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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 2-0 Canada 🇨🇦 – 31 Mar 2017

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Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth 🇺🇸
Friday, 31 March 2017

The Americans may have been a few practises shy of being fully game ready, but they showed no signs of rust, and their rivalry with Canada was just the ticket.

Nicole Hensley stopped all 18 shots from Canada in only her second career start in World Women’s Championship play, backstopping the host United States to a huge 2-0 win over Canada to start the tournament for both countries.
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🇺🇸 U.S. Women’s Team, USA Hockey Strike New Agreement

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In a good news story after weeks of bad blood between the U.S. Women’s National Team and USA Hockey, a new four year agreement has been agreed upon by both parties, ensuring that the U.S. team will suit up for the Women’s World Championships, which begin in just three days time in Plymouth, Michigan.
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IHLC Preview – 2017 Women’s World Championship

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A cloud of uncertainty and tension hangs over Plymouth, Michigan this week, with the biggest story leading up to the 2017 Women’s World Championships being told off the ice, as to whether Team USA will end up attending, or continue their boycott against USA Hockey over unequal treatment.
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🇺🇸 U.S. Women’s Team Vows Boycott Of World Championship, USA Hockey Responds

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In a shocking development less than a month before the 2017 Women’s World Championship in Plymouth, Michigan, the U.S. women’s national team today announced, in solidarity, that they will sit out the Worlds in protest of a lack of support from USA Hockey, the culmination of a year’s worth of legal proceedings with the American hockey body.
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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2017 Inductees

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The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2017, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Cologne, Germany. All five players set to be inducted into the players category bring a swath of major international accomplishments (including many International Hockey Lineal Championships) to the Hall, as the IIHF is set to honour Joe Sakic, Saku Koivu, Teemu Selänne, Angela Ruggiero and Uwe Krupp.
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🇨🇦 Hayley Wickenheiser Retires After Illustrious 23 Year Career

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The most decorated player in women’s hockey history today announced her retirement from professional hockey, with Hayley Wickenheiser stepping down from the CWHL’s Calgary Inferno and Team Canada, which she joined in 1994 at the age of 15.
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IHLC 2016 In Review – Women’s

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Unlike 2015, which was “the year of Team USA” in women’s hockey, there was a little more parity in the later months of 2016, with Canada finally striking multiple blows to Team USA’s dominance, ultimately ending the calendar year with the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 1-0 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT) – 04 Apr 2016

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🇺🇸 United States 1-0 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT)
Women’s World Championship Gold Medal Game
Sandman Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Monday, 04 April 2016

Climaxing a tense final, Alex Carpenter scored at 12:30 of overtime as the U.S. beat Canada 1-0 to win Gold at the 2016 IIHF World Women’s Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 9-0 Russia 🇷🇺 – 03 Apr 2016

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🇺🇸 United States 9-0 Russia 🇷🇺
Women’s World Championship Semifinal
Sandman Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Sunday, 03 April 2016

The U.S. scored five first-period goals in a 9-0 semi-final romp over Russia at the Sandman Centre on Sunday. The defending champions will play for Gold again.
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🇩🇪 🇯🇵 Germany Promoted, Japan Relegated For Women’s Worlds

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After losing consecutive tilts to Switzerland in the relegation round, Japan has been demoted to Division I Group A in 2017, while Germany, sweeping this year’s Group A in Aalborg, Denmark, will be promoted to the 2017 Women’s World Championship next April in Plymouth, Michigan, USA.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 8-0 Russia 🇷🇺 – 31 Mar 2016

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🇺🇸 United States 8-0 Russia 🇷🇺
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Sandman Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Thursday, 31 March 2016

The United States clinched the top seed in Group A and a semi-final berth with a 8-0 pounding of Russia. Monique Lamoureux and Hilary Knight both scored twice.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 29 Mar 2016

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🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Sandman Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Tuesday, 29 March 2016

Persistence pays off. The U.S. proved that by outshooting Finland 51-7 in a 2-1 win on Tuesday at the Sandman Centre.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-1 Canada 🇨🇦 – 28 Mar 2016

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🇺🇸 United States 3-1 Canada 🇨🇦
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Sandman Centre, Kamloops 🇨🇦
Monday, 28 March 2016

The defending champion U.S. bounced back to beat Canada 3-1 in an exciting first-day showdown between the likely finalists at a sold-out Sandman Centre.
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IHLC Preview – 2016 Women’s World Championship

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The U.S. women’s national team looks to continue its torrid winning streak since Sochi, looking to capture another clean sheet at the 2016 World Championships in Kamloops, British Columbia, after cleaning house at both the 2015 Worlds and 2016 Four Nations Cup.
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2017 Women’s Worlds Awarded To Plymouth, Michigan

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Today the USA Hockey Arena, an arena in Plymouth, Michigan that was recently purchased by USA Hockey to house their National Development Team, announced that the 2017 IIHF Women’s World Championships would be held at the arena, tentatively set for 1-8 April 2017.
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IHLC 2015 In Review – Women’s

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2015 was the year of Team USA in women’s hockey (and for the International Hockey Lineal Championship in particular), with the Americans running the table throughout the calendar year to establish their dominance over the world.
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IIHF Announces Hall Of Fame 2016 Class

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The International Ice Hockey Federation announced their 2016 Hall Of Fame class, to be inducted during the 2016 World Championships in Russia. The class includes five players and two coaches from six different countries, including two posthumous inductions, that have held a myriad of World Championship, Olympic and World Cup medals, along with a number of International Hockey Lineal Championship titles.
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