Nearly one month after his former Tampa Bay and Team Canada teammate Vincent Lecavalier retired from pro hockey, power forward Brad Richards today announced his NHL career would conclude after spending his final season in Detroit.
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Tag Archives: World Cup Of Hockey
🇺🇸 🇨🇦 IHLC Classics: Team USA Shocks The World
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 American Independence Day, we look back at the final tilt between Team USA and Canada at the 1996 World Cup Of Hockey, where the Americans won their first ever “best on best” world title.
🇺🇸 United States 5-2 Canada 🇨🇦
World Cup Of Hockey Final, Game 3
Centre Molson, Montréal 🇨🇦
Saturday, 14 September 1996
By 1996, the United States had replaced the Soviet Union / Russia as Canada’s principle international rivalry. In part this was because the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 had rendered the Russians more vulnerable and not as dominant. In part, the rivalry had been as political as it was sporting, so without the cloak of the Iron Curtain, the two countries weren’t nemeses any more.
And, in part, it was because of the emergence of the U.S. as a true hockey power. Canada had defeated the Americans — not the Soviets — in the 1991 Canada Cup, and the core American players from that team were now in their prime in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.
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Hockey Hall Of Fame Announces 2016 Class
The Hockey Hall Of Fame today announced the newest members that will join as the Class of 2016 on 14 November, with Eric Lindros, Sergei Makarov, Rogatien Vachon and Pat Quinn getting the call, bringing their professional and international accolades (along with their International Hockey Lineal Championship reigns) to the famed Hall in Toronto.
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🇨🇦 Vincent Lecavalier Formally Announces Retirement From Kings
Making good on his announcement at the start of the 2015-16 NHL season, Vincent Lecavalier today announced his retirement from professional hockey, his 17 year NHL career concluding with the Los Angeles Kings’ first round playoff exit.
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Final Roster Spots Announced For 2016 World Cup Of Hockey
The remaining seven spots for each World Cup Of Hockey roster today were finalized, and the 184 players set to represent their six countries and two multinational squads are now set for the tournament in Toronto that begins this September.
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Preliminary Rosters Announced For 2016 World Cup Of Hockey
The six federations and two conglomerate squads participating at September’s World Cup Of Hockey today announced their preliminary 16 man rosters, with the final seven spots each to be filled by 1 June.
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🇸🇰 Ľubomír Višňovský Retires Following Slovan Elimination
Slovak mainstay defenceman Ľubomír Višňovský announced his retirement from HC Slovan following a 4-0 sweep at the hands of CSKA Moscow, wrapping up a 20+ year career in both Slovakia and the NHL.
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🇨🇦 Scott Hannan Retires After 16 Year Career
Gritty defenceman Scott Hannan today announced his retirement from the San Jose Sharks, after a 16 year NHL career with Colorado, Washington, Calgary and Nashville.
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🇫🇮 Leijonat To Retire Numbers Of Four Legends At 2016 World Juniors
With Helsinki hosting the 2016 World Junior Championships this winter, the Finnish Ice Hockey Association will retire the numbers of four national team legends during the tournament, with the numbers of Teemu Selänne, Saku Koivu, Jere Lehtinen and Ville Peltonen to be forever enshrined in the rafters of Hartwall Arena.
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IIHF Announces Hall Of Fame 2016 Class
The International Ice Hockey Federation announced their 2016 Hall Of Fame class, to be inducted during the 2016 World Championships in Russia. The class includes five players and two coaches from six different countries, including two posthumous inductions, that have held a myriad of World Championship, Olympic and World Cup medals, along with a number of International Hockey Lineal Championship titles.
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HHOF Inducts Five International Legends To Class Of 2015
The Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their 2015 Class, inducting five world-class players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.
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🇷🇺 Sergei Gonchar Retires, Joins Penguins Coaching Staff
After much speculation following his failure to make the Pittsburgh Penguins roster for this season, veteran defenceman Sergei Gonchar today announced he is joining the Penguins as a defensive development coach, ending his illustrious 20 year playing career.
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🇨🇦 Simon Gagné Announces Retirement At Age 35
After a fourteen year professional career, highlighted by a Stanley Cup in 2012 and Olympic Gold in 2002, Canadian winger Simon Gagné today announced his retirement from hockey, after playing just 23 games with Boston in the 2014-15 NHL season.
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NHL Releases Roster Projections For 2016 World Cup
The NHL, who will be restarting the World Cup Of Hockey after a twelve-year absence, has unveiled the last of its projected lineups for the six national and two pan-national teams partaking next September in Toronto, speculating on who will wear their nation’s colours for the first best-on-best global tournament since the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
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🇨🇿 Martin Ručinský Retires After 27 Pro Seasons
After nearly thirty years in professional hockey, journeying through clubs across North America and Europe, Czech mainstay winger Martin Ručinský has announced his retirement at the age of 44, ending his career with three World Championships and one Olympic title.
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🇫🇮 Wrist Injury Forces Sami Salo To Retire At Age 40
After a nagging wrist injury forced him to sit out the entire 2014-15 NHL season, Sami Salo today officially announced his NHL retirement, after a 15 year NHL career with Ottawa, Vancouver and Tampa Bay, along with stints with Turku, Jokerit and Frölunda in Scandinavia.
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🇨🇦 Martin St-Louis Retires From NHL At Age 40
After a sixteen year career that many anticipated would never materialize, Martin St-Louis, the diminutive but highly skillful forward who was undrafted but ended up with 1,032 points in 1,134 career NHL games with Calgary, Tampa Bay and New York, has retired from the Rangers at age 40.
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🇨🇦 🇫🇮 IHLC Classics: The 2004 World Cup Final
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 Canada’s 148th birthday, and with the World Cup of Hockey returning to Canada in just over a year, we look back at the last World Cup game to be played, the 2004 Final.
🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮
World Cup Of Hockey Final
Air Canada Centre, Toronto 🇨🇦
Tuesday, 14 September 2004
Canada rules the World and now they have the trophy to prove it.
Team Canada won the 2004 World Cup of Hockey Tuesday night, posting an emotional 3-2 victory over a very good Team Finland at the Air Canada Centre before a raucous sellout crowd that basked in the glow of their heroes’ triumph.
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Hockey Hall Of Fame Announces 2015 Class
The Hockey Hall Of Fame today announced the newest members that will join as the Class of 2015 in November, another diverse group who are legends in their own right not just professionally, but internationally as well. Nicklas Lidström, Chris Pronger, Sergei Fyodorov, Phil Housley and Angela Ruggiero have combined for over a dozen Olympic, World Championship and World Cup championships between them, in addition to all having held the International Hockey Lineal Championship on many occasions.
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🇫🇮 Kimmo Timonen Retires As Champion From Blackhawks
As first announced in March, and with his Chicago Blackhawks ending their season with a Stanley Cup victory, Finnish defenceman Kimmo Timonen has retired from his professional career after sixteen NHL seasons with Nashville, Philadelphia and Chicago, and eight Liiga seasons with KalPa, TPS and HIFK, in addition to 20+ years representing the Leijonat internationally.
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