
Canadian forward Victoria Bach has confirmed her retirement from hockey at the age of 28, capping a brief, yet very successful, career marked by league success in the NCAA, CWHL and PWHL, and highlighted by a pair of World Championship Gold medals.
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Tag Archives: Women’s World Championship
🇨🇦 Claire Thompson Joins Triple Gold Club

Canadian defender Claire Thompson tonight joined Triple Gold Club, just the sixth woman to do so since the advent of the Walter Cup, after capturing the Cup as part of Minnesota’s back-to-back title, becoming the first Canadian female player to join the club, adding to her World Championship and Olympic Gold medal.
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🇺🇸 Minnesota Frost Repeat As Walter Cup Champions

In a grueling series that saw every game go to overtime, the Minnesota Frost emerged victorious in Game 4 of the Walter Cup Finals, defeating the Ottawa Charge to capture their second consecutive title.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 4-3 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT) – 20 Apr 2025

🇺🇸 United States 4-3 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT)
Women’s World Championship Gold Medal Game
Budvar Aréna, České Budějovice 🇨🇿
Sunday, 20 April 2025
In a hard-fought thriller, Tessa Janecke scored the overtime winner as the U.S. defeated arch-rival Canada 4-3 to win the Gold medal at the 2025 IIHF Women’s World Championship in České Budějovice.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 19 Apr 2025

🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Czechia 🇨🇿
Women’s World Championship Semifinal
Budvar Aréna, České Budějovice 🇨🇿
Saturday, 19 April 2025
A huge effort from Czechia pushed Team USA to the limit in Saturday’s first semi-final in České Budějovice. But the Americans survived the scare, cancelling out Tereza Plosová’s opening goal with efforts from Laila Edwards and Kelly Pannek to break home hearts at the 2025 IIHF Women’s World Championship.
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🇦🇹 🇩🇰 Austria, Denmark Promoted To 2026 Women’s World Championship

At the conclusion of the Women’s World Championship Division IA tournament in Shenzhen, China today, it was Austria and Denmark that finally scooped up the last promotion spots to the Top Division in 2026, to be hosted in Canada.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-0 Germany 🇩🇪 – 17 Apr 2025

🇺🇸 United States 3-0 Germany 🇩🇪
Women’s World Championship Quarterfinal
Budvar Aréna, České Budějovice 🇨🇿
Thursday, 17 April 2025
Team USA advanced to the semi-finals of the 2025 IIHF Women’s World Championship with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Germany.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 5-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 15 Apr 2025

🇺🇸 United States 5-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Budvar Aréna, České Budějovice 🇨🇿
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
Hilary Knight broke Hayley Wickenheiser’s all-time record for assists at the Women’s World Championship as the USA shot down Switzerland 5-0 to wrap up the preliminary round.
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🇭🇺 🇳🇴 Hungary, Norway Relegated From 2025 Women’s Worlds

After clawing their way back to the Top Division in 2024, it was a sudden relegation back to Division IA for both Norway and Hungary, who were officially both relegated with one day left in competition in České Budějovice.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Canada 🇨🇦 – 13 Apr 2025

🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Canada 🇨🇦
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Budvar Aréna, České Budějovice 🇨🇿
Sunday, 13 April 2025
Sparked offensively by their veteran defenders, the U.S. edged Canada 2-1 to sew up first place in Group A in České Budějovice on Sunday night.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 11 Apr 2025

🇨🇦 Canada 4-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Budvar Aréna, České Budějovice 🇨🇿
Friday, 11 April 2025
Canada erupted for three second-period goals in a span of 2:32 and downed Switzerland 4-0 at the 2025 IIHF Women’s World Championship on Friday.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 5-0 Finland 🇫🇮 – 10 Apr 2025

🇨🇦 Canada 5-0 Finland 🇫🇮
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Budvar Aréna, České Budějovice 🇨🇿
Thursday, 10 April 2025
Canada kicked off its 2025 IIHF Women’s World Championship in world-class form. The defending champions jumped out to a three-goal first-period lead en route to a 5-0 win over Finland on Thursday evening.
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IHLC Preview – 2025 Women’s World Championship

The IIHF Women’s World Championship is coming to Czechia for the first time in its history, as the reigning world champions Canada will look to conquer České Budějovice for their second straight Gold medal in the 24th edition of the tournament from 09-20 April, with all games held at Budvar Aréna.
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🇷🇺 🇧🇾 IIHF Extends Russia, Belarus Ban Into 2025-26 Season

Following an IIHF Council meeting, the International Ice Hockey Federation today confirmed that their ban on Russian and Belarusian teams, dating back to their invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, was extended through the 2025-26 hockey season.
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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2025 Inductees

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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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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🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇷🇺 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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🇺🇸 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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🇨🇿 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 České Budějovice, with defending champions Canada looking to win their fourth Gold medal in five years.
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🇺🇸 🇨🇦 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.

🇺🇸 United States 4-1 Canada 🇨🇦
Women’s World Championship Gold Medal Game
Hämeenlinnan jäähalli, Hämeenlinna 🇫🇮
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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