The International Hockey Lineal Championship saw its usual see-saw between Canada and the United States on the women’s side, trading back and forth over a 15-game span in 2017, with both teams working to build momentum for the upcoming Olympics in PyeongChang.
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Tag Archives: Women’s World Championship
🇷🇺 Russian Female Players Banned From Olympics For Life Due To Doping (UPDATED)
After the IOC’s landmark decision to ban Russia outright from the 2018 Olympics, but still allow individual athletes to compete under the Olympic flag if they pass IOC drug tests, the IOC today announced that members of Russia’s women’s team at the 2014 Sochi Games failed their tests, and are thus banned for life from the Olympics.
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Hockey Hall Of Fame Inducts Class Of 2017
The Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their 2017 Class, inducting five legendary players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.
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🇨🇦 Tara Watchorn Retires From Canadian National Team
Canadian defender Tara Watchorn announced her retirement from pro hockey, first from the CWHL and then today from the national team, retiring at only 27 years of age with an Olympic Gold and Clarkson Cup.
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🇨🇦 Charline Labonté Announces Retirement From Professional Hockey
Canadian goaltender Charline Labonté today announced her retirement from both the Canadian national team and the Montréal Canadiennes, capping a nearly 20 year career where she won four Olympic Gold Medals, two World Championships and a Clarkson Cup.
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Hockey Hall Of Fame Announces 2017 Class
The Hockey Hall Of Fame today announced the newest members that will join as the Class of 2017 on 13 November, with Teemu Selänne, Paul Kariya, Mark Recchi, Dave Andreychuk and Danielle Goyette entering the Hall, bringing their professional and international accolades (along with their International Hockey Lineal Championship reigns) to Toronto.
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Major Announcements Made At 2017 IIHF Congress
The IIHF Annual Congress today was held on the off day at the 2017 World Championships in Cologne, Germany, with a number of major announcements voted on to impact the future of international hockey in the coming years.
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🇯🇵 🇨🇿 Japan Promoted, Czechia Relegated At Women’s Worlds
After falling to Switzerland in a best-of-three relegation series, Czechia has been demoted to Division I Group A in 2018, while Japan, victors of 2017 Group IA in Graz, Austria, will be promoted for the 2019 Women’s World Championships, with no tournament being held in 2018 due to the PyeongChang Olympics.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT) – 07 Apr 2017
🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT)
Women’s World Championship Gold Medal Game
USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth 🇺🇸
Friday, 07 April 2017
Hilary Knight blocked a shot inside her blue line, moved the puck up to Kendall Coyne, and converted Coyne’s drop shot to give the U.S. a 3-2 win over Canada.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 11-0 Germany 🇩🇪 – 06 Apr 2017
🇺🇸 United States 11-0 Germany 🇩🇪
Women’s World Championship Semifinal
USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth 🇺🇸
Thursday, 06 April 2017
The Germans have made an impressive splash here in Plymouth, but in tonight’s semi-finals they weren’t up to the task of competing with the reigning champions.
The final score of 11-0 was suitable representation of what transpired tonight. Kendall Coyne had two goals and an assist for the U.S., while four teammates had a goal and two assists and Brianna Decker and Amanda Kessel each had three assists.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 5-3 Finland 🇫🇮 – 03 Apr 2017
🇺🇸 United States 5-3 Finland 🇫🇮
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth 🇺🇸
Monday, 03 April 2017
Hilary Knight scored two power-play goals; the Finns rallied from a 3-1 deficit; Hannah Brandt broke a 3-3 tie with a goal midway through the third period.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 7-0 Russia 🇷🇺 – 01 Apr 2017
🇺🇸 United States 7-0 Russia 🇷🇺
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth 🇺🇸
Saturday, 01 April 2017
Team USA scored three goals in the second period–two by Jocelyn Lamoureux-Davidson–en route to an impressive 7-0 win over Russia.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 2-0 Canada 🇨🇦 – 31 Mar 2017
🇺🇸 United States 2-0 Canada 🇨🇦
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
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
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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🇺🇸 Buffalo Beauts Capture Second-Ever Isobel Cup
The Buffalo Beauts, avenging their 2016 Isobel Cup loss to the Boston Pride in the inaugural Cup finals, today clinched the 2017 and second-ever Isobel Cup with a 3-2 victory over the Pride in Lowell, Massachusetts.
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🇺🇸 U.S. Women’s Team Vows Boycott Of World Championship, USA Hockey Responds
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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🇨🇦 Canadiennes Win Clarkson Cup, Labonté Joins Triple Gold Club
The Montréal Canadiennes, avenging their 2016 Clarkson Cup loss to Calgary and avoiding a third straight Cup defeat, today clinched the 2017 Clarkson Cup with a 3-1 victory over the Inferno in Ottawa, Ontario.
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🇺🇸 Anne Schleper Retires From NWHL, U.S. Women’s National Team
U.S. women’s team defender Anne Schleper, an 11-year veteran of the national team and player in both the CWHL and NWHL, today announced her retirement at the age of 27.
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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2017 Inductees
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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