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Across the Pond - The international nature of Women’s hockey

(12 Nov 2018, 11:16) | The international break gave us a chance to see the Four Nations Cup take place in Canada. This is an annual tournament between Canada, USA, Sweden and Finland in women’s hockey. The strength of the Swedish league can be seen in that one of the winning American team plays here in Sweden, eight of the Finnish team that came third and 17 of Sweden’s own Damtrekronorna who finished without a win in the tournament. Below we will take a longer look at the cross-pollination between North America and Sweden in today’s women’s hockey scene. Read more»

EIHC games cancelled in Budapest and Gdansk

(09 Nov 2018, 22:39) | Due to an unusual coincidence two Ice Hockey Challenge tournaments suffered problems with ice today and have games cancelled Read more»

Rosters for Euro Ice Hockey Challenge tournaments (UPDATED)

(07 Nov 2018, 12:48) | Belarus, Hungary, Lithuania and Poland will host the four tournaments in the Euro Ice Hockey Challenge series during the first international break Read more»

Canada Black comes from behind to stop USA

(06 Nov 2018, 20:58) | The United States find themselves in a tough position heading into the quarter-finals of the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, losing to Canada Black 5-4 in a comeback effort for the eventual victors. Read more»

All still possible

(06 Nov 2018, 20:22) | Lugano and Frolunda draw in the first clash in CHL playoffs Read more»

Askarov earns shutout as Russia takes down Sweden

(06 Nov 2018, 17:17) | Despite having some of the top offensive players in the tournament, Sweden couldn't find a way to penetrate the strong 22-save effort by Yaroslav Askarov in the Russian net as Russia would take the 3-0 shutout win to finish their round-robin schedule at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. Read more»

McClennon leads Canada White in drubbing of USA

(06 Nov 2018, 00:44) | It was a tough night for the United States, with the defending tournament champions failing to challenge Canada White in the long run as the Canadians took the 5-2 victory on Monday evening. Read more»

Canada Red win spices up Group B play

(06 Nov 2018, 00:27) | All four teams in Group B will head into the final day of round-robin play with a victory after Canada Red beat Sweden 4-3 in a close overtime affair at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. Read more»

Canada Black top Czechs in overtime

(05 Nov 2018, 21:52) | Canada Black has taken their first victory of the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge after beating the Czech Republic 3-2 in a very tight contest at the Harbour Station on Monday afternoon. Read more»

Finns hold on for first win over Russia

(05 Nov 2018, 18:05) | Despite a quiet second half, Finland managed to take their first victory of the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge with a 2-1 win over Russia on Monday. Read more»

Swedish Hockey League (SHL) - October Review

(05 Nov 2018, 01:09) | November has finally come and that means short break in the SHL for the Champions Hockey League (CHL) and the international Karjala Cup. This gives us a chance to look at the season so far for the top five clubs who are separated by just four points after 16 matches in the Swedish Hockey League. One of the secrets to success in the SHL this year seems to be having two brothers playing on the same team. All of the top four teams have signed up for this new trend. So that Petter and Einar Emanuelsson (LHF), twins Ponthus and Pathrik Westerholm (FHC), Marcus and Jonathan Davidsson (DIF) and Marcus and Emil Sylvegård (MIF) will compete for my made-up Sedin Trophy as best brothers in Swedish hockey! Read more»

Canada White takes OT thriller over Canada Black

(04 Nov 2018, 21:53) | A thrilling Sunday afternoon battle between Canada White and Canada Black served as a great way to end the second day of the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge at the Harbour Station in Saint John's, New Brunswick, with Canada White getting a dominant performance from Cole Perfetti in a 5-4 overtime victory. Read more»

USA kick off U17s with strong effort over Czechs

(04 Nov 2018, 18:18) | The United States of America started their bid to win back-to-back titles at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, kicking off the week at the Harbor Station with a 5-1 victory over the Czech Republic on Sunday afternoon. Read more»

Russia wins marathon game over Canada Red

(04 Nov 2018, 00:04) | A power outage delayed World Under-17 Hockey Challenge action on Saturday at the Qplex, but Russia would hold on for the 4-2 victory over Canada Red when the game finally resumed on Sunday. Read more»

Swedes start U17s with exciting victory over Finland

(03 Nov 2018, 20:58) | The World Under-17 Hockey Challenge couldn't have asked for a better start in Quispamsis, N.B., taking a two-goal lead twice to defeat their Scandinavian rivals 6-1 on Saturday afternoon. Read more»