Obscure hockey facts/stats on international level

[Old Man Jags]

Norway beating Swiss and Czechs in 2010. and missing quarters.

The Czechs winning the world title in 2010 despite having lost to Norway at the same tournament

 

[mattihp]

Finland has never beaten Sweden in men's top level tournament on home soil.

1965 2-2
1974 3-3 and 2-6
1982 3-3
1991 4-4
1997 2-5
2003 5-6
2022 2-3 SO
2023 1-2 SO

World Cup 2004: 4-4

Depressing!

 

[Eye of Ra]

Depressing!

i know you are secretly cheering for Sweden

 

[mattihp]

i know you are secretly cheering for Sweden

Welcome to my ignore list. I got beaten by swedes every time Finland won over Sweden when I was a kid.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Welcome to my ignore list. I got beaten by swedes every time Finland won over Sweden when I was a kid.

how could i know that ? im sorry

 

[Albatros]

Sweden winning olympic gold 1994 with only SHLers.

A technicality maybe, and an old post, but Håkan Loob had spent his spring in Allsvenskan.

 

[Lartsaman]

Depressing!

Damn frustrating I could say. We almost never beat Sweden anyways...

 

[ES]

Four previous World Championship meetings between Finland and Austria have occurred in Finland: 2003, 2013, 2022 and 2023.

Austria has been on top level also in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2018 and 2019 but in each time in different group as Finland. First five years were when there were four groups of four followed by six-team second stage or four-team relegation round.

The last time two teams met somewhere else was in 2002 in Sweden.

 

[End on a Hinote]

In the five Olympics that featured NHLers, Canada either won gold, or didn't medal at at all.

Not really a crazy fact but still pretty interesting.

 

[Puck Dogg]

Norway has last time won Canada in the World Championships 23 years ago.

 

[ES]

Canada is the country with the most gold medals (28) in the IIHF World Championship.
Sweden is the country with the most silver medals (19) in the IIHF World Championship.
Czechoslovakia/Czechia is the country with the most bronze medals (22) in the IIHF World Championship.

There is only one tournament where each of those countries achieved a medal of that colour, in 1997.

 

[Czechboy]

Canada not winning a bronze since 1995 is a hillarious one

 

[Czechboy]

States still with no gold since 1933 is as bizarre as it gets

 

[Czechboy]

Most bizarre is Czechs winning in 2024 when we are currently in a very confusing state hockey wise.lol.

 

[Uncle Rotter]

I think that United States not making to the IIHF WCH gold medal game for 87 years is a remarkable fact.

0-12 in Semi-Finals since 1992

 

[Uncle Rotter]

When Canada has trailed in the 3rd Period of elimination games since 2017, they have 6 wins, 2 losses in regulation time, 3 losses in OT or a shootout.
When trailing by 2 or more goals in elimination games since 2017, they've tied the score in 4 of the 6 games:
2017 W Russia (4-2)
2018 L Switzerland (2-3)
2019 L Finland (1-3)
2022 W Sweden (4-3 OT)
2022 L Finland (3-4 OT)
2024 L Switzerland (2-3 SO)

At the other end of the spectrum:
When trailing in the 3rd period of elimination games at the World Championships & Olympics since 1992, Switzerland is 0-19-0

 

[Devilmademedoit]

Nope. I mean a team that did not lose at all in the entire history of the tournament. By the way, this is a bit of a trick question.

WC or WJ?

If it is JR--it is not a trick question you are splitting hairs because of the fight