The schedule for the NHL’s mid-season 2025 tournament, the Four Nations Face-Off, was announced today prior to the start of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final, with Boston, United States and Montrรฉal, Canada set to host their respective host nations, along with Sweden and Finland, next February, a tune-up to the NHL’s Olympic return at the 2026 Olympics.
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๐บ๐ธ Minnesota Captures Inaugural Walter Cup, Five Join Triple Gold Club
In the dramatic finale of the 2024 PWHL playoffs, a shutout performance from Nicole Hensley led PWHL Minnesota to capture the inaugural Walter Cup, defeating PWHL Boston 3-0 in Lowell, Massachusetts.
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๐ท๐บ Gusev, Nikishin, Nabokov Highlight 2024 KHL Closing Ceremony
The Kontinental Hockey League formally wrapped their sixteenth season tonight in Moscow with their annual Closing Ceremony, awarding the league’s top teams, players and executives for their performance this year, with six IHLC winners, all from Russia, taking home trophies.
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IHLC Preview – 2024 World Championship
The top teams in international hockey will converge on Ostrava and Prague, Czechia starting this Friday, 10 May, kicking off the premiere event of the global hockey calendar, the 2024 IIHF World Championship.
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๐ธ๐ช Sweden Captures Third Consecutive Euro Hockey Tour Title
By virtue of their 2-0 victory over hosts Czechia in the middle tilt of the 2024 Betano Hockey Games (formerly Czech Hockey Games), Sweden officially clinched their seventh Euro Hockey Tour title, and third straight, by moving seven points ahead of Finland and Czechia in the tournament table with just one game to go tomorrow.
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๐ท๐บ Metallurg Magnitogorsk Sweeps To 2024 Gagarin Cup Victory
After a near-elimination in the conference finals, Metallurg Magnitogorsk today completed a four-game sweep of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the 2024 Gagarin Cup finals, capturing their third title and first in eight years.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-5 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT) – 14 Apr 2024
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-5 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT)
Womenโs World Championship Gold Medal Game
Adirondack Bank Center, Utica ๐บ๐ธ
Sunday, 14 April 2024
Another chapter was scripted in the intense rivalry between Canada and the United States on Sunday evening at the 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship.
In the Gold medal game, it took overtime for Canada to defeat the United States 6-5.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 5-0 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 13 Apr 2024
๐บ๐ธ United States 5-0 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Womenโs World Championship Semifinal
Adirondack Bank Center, Utica ๐บ๐ธ
Saturday, 13 April 2024
The United States are headed to the Gold medal game.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 10-0 Japan ๐ฏ๐ต – 11 Apr 2024
๐บ๐ธ United States 10-0 Japan ๐ฏ๐ต
Womenโs World Championship Quarterfinal
Adirondack Bank Center, Utica ๐บ๐ธ
Thursday, 11 April 2024
The United States gave the home crowd something to cheer about as the team earned a 10-0 shutout victory over Japan in their quarter-final game at the 2024 IIHF Women’s World Hockey Championship in Utica, New York.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 1-0 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT) – 08 Apr 2024
๐บ๐ธ United States 1-0 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT)
Womenโs World Championship Preliminary Round
Adirondack Bank Center, Utica ๐บ๐ธ
Monday, 08 April 2024
Kirsten Simms scored at 3:38 of overtime to give the U.S. a 1-0 win over Canada and first place in the Group A standings with a perfect 4-0 record.
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IHLC Preview – 2024 Women’s World Championship
The IIHF Women’s World Championship is coming back to upstate New York for the first time in three decades, as the reigning world champion Team USA will host the world’s top women’s players in the 23rd edition of the tournament from 03-14 April, with all games held at the Adirondack Bank Centre in Utica.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 11 Feb 2024
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Rivalry Series, Game 7
Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul ๐บ๐ธ
Sunday, 11 February 2024
Natalie Spooner and Emma Maltais each scored twice, Ann-Renรฉe Desbiens made 24 saves and Canada routed the United States 6-1 on Sunday in the decisive seventh game of the Rivalry Series.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-0 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 09 Feb 2024
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-0 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Rivalry Series, Game 6
Brandt Centre, Regina ๐จ๐ฆ
Friday, 09 February 2024
Natalie Spooner opened the scoring on a power play 58 seconds into the third period and Canada won its third straight to send the Rivalry Series to a decisive seventh game, beating the United States 3-0 on Friday night.
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๐จ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช ๐บ๐ธ NHL Releases Roster Projections For 2025 Four Nations Face-Off
The NHL, who will be staging a “light” version of the World Cup Of Hockey with the Four Nations Face-Off in February 2025, has unveiled its projected lineups for the four national squads partaking next year in Montrรฉal and Boston, speculating on who will wear their nation’s colours for the first best-on-best global tournament since the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 07 Feb 2024
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Rivalry Series, Game 5
SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon ๐จ๐ฆ
Wednesday, 07 February 2024
Ashton Bell and Renata Fast scored in a 2:38 span of the third period and Canada stayed alive in the Rivalry Series, rallying to beat the United States 4-2 on Wednesday night in Game 5.
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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2024 Inductees
The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2024, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Prague, with five different nationalities highlighting the class, including a trio of native Czechoslovak legends heading the class.
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IHLC Results โ ๐บ๐ธ United States 6-2 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช โ 05 Jan 2024
๐บ๐ธ United States 6-2 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Scandinavium, Gothenburg ๐ธ๐ช
Friday, 05 January 2024
The United States made the most of their chances and skated to an almost flawless 6-2 victory over Sweden to capture their sixth all-time Gold medal. They won their first in 2004 and most recent one in 2021, and have won those six in a 21-year span.
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IHLC Results โ ๐บ๐ธ United States 3-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ โ 04 Jan 2024
๐บ๐ธ United States 3-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
World Junior Championship Semifinal
Scandinavium, Gothenburg ๐ธ๐ช
Thursday, 04 January 2024
Cutter Gauthier’s late power-play goal gave the United States a come-from-behind 3-2 win over Finland to earn the team a spot in the Gold medal game tomorrow night against hosts Sweden.
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IHLC Results โ ๐บ๐ธ United States 7-2 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป โ 02 Jan 2024
๐บ๐ธ United States 7-2 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
Frรถlundaborg, Gothenburg ๐ธ๐ช
Tuesday, 02 January 2024
The American offence went into high gear in Tuesday’s 7-2 quarter-final romp over Latvia. The all-18-year-old line of Will Smith, Ryan Leonard and Gabe Perreault dominated, combining for six points. Blueliner Seamus Casey chipped in three assists.
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IHLC 2023 In Review – Junior
The story of the world junior calendar year of 2023 came down really to two countries, with Canada dominating the top of the calendar, while it was American dominance nearly a full calendar year later setting the stage for a thrilling finish to the 2024 World Junior Championship.
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International Hockey Lineal Championship 