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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IHLC 2017 In Review – Junior
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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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 5-4 Finland 🇫🇮 – 31 Dec 2017
🇺🇸 United States 5-4 Finland 🇫🇮
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🇺🇸
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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IHLC 2017 In Review – Women’s
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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IHLC Results – 🇸🇰 Slovakia 3-2 United States 🇺🇸 – 28 Dec 2017
🇸🇰 Slovakia 3-2 United States 🇺🇸
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🇺🇸
Thursday, 28 December 2017
Slovakia’s Samuel Buček 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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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 9-0 Denmark 🇩🇰 – 26 Dec 2017
🇺🇸 United States 9-0 Denmark 🇩🇰
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🇺🇸
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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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 2-1 United States 🇺🇸 (OT) – 17 Dec 2017
🇨🇦 Canada 2-1 United States 🇺🇸 (OT)
Exhibition Game
Rogers Place, Edmonton 🇨🇦
Sunday, 17 December 2017
Jennifer Wakefield scored with 26 seconds to play in overtime as Canada’s National Women’s Team defeated the United States 2-1 to close out the teams’ six-game pre-Olympic series.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-1 United States 🇺🇸 – 15 Dec 2017
🇨🇦 Canada 3-1 United States 🇺🇸
Exhibition Game
SAP Center At San Jose, San Jose 🇺🇸
Friday, 15 December 2017
Haley Irwin, Sarah Nurse and Marie-Philip Poulin scored as Canada’s National Women’s Team beat the United States 3-1 to pick up its fourth straight win of the pre-Olympic series.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 2-0 United States 🇺🇸 – 05 Dec 2017
🇨🇦 Canada 2-0 United States 🇺🇸
Exhibition Game
Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg 🇨🇦
Tuesday, 05 December 2017
Geneviève Lacasse picked up her first career shutout against the United States, turning aside 32 shots as Canada’s National Women’s Team took Game 4 of the pre-Olympic series 2-0 on Tuesday.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 2-1 United States 🇺🇸 (OT) – 03 Dec 2017
🇨🇦 Canada 2-1 United States 🇺🇸 (OT)
Exhibition Game
Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul 🇺🇸
Sunday, 03 December 2017
Brianne Jenner scored 37 seconds into overtime to lift Canada’s National Women’s Team to a 2-1 win over the United States on Sunday, and a 2-1 lead in the teams’ six-game pre-Olympic series.
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IIHF Announces 2018 Hall Of Fame Class
The IIHF announced the newest class of inductees to the Hall of Fame, highlighted by a quartet of international superstars – Daniel Alfredsson, Rob Blake, Jere Lehtinen and Chris Chelios, who will have their numerous achievements, both professionally and internationally, recognized in Denmark this May.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 5-1 Canada 🇨🇦 – 12 Nov 2017
🇺🇸 United States 5-1 Canada 🇨🇦
Four Nations Cup Gold Medal Game
Amalie Arena, Tampa 🇺🇸
Sunday, 12 November 2017
Hannah Brandt scored twice as the U.S. Women’s National Team topped Canada, 5-1, here today in Tampa, Florida, to win the 2017 Four Nations Cup.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 5-0 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 10 Nov 2017
🇺🇸 United States 5-0 Sweden 🇸🇪
Four Nations Cup Preliminary Round
Florida Hospital Center Ice, Wesley Chapel 🇺🇸
Friday, 10 November 2017
Kendall Coyne scored twice as the U.S. Women’s National Team topped Sweden, 5-0, here today in Wesley Chapel, Florida, in game three of the 2017 Four Nations Cup.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 4-2 Canada 🇨🇦 – 08 Nov 2017
🇺🇸 United States 4-2 Canada 🇨🇦
Four Nations Cup Preliminary Round
Florida Hospital Center Ice, Wesley Chapel 🇺🇸
Wednesday, 08 November 2017
Four different U.S. Women’s National Team players scored goals as the U.S. topped Canada, 4-2, here today in Wesley Chapel, Florida, in game two of the 2017 Four Nations Cup.
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