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23-05-2025
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Nikolaj Ehlers: Denmark Beating Canada ‘One Of The Biggest Things I've Done In My Career'
'I don't have any words for this,' Nikolaj Ehlers said after the game, almost in disbelief. 'To beat Canada at home and go through is one of the biggest things I've done in my career, so it's amazing.' Ehlers is the only active NHL player on this Danish team. In fact, he was playing for the Winnipeg Jets last Sunday. That loss to the Dallas Stars was disappointing, but opportunities to play in the World Championship on home ice don't come long often so he didn't hesitate. He flew overseas and joined the team in time for Denmark's last group-stage game on Tuesday against Germany – a shootout win which got the team into the quarterfinals. The Danes knew they were huge underdogs against Canada but had a clear plan for the game, and executed it nearly to perfection. 'We knew from the beginning that they were going to have a lot of pressure on our net, so we just tried to play on the inside and minimize their chances, and I thought our goalie (Frederik) Dichow was great today,' said Ehlers. 'Then we managed somehow to score two goals at the end.' EHLERS! 😤🔥 #MensWorlds #IIHF @dkishockey — IIHF (@IIHFHockey) May 22, 2025 It was Ehlers who scored the equalizer – a flick of the wrist from the point that went through a screen and goaltender Jordan Binnington with 2:17 to play. But that wasn't all. With under a minute to go, Nicklas Jensen found Nick Olesen alone in front of the net, and he put the puck up and over a fallen Binnington for the game-winner. GAME. CHANGER. Nick Olesen sends @dkishockey through! 🇩🇰💥 #MensWorlds #IIHF — IIHF (@IIHFHockey) May 22, 2025 'Unbelievable,' said Ehlers. 'I was almost crying on the ice, being at home in front of the Danish fans, hearing the Danish national anthem, it was great.' For the first time ever, Denmark is in the World Championship semifinals so, as much as they'd like to, they can't celebrate this win too much. They've got a flight to Stockholm in the morning and a game against Switzerland on Saturday afternoon. Switzerland beat Denmark 5-2 in the group stage, but that was before Ehlers joined the team. 'I mean, we just beat Canada, so I guess we have to prepare for that game now,' he figures. 'We'll celebrate for an hour or two and then get ready for the next game.' Photo © Bob Frid-Imagn Images 'Disappointed' Sidney Crosby: 'We Couldn't Get It Done Here Tonight' When Sidney Crosby said he'd play for Canada, followed by Nathan MacKinnon, Marc-André Fleury and others, it was supposed to be 2015 all over again … or, at the very least, the team was supposed to be playing for a medal this weekend. Instead, Crosby was left trying to figure out what happened at the end of Thursday's 2-1 quarterfinal loss to Denmark.
Boston Globe
09-05-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
United States blanks Denmark in men's world hockey opener; Elias Lindholm, David Pastrnak key wins
'Any time a goalie gets a shutout is a team result,' Daccord said after his debut at the worlds. Three goals. No response. 🇺🇸 Team — IIHF (@IIHFHockey) Gauthier opened the scoring from the slot with 2:08 left in the opening period. Cooley doubled the advantage on a power play, Beniers added on a rebound in the middle period and Lohrei made it 4-0 from the point midway through the final period. Beniers one-timed a slap shot for his second with 3:44 remaining. Advertisement In Stockholm, Sweden shut out Slovakia, 5-0, in Group A play to delight the home crowd. Mikael Backlund, Leo Carlsson, and Jonas Brodin scored 8:37 apart in the second part of the opening period to give Sweden a commanding 3-0 lead. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up The Bruins' Elias Lindholm stretched it to 4-0 in the second and Mika Zibanejad finished it off in the final period. Backlund and Lindholm added an assist each. Elias Lindholm strengthens the lead for — IIHF (@IIHFHockey) Sweden won the championship when it last took place in Stockholm, in 2013. Defending champion Czech Republic earlier prevailed in overtime to beat Switzerland, 5-4, in a rematch of last year's final. Roman Cervenka scored the winner 2:30 into overtime from the left circle after David Pastrnak fed him with his second assist. Advertisement Czech Lukas Sedlak tied the game at 4 on a rebound on a power play with 3:47 left to force overtime. Fanoušci, díky! Byli jste boží v aréně v Herningu i doma u televizních obrazovek! 👍 V neděli jdeme znovu do boje. ⚔️ — Český hokej (@czehockey) Matej Stransky, Filip Zadina, and Filip Pyrochta also scored for the Czechs, who beat the Swiss, 2-0, in the final last year in Prague. Christian Marti, Damien Riat, Sandro Schmid, and Sven Andrighetto scored for Switzerland. In Stockholm, Finland topped Austria, 2-1. The tournament is the final men's international test before the 2026 Winter Games in Italy, where NHL players return to the Olympics after 12 years. Related :
