
The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2025, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Stockholm, with five different nationalities and a pair of Swedish goaltenders highlighting the class.
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Tag Archives: Women’s World Championship
IHLC 2024 In Review – Women’s

The 2024 calendar year saw a reduction in international competition due to the rise of the Professional Women’s Hockey League, but there was still plenty of drama between the United States and Canada all throughout North America over the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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๐บ๐ธ ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ท๐บ Hockey Hall Of Fame Inducts Class Of 2024

The Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their 2024 Class, inducting five legendary players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.
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๐บ๐ธ Gigi Marvin Confirms Retirement From Hockey At Age 37

With details around the 2024-25 PWHL season set to be revealed soon, a major part of the American women’s game for the past nearly two decades confirmed she will not take part, as Gigi Marvin today announced her retirement from hockey at the age of 37.
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๐จ๐ฟ 2025 Women’s World Championship Schedule Released

The schedule for the 2025 IIHF Women’s World Championship has been released, being hosted for the first time by Czechia in the Bohemian city of ฤeskรฉ Budฤjovice, with defending champions Canada looking to win their fourth Gold medal in five years.
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๐บ๐ธ ๐จ๐ฆ IHLC Classics: Team USA Cruises To Second Straight 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 American Independence Day, we revisit Team USA’s second Women’s World title fifteen years later, with Jessie Vetter and Caitlin Cahow powering them to their second straight Gold Medal.

๐บ๐ธ United States 4-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Women’s World Championship Gold Medal Game
Hรคmeenlinnan jรครคhalli, Hรคmeenlinna ๐ซ๐ฎ
Sunday, 12 April 2009
The U.S. won its second straight Women’s World Hockey Championship with a 4-1 win over Canada on Sunday. The Americans have won back-to-back titles for the first time after beating Canada 4-3 in last year’s final in Harbin, China.
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๐จ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ธ 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.

๐จ๐ฆ Canada 2-0 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Women’s World Championshipย Gold Medal Game
Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax ๐จ๐ฆ
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 Womenโs Hockey Championship.
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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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๐จ๐ฆ 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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๐จ๐ฆ Meฬlodie Daoust Announces Retirement, Shift To Coaching

Canadian winger Mรฉlodie Daoust, who debuted with Team Canada at age 22, announced today she is leaving pro hockey just a decade later, leaving the game for a coaching position at age 32, capping a career highlighted by two Olympic Gold medals, a World Championship Gold and Bronze medal, along with two tournament MVP titles and a CIS championship. Continue reading
๐บ๐ธ 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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๐ณ๐ด ๐ญ๐บ Norway, Hungary Promoted To 2025 Womenโs World Championship

At the conclusion of the Women’s World Championship Division IA tournament in Klagenfurt, Austria today, it was Norway and Hungary that finally scooped up the last promotion spots to the Top Division in 2025, to be hosted in ฤeskรฉ Budฤjovice, Czechia.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-5 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT) – 14 Apr 2024

๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-5 United States ๐บ๐ธ (OT)
Womenโs World Championship Gold Medal Game
Adirondack Bank Center, Utica ๐บ๐ธ
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 – ๐บ๐ธ United States 5-0 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 13 Apr 2024

๐บ๐ธ United States 5-0 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Womenโs World Championship Semifinal
Adirondack Bank Center, Utica ๐บ๐ธ
Saturday, 13 April 2024
The United States are headed to the Gold medal game.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 10-0 Japan ๐ฏ๐ต – 11 Apr 2024

๐บ๐ธ United States 10-0 Japan ๐ฏ๐ต
Womenโs World Championship Quarterfinal
Adirondack Bank Center, Utica ๐บ๐ธ
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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๐จ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ China, Denmark Relegated From 2024 Womenโs Worlds

In the final day of competition at the 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship, the final game on the calendar dictated which teams would be relegated to Division IA in 2025, with China and Denmark drawing the unfortunate distinction.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 1-0 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT) – 08 Apr 2024

๐บ๐ธ United States 1-0 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ (OT)
Womenโs World Championship Preliminary Round
Adirondack Bank Center, Utica ๐บ๐ธ
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 Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-0 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ – 07 Apr 2024

๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-0 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
Womenโs World Championship Preliminary Round
Adirondack Bank Center, Utica ๐บ๐ธ
Sunday, 07 April 2024
Canada scored three goals in the first period to take control of a game they won in dominating fashion, beating Czechia 5-0 to stay a perfect 3-0 in Group A with the United States.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-0 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ – 05 Apr 2024

๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-0 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Womenโs World Championship Preliminary Round
Adirondack Bank Center, Utica ๐บ๐ธ
Friday, 05 April 2024
Natalie Spooner drove hard to the net in the first period, resulting in two goals that spurred Canada to a tight 3-0 win over Switzerland this afternoon in Utica at the 2024 IIHF Womenโs World Championships.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 04 Apr 2024

๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Womenโs World Championship Preliminary Round
Adirondack Bank Center, Utica ๐บ๐ธ
Thursday, 04 April 2024
Ella Shelton’s goal and pair of assists powered Canada to a 4-1 win over Finland at the 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship in Utica, New York on Thursday night.
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