In an era where hockey dynasties were considered extinct thanks to the salary cap, the Chicago Blackhawks defied the odds, winning their third Stanley Cup in six seasons from the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games.
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Tag Archives: United States
Groups Confirmed For 2016 World Cup Of Hockey
According to a report by Sovsport.ru in an interview with Soviet hockey legend and current Russian Hockey Federation President Vladislav Tretyak, the groups for the 2016 World Cup Of Hockey in Toronto have been confirmed.
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World Championship Sets Fields For 2016 Worlds, 2018 Olympics
With the dust settled over Prague, and Canada returning to North America with World Championship Gold in tow, we can not only look back on a tremendous (and record-breaking) 2015 tournament, but to future tournaments in men’s hockey, particularly next year’s Worlds and the 2018 Olympics.
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First Nine Nations Qualified For 2018 Olympic Men’s Tournament
Following Belarus‘ failure to finish in the top four at the 2015 World Championships, Slovakia scooped up the ninth and final automatic qualification spot for the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, Korea, joining defending champions Canada, Finland, Sweden, Russia, the United States, Czechia, Switzerland and the host nation Korea.
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IHLC Preview – 2015 World Championship
With virtually every professional and international competition (besides the NHL playoffs) complete, the world’s best will assemble in Czechia for the 79th IIHF World Championship, looking to assert their hockey supremacy and punch their ticket to the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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🇺🇸 Hal Gill Calls It A Career After 16 Seasons
Defensive powerhouse Hal Gill, who won a Stanley Cup and a World Championship Bronze medal in his 16 year career, announced his retirement from the Philadelphia Flyers at the age of 40.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 7-5 Canada 🇨🇦 – 04 Apr 2015
🇺🇸 United States 7-5 Canada 🇨🇦
Women’s World Championship Gold Medal Game
Malmö Isstadion, Malmö 🇸🇪
Saturday, 04 April 2015
Brianna Decker scored the third-period winner as the U.S. beat Canada 7-5 in a wild World Women’s Gold medal game that saw both starting goalies pulled.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 13-1 Russia 🇷🇺 – 03 Apr 2015
🇺🇸 United States 13-1 Russia 🇷🇺
Women’s World Championship Semifinal
Malmö Isstadion, Malmö 🇸🇪
Friday, 03 April 2015
Brianna Decker and Hilary Knight combined for six first-period points to spark the U.S., the defending World Champions, to a 13-1 semi-final pounding of Russia.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 9-2 Russia 🇷🇺 – 31 Mar 2015
🇺🇸 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
🇺🇸 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
🇺🇸 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
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.
🇺🇸 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
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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2015 KHL All Star Game Rosters Announced
After a fan vote to set the starting lineup, and a media vote to set the second lines, the Kontinental Hockey League today announced the rosters for the 2015 KHL All Star Game in Sochi, Russia on 25 January.
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2015 NHL All Star Game Rosters Announced
After a fan vote to decide the first six participants, the National Hockey League today announced the participants for the 2015 NHL All Star Game in Columbus, Ohio on 25 January, with rosters to be determined in a fantasy draft on 23 January.
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🇨🇦 J.P. Parisé: 1941-2015
Former NHL star J.P. Parisé, who rose to notoriety as a member of Team Canada at the 1972 Summit Series, has died after a year-long battle with lung cancer at the age of 73.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-3 United States 🇺🇸 – 31 Dec 2014
🇨🇦 Canada 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
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
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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