New York Times
20-04-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
USA defeats Canada in wild gold medal showdown at Women's World Championship
ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, Czechia — Team USA won the IIHF Women's World Championship 4-3 in overtime against Team Canada on Sunday. Penn State star forward Tessa Janecke scored the game-winning goal with just under three minutes left in the first overtime period in another thrilling edition of the cross-border rivalry. Advertisement After the first period ended 0-0, it seemed like it might be another tight contest between the top two teams in the world. But things got wild in the second period with four goals in less than three minutes — Team USA pulled ahead 2-0 in just 30 seconds, and Canada quickly drew even to halt the U.S. momentum. Taylor Heise looked like she put the game away 3-2 in the third period, but Sarah Fillier tied the game with five minutes remaining to set the stage for yet another overtime finale between Canada and the USA. This is Team USA's second world championship gold medal in three years, after winning in 2023. Here are three takeaways from the game. For a few minutes in the second period, it looked like we were due for another wild 6-5 overtime game like last year's finale in Utica, N.Y. U.S. defender Caroline Harvey opened the scoring seven minutes into the frame, capitalizing on some mayhem in front of the net with a perfectly placed shot. Thirty seconds later, Kendall Coyne Schofield chipped a puck deep into Canada's zone, which Abbey Murphy corralled and put past Ann-Renée Desbiens. 🇺🇸 @usahockey scores twice in 29 seconds to open the gold medal game! ⚡️💪 #WomensWorlds #IIHF — IIHF (@IIHFHockey) April 20, 2025 With a 2-0 lead, it felt like the U.S. could run away with things. They didn't. Not even one minute after Murphy's goal, Danielle Serdachny — who scored the game-winner in overtime at last year's worlds — cut the lead in half. Jennifer Gardiner tied things 2-2 less than one minute after that. 🇨🇦 @hockeycanada answers back with two goals in 55 seconds! 😮🔥 #WomensWorlds #IIHF — IIHF (@IIHFHockey) April 20, 2025 Canada got a power play opportunity shortly after stealing all the momentum (and then another before the period ended), but when it was all said and done, both teams went to the locker room tied 2-2. All four goals were scored in two minutes and 16 seconds. Team USA's No. 1 goalie Aerin Frankel left the game with around 15 minutes remaining in regulation after a scary collision with Canada forward Laura Stacey. On the play, Frankel left her crease to play a puck while the U.S. was on the power play. Stacey, one of Canada's top penalty killers, was chasing the puck down and collided right into Frankel, who stayed on the ice for several very quiet moments in a normally loud Budvar Arena. Laura Stacey entre SOLIDEMENT en collision avec la gardienne américaine Aerin Frankel ! 😯#ChampionnatduMondedeHockeyFéminin — RDS (@RDSca) April 20, 2025 Frankel, who backstopped a U.S. win at the 2023 worlds, was replaced by Gwyneth Philips, who is playing in her first women's world championships. Stacey was called for charging on the play, which set up a five-on-three for Team USA, with Sarah Nurse already in the box for elbowing. Heise made quick work of the two-player advantage to give the U.S. a 3-2 lead, which they held until Fillier's game-tying goal late in the third. Advertisement Frankel had kept the game close, making 27 saves on 29 shots she faced. In relief, Philips made 17 saves on 18 shots, including all 10 she faced in overtime. Heading into the gold medal game, Team USA's scoring efficiency (operating at 9 percent) was a bit of a red flag. So much so that head coach John Wroblewski said 'it's astonishing that we haven't scored more goals.' On Saturday night in the semis against Czechia, the U.S. only scored two goals on 45 shots. During the quarterfinals, they only scored three goals on 51 shots. In the first period, it looked like there could be more of the same with zero goals on eight shots. More concerning were the Grade-A chances that didn't even get on net. Late in the period, Canadian defender Claire Thompson served Grace Zumwinkle the puck on a platter, but it never got out of Zumwinkle's skates, let alone on net. When it mattered most, though, the American's top young players delivered with four goals on 22 shots in the final two periods and overtime. This story will be updated.
