Sparta embraces partnership
Earlier this summer, the IIHF launched Partnership for Progress, a program whose objective is to assist emerging hockey nations with their development. One of the clubs that has embraced the program...
View ArticleHost Finland opens vs. U.S.
The game schedule of the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship in Espoo has been released at a press conference in Finland on Monday. The tournament in the second-largest city of Finland,...
View ArticleCamp in Beijing
With the aim of promoting women’s hockey in Asia and strengthening regional collaboration, the Chinese Ice Hockey Association (CIHA) has successfully organized the 2018 IIHF Asian Women’s Training Camp...
View ArticleMacejko or Juro?
The name of the mascot for the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Bratislava and Kosice will be known soon. In the first round, the fans were suggesting names via the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World...
View ArticleAsian tournaments set
Six tournaments are set for the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey Challenge Cup of Asia program that will be held in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur and in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The program is...
View ArticleWickenheiser from red to blue
Fans of international hockey saw Hayley Wickenheiser with a red maple leaf on the front of her sweater for nearly a quarter of a century. Now, fans of the NHL will see her with a BLUE maple leaf after...
View ArticleFinns win women’s EHT event
In this season’s first tournament of the women’s Euro Hockey Tour, Finland took eight of nine possible points over three games in Hodonin, Czech Republic. The Finns won all three of their games over...
View ArticleWelcome Macejko!
It‘s official! The mascot for the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Bratislava and Kosice will be known as Macejko. The name of the bear with a shepherd’s hat and belt was chosen by fans...
View ArticleNew CHL season begins
Season five of the Champions Hockey League since its relaunch begins on six fronts on Thursday with 12 teams in action. The remaining 20 teams get started on Friday. The format of Europe’s club hockey...
View ArticleAdmirals in Paradice
After six years the Birgel Cup for the champion of the New Zealand Ice Hockey League goes back to the North Island. The West Auckland Admirals won their first championship since the league and the club...
View ArticleCoach change for Tre Kronor
The Swedish Ice Hockey Association announced that Rikard Gronborg will leave the Swedish national team as head coach after the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. Gronborg wants to focus on moving...
View ArticleBossing the play
The tournament’s goal scoring leader and in menacing form when Lithuania surged ahead to win a place in the Division I Group A, Arnoldas Bosas oozes of optimism ahead of the upcoming season for a...
View ArticleFirst Goodall Cup for Brave
Trevor Gerling was the extra-time hero as the CBR Brave defeated the Sydney Bears 4-3 in overtime to claim the team’s first Goodall Cup as Australian Ice Hockey League champions. The regular-season...
View Article3-on-3 in Lausanne
The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games will not only have two regular ice hockey tournaments for young female and male players but also two innovatives 3-on-3 cross-ice tournaments with players from mixed...
View ArticleWeekend for girls coming
For the 8th time the annual World Girls’ Ice Hockey Weekend will be held in autumn. Make the ice time ready for the weekend of 6-7 October 2018 and register your event! The World Girls’ Ice Hockey...
View ArticleFrom dawn to dusk
Aiming to lift the game in the Gulf to unprecedented heights, boys and girls from Kuwait lived and breathed hockey during for the past two weeks in a pre-season camp in Sweden. Despite still being on...
View ArticleGet your Annual Report
Get your 2018 IIHF Annual Report now! Published every autumn, the full-colour, 140-page report is a complete recap of the 2017/2018 hockey season.
View ArticlePrices starting at €10
The organizing committee of the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Slovakia has released details for ticket sales for the upcoming tournament. “We had to take various factors into consideration...
View ArticleChina’s Olympic dream
The Chinese women’s national team hasn’t come near an IIHF podium since finishing fourth at the 1998 Olympics. Kunlun Red Star’s job is to change that. Of course, Kunlun – a second-year Canadian...
View ArticleZetterberg can’t continue
Henrik Zetterberg, the 21st member of the vaunted Triple Gold Club, has been forced to retire because of a back injury that won’t heal. The four-time Olympian spent his entire 15-year NHL career with...
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