Tag Archives: World Championship

🇩🇪 Christian Ehrhoff Retires After Twenty Season Career

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Christian Ehrhoff, fresh off a shocking German silver medal win at the PyeongChang Olympics, has decided to retire from hockey at the age of 35, following Kölner Haie’s elimination from the Deutsche Eishockey Liga playoffs, capping a 20 season career split between the NHL and Germany.
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🇷🇺 Pavel Datsyuk Joins Triple Gold Club

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The only male skater eligible to join at this year’s Games, Pavel Datsyuk punched his ticket to the Triple Gold Club by virtue of his Olympic Gold with the Olympic Athletes From Russia, becoming the 29th male and seventh Russian to join the club, adding to his two Stanley Cups and IIHF World Championship.
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🇺🇸 Jim Johannson: 1964-2018

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Jim Johannson, the ex-Team USA player who joined USA Hockey in 2000 and became General Manager for all American men’s teams in international competition in 2007, died suddenly last night in Colorado Springs, Colorado, just a few weeks shy of the 2018 Olympics.
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IHLC 2017 In Review – Men’s

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The International Hockey Lineal Championship increased the number of champions yet again from a previous year, with eight different countries holding the title over 28 games in the lead-up to the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang.
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🇫🇮 Niklas Hagman Retires After 20 Professional Seasons

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Finnish winger Niklas Hagman today announced his retirement from professional hockey at age 38, ending a 20 year career spent in the United States, Canada, Switzerland, Russia and his native Finland, where he spent his last four seasons.
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🇫🇮 🇸🇪 IHLC Classics: Unelmafinaali

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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, to commemorate Finland’s centennial as a nation, we look back on just the second World Championship for the Leijonat in history, their 2011 triumph over rival Sweden, considered by Finns to be the “unelmafinaali” – the dream final.

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🇫🇮 Finland 6-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Orange Aréna, Bratislava 🇸🇰
Sunday, 15 May 2011

It is a great day in Finnish hockey history. In the latest chapter of hockey’s classic Nordic rivalry, Finland demolished Sweden 6-1 in the gold medal game of the 2011 IIHF World Championship. Petteri Nokelainen scored the first of five third-period Finnish goals, and it stood up as the winner.
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IIHF Announces 2018 Hall Of Fame Class

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The IIHF announced the newest class of inductees to the Hall of Fame, highlighted by a quartet of international superstars – Daniel Alfredsson, Rob Blake, Jere Lehtinen and Chris Chelios, who will have their numerous achievements, both professionally and internationally, recognized in Denmark this May.
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🇸🇪 Mikael Tellqvist Announces Retirement From Djurgårdens

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Swedish goalie Mikael Tellqvist, a mainstay in goal for Tre Kronor for nearly two decades, today announced his retirement from Djurgårdens IF, capping a 20 year career with stints in Sweden, Canada, Finland, Russia, Latvia and the United States.
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🇨🇭 Mark Streit Retires From Pro Hockey At Age 39

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Mark Streit, a pioneer of Swiss hockey in North America, today announced his retirement from pro hockey after terminating a short-term contract with the Montréal Canadiens, ending an illustrious 22-year pro career as the all-time leading Swiss NHL scorer, and the first Swiss skater to win the Stanley Cup.
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🇨🇦 Shane Doan Announces Retirement From Coyotes Organization

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Arizona Coyotes forward Shane Doan, a mainstay of the organization for over 20 years since their days in Winnipeg, today announced his retirement after being released from the team, putting an end to his historic 21-year career in the league.
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🇺🇦 Ukrainian Players Caught Up In Division IA Bribery Scandal

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A bribery scandal has struck the hockey world, with news coming from Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat that two Ukrainian players were caught accepting bribes to throw the 2017 World Championship Division IA, which clinched Korea their first promotion in history to the 2018 World Championships, putting the legitimacy of their win, along with Korea’s future, in potential doubt.
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🇸🇰 Ján Lašák Announces Retirement From Bílí Tygři Liberec

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Netminder Ján Lašák, a mainstay in the net for Slovakia for nearly two decades, announced his retirement from pro hockey, instead opting to help overhaul a Slovak Hockey Association heading in a new direction under the leadership of former teammate and national team GM Miroslav Šatan.
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2018 Euro Hockey Challenge Schedule Confirmed

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The Euro Hockey Challenge will return in the lead-up to the 2018 World Championships this season, with yet another scheduling reformat thanks to the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, with national teams fine-tuning their rosters before heading to Copenhagen and Herning.
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Hockey Hall Of Fame Announces 2017 Class

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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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