Tag Archives: World Junior Championship

IHLC 2017 In Review – Junior

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The International Hockey Lineal Championship stayed with Team USA for the majority of 2017, with the 2017 World Junior champions holding the IHLC for eight of a possible twelve games in 2017, including carrying the title into the medal round of the current 2018 tournament.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 5-4 Finland 🇫🇮 – 31 Dec 2017

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🇺🇸 United States 5-4 Finland 🇫🇮
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🇺🇸
Sunday, 31 December 2017

Adam Fox broke a 4-4 tie with a goal at 18:23 of the third period to give the United States a dramatic 5-4 win over Finland. The U.S. led at one point, 3-0.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 5-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 30 Dec 2017

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🇫🇮 Finland 5-2 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🇺🇸
Saturday, 30 December 2017

Aleksi Heponiemi got the third-period winner as Finland temporarily passed the U.S. for second place in Group A with a hard-working 5-2 win over Slovakia.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇰 Slovakia 3-2 United States 🇺🇸 – 28 Dec 2017

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🇸🇰 Slovakia 3-2 United States 🇺🇸
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🇺🇸
Thursday, 28 December 2017

Slovakia’s Samuel Buček put on a one-man show to score the winning goal at 17:52 of the third to give his nation an unexpected 3-2 win over the U.S.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 9-0 Denmark 🇩🇰 – 26 Dec 2017

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🇺🇸 United States 9-0 Denmark 🇩🇰
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🇺🇸
Tuesday, 26 December 2017

The defending champion U.S. got five first-period goals and never looked back in a 9-0 demolition of Denmark to start the 2018 World Juniors on Tuesday.
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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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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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2018 World Junior Championship Schedule Released

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The schedule for the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship in Buffalo, New York is highlighted by the first ever outdoor game in IIHF competition, a tilt between defending champs Team USA and their cross-border rivals, Canada, on 29 December, at New Era Field in nearby Orchard Park.
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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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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 5-4 Canada 🇨🇦 (SO) – 05 Jan 2017

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🇺🇸 United States 5-4 Canada 🇨🇦 (SO)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Centre Bell, Montréal 🇨🇦
Thursday, 05 January 2017

Troy Terry has done it again. He was the only scorer of ten shootout shooters tonight, giving the USA the Gold medal in an incredible 5-4 win over Canada.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 8-3 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 02 Jan 2017

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🇸🇪 Sweden 8-3 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
Centre Bell, Montréal 🇨🇦
Monday, 02 January 2017

Sweden took a 3-0 first-period lead and pounded Slovakia 8-3 in the early Montréal quarter-final. Captain Joel Eriksson Ek and Tim Söderlund each scored twice.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 5-2 Czechia 🇨🇿 – 31 Dec 2016

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🇸🇪 Sweden 5-2 Czechia 🇨🇿
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Centre Bell, Montréal 🇨🇦
Saturday, 31 December 2016

Jonathan Dahlén starred with a hat trick as Sweden beat the Czech Republic 5-2 to complete a perfect round-robin. Goalie Filip Gustavsson debuted with a win.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮 – 29 Dec 2016

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🇸🇪 Sweden 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Centre Bell, Montréal 🇨🇦
Thursday, 29 December 2016

Finland’s dreams of repeating as champs are fading, while Sweden is dialled in so far. With a 3-1 win over Finland, the Swedes wrapped up first place in Group A.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 4-2 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 28 Dec 2016

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🇸🇪 Sweden 4-2 Switzerland 🇨🇭
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Centre Bell, Montréal 🇨🇦
Wednesday, 28 December 2016

Sweden beat Switzerland 4-2 for its second straight Bell Centre win on Wednesday. Captain Joel Eriksson Ek scored twice, including the third-period winner.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 6-1 Denmark 🇩🇰 – 26 Dec 2016

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🇸🇪 Sweden 6-1 Denmark 🇩🇰
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Centre Bell, Montréal 🇨🇦
Monday, 26 December 2016

The opening game of the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship was a smashing success for Sweden, which beat Denmark 6-1 at Montréal’s Bell Centre on Boxing Day.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 Russia 🇷🇺 (OT) – 05 Jan 2016

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🇫🇮 Finland 4-3 Russia 🇷🇺 (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Hartwall Arena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Tuesday, 05 January 2016

In a tense and thrilling climax to the 2016 World Juniors, Kasperi Kapanen’s overtime winner at 1:33 gave host Finland a 4-3 Gold medal victory over Russia.
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