IHLC Results – 🇸🇰 Slovakia 5-4 France 🇫🇷 – 15 May 2012

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🇸🇰 Slovakia 5-4 France 🇫🇷
World Championship Preliminary Round
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Tuesday, 15 May 2012

France needed a win in regulation time to clinch a spot in the quarter-finals. Slovakia just needed a point.

It was a hard fought game, and in the end Slovakia got what it wanted, a 5-4 win, the points, and a spot in the quarter-finals.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇰 Slovakia 1-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 13 May 2012

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🇸🇰 Slovakia 1-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭
World Championship Preliminary Round
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Sunday, 13 May 2012

Tomáš Tatar’s goal at 18:13 of the first period stood up as the only score of the game, giving Slovakia a critical 1-0 win over Switzerland.

Goalie Ján Laco stopped all 21 shots to record the shutout. The win inched Slovakia closer to a quarter-finals appearance while the loss eliminated Switzerland from that possibility.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇰 Slovakia 5-1 Belarus 🇧🇾 – 12 May 2012

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🇸🇰 Slovakia 5-1 Belarus 🇧🇾
World Championship Preliminary Round
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Saturday, 12 May 2012

Boom. Slovakia’s goal scoring exploded in the second period as the team scored four goals in three minutes and 40 seconds en route to a 5-1 win over Belarus.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇰 Slovakia 4-2 Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 – 09 May 2012

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🇸🇰 Slovakia 4-2 Kazakhstan 🇰🇿
World Championship Preliminary Round
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Wednesday, 09 May 2012

Slovakia had to work the full 60 minutes in their game against Kazakhstan, but they did beat them 4-2, and took important three points.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇰 Slovakia 4-2 United States 🇺🇸 – 07 May 2012

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🇸🇰 Slovakia 4-2 United States 🇺🇸
World Championship Preliminary Round
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Monday, 07 May 2012

The teams’ records in the tournament were mirror images of each other. The U.S. had won its two games in the tournament, Slovakia had lost both its games. Today, Slovakia came out on top, beating the U.S. 4-2.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 5-4 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT) – 05 May 2012

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🇺🇸 United States 5-4 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT)
World Championship Preliminary Round
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Saturday, 05 May 2012

Jack Johnson scored his second power-play goal of the game at 1:47 of overtime with John Tavares in the penalty box for delay of game to give the United States a 5-4 win over Canada.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 04 May 2012

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🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Championship Preliminary Round
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Friday, 04 May 2012

Canada broke a 1-1 tie with two goals in the latter part of the second period en route to a 3-2 over Slovakia to open the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship for both teams.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 6-1 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 15 May 2011

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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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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 3-0 Russia 🇷🇺 – 13 May 2011

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🇫🇮 Finland 3-0 Russia 🇷🇺
World Championship Semifinal
Orange Aréna, Bratislava 🇸🇰
Friday, 13 May 2011

Mikael Granlund scored the jaw-dropping second-period winner as Finland blanked Russia 3-0 in the last semi-final and marched into Sunday’s Gold medal game with Sweden. The Russians will face the Czechs for Bronze.
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 2-1 Canada 🇨🇦 – 12 May 2011

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🇷🇺 Russia 2-1 Canada 🇨🇦
World Championship Quarterfinal
Orange Aréna, Bratislava 🇸🇰
Thursday, 12 May 2011

Ilya Kovalchuk’s first goal of the tournament at 12:19 of the third period gave Russia a 2-1 win tonight over Canada at Orange Aréna and the final spot in tomorrow night’s semi-final game against Finland.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 09 May 2011

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🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Championship Qualifying Round
Steel Aréna, Košice 🇸🇰
Monday, 09 May 2011

Rick Nash scored a power-play goal midway through the third period to give Canada a 3-2 win over Sweden at Steel Aréna. The win clinches first place in Group F and sets up a quarter-final showdown with Russia on Thursday. Sweden will play Germany in another quarter-final on Wednesday.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Norway 🇳🇴 – 07 May 2011

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🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Norway 🇳🇴
World Championship Qualifying Round
Steel Aréna, Košice 🇸🇰
Saturday, 07 May 2011

Canada defeated Norway 3-2 this afternoon at Steel Aréna to earn one of eight spots in the quarter-finals on 11 and 12 May. Jonathan Bernier, making the first World Championship start of his career, got the win.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-3 United States 🇺🇸 (SO) – 06 May 2011

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🇨🇦 Canada 4-3 United States 🇺🇸 (SO)
World Championship Qualifying Round
Steel Aréna, Košice 🇸🇰
Friday, 06 May 2011

Jordan Eberle and Rick Nash both scored for Canada in the shootout, as Canada won 2-1 in shots and won the game 4-3 against the USA in Qualification Round play in Kosice at the 2011 IIHF World Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 4-3 Switzerland 🇨🇭 (OT) – 03 May 2011

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🇨🇦 Canada 4-3 Switzerland 🇨🇭 (OT)
World Championship Preliminary Round
Steel Aréna, Košice 🇸🇰
Tuesday, 03 May 2011

Alex Pietrangelo scored at 4:14 of overtime to give Canada a 4-3 win over Switzerland on day five of the 2011 World Championship.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-1 Belarus 🇧🇾 – 01 May 2011

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🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-1 Belarus 🇧🇾
World Championship Preliminary Round
Steel Aréna, Košice 🇸🇰
Sunday, 01 May 2011

Ryan Gardner had two goals and an assist, and linemate Ivo Rüthemann had a goal and two assists to lead Switzerland to a 4-1 win over Belarus at the Steel Arena. The win gives Switzerland five points in the Group B standings and assures the team a spot in the Qualification Round.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 1-0 France 🇫🇷 (OT) – 29 Apr 2011

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🇨🇭 Switzerland 1-0 France 🇫🇷 (OT)
World Championship Preliminary Round
Steel Aréna, Košice 🇸🇰
Friday, 29 April 2011

It took a while for someone to generate an offensive spark in the tournament opener for both France and Switzerland, but when it came it was electrifying. Julien Vauclair’s goal at 1:46 of overtime gave Switzerland a 1-0 victory over France.
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IHLC Results – 🇳🇴 Norway 3-2 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 17 May 2010

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🇳🇴 Norway 3-2 Switzerland 🇨🇭
World Championship Qualifying Round
SAP Arena, Mannheim 🇩🇪
Monday, 17 May 2010

Needing a win in regulation time to have any chance of advancing to the quarter-finals, Norway came out and played an inspired game, beating an uninspired Switzerland by 3-2 to move into a tie for third place in Group F with six points.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-2 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 15 May 2010

🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-2 Czechia 🇨🇿
World Championship Qualifying Round
SAP Arena, Mannheim 🇩🇪
Saturday, 15 May 2010

Andres Ambühl scored two goals and Martin Plüss added another to lead Switzerland to an impressive 3-2 win against the Czech Republic at SAP Arena tonight. Winning goalie Martin Gerber stopped 30 of 32 shots.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-1 Canada 🇨🇦 – 12 May 2010

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🇨🇭 Switzerland 4-1 Canada 🇨🇦
World Championship Preliminary Round
SAP Arena, Mannheim 🇩🇪
Wednesday, 12 May 2010

For the first time in 76 years of World Championship hockey, the Swiss have defeated Canada.

History was made at SAP Arena in Mannheim with a 4-1 win, thanks in part to the play of goalie Tobias Stephan and the incredible work of the team’s top line of Ivo Rüthemann-Martin Plüss-Thomas Déruns, all of whom had a goal and two assists (nine total points).
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