
After a relative return to normalcy in the international hockey calendar, the women’s circuit saw two major tournaments in the same year for the first time ever, with the IHLC contended at both the Olympics and Women’s World Championship, and twenty one games total over the course of 2022.
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IHLC Preview – 2023 World Junior Championship

After 2021’s tournament was played in a bubble, and 2022’s tournament had to be cancelled and restarted, all due to COVID-19, the International Ice Hockey Federation will attempt the first full tournament in front of fans since 2020 will start on 26 December in Atlantic Canada, with Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick serving as co-hosts.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT) – 19 Dec 2022

๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT)
Rivalry Series, Game 5
Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles ๐บ๐ธ
Monday, 19 December 2022
Danielle Serdachny scored at 2:16 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 victory over the United States in the fifth game of the Rivalry Series on Monday night.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 15 Dec 2022

๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Rivalry Series, Game 4
The Dollar Loan Center, Henderson ๐บ๐ธ
Thursday, 15 December 2022
Sarah Nurse scored the game-winning goal 15:04 into the third period as Canada snapped a three-game skid, defeating the United States 3-2 in Rivalry Series action on Thursday.
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๐จ๐ฆ IIHF Names Brampton As 2023 Women’s World Championship Host

Today the International Ice Hockey Federation confirmed that the Canadian city to host the 2023 Women’s World Championships would be the Toronto-area suburb of Brampton, Ontario, running from 05-16 April 2023.
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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2023 Inductees

The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2023, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Tampere, Finland, with five different nationalities highlighting the class, as the IIHF will induct Henrik Zetterberg, Brian Leetch, Caroline Ouellette, Cristobal Huet and Jimmy Foster to the Hall.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 4-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ – 20 Nov 2022

๐บ๐ธ United States 4-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Rivalry Series, Game 3
Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle ๐บ๐ธ
Sunday, 20 November 2022
Canada’s rough start to the Rivalry Series continues as the United States won 4-2 on Sunday for its third consecutive victory.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 2-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ – 17 Nov 2022

๐บ๐ธ United States 2-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Rivalry Series, Game 2
Sandman Centre, Kamloops ๐จ๐ฆ
Thursday, 17 November 2022
Canada dropped a second consecutive contest in Rivalry Series play to the United States Thursday, falling 2-1 at Sandman Centre.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 4-3 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (SO) – 15 Nov 2022

๐บ๐ธ United States 4-3 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (SO)
Rivalry Series, Game 1
Prospera Place, Kelowna ๐จ๐ฆ
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
Canada kicked off the seven-game Rivalry Series with a 4-3 shootout loss to the United States on Tuesday night at Prospera Place.
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๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ป 2023 World Championship Schedule Released

The schedule for the 2023 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Tampere, Finland and Rฤซga, Latvia, with the two previous Worlds hosts stepping in to replace Saint Petersburg, Russia as the hosts, who were stripped as hosts after Russia was banned from IIHF competition for their continued invasion of Ukraine.
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๐จ๐ฆ 2023 World Junior Championship Schedule Released

The schedule for the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the tournament set to return to being played during the holiday season in front of fans, with Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick hosting for Canada for the third straight year.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 2-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 04 Sep 2022

๐จ๐ฆ Canada 2-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Womenโs World Championship Gold Medal Game
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Sunday, 04 September 2022
Brianne Jenner scored both of Canada’s goals and Ann-Renรฉe Desbiens saved the Gold in the dying seconds, giving Canada their third straight major Gold with a 2-1 victory over the United States. It comes after the 2021 Women’s Worlds last August and Olympic Gold in Beijing this past February.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 10-1 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ – 03 Sep 2022

๐บ๐ธ United States 10-1 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
Womenโs World Championship Semifinal
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Saturday, 03 September 2022
Team USA scored six goals in the first period to put the game out of reach with speed and seeming ease, defeating Czechia by a 10-1 count and advancing to the Gold medal game tomorrow night. They will face the winner of tonightโs Canada–Switzerland tilt.
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๐จ๐ฟ Czechia Becomes Newest Women’s IHLC Contender

Just two days after Hungary became the first women’s hockey team to compete for the IHLC in a dozen years, today history was made once again at the 2022 Women’s World Championship, with Czechia stunning Finland in overtime of the quarterfinals, setting up a semifinal (and IHLC) matchup against the United States.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 12-1 Hungary ๐ญ๐บ – 01 Sep 2022

๐บ๐ธ United States 12-1 Hungary ๐ญ๐บ
Womenโs World Championship Quarterfinal
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Thursday, 01 September 2022
Itโs not often that a team wins a playoff game to advance to the semi-finals of a tournament that that is of secondary importance, but that was the case this afternoon.
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๐ญ๐บ Hungary Becomes First New Women’s IHLC Contender In 12 Years

In an international hockey world that seldom sees new nations emerge to contend for the International Hockey Lineal Championship, a wild series of events on the final day of group play at the 2022 Women’s World Championship means that Hungary will contend for the IHLC, making the Magyars the first women’s team in over a decade to contend for the IHLC.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 5-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ – 30 Aug 2022

๐บ๐ธ United States 5-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Womenโs World Championship Preliminary Round
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Tuesday, 30 August 2022
Canada opened a 2-0 lead in the first period, but the United States stormed back to claim a 5-2 win in the finale of the preliminary round of Group A.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 9-0 Japan ๐ฏ๐ต – 28 Aug 2022

๐จ๐ฆ Canada 9-0 Japan ๐ฏ๐ต
Womenโs World Championship Preliminary Round
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Sunday, 28 August 2022
Japan knew life in Group A of the Womenโs Worlds would be radically different from Group B, and today they got a reminder of just how different. Canada stormed their goal for 60 minutes and skated to a 9-0 win this afternoon to re-join the United States at the top of the Group A standings.
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IHLC Preview – 2022 Women’s World Championship

After over a year and a half of no international women’s hockey competition due to COVID-19, the puck is set to drop on a historic Women’s World Championship in Denmark, as the IIHF for the first time is hosting the tournament in the same year as an Olympic tournament.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 23 Aug 2022

๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Exhibition Game
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
After golden years for the United States, the last 12 months were Canadaโs months in womenโs hockey. Gold at the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey Womenโs World Championship on home ice in Calgary last August, Olympic Gold in Beijing last February and again Gold at the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Womenโs World Championship on American ice in Madison, Wisconsin.
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