Pentti Matikainen, the long-time coach of numerous clubs across Finland’s Liiga, as well as a multi-event medalist in leading the Finnish national team, passed away from cancer at the age of 74 in Helsinki.
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๐จ๐ฆ ๐ท๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ธ Hockey Hall Of Fame Announces Class Of 2025
The Hockey Hall Of Fame today announced the newest members that will join as the Class of 2025 on 10 November, with long-time nominee Alexander Mogilny finally getting the call, alongside Jennifer Botterill, Brianna Decker, and first-time nominees Zdeno Chรกra, Duncan Keith and Joe Thornton, all to join the ranks of the Hall in Toronto.
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๐จ๐ญ Sven Andrighetto Named 2025 IIHF Male Player Of The Year
Swiss forward Sven Andrighetto, who captured the Swiss National League title, Champions League title and a World Championship Silver medal to cap his 2024-25 season, was today awarded the IIHF’s Male Player Of The Year Award.
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๐จ๐ฆ Marie-Philip Poulin Named 2025 IIHF Female Player Of The Year
Canadian forward Marie-Philip Poulin, the most decorated Canadian women’s player in history, was today awarded the IIHF’s Female Player Of The Year Award for the 2024-25 season, capping a season in which she led the PWHL in scoring and captured tournament MVP honours at the 2025 Women’s World Championship.
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๐จ๐ฟ Petr Koukal Confirms Retirement, Shift To Coaching
Czech centre Petr Koukal today announced the end of his playing career at age 42 as part of a transition to coaching, ending a 20+ year career capped by three Czech Extraliga titles and a World Championship Gold medal.
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๐ธ๐ช ๐ซ๐ฎ IHLC Classics: Youth Movement Brings Tre Kronor 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 Swedish Sveriges nationaldag (National Day), we look back at Sweden’s first ever back-to-back World Championships, capturing their second straight title in 1992 over their border rivals Finland.
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 5-2 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Sportovnรญ Hala, Pragueย ๐จ๐ฟ
Sunday, 10 May 1992
Sweden, which barely made the final round, won its second straight World hockey Championship yesterday with a 5-2 victory over Finland.
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IHLC Results – ๐บ๐ธ United States 1-0 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ (OT) – 25 May 2025
๐บ๐ธ United States 1-0 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ (OT)
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Avicii Arena, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Sunday, 25 May 2025
Tage Thompson scored at 2:02 of overtime to give the U.S. a 1-0 win over Switzerland to win the Gold medal.
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๐จ๐ญ King Of The Worlds: Andres Ambรผhl Formally Retires At 41
Swiss forward Andres Ambรผhl, the six-time Swiss champion and all-time leader in IIHF World Championship tournaments and games played, today played his 151st and final World Championship game following Switzerland’s Gold Medal overtime loss, formalizing his retirement from the sport at the age of 41 after a two decade-plus professional career.
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๐ท๐บ IIHF Confirms 2026 Russian Decision Falls To IOC, Future Tournament Hosts
The IIHF today, at their end-of-tournament press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, confirmed a number of items outlined at this week’s IIHF Congress, including the traditional awarding of tournament hosts for future events, and confirmation that the IIHF has submitted plans to the International Olympic Committee to proceed with excluding Russian men’s and women’s hockey teams from the 2026 Olympics, set to begin in nine months in Milan, Italy.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 7-0 Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ – 24 May 2025
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 7-0 Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ
World Championship Semifinal
Avicii Arena, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Saturday, 24 May 2025
Switzerland is heading to the Gold medal game for the second year in a row.
Propelled by three first-period goals, the Swiss thumped underdog Denmark 7-0 in Saturdayโs late semi-final in Stockholm.
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IHLC Results – ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark 2-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ – 22 May 2025
๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark 2-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
World Championship Quarterfinal
Jyske Bank BOXEN, Herning ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Thursday, 22 May 2025
Denmark wrote hockey history with a sensational victory over Canada in the quarterfinals of the 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.
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IHLC Results – ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-3 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช – 20 May 2025
๐จ๐ฆ Canada 5-3 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
World Championship Preliminary Round
Avicii Arena, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Canada’s relentless puck pursuit and finish around the goal proved too much for Jacob Markstrรถm and Tre Kronor tonight.
The Canadians won the game, 5-3, and with it finished in first place to play Denmark in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
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๐ซ๐ท ๐ฐ๐ฟ France, Kazakhstan Relegated For 2026 IIHF World Championship
On the final day of group round action at the 2025 World Championship, both relegation spots to Division IA in 2025 were confirmed, with France and Kazakhstan, set to head back down to Division IA next season, missing out on the 2026 Worlds in Switzerland.
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IHLC Results – ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 4-0 France ๐ซ๐ท – 17 May 2025
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 4-0 France ๐ซ๐ท
World Championship Preliminary Round
Avicii Arena, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Saturday, 17 May 2025
Sweden kept rolling along this afternoon at a loud and sold out Avicii Arena, skating to a dominant 4-0 win over France and maintaining a perfect record, now 6-0.
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IHLC Results – ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 4-0 Slovenia ๐ธ๐ฎ – 16 May 2025
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 4-0 Slovenia ๐ธ๐ฎ
World Championship Preliminary Round
Avicii Arena, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Friday, 16 May 2025
Sweden fired puck after puck at Slovenian goalie Lukรกลก Horรกk, but try as he might he couldnโt prevent Tre Kronor from skating away with a convincing 4-0 win tonight at Avicii Arena.
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IHLC Results – ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-0 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป – 14 May 2025
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-0 Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป
World Championship Preliminary Round
Avicii Arena, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
What was expected to be one of the loudest games of the entire tournament was certainly wildly entertaining.
While the Latvian fans can claim a win in the stands, on the ice, it was the home team that bagged the victory, as Sweden beat Latvia 6-0.
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IHLC Results – ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 2-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ – 12 May 2025
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 2-1 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
World Championship Preliminary Round
Avicii Arena, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Monday, 12 May 2025
Playing near flawless hockey, Tre Kronor skated to an impressive 2-1 victory over Finland tonight at Avicii Arena in what was a very much one-sided game.
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IHLC Results – ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 4-2 Austria ๐ฆ๐น – 10 May 2025
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 4-2 Austria ๐ฆ๐น
World Championship Preliminary Round
Avicii Arena, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Saturday, 10 May 2025
Austria was so close to getting their own “Miracle on Ice,” but Sweden scored twice within 12 seconds with less than three minutes remaining and added an empty-netter to win the game 4-2.
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IHLC Results – ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 5-0 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ – 09 May 2025
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 5-0 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
World Championship Preliminary Round
Avicii Arena, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Friday, 09 May 2025
Sweden opened its IIHF World Championship with an impressive 5-0 win over Slovakia tonight at a jam-packed, yellow-sweater wearing, sold-out crowd at Avicii Arena. The victors scored three goals in the first period and never looked back.
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๐ฎ๐น ๐ฌ๐ง Italy, Great Britain Promoted To 2026 World Championship
The Division IA World Championship tournament in Sfรขntu Gheorghe, Romania saw the top two spots for promotion to the 2026 World Championship in Switzerland locked up on the final day of competition, with Italy and Great Britain both clinching their returns to the Top Division for the first time since 2022 and 2024, respectively.
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