New York Times
19-04-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Marie-Philip Poulin passes Hayley Wickenheiser as Canada's all-time leading scorer at women's worlds
ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, Czechia – Marie-Philip Poulin beat Hayley Wickenheiser's career points record at the IIHF Women's World Championship on Saturday night. With a goal in the first period of the semifinals against Finland, Poulin scored her 87th career point at women's worlds, making her the highest-scoring Canadian ever at the tournament. Poulin is now second all-time in tournament scoring behind U.S. forward Hilary Knight (119), who first broke Wickenheiser's record in 2022. Advertisement 'What can you say,' Canada's head coach Troy Ryan told The Athletic. 'She's the most special player I've ever coached. There's very few people that have the high skill level that she has and the ability to play under pressure that she can. It's just so consistent too, there's just never an off night when the stage is set.' Poulin — who made her worlds debut in 2009 — is playing in her 13th women's world championships. On Thursday night, in a 9-1 quarterfinals win against Japan, Poulin played her 200th game for the Canadian women's national team, just the fourth player to ever to hit that milestone behind Wickenheiser, Jayna Hefford and Caroline Ouellette. History made! Marie-Philip Poulin now stands as @hockeycanada's all-time leading scorer at the #WomensWorlds! 💥👑 #IIHF — IIHF (@IIHFHockey) April 19, 2025 Canada's captain might not care much for individual accomplishments, but this is yet another one in a career full of them. In over a decade on the national women's team, Poulin has emerged as not just a top Canadian athlete, but the best player in the world. She currently leads the 2025 women's worlds in scoring (10) through six games, and will likely be a major player in another gold medal showdown against the U.S. on Sunday. Last year, Poulin scored two goals in the championship game, a breathtaking 6-5 Canadian overtime win on U.S. soil. In 2022, she scored the game-winning goal at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, which was Poulin's third golden goal in four Olympic final appearances, becoming the only hockey player — male or female — to score in four straight gold medal games at the Olympics. 'She's one of a kind,' Canadian general manager Gina Kingsbury told The Athletic in January. 'And we're just so lucky she's Canadian.'
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Sport
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Hilary Knight Breaks Wickenheiser's World Championship Career Assists Record
Entering the very last group-stage game of the 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship between the USA and Switzerland, Hayley Wickenheiser's career total of 49 assists was in serious jeopardy. The USA's Kendall Coyne-Schofield trailed her by only one point and Hilary Knight by two. A third player, Canadian Marie-Philip Poulin, also trailed by two but was idle on this day. In the USA's 5-0 victory, Knight recorded three assists, breaking the tie with Poulin and passing both Coyne-Schofield and Wickenheiser to become, for now, the all-time assists leader in the Women's World Championships with 50. Another goal for @usahockey and history made! 🇺🇸 Hilary Knight is now the all-time assists leader at the #WomensWorlds! 🔥💪 #IIHF — IIHF (@IIHFHockey) April 15, 2025 'I think something in the room just keeps you young and makes you remember why you signed up,' Knight said thoughtfully after the game. 'To be able to play for as long as I have is something special and I understand that every single day now as I'm getting older. It's such a privilege.' For her part, Coyne-Schofield scored two goals – the two Knight did not figure on – but did not register an assist. 'I can't speak more of Kendall Coyne-Schofield, Alex Carpenter, Lee Stecklein, Brianne Decker,' said Knight. 'These are the OGs. It's really special that some of those guys are still here.' Lee Stecklein: 'Just To Be Back Here, I'm Really Enjoying Every Minute Of It' Defenders accounted for both of the USA's goals in a 2-1 win over Canada on Sunday night at the 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship. 'It's just incredible,' said USA teammate Laila Edwards who currently plays for the University of Wisconsin, Knight's alma mater. 'Being alongside her is such an honor. I can't even put it into words. We're all so blessed to be her teammate but, more imporantly, her friends. I think people mostly see how good she is as a player but she's a wonderful person and she deserves this honor, for sure.' For now, the record belongs to Knight but, as mentioned, two players that are active in the tournament are within three assists of her. With the USA playing Germany and Canada facing Japan in the quarterfinals, it's not out of the question that Coyne-Schofield or Poulin could have a big game assists-wise. Abbey Murphy After 2-Goal Game Vs Czechia: 'We're Here For One Thing' Abbey Murphy from the University of Minnesota is the consensus first-overall pick in the 2025 PWHL draft and she showed why against tournament host Czechia on Friday night. Before a sell-out crowd of 5,859 at Budvar Arena, Murphy scored the USA's first two goals in a 4-0 win. Of course, Poulin is also in pursuit of another Wickenheiser record – that being most points by a Canadian player in the Women's World Championships. 'I've played against her, I've played with her, she's a great player,' Knight said of Poulin, who was her teammate with the Montreal Canadiennes of the CWHL. 'What we do on this level is extremely special, what we've done on the professional level is special as well. It's a great conversation for both of us to be a part of.' In an amazing tournament where all sorts of scoring records are falling, Michelle Karvinen has already broken the Finnish record for all-time points in the Women's Worlds. 'She's a great player too,' Knight said. 'I've played against her for many, many years and I was joking around with her that she's gotta come to the PWHL, so that would be a lot of fun. 'I hope fans know they're watching some legendary careers,' Knight said sentimentally. 'It's so special to be able to play against players like that. It's so encouraging for the game.' Michelle Karvinen Breaks Finnish National Team Scoring Record Michelle Karvinen, captain of the Finnish women's national team, scored the eventual game-winning goal at 7:27 of the second period of Finland's 2-1 victory over Switzerland in IIHF Women's World Championship action on Monday.
