC for eight of a possible twelve games in 2017, including carrying the title into the medal round of the current 2018 tournament.
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๐บ๐ธ United Statesย 5-4 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
KeyBank Center, Buffalo ๐บ๐ธ
Sunday, 31 December 2017
Adam Fox broke a 4-4 tie with a goal at 18:23 of the third period to give the United States a dramatic 5-4 win over Finland. The U.S. led at one point, 3-0.
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The International Hockey Lineal Championship saw its usual see-saw between Canada and the United States on the women’s side, trading back and forth over a 15-game span in 2017, with both teams working to build momentum for the upcoming Olympics in PyeongChang.
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๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakiaย 3-2ย United States ๐บ๐ธ
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
KeyBank Center, Buffalo ๐บ๐ธ
Thursday, 28 December 2017
Slovakia’s Samuel Buฤek put on a one-man show to score the winning goal at 17:52 of the third to give his nation an unexpected 3-2 win over the U.S.
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๐บ๐ธ United Statesย 9-0ย Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
KeyBank Center, Buffalo ๐บ๐ธ
Tuesday, 26 December 2017
The defending champion U.S. got five first-period goals and never looked back in a 9-0 demolition of Denmark to start the 2018 World Juniors on Tuesday.
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๐จ๐ฆ Canadaย 2-1ย United States ๐บ๐ธย (OT)
Exhibition Game
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Sunday, 17 December 2017
Jennifer Wakefield scored with 26 seconds to play in overtime as Canadaโs National Womenโs Team defeated the United States 2-1 to close out the teamsโ six-game pre-Olympic series.
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