For the third straight year, Germany once again avoided relegation at the World Junior Championship, this time eliminating Denmark in an 8-4 victory to send the Lions back down to Division IA in 2027 in their relegation match-up in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-3 United States ๐บ๐ธ – 31 Dec 2025
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-3 United States ๐บ๐ธ
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul ๐บ๐ธ
Wednesday, 31 December 2025
Sweden scored four goals in a wild second period to race away to a 6-3 win over the United States tonight at Grand Casino Arena.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 8-1 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช – 29 Dec 2025
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 8-1 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul ๐บ๐ธ
Monday, 29 December 2025
Captain Jack Berglund, Anton Frondell, and Viggo Bjรถrck scored two goals apiece to pace Sweden to a 8-1 thumping of Germany in Monday’s early Group A action.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 4-2 Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ – 28 Dec 2025
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 4-2ย Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul ๐บ๐ธ
Sunday, 28 December 2025
Sweden scored two goals early in the third period to erase a 2-1 Switzerland lead en route to a 4-2 win this afternoon at Grand Casino Arena.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 3-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ – 26 Dec 2025
๐ธ๐ช Sweden 3-2 Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul ๐บ๐ธ
Friday, 26 December 2025
Ivar Stenberg scored the winner with 3:57 left and added an assist as Sweden defeated Slovakia 3-2 at the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The hard-working, youthful Slovaks rallied from a two-goal second-period deficit, but fell short.
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IHLC Preview – 2026 World Junior Championship
The eyes of the hockey world are looking just beyond the holiday season, with Boxing Day marking the kickoff of the fiftieth annual IIHF World Junior Championship, this time being hosted by the defending champion Americans in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, with the home team looking to “three-peat” for the first time in history.
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๐ซ๐ฎ IIHF Names Tampere & Turku As 2028 World Junior Championship Host
Today the International Ice Hockey Federation announced that hosting rights for the 2028 World Juniors have been awarded to Tampere and Turku, Finland, with the tournament set to begin on 26 December 2027.
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๐ณ๐ด Norway Promoted To World Junior Top Division In 2027
After a two-year stint in Division IA, Norway will be returning to the World Junior Championship Top Division, thanks to a late Kazakh comeback victory over Austria, locking up their spot in the Top Division even before their final match against hosts Slovenia at the Division IA tournament in Bled.
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๐ซ๐ฎ๐บ๐ธ IHLC Classics: Kakko’s Dagger Captures Junior 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.”ย Today, Today, in honour of Finnish Independence Day (itsenรคisyyspรคivรค), we feature Finland’s most recent World Junior Championship title, a stunning victory over the Americans on the back of a late Kaapo Kakko game winning goal.
๐ซ๐ฎย Finlandย 3-2ย United Statesย ๐บ๐ธ
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Rogers Arena, Vancouver ๐จ๐ฆ
Saturday, 05 January 2019
Kaapo Kakko scored the winner with 1:26 left as Finland edged the U.S. 3-2 in the 2019 World Junior Gold medal game on Saturday night.
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IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2026 Inductees
The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2026, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Zรผrich, with six players from four different nationalities highlighting the class.
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๐จ๐ฆ ๐ท๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ธ Hockey Hall Of Fame Inducts Class Of 2025
The Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their 2025 Class, inducting six legendary players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.
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๐จ๐ฟ ๐ท๐บ IHLC Classics: Czechia Wins Inaugural World Juniors 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.”ย Today, in honour of Czech Independence Day, we feature Czechia’s first ever World Junior Championship title, captured in 2000 amidst the “Golden era” of Czech hockey at the turn of the 21st century.
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 1-0 Russia ๐ท๐บ (SO)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Skellefteรฅ Kraft Arena, Skellefteรฅ ๐ธ๐ช
Tuesday, 04 January 2000
The Czech Republic won the World Junior Hockey Championship for the first time ever with a 1-0 shootout win over defending champion Russia yesterday.
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๐ธ๐ฐ Jaroslav Halรกk Confirms Retirement From Hockey At 40
Journeyman Slovak goaltender Jaroslav Halรกk, who backstopped seven different NHL teams and the Slovakian national squad for twenty pro seasons, today confirmed his retirement from hockey, two years after his last professional game.
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๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช IHLC Classics: Halischuk’s Heroics Lead To Four-Peat
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 Day, we look back at Canada’s unprecedented fourth straight World Juniors medal, captured by the overtime heroics of Matt Halischuk.
๐จ๐ฆ Canadaย 3-2ย Sweden ๐ธ๐ชย (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
ฤEZ Arรฉna, Pardubice ๐จ๐ฟ
Saturday, 05 January 2008
Color Canada Gold for a fourth straight year at the IIHF World Junior Championship.
Matt Halischuk jammed the puck into the net at 3:36 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 triumph over Sweden on Saturday in the Gold medal game.
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๐ซ๐ฎ Pentti Matikainen: 1950-2025
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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๐บ๐ธ 2026 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the United States looking to “three-peat” as world champions for the first time in history, looking to do some on home ice in Minnesota, with the Americans hosting the tournament’s fiftieth edition for the first time since 2018.
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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 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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๐จ๐ฆ Flower Out: Marc-Andrรฉ Fleury Retires At Age 40
The “Flower” has bloomed for the last time – after confirming his retirement at the beginning of the 2024-25 NHL season, Marc-Andrรฉ Fleury has officially played in his final NHL game at the age of 40, following Minnesota’s elimination from the Stanley Cup playoffs, ending a remarkable 21-season career spanning stops in Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, Chicago and the Twin Cities.
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๐ซ๐ฎ Valtteri Filppula Confirms Retirement At Age 41
Finnish forward Valtteri Filppula, the first Finn to become a member of the Triple Gold Club by virtue of his 2008 Stanley Cup, and Olympic and World Championship titles both in 2022, today confirmed his retirement following at the age of 41.
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