Canadian power forward Jarome Iginla, who racked up a great number of personal awards and was revered as a powerful leader on the ice, today formally retired as a Calgary Flame, spending 16 of his 20 pro seasons in Calgary. Continue reading
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🇸🇰 Marián Hossa Confirms Hockey Career Is Over
Marián Hossa, sidelined for the entire 2017-18 NHL season due to a skin disorder, confirmed today to a Slovakian newspaper that his hockey career was over, and he will formally retire once his current contract expires in 2020.
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NHL Confirms Players Will Not Attend 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics
After months of speculation and negotiations, the National Hockey League today announced that they will not actively participate in the 2018 Olympics in Korea, ending a 20-year span of NHL participation in the Games.
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🇨🇦 Dan Boyle Retires As Member Of San Jose Sharks
Canadian defensive stalwart Dan Boyle, who spent the last two seasons in New York after illustrious tenures in Tampa and San Jose, today retired as a member of the Sharks, signing a one-day contract to end his career at the age of 40.
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🇨🇦 Corey Perry Enters Triple Gold Club
Just a year after Canada’s captain, Sidney Crosby, joined the Triple Gold Club at the 2015 World Championships, the 2016 captain became the 27th player and tenth Canadian to join the club, with Corey Perry adding to his Stanley Cup and two Olympic Gold Medals.
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🇫🇮 Antti Miettinen Announces Retirement From HPK
Finnish forward Antti Miettinen, whose career spanned the NHL and top leagues in Finland, Russia, Germany and Switzerland, today announced his retirement from the club he began his career with, HPK.
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🇫🇮 Wrist Injury Forces Sami Salo To Retire At Age 40
After a nagging wrist injury forced him to sit out the entire 2014-15 NHL season, Sami Salo today officially announced his NHL retirement, after a 15 year NHL career with Ottawa, Vancouver and Tampa Bay, along with stints with Turku, Jokerit and Frölunda in Scandinavia.
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🇨🇦 Sidney Crosby Joins Triple Gold Club
With Team Canada’s victory over Russia to capture the 2015 IIHF World Championship, Canada’s captain, Sidney Crosby, became just the 26th player in international hockey history, and the ninth Canadian, to enter the prestigious Triple Gold Club, adding Gold to his two Stanley Cups and two Olympic Gold Medals.
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🇨🇦 Robyn Regehr Set To Retire From NHL
Canadian defenseman Robyn Regehr, a sixteen-year veteran of the National Hockey League, has announced he will be retiring from the Los Angeles Kings following their disappointing season, just short of his 35th birthday.
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🇨🇦 Martin Brodeur Announces Retirement From Blues
After perhaps the most illustrious goaltending career in NHL, if not all hockey, history, Martin Brodeur has announced that he will retire from the game after 22 seasons, after limited playing time this season for the St. Louis Blues. Brodeur will join the Blues’ front office to finish his contract before considering a return to the New Jersey Devils, the club he spent all but seven games of his brilliant career with.
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🇨🇦 Jean Béliveau: 1931-2014
The hockey world has lost another giant, as reports today confirmed that Montréal Canadiens legend Jean Béliveau has died at the age of 83.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 United States 🇺🇸 (OT) – 28 Feb 2010
🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 United States 🇺🇸 (OT)
Olympic Gold Medal Game
Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver 🇨🇦
Sunday, 28 February 2010
Canada has capped the Golden Games with the medal that matters, beating the United States 3-2 in an Olympic hockey overtime thriller at Canada Hockey Place.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 26 Feb 2010
🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰
Olympic Semifinal
Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver 🇨🇦
Friday, 26 February 2010
The nerves are on edge again for Team Canada heading into its gold-medal game against the United States at the 2010 Olympics.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 2-0 United States 🇺🇸 – 25 Feb 2010
🇨🇦 Canada 2-0 United States 🇺🇸
Olympic Gold Medal Game
Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver 🇨🇦
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Canada is golden again in women’s Olympic hockey.
The Canadian women’s hockey team defended the gold medals won at the 2002 and 2006 Olympic Games with a 2-0 win over archrival U.S. on Thursday at Canada Hockey Place.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇰 Slovakia 4-3 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 24 Feb 2010
🇸🇰 Slovakia 4-3 Sweden 🇸🇪
Olympic Quarterfinal
Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver 🇨🇦
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Slovakia knocked defending Olympic champion Sweden out of the Olympic men’s hockey tournament Wednesday night with a 4-3 victory in the quarter-finals.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-0 Finland 🇫🇮 – 22 Feb 2010
🇨🇦 Canada 5-0 Finland 🇫🇮
Olympic Semifinal
Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver 🇨🇦
Monday, 22 February 2010
A spontaneous, but abbreviated ‘O Canada’ broke out just minutes before the buzzer sounded on Canada’s 5-0 semifinal win over Finland in Olympic women’s hockey Monday.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 3-0 Finland 🇫🇮 – 21 Feb 2010
🇸🇪 Sweden 3-0 Finland 🇫🇮
Olympic Preliminary Round
Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver 🇨🇦
Sunday, 21 February 2010
Loui Eriksson scored power-play goals in each of the first two periods as Sweden beat Finland 3-0 on Sunday night in a rematch of the Turin Games final.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-0 Germany 🇩🇪 – 19 Feb 2010
🇫🇮 Finland 5-0 Germany 🇩🇪
Olympic Preliminary Round
Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver 🇨🇦
Friday, 19 February 2010
Teemu Selänne broke the Olympic record for career hockey points, setting up Kimmo Timonen on his second goal late in the second period as Finland beat Germany 5-0 Friday night.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 13-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 17 Feb 2010
🇨🇦 Canada 13-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
Olympic Preliminary Round
UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver 🇨🇦
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
The Canadian women’s hockey team continues to score goals in bunches, showing defiance in the face of critics who have accused the defending Olympic champions of running up the score.
Canada scored in double digits for the third straight game Wednesday after a 13-1 thrashing of Sweden, the silver medallist from the 2006 Turin Games. With the win, Canada finished on top of the Group A preliminary round standings.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-1 Belarus 🇧🇾 – 17 Feb 2010
🇫🇮 Finland 5-1 Belarus 🇧🇾
Olympic Preliminary Round
Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver 🇨🇦
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Fully aware this likely will be the final Winter Olympics for several members of Finland’s old guard, Niklas Hagman doesn’t intend to let anyone down.
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