๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ IHLC Classics: St-Pierre Shuts Out Team USA For 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 Canada Day, we revisit Canada’s 2004 Women’s World title twenty years later, where Kim St-Pierre shut out Team USA on home ice in Halifax, Nova Scotia.


๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 2-0 United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Women’s World Championshipย Gold Medal Game
Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Tuesday, 06 April 2004

The Halifax Metro Centre was transformed into a sea of red and white Tuesday night, as 10,506 hockey fans filled the Halifax arena to watch Team Canada face-off against Team USA in the Gold medal game of the 2004 IIHF World Womenโ€™s Hockey Championship.
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Provisional Rosters Named For 2025 Four Nations Face-Off


With eight months to go until the NHL debuts the Four Nations Face-Off tournament, the provisional rosters for each participating nation (Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States) were revealed today by the NHL and each nations’ respective international association, naming six active professionals to each roster.
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Hockey Hall Of Fame Announces Class Of 2024


The Hockey Hall Of Fame today announced the newest members that will join as the Class of 2024 on 11 November, with Pavel Datsyuk, Jeremy Roenick and Shea Weber representing the male players, while Natalie Darwitz and Krissy Wendell become the first pair of women to be inducted in the same year since 2010, all to join the ranks of the Hall in Toronto.
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Florida Panthers Avoid Collapse, Capture Stanley Cup


Capping their thirtieth season in the National Hockey League, the Florida Panthers today avoided an epic, historic collapse in Game Seven the Stanley Cup Final, capturing their first Stanley Cup over the Edmonton Oilers, who forced the decisive game after coming back from a 3-0 series deficit, with a narrow 2-1 victory on home ice.
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Natalie Spooner Named 2024 IIHF Female Player Of The Year


Canadian forward Natalie Spooner, who only one week ago was crowned as the PWHL’s inaugural MVP, was today awarded the IIHF’s Female Player Of The Year Award for the 2023-24 season, capping off a spectacular campaign that saw Spooner capture her third World Championship title.
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ 2025 Four Nations Face-Off Schedule Released


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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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ 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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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ 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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๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช 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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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 6-5 United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ (OT) – 14 Apr 2024


๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 6-5 United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ (OT)
Womenโ€™s World Championship Gold Medal Game
Adirondack Bank Center, Utica ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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 – ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States 5-0 Finland ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ – 13 Apr 2024


๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States 5-0 Finland ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ
Womenโ€™s World Championship Semifinal
Adirondack Bank Center, Utica ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Saturday, 13 April 2024

The United States are headed to the Gold medal game.
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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States 10-0 Japan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต – 11 Apr 2024


๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States 10-0 Japan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Womenโ€™s World Championship Quarterfinal
Adirondack Bank Center, Utica ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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 – ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States 1-0 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ (OT) – 08 Apr 2024


๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States 1-0 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ (OT)
Womenโ€™s World Championship Preliminary Round
Adirondack Bank Center, Utica ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 6-1 United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ – 11 Feb 2024


๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 6-1 United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Rivalry Series, Game 7
Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 3-0 United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ – 09 Feb 2024


๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 3-0 United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Rivalry Series, Game 6
Brandt Centre, Regina ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
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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