Spotlight year
Many international female hockey stars have first hit the headlines at the IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship where young women who may turn out to become future medallists enter the...
View Article“I learn a lot”
For Moeka Tsutsumi, 2018/2019 will be a special season. She can play her third U18 Women’s World Championship on home ice while getting more training thanks to the 2018 IIHF Women’s High-Performance...
View ArticleI love hockey!
The camp participants are eager and happy to learn. And the ones from the Leadership Development Program express it by sharing their love for hockey in their languages.
View ArticleKiss behind the bench
When games happen at the 2018 IIHF Women’s High-Performance Camp, it’s not just players on the ice who learn how to improve. The camp also includes programs for coaches, other team staff positions and...
View ArticleMake the difference off ice
The 2018 IIHF Women’s High-Performance Camp will soon end with the last game between the mixed teams consisting of players from 22 countries. The players, coaches and staff will use these to learn on...
View ArticleJoin the camp
The 2018 IIHF Women's High-Performance Camp has concluded at the Sport Institute of Finland. Join us through the various programs in this video. Safe travels to all participants from 41 countries!
View ArticleOlympic dreams in stripes
The 2018 IIHF Women’s High-Performance Camp at the Sport Institute of Finland in Vierumaki also included a program for game officials that focused on former players who aspire a career as an on-ice...
View ArticleMacedonian pioneer
Monika Pizevska is the only woman who plays ice hockey in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. But after attending the World Girls’ Ice Hockey Weekend program at the 2018 IIHF Women’s...
View ArticleFollowing footsteps
On Team Grey Selina Aho and Julina Gianola were a defence pair during the 2018 IIHF Women’s High-Performance Camp. They also have in common that both were born into hockey families. Continuing the...
View ArticleMore women’s teams at Olympics
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board has on Wednesday at its meeting in Lausanne approved a request to increase the number of teams participating in the 2022 Olympic Women’s Ice...
View ArticleUtunen up to the challenge
Metaphorically, Toni Utunen has already flexed his muscles this year by captaining Finland to the gold medal at the IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship.Physically, the 18-year-old Tappara Tampere...
View ArticleBelarus signs Sidorenko
The Belarusian Ice Hockey Association’s executive committee under its new leadership named new head coaches of its national teams including Andrei Sidorenko as new head coach of the men’s national...
View ArticleMaking ice in China
The IIHF went to China earlier this month to hold an Ice Making Seminar in the capital city of Beijing. The initiative, organized by the IIHF Facilities Working Group in cooperation with the Chinese...
View ArticleJarome Iginla hangs ‘em up
“Iggy! Iggy!” might just be the most famous shout in Canadian hockey history. The words came from Sidney Crosby in overtime of the gold medal game of the 2010 Olympics. He was wide open, and Jarome...
View ArticleSlovenia looking for coach
The Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia informed that Matjaz Kopitar, who was previously announced as new national team coach, will not be able to assume this position. Instead the former national team...
View ArticlePromotion returns to Germany
Many have been waiting for this news in Germany for years. The question about a promotion and relegation system between the top-two professional leagues has been a long-time controversy that divided...
View ArticleWho’d play in #OneLeague?
Recently, the conversation about creating one top North American league for women’s hockey has grown louder. But what would the rosters actually look like? To keep that conversation going, we’ve...
View ArticleShundrov passes away
Former Ukrainian national team goaltender Yuri Shundrov passed away on Friday, 27 July, in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. He was 62. Shundrov originally came from Penza in Russia. He was part of the...
View ArticleGonzalez re-elected
The Royal Spanish Ice Sports Federation on Saturday held an Extraordinary General Assembly for the election of President in Barcelona former IIHF Council member Frank Gonzalez was re-elected as...
View ArticlePrezidentas Zubrus
He was one of two players who made it all the way from Lithuania to the NHL. After finishing his career, Dainius Zubrus will now chair ice hockey in his country as he was elected as President of Hockey...
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