IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 9-2 Russia 🇷🇺 – 31 Mar 2015

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🇺🇸 United States 9-2 Russia 🇷🇺
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Malmö Isstadion, Malmö 🇸🇪
Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Jocelyne Lamoureux’s hat trick lifted the U.S. to an 9-2 thrashing of Russia and a perfect preliminary round record on Tuesday in Malmö.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 4-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 29 Mar 2015

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🇺🇸 United States 4-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Malmö Isstadion, Malmö 🇸🇪
Sunday, 29 March 2015

As the old Nintendo ad said: “Now you’re playing with power.” Hilary Knight had two goals and an assist to pace the U.S. to a 4-1 win over Finland on Sunday.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 4-2 Canada 🇨🇦 – 28 Mar 2015

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🇺🇸 United States 4-2 Canada 🇨🇦
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Malmö Isstadion, Malmö 🇸🇪
Saturday, 28 March 2015

In Saturday’s marquee matchup, the United States staked an early claim to bragging rights in Group A with a 4-2 triumph over Canada at the Malmö Isstadion.
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IHLC Preview – 2015 Women’s World Championship

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Five months after the last women’s hockey showdown at the 2014 Four Nations Cup, the top eight teams in international women’s hockey will reconvene in Malmö, Sweden, for the 2015 IIHF World Women’s Championship, two years since the last Worlds that ended in a stunning American victory in Canada’s capital.
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🇺🇸 🇨🇦 IHLC Classics: Team USA Wins The First Olympic Gold

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 Clarkson Cup, we look at the first ever Olympic Gold Medal Game in women’s hockey at the Nagano Olympics.

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🇺🇸 United States 3-1 Canada 🇨🇦
Olympic Gold Medal Game
Nagano Wakasato Tamokuteki Sports Arena, Nagano 🇯🇵
Tuesday, 17 February 1998

The 1998 Olympics was historic for two reasons. For the men, it was the first time full NHL participation occurred. For the women, it was the first time they were playing Olympic hockey at all. The excitement of the women’s event was all the more palatable because it was virtually certain that Canada and USA were headed towards a gold medal showdown.
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World Cup Of Hockey Return Announced For 2016

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After months of speculation, the NHL today confirmed during the All-Star Weekend in Columbus, Ohio that the World Cup Of Hockey would officially return in 2016, being hosted solely in Toronto from 17 September – 01 October 2016. As expected, six national teams (Canada, United States, Russia, Czechia, Sweden and Finland) and two “all star” teams (a team of under-23 stars from Canada and the United States, and a team made up of European players without teams playing in the tournament, such as Slovakia, Norway and Switzerland) will make up the tournament.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-3 United States 🇺🇸 – 31 Dec 2014


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 5-3 United States 🇺🇸
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Centre Bell, Montréal 🇨🇦
Wednesday, 31 December 2014

In the preliminary round’s most hotly anticipated matchup, Canada defeated the U.S. 5-3 to capture first place in Group A on New Year’s Eve in Montréal.
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IHLC 2014 In Review – Men’s

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2014 was quite a year for the International Hockey Lineal Championship, in that theihlc.com formally launched in September, bringing 100+ years of international hockey history online. But this calendar year certainly saw its share of movement and excitement as well.
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IHLC 2014 In Review – Women’s

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2014 was quite a year for the International Hockey Lineal Championship, in that theihlc.com formally launched in September, bringing 100+ years of international hockey history online. But this calendar year certainly saw its share of movement and excitement as well.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-0 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 29 Dec 2014


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3-0 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Centre Bell, Montréal 🇨🇦
Monday, 29 December 2014

With a surprisingly tough 3-0 win over Slovakia, the United States set itself up for a New Year’s Eve showdown with host Canada for first place in Group A.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 6-0 Germany 🇩🇪 – 28 Dec 2014


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 6-0 Germany 🇩🇪
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Centre Bell, Montréal 🇨🇦
Sunday, 28 December 2014

North America hasn’t been nice to Germany at this tournament. After opening with a 4-0 loss to host Canada, the Germans fell 6-0 to the U.S. on Sunday night.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO) – 26 Dec 2014


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 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO)
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Centre Bell, Montréal 🇨🇦
Friday, 26 December 2014

Chase De Leo scored the shootout winner as the United States beat Finland 2-1 to kick off the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship in Montréal on Friday.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 10-5 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 23 Dec 2014

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Exhibition Game
Rogers K-Rock Centre, Kingston 🇨🇦
Tuesday, 23 December 2014

Alex Tuch scored three times, while Tyler Motte and Auston Matthews each scored twice to help propel the U.S. National Junior Team to a 10-5 victory over Sweden tonight in the final pre-tournament game for both teams in advance of the upcoming 2015 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 5-2 Germany 🇩🇪 – 21 Dec 2014

🇺🇸 United States 5-2 Germany 🇩🇪
Exhibition Game
Rogers K-Rock Centre, Kingston 🇨🇦
Sunday, 21 December 2014

The U.S. used goals from five different players on the way to a 5-2 victory over Germany here tonight in a pre-tournament game in preparation for the upcoming 2015 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship.
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World Cup Update: Euro, Rookie All-Star Teams To Compete?

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As first reported by Sportsnet, representatives from the NHL and IIHF met in Toronto in advance of the Hockey Hall Of Fame Class of 2014 induction ceremony to discuss the 2016 World Cup Of Hockey logistics, mainly the status of the two final spots to round out a field of eight teams to play in Toronto.
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HHOF Inducts Four International Legends

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Tomorrow, the Hockey Hall Of Fame will enshrine four new members into its players category as the Class of 2014 – not just players who shined in their National Hockey League careers, but also for the tremendous careers they achieved internationally. Dominik Hašek, Peter Forsberg, Rob Blake and Mike Modano share numerous Olympic, World Championship and World Cup championships between them, in addition to all having held the International Hockey Lineal Championship in their illustrious careers.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 United States 🇺🇸 (SO) – 08 Nov 2014

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🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 United States 🇺🇸 (SO)
Four Nations Cup Gold Medal Game
Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Saturday, 08 November 2014

Brianne Jenner scored the only goal of the shootout as Canada defeated the United States 3-2 to win the 2014 Four Nations Cup.
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