After a sweeping recommendation from the International Olympic Committee to remove Russia and Belarus from international sporting competitions, following their invasion of Ukraine that began on 24 February, today the International Ice Hockey Federation announced a number of updates regarding their respective participation and hosting of future competitions.
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Tag Archives: World Junior Championship
๐ซ๐ฎ Recurring Injuries Force Tuukka Rask Into Retirement
After making a failed comeback attempt with the Boston Bruins this season, recurring hip injuries have forced Finnish goaltender Tuukka Rask into early retirement at the age of 34.
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IHLC 2021 In Review – Junior
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Hockey Lineal Championship only saw seven games of competition this year on the junior side, nearly a year apart, all in Edmonton, and cut short thanks to the outright cancellation of the 2022 World Junior Championship thanks to the Omicron variant.
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Remainder Of 2022 World Junior Championship Cancelled
After the third game in two days needed to be cancelled due to positive cases on an individual team, today the IIHF announced that the remainder of the 2022 World Junior Championships in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, Canada would be cancelled.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 1-0 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ (FF) โ 29 Dec 2021
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 1-0 Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ (FF)
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Wednesday, 29 December 2021
Due to a mandated team quarantine following a positive test result of one of its players, Team Czechia will be unable to participate in its 29 December preliminary round game against Finland at the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship.
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๐จ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ธ Remainder Of 2021-22 Rivalry Series Cancelled
After their scheduled matchup for 20 December in Saint Paul, Minnesota was cancelled due to the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, today Hockey Canada announced the final two games of their Rivalry Series against the United States, set to take place in early January in Alberta, have been cancelled as well.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 7-1 Austria ๐ฆ๐น โ 27 Dec 2021
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 7-1 Austria ๐ฆ๐น
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Monday, 27 December 2021
Just another day at the office for the boys in blue and white. Finland stayed perfect in Group A with a 7-1 dismantling of underdog Austria on Monday at Rogers Place.
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IIHF Confirms No Relegation From 2022 World Junior Championship
After a degree of uncertainty surrounding how the IIHF would handle the 2023 World Junior Championships after the bottom two division tournaments set to take place in January 2022 were cancelled due to COVID-19, today they announced no teams in the ongoing Top Division would be relegated in 2022.
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IHLC Results โ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-1 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช โ 26 Dec 2021
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 3-1 Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Rogers Place, Edmonton ๐จ๐ฆ
Sunday, 26 December 2021
At long last, the excitement of the IIHF World Junior Championship is back. Finland kicked off the 2022 tournament in Edmonton with a hard-fought 3-1 win over Germany on Sunday.
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๐ท๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ฝ IIHF Cancels January 2022 Tournaments, Including Junior Division IIB & III
Thanks to the rapid spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant across the globe, the IIHF today announced that all tournaments set to begin in January 2022 will be cancelled, including the entire Under-18 Women’s World Championship, and the two bottom Divisions in the World Junior Championship.
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IHLC Preview – 2022 World Junior Championship
After COVID-19 forced the 2021 World Junior Championship into a bubble, the tournament returns to Alberta, Canada for 2022, with Edmonton and Red Deer hosting the world’s top under-20 hockey teams in front of fans for the first time since January 2020, just before the world changed forever.
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๐จ๐ญ Philippe Furrer Announces Retirement From Hockey At 36
Just short of the NLA’s holiday and Olympic breaks, veteran Swiss defender Philippe Furrer today announced his retirement from hockey, leaving HC Fribourg-Gottรฉron at the age of 36.
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๐ง๐พ Belarus Promoted To World Junior Top Division In 2023
After a one-year stasis of the same ten teams in the World Junior Championship Top Division thanks to COVID-19, today Belarus punched their ticket to Russia in 2023 by emerging victorious atop Division IA in Denmark, going a perfect 5-0 in the tournament and sealing their victory with a win over Norway.
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๐จ๐ฆ Dion Phaneuf Formally Announces Retirement
Just days after fellow punishing defender Braydon Coburn announced his retirement from hockey, his counterpart Dion Phaneuf, a three-time NHL All-Star inactive for the past three seasons, today formally announced he is stepping away from the game at age 36.
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๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ Hockey Hall Of Fame Inducts Class Of 2020 Following Delay
After a sixteen-month pandemic delay, the Hockey Hall Of Fame tonight inducted their Class of 2020, inducting five legendary players to their ranks with a number of tremendous international achievements.
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๐จ๐ฆ Braydon Coburn Retires From Hockey At Age 36
Bruising Canadian defenceman Braydon Coburn, who spent sixteen NHL seasons with five clubs, amassing nearly 1000 games played and a Stanley Cup ring, today announced his retirement from the sport at the age of 36.
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๐ธ๐ฐ Mariรกn Gรกborรญk Formally Announces Retirement From Pro Hockey
After spending the past three seasons on injured reserve due to a herniated disk, Slovak star forward Mariรกn Gรกborรญk officially announced his retirement from pro hockey at the age of 39.
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๐จ๐ฆ 2022 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, returning to the originally planned hosts of Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, which was set for the 2021 tournament but instead played in a quarantine bubble only in Edmonton, in front of no fans.
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๐จ๐ฟ Czech Goaltender Jakub Kovรกล Retires At Age 33
Citing health reasons for his early retirement, Czech goaltender Jakub Kovรกล today announced he was leaving KHL club Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg after just one start in the 2021-22 KHL season, ending his professional career.
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๐จ๐ฟ Ladislav Lubina: 1967-2021
Ladislav Lubina, the Czech winger who captured a number of medals for the Narodnitym throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s, today sadly passed away from brain cancer at the age of 54.
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