Marián Hossa, sidelined for the entire 2017-18 NHL season due to a skin disorder, confirmed today to a Slovakian newspaper that his hockey career was over, and he will formally retire once his current contract expires in 2020.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 6-0 United States 🇺🇸 – 19 May 2018
🇸🇪 Sweden 6-0 United States 🇺🇸
World Championship Semifinal
Royal Arena, Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Saturday, 19 May 2018
Sweden advanced to the gold medal game with a 6-0 win over Team USA, advancing to tomorrow evening’s final against the winner of Canada–Switzerland and the chance for back-to-back championship titles.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 17 May 2018
🇺🇸 United States 3-2 Czechia 🇨🇿
World Championship Quarterfinal
Jyske Bank BOXEN, Herning 🇩🇰
Thursday, 17 May 2018
Team USA edged out a 3-2 win against the Czech Republic sending them to the semi-final of the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. Riding the exploits of Patrick Kane and the goaltending of Keith Kinkaid, the Americans move to Copenhagen for the final four.
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🇫🇷 Dave Henderson & Pierre Pousse Coach Final Game For Les Bleus
Dave Henderson and Pierre Pousse, who helmed the France national team’s bench together as head and assistant coaches respectively since 2004, today both coached their final game, a 5-1 loss to Switzerland at the 2018 World Championships, ending a remarkable 14 year streak of bringing French hockey back to the Top Division to stay.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 4-3 Austria 🇦🇹 – 14 May 2018
🇨🇿 Czechia 4-3 Austria 🇦🇹
World Championship Preliminary Round
Royal Arena, Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Monday, 14 May 2018
The Czech Republic rounded off its Group A campaign with a win against Austria, with Tomáš Hyka contributing three points in a 4-3 victory.
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🇧🇾 🇰🇷 Belarus, South Korea Relegated From World Championship
An expected team and a very unexpected team both clinched the unwanted spots of relegation to Division IA at the 2018 IIHF World Championship, with South Korea clinching the second relegation, after Belarus, with a day still remaining in group play at the tournament in Denmark.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 6-0 France 🇫🇷 – 13 May 2018
🇨🇿 Czechia 6-0 France 🇫🇷
World Championship Preliminary Round
Royal Arena, Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Sunday, 13 May 2018
There are hungry Bruins on the prowl in Copenhagen. David Pastrňák scored two first-period goals to spark the Czech Republic to a 6-0 romp over France on Sunday.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 3-0 Belarus 🇧🇾 – 11 May 2018
🇨🇿 Czechia 3-0 Belarus 🇧🇾
World Championship Preliminary Round
Royal Arena, Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Friday, 11 May 2018
Czech fans are loving the party in Copenhagen right now. Their team got three first-period goals, and that was all it took in a 3-0 win over Belarus on Friday night.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechia 4-3 Russia 🇷🇺 (OT) – 10 May 2018
🇨🇿 Czechia 4-3 Russia 🇷🇺 (OT)
World Championship Preliminary Round
Royal Arena, Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Thursday, 10 May 2018
Adding David Pastrňák and David Krejčí paid off immediately. Not only did the Czechs break Russia’s three-game shutout streak with the magic of the two Boston Bruins stars, but they also triumphed 4-3 on Thursday on Pastrňák’s overtime winner.
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 6-0 Belarus 🇧🇾 – 07 May 2018
🇷🇺 Russia 6-0 Belarus 🇧🇾
World Championship Preliminary Round
Royal Arena, Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Monday, 07 May 2018
Russia retained first place in Group A with its third consecutive shutout win on Monday, blanking Belarus 6-0. The Russians, who won Gold at the PyeongChang Olympics in February, have not conceded a goal so far at the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Copenhagen.
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 7-0 Austria 🇦🇹 – 06 May 2018
🇷🇺 Russia 7-0 Austria 🇦🇹
World Championship Preliminary Round
Royal Arena, Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Sunday, 06 May 2018
Russia roared to another convincing victory against one of the outsiders at this championship, following up its 7-0 win over France with a similar scoreline against Austria.
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 7-0 France 🇫🇷 – 04 May 2018
🇷🇺 Russia 7-0 France 🇫🇷
World Championship Preliminary Round
Royal Arena, Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Friday, 04 May 2018
Russia scored three first-period goals in just 3:14 and never looked back in a 7-0 romp over France to kick off the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Copenhagen.
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IHLC Preview – 2018 World Championship
The finish of the international hockey calendar is set to begin on 4 May in Copenhagen and Herning, Denmark, with the top sixteen hockey countries in the world meeting to compete at the 2018 IIHF World Championship.
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🇨🇭 Mathias Seger Retires After Sixth Swiss National League Title
Longtime ZSC Lions and Swiss national team star Mathias Seger, a member of the Eisgenossen since 1996, confirmed his retirement at age 40 after winning his sixth and latest National title with the Lions.
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Ak Bars Kazan Wins Historic Third Gagarin Cup With 16 IHLC Winners
Ak Bars Kazan made KHL history on home ice, upending the expected champion CSKA Moscow in only five games to win the 2018 Gagarin Cup, becoming the first team in the league’s decade-long history to win three titles (2008, 2009, 2018).
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🇰🇷 South Korea Becomes First New Men’s IHLC Contender In 15 Years
In an international hockey world that seldom sees new nations emerge to contend for the International Hockey Lineal Championship, Slovakia’s IHLC win over Latvia today confirmed their next opponent will be South Korea (Korea Republic), making the Koreans the first new team in 15 years to contend for the IHLC.
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🇨🇦 Ken Hitchcock Retires After 30+ Year Coaching Career
Longtime NHL coach Ken Hitchcock, who spent over three decades coaching many of the world’s top players on both the professional and international stage, announced his retirement from coaching the Dallas Stars on Friday, ending his career as the third winningest coach in NHL history (823 wins).
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🇨🇿 Florida Panthers Confirm Radim Vrbata’s Retirement
The Florida Panthers confirmed that Czech forward Radim Vrbata would sit out the Panthers’ season finale in Boston, putting his 17 season career to an end, with stops in Colorado, Carolina, Chicago, Phoenix, Tampa Bay, Vancouver and Florida, along with stints with Liberec and Mladá Boleslav of his native Czech league.
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🇸🇪 Sedin Twins Announce Dual Retirement After 18 NHL Seasons
Swedish twin forwards Henrik and Daniel Sedin, proverbially joined at the hip for nearly two decades both with the Vancouver Canucks and Tre Kronor, formally ended their career tonight with the Canucks in Edmonton, closing out a historic 18-season NHL career spent side by side.
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🇨🇦 Patrick Sharp Announces Retirement From Blackhawks
Canadian winger Patrick Sharp announced his sudden retirement from the NHL just prior to his Chicago Blackhawks’ final game of the 2017-18 season, capping his illustrious sixteen season career with three teams, three Stanley Cups, and an Olympic Gold Medal.
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