๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-2ย Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Nokia Arena, Tampere ๐ซ๐ฎ
Sunday, 28 May 2023
Patient and calm, Canada scored the only three goals of the third period to break a 2-2 tie and claim their second Gold medal in three years, defeating Germany, 5-2, in the final game of the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.
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๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-2 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป
World Championship Semifinal
Nokia Arena, Tampere ๐ซ๐ฎ
Saturday, 27 May 2023
Adam Fantilli scored perhaps the nicest goal of the tournament midway through the third period to break a 2-2 tie and send Canada on its way to a 4-2 victory over Latvia.
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The 2023 IIHF Congress today in Tampere, Finland announced the hosts of the 2027 World Championship, with the German cities of Dรผsseldorf and Mannheim awarded hosting duties for 14-30 May 2027, winning a vote over Kazakhstan.
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๐ฑ๐ป Latvia 3-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
World Championship Quarterfinal
Arฤna Rฤซga, Rฤซga ๐ฑ๐ป
Thursday, 25 May 2023
Team Latvia is going to Finland to play for a medal!
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๐ฑ๐ป Latvia 4-3 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ (OT)
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arฤna Rฤซga, Rฤซga ๐ฑ๐ป
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Rลซdolfs Balcers one-timed a pass from Uvis Balinskis to score a power-play goal in overtime, giving Latvia a 4-3 victory over Switzerland.
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A day before the group round came to a close at the 2023 World Championship, both relegation spots to Division IA in 2023 were confirmed, with Hungaryย and Slovenia gaining the dubious distinction of being sent down after both gained promotion in 2022, with Slovenia finishing winless while Hungaryย was eliminated in a sudden-death shootout to Austria.
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๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 4-2 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arฤna Rฤซga, Rฤซga ๐ฑ๐ป
Sunday, 21 May 2023
Andres Ambรผhl, the 39-year-old wonder of the Swiss team, scored two goals less than five minutes apart in the second period to break a 1-1 tie and send his team to a 4-2 win over Czechia in Group B action tonight.
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๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 3-2 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arฤna Rฤซga, Rฤซga ๐ฑ๐ป
Saturday, 20 May 2023
In a battle between Group Bโs only two remaining unbeaten teams, Switzerland defeated Canada 3-2 before a mostly pro-Swiss crowd of 8,234 at Arena Rฤซga.
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๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 4-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arฤna Rฤซga, Rฤซga ๐ฑ๐ป
Thursday, 18 May 2023
Switzerland remains Group Bโs only perfect team with 12 points after four games following a 4-2 victory over Slovakia.
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๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 5-0 Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arฤna Rฤซga, Rฤซga ๐ฑ๐ป
Tuesday, 16 May 2023
Switzerland continued its winning ways with an impressive and dominating 5-0 win over Kazakhstan tonight in Rฤซga. The win gives the Swiss nine points on three regulation wins, good enough for top spot in Group B.
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๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 3-0 Norway ๐ณ๐ด
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arฤna Rฤซga, Rฤซga ๐ฑ๐ป
Sunday, 14 May 2023
For the first time since 1939, Switzerland has opened the IIHF World Championship with back-to-back shutouts following a 3-0 win over Norway.
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๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 7-0 Slovenia ๐ธ๐ฎ
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arฤna Rฤซga, Rฤซga ๐ฑ๐ป
Saturday, 13 May 2023
In their first game of the 2023 IIHF World Championship, the Swiss were solid in a 7-0 win over Slovenia. Denis Malgin and Gaรซtan Haas led the offence with three points each, while veteran Leonardo Genoni made 14 saves for the shutout.
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The top teams in international hockey will converge on Tampere, Finland and Rฤซga, Latvia starting this Friday, 12 May, kicking off the premiere event of the global hockey calendar, the 2023 IIHF World Championship.
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The Division IA World Championship tournament in Nottingham, England saw the top two spots for promotion to the 2024 World Championship in Ostrava and Prague, Czechiaย locked up on the final day of competition, with hosts Great Britainย and Poland both clinching their returns to the Top Division.
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Finnish centre Petri Kontiola, a mainstay in the Leijonat system for two decades, today confirmed his retirement from hockey at the age of 38, following Ilves’ bronze medal victory over HIFK in the Liiga playoffs.
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Czech journeyman defender Ondลej Nฤmec, a mainstay of both the Czech Extraliga and national teams, today confirmed his retirement from the sport, finishing his final pro season captaining VHK Vsetรญn of the Czech second division.
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Following Metallurg Magnitogorsk’s elimination from the Gagarin Cup playoffs at the hands of Avangard Omsk, Russian goaltender Vasili Koshechkin, an Olympic, World and Gagarin Cup champion, announced his retirement from hockey at the age of 40.
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Russian winger Danis Zaripov, a three-time World champion and record five-time Gagarin Cup champion, today announced his retirement from pro hockey, following the final regular season matchup for his club Ak Bars Kazan, in advance of the 2023 Gagarin Cup Playoffs.
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Swedish centre Joel Lundqvist, a mainstay of both the Swedish Hockey League and national team for over two decades, today announced his retirement just shy of his 41st birthday, a year and a half after his twin brother Henrik hung up his skates.
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The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2023, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Tampere, Finland, with five different nationalities highlighting the class, as the IIHF will induct Henrik Zetterberg, Brian Leetch, Caroline Ouellette, Cristobal Huet and Jimmy Foster to the Hall.